Croatia's cool capital of Zagreb
The Skeleton Coast, a Tube station for Pink Floyd's famous album cover, an even more walkable Paris, wandering the backstreets of Tokyo, and more travel reads.
Greetings from Šibenik, Croatia. I will confess that I had never heard of it until I was working out where to go next on this trip, but it has turned out to be one of those great small cities of Europe. There is a train here as well, and studying the rail system in this part of the world has given me some ideas for my Europe Rail site. I’m also working on some big rail posts for Future Southeast Asia, and blogging weekly at Nomadic Notes. All this while taking in new sites around Croatia.
[Šibenik, Croatia.]
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Notes on Zagreb – Croatia’s cool capital
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By Cameron Hewitt, co-author of Rick Steves' Europe.
• Hostels, havens for the thrifty, fight to survive the pandemic
“This summer, prompted by vaccine rollouts, budget travelers began wading back into hostel life. But the challenges are far from over.”
• Unable to travel, this photographer focused on capturing his homeland
To be fair, he lives in a beautiful country.
Assorted travel reads
• Journey to the most inhospitable place on Earth: The Skeleton Coast
• A personal pilgrimage to a downed warplane in Papua New Guinea
“Thirty-three years after his first visit to the site, a photographer traveled to a remote jungle in search of a World War II plane that crashed there in 1944.”
• A new start after 60: ‘I pitied women who travelled alone – then I tried it and found true joy’
I’ve been following @travelingblackwidow on Instagram for ages, so it was good to see this news feature.
• Will this European capital ban cars?
“After reinventing itself over the centuries to deal with pandemics, Paris could soon become one of the first major cities to limit the use of cars.”
• Spain's high-speed railway revolution
For more news about the railways of Europe, subscribe to my latest project => Europe Rail News.
• Battersea Power Station (of Pink Floyd Animals fame) is getting a Tube station next week.
[Via Transport for London.]
• One of the reasons I like wandering the backstreets of Tokyo…
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- James Clark