What We Loved This Week: Cat Cafes, Robert Service and ‘Transsiberian’

Travel Blog  •  World Hum  •  07.17.09 | 4:02 PM ET

Our contributors share a favorite travel-related experience from the past seven days.

Eva Holland
I visited the Robert Service Cabin in Dawson City, Yukon, last weekend—it’s a two-room log house where Service lived for three years writing poetry, now maintained as part of a National Historic Site—and I loved seeing an enthusiastic performer tell us about the life and work of the “Bard of the Yukon.” Here’s one of the poems I heard during the performance: Goodbye, Little Cabin, a farewell verse Service wrote before leaving Dawson for good in 1912, to serve as a war correspondent in Europe.

Michael Yessis
Transsiberian. Some fine travel eye-candy as Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer and Ben Kingsley venture west on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Bonus: It’s a surprisingly entertaining thriller. Here’s the trailer: 

Lisa Gay
I spent last weekend hanging out with the cool cats in Tokyo. And by cool cats, I mean cute little kitties down in a Shibuya cat cafe. They weren’t all that playful the day I went, but then again, they’ve got to deal with all the strange customers that stream in and out. But buy them some kitty treats, and they’ll look lively enough, the spoiled little creatures ...

Photo by Lisa Gay

Jim Benning
Seeing these five words pop up on my computer screen: “Your upgrade has been confirmed.” I just booked a cross-country red-eye on United. I hate red-eyes, and I don’t always have luck trying to cash in miles for upgrades because there’s usually more demand for those seats than space available. Now, I might even be able to sleep.

Alicia Imbody
I loved listening to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra play the Magical Music of Disney last night. The show’s theme was “Around the World” and showcased songs I grew up on, inspired by destinations I started dreaming of traveling to at an early age, singing along with lion cubs, crabs and candlesticks. I have to admit I even teared up a bit during an “It’s a Small World” montage number. Here’s “It’s a Small World” from Disneyland Paris.

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1 Comment for What We Loved This Week: Cat Cafes, Robert Service and ‘Transsiberian’

Suzanne 07.18.09 | 2:41 AM ET

Merci, Alicia,

Thanks for sharing this delightful video.  (I would never have found it myself.)

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