What the Impressionist Painter Camille Pissarro Saw in London
In the early 1870s, an émigré painter watched from a railway footbridge as a steam engine left a station on London’s suburban fringe. His name was Camille Pissarro and he was developing a style of plein-air painting that would soon be called “Impressionism.” Pissarro and a fellow émigré, Claude Monet, only stayed in London for […]
Boeing Sanctioned by NTSB Over Disclosures on 737 Max Investigation
Boeing drew fresh criticism from a federal regulator on Thursday over disclosures about the continuing investigation into a harrowing January flight during which one of the company’s 737 Max planes lost a panel, exposing passengers to howling winds at an altitude of about 16,000 feet. Addressing reporters at a company factory in Renton, Wash., Elizabeth […]
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile Users Hit by Service Outage in Europe
Many travelers from the United States lost a crucial tool to check maps, make reservations, use ride-hailing apps and more because of a cellular data outage that began affecting users of AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon on Wednesday. The affected travelers, mostly in Europe, posted on social media, seeking answers about what caused the outage and […]
Boeing Is Said to Offer Stock to Buy Spirit, Preserving Cash Amid Struggles
In a bid to acquire a key supplier, Boeing has shifted how it plans to pay for the deal, according to two people familiar with the negotiations, a move that could help the plane maker preserve money as it addresses safety and quality problems. Boeing would use stock instead of cash to buy Spirit AeroSystems, […]
A Lakeside Castle Hotel in the Austrian Alps
The castles of the German and Austrian Alps are known for their fairy-tale quality. The iconic turreted silhouette in the background of the Disney logo was, in fact, modeled after Neuschwanstein, King Ludwig II’s Bavarian palace near the border of the two countries. Schloss Fuschl, located on an evergreen-ringed, emerald-hued glacial lake 20 minutes outside […]
How to Travel Safely if You Have Food Allergies
For the 33 million Americans managing any of the most common nine food allergies — including milk, eggs, nuts, wheat, soy, sesame and different types of fish — traveling safely can be challenging, but it’s becoming easier. In the air, where carriers say they can’t guarantee fully nut-free flights, the recently enacted Federal Aviation Administration […]
Big Pink Bird Makes Splash in the Hamptons
For the last few summers in East Hampton, N.Y., many people have gotten up early in hopes of glimpsing Jay-Z on one of his early morning walks amid the shingled mansions of moguls such as David Zaslav, David Geffen and Ron Perelman. But this season, the world’s most successful rapper has seemingly been upstaged by […]
A Local’s Guide to Cap Ferret, France
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Celebrating the Solstice at Stonehenge
In the predawn darkness, a procession of druid priests in white robes carry banners by the monoliths of Stonehenge, the ancient British archaeological site. There is an aroma of burning sage; a bagpipe calls in the distance. As dawn approaches, fever-pitched drumming mounts. If you hadn’t already felt the power in the stones at this […]
Smiles Away From Home: Acts of Kindness That Saved the Trip
Because of a rental car mishap, it was well after dark by the time Catherine Dupree and her father arrived in Canakkale, a city in northwestern Turkey, during a vacation in 2006. As they drove around the city, trying in vain to navigate to their hotel (this was well before the days of reliable mapping […]