In France and Greece, proof of vaccine is now being required to enter many indoor spaces, from museums and restaurants to theme parks, cinemas, and concert venues. With a fourth wave hitting the continent, these measures seen as both a way to keep citizens safe, and as a strong spur to get vaccinated. Those who…
April 19, 2023
Paris is known as the City of Light, but it could just as aptly be nicknamed the City of Lit.
After all, it's the hometown of writer-stuffed cafés, poet-haunted cobbled lanes, green bookstalls flanking the Seine, Gertrude Stein's salon, Marcel Proust's cork-lined bedroom, the hunchback's Notre-Dame, the phantom's Opera, and Oscar Wilde's…
The annoyances start here, with what the airline jauntily calls “Our tailored fares: travel à la carte.” Translation: We’re going to play every mind game in the book to get you to spend more than you intended.
Travelers are first shown a very low price, but that’s only for a painfully no-frills “Basic” ticket. From…