Germany’s biggest folk hero is an Apache named Winnetou who fights for justice outside of Hamburg. Best-selling author Karl May, who created him, never traveled to the American West.
Produced by: Axel Gerdau, Erik Olsen and John Woo
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A Legacy of Lemons on the Amalfi Coast - NYTimes video
Along Italy's Amalfi Coast, one family struggles to carry on its heritage of lemon cultivation.
Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/11WNfFw
Meet One of the Last Knife Sharpeners in Rome - NYTimes video
Rome's knife sharpeners are becoming a dying breed as restaurants cast aside dull cutlery instead of repairing it, or rent knives instead of owning them.
Demystifying Conducting: The Connection Between Gesture and Music (NYTimes video)
Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, demonstrates and discusses the role of a conductor: Demystifying Conducting: The Connection Between Gesture and Music - YouTube http://bit.ly/UuRnOa
John Fairfax, 1st person to row alone across Atlantic Ocean, dies at 74
Britannia, the boat rowed by John Fairfax in 1969 on the first solo trans-ocean row, returned to Cowes, forty years after she was designed and built in the town (2008 video):
"The only child of an English father and a Bulgarian mother, John Fairfax was born on May 21, 1937, in Rome, where his mother had family.
He crossed the Atlantic because it was there, and the Pacific because it was also there. He made both crossings in a rowboat because it, too, was there, and because the lure of sea, spray and sinew, and the history-making chance to traverse two oceans without steam or sail, proved irresistible. In 1969, after six months alone on the Atlantic battling storms, sharks and encroaching madness, John Fairfax, who died this month at 74, became the first lone oarsman in recorded history to traverse any ocean. In 1972, he and his girlfriend, Sylvia Cook, sharing a boat, became the first people to row across the Pacific, a yearlong ordeal."
References:
John Fairfax, 1st person to row alone across Atlantic Ocean, dies at 74 - NYTimes, 2012.
"The only child of an English father and a Bulgarian mother, John Fairfax was born on May 21, 1937, in Rome, where his mother had family.
He crossed the Atlantic because it was there, and the Pacific because it was also there. He made both crossings in a rowboat because it, too, was there, and because the lure of sea, spray and sinew, and the history-making chance to traverse two oceans without steam or sail, proved irresistible. In 1969, after six months alone on the Atlantic battling storms, sharks and encroaching madness, John Fairfax, who died this month at 74, became the first lone oarsman in recorded history to traverse any ocean. In 1972, he and his girlfriend, Sylvia Cook, sharing a boat, became the first people to row across the Pacific, a yearlong ordeal."
References:
John Fairfax, 1st person to row alone across Atlantic Ocean, dies at 74 - NYTimes, 2012.
A Weekend in Copenhagen - NYTimes
From the NYTimes:
With 9 in 10 Danish adults owning a bike, Copenhagen is among the most bicycle-crazy cities on the planet. They even have cargo-bikes.
See the Slideshow.
References:
36 Hours in Copenhagen. NYTimes, 2010.
A Weekend in Goa, India - NYTimes
Goa is not a single beach, but a rich and varied state — one that offers 63 miles of coastline along the Arabian Sea. Beyond the beaches lies a lush landscape that conceals ancient temples, rich ecosystems and the hilly farmlands that proved irresistible to European spice traders.
Centuries before the hippies, there were the Portuguese — and it’s their lingering influence, not the lax laws, that makes Goa such an alluring place.
Slideshow:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/03/14/travel/20100314GOA_index.html
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/travel/14hours.html
Pick a beach, any beach, and you'll find soft white sands that span the peaceful Arabian Sea.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/03/14/travel/20100314GOA_2.html
Climb the steep but small hillock to the ruins of Chapora Fort. This perch at the mouth of the Chapora River has 360-degree views.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/03/14/travel/20100314GOA_4.html
Stop in the small but central city of Ponda to visit the state's world-famous spice plantation.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/03/14/travel/20100314GOA_5.html
Centuries before the hippies, there were the Portuguese — and it’s their lingering influence, not the lax laws, that makes Goa such an alluring place.
Slideshow:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/03/14/travel/20100314GOA_index.html
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/travel/14hours.html
Pick a beach, any beach, and you'll find soft white sands that span the peaceful Arabian Sea.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/03/14/travel/20100314GOA_2.html
Climb the steep but small hillock to the ruins of Chapora Fort. This perch at the mouth of the Chapora River has 360-degree views.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/03/14/travel/20100314GOA_4.html
Stop in the small but central city of Ponda to visit the state's world-famous spice plantation.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/03/14/travel/20100314GOA_5.html
Boca Raton, Florida in NYTimes
From NYTimes:
Boca Raton benefited from the influence of Addison Mizner, the legendary architect who created Palm Beach and brought the Spanish-style estate to southern Florida with a vengeance.
Mr. Mizner turned his sights on this sleepy town with an agenda of building an entire vacation community from scratch.
He didn’t get far. Almost immediately after creating the 100-room Ritz Carlton Cloister Inn, he suffered financial reversals.
Today Boca remains something of a sprawl. The town and West Boca have a total of 200,000 residents, often lodged in gated communities.
“It is a sleepy town,” he said. Most people come to visit family members who have retired here. “But I grew to like it.”
References:
A Florida Town Where Turtles, and Even Humans, Can Relax
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/travel/escapes/19bocaraton.html
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Boca Raton benefited from the influence of Addison Mizner, the legendary architect who created Palm Beach and brought the Spanish-style estate to southern Florida with a vengeance.
Mr. Mizner turned his sights on this sleepy town with an agenda of building an entire vacation community from scratch.
He didn’t get far. Almost immediately after creating the 100-room Ritz Carlton Cloister Inn, he suffered financial reversals.
Today Boca remains something of a sprawl. The town and West Boca have a total of 200,000 residents, often lodged in gated communities.
“It is a sleepy town,” he said. Most people come to visit family members who have retired here. “But I grew to like it.”
References:
A Florida Town Where Turtles, and Even Humans, Can Relax
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/travel/escapes/19bocaraton.html
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