Morning Links: Living out of a Suitcase, National Parks for Free and More
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 06.03.09 | 8:09 AM ET
- It’s been confirmed that the missing Air France flight crashed over the Atlantic Ocean, 400 miles off the coast of Brazil. Investigations are ongoing, but officials say the plane’s data recorders may never be found.
- Britain’s Royal Family is being urged to expand the opening hours for Buckingham Palace, with the proceeds from increased ticket sales going to repairs on other royal palaces.
- Over at the Indie Travel Podcast, Sherry Ott explains how to live out of a suitcase. The secret, it seems, is all in managing the smells.
- Applications for the Peace Corps are up, and the volunteer agency figures the “Obama effect” is partly responsible.
- The Traveling Mamas interview Nia Vardalos, star of the upcoming Greek-tour-bus travel movie, “My Life in Ruins,” about Greece and traveling with kids.
- Our friends at Wend want your best shots of waterfalls for their June Friday Photo contest. The winner lands a pair of Teva water shoes.
- The L.A. Times Daily Deal blog has the scoop on free weekend admissions (on selected weekends) to 147 national parks this summer, including heavyweights like Glacier, Yosemite, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone.
- Slate’s food issue is here. Sara Dickerman has a thoughtful piece about those cookbook authors who “aim to bring another culture to life through recipes and observations,” while Laura Shapiro looks at the Federal Writers Project and one of its lesser-known programs, America Eats.
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Ling 06.03.09 | 10:24 AM ET
I’ve been tracking that missing flight since June 1, but it’s still spooky. Sure they hit a storm and all and it took a long time to find the spot, so a lof of the stuff is at the bottom, but this kind of thing seems to happen a lot in the Bahamas. planes vasnishing without trace, I mean…
Jennifer 06.03.09 | 12:05 PM ET
I highly doubt that the “Obama effect” has nearly as much (or any at all really) to do with increased Peace Corps volunteer applications as many people would like to assume!!!! A far more realistic explanation might be the fact that many people are now unemployed who haven’t been in the recent past and are looking for meaningful ways to spend their time! Recent college graduate applications are also probably up since it is harder to find jobs than in years past; even with a degree! This upsurge in applications is a side effect of the economy and has nothing to do with Obama!!! There was even a recent link in the “Morning Links” a month or two back about this!! Should we give the man credit for my exceptional latte this morning too????
Tourist Places 06.03.09 | 2:17 PM ET
I think Air France crash is just a tragic accident. I can not imagine how the passengers on that airplane must have felt knowing they were going down into the ocean with little or no time to prepare. You never know when your time is up.
Grizzly Bear Mom 06.03.09 | 2:52 PM ET
Living out of a suitcase: I always save my worst undies and socks for travel and toss them as they get dirty. It helps to air out your dirty clothes, you can hang them over a chair or in an open closet, lay them atop a table or bureau h. It mitigates moisture and odor. Another great deoderizer is a small bar of soap. You can use it to wash yourself in a pinch.