The world's weirdest shaped restaurants
11/16/2018, 8:49:36 AMMailOnline Travel has scoured the world for some of the wackier examples of food-themed architecture, with eateries modelled after cows and even McDonald's Happy Meal boxes. ✔ If you're hungry for something different, then these odd-shaped restaurants might satisfy your appetite ✔ It underwent a $2 million renovation project in 2017 and remains a popular roadside restaurant The Donut Hole in La Puente, California, is one of the most photographed donut shops in the U.S. due to its wacky shape
Okinawa peace tours scrapped; popularity too much for staff
11/16/2018, 6:56:45 AMNAKAGUSUKU, Okinawa Prefecture--A travel company has abruptly canceled dozens of school peace tours ✔ Kuninaka founded Gachi-yun in May 2014 when he was a student at the University of the Ryukyus ✔ Gachi-yun did not say why it hasn’t hired additional workers, but it faces no financial problems and has no plans to liquidate ✔ From now on, we are committed to taking sincere action for the people concerned after consulting with our lawyer, Kuninaka said in a Facebook post
Disneyland hotel sued by guest who says she was 'butchered' by bedbugs
11/16/2018, 10:07:43 AMA GUEST at Disneyland is suing the park after she claims she was bitten by bedbugs during her stay. Ivy Eldridge, who visited the park with her family in April 2018, is claiming she suffered both p… ✔ Alamy 3 Ivy stayed at the Disneyland Hotel and said she was bitten by bedbugs The lawsuit further claims that Disneyland was aware of the bedbug infestation, but did not take the appropriate steps to rectify it ✔ It also turns out that bed bugs can be picked up on public transport - which may make you want to call a taxi next time you travel
France holiday WARNING: Travellers urged to be vigilant after latest tourist scam in Paris
11/16/2018, 10:03:04 AMFRANCE tourists have been advised to be careful of the latest scam in Paris, after a couple from Thailand were threatened by a taxi driver if they didn’t pay him, after charging five times the standard cost. ✔ France tourists have been advised to be cautious of a taxi scam which saw tourists charged five times the cost of a trip from the airport to the city centre in Paris ✔ Travel from the airport to the Right Bank of Paris is to be no more than €50 (£44) while travel to the Left Bank is to be no more than €55 (£48), with the new rules coming into place in 2016 ✔ However, their website quotes a €45 fee for the same journey
The best hotels for New Forest walks
11/16/2018, 10:41:12 AMThe New Forest National Park is one of the best places in the south of England to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. There's a wealth of hotels to choose from where you can walk straight out the door, offering maps and advice, many with soothing spas and cosy bars and restaurants for your return. ✔ The New Forest National Park is one of the best places in the south of England to get out and enjoy the great outdoors ✔ There's a wealth of hotels to choose from where you can walk straight out the door, from cool cabins and boutique boltholes to country manors, offering maps and advice, many with soothing spas and cosy bars and restaurants for your return ✔ There are four walks you can take from the hotel, ranging from three to seven miles
Paraplegic passenger claims airline forced him to urinate in bottle
11/16/2018, 10:50:27 AMA PARAPLEGIC athlete from Australia claims he was forced to urinate in a water bottle on a flyDubai plane because the airline didn’t have a wheelchair to accommodate him. Darren Belling was flying … ✔ Some airlines have special narrow wheelchairs that fit down the aisle for instances like this, though often the lavatories are too small to accommodate them ✔ Sun Online Travel previously revealed that a disabled passenger was removed from a Qantas flight and the staff called the police - after a row over his wheelchair
Hand luggage rules: Perfume and aftershave brands BANNED from cabin baggage
11/16/2018, 11:28:26 AMHAND LUGGAGE travellers are allowed to carry liquids as long as they are under 100ml, however some perfumes and aftershaves are not allowed to be carried into the cabin. ✔ Hand luggage rules: Aftershave 'Spicebomb' is banned due to being in a replica grenade bottle (Image: Victor & Rolf) Toy guns, replica and imitation firearms or perfume or aftershave bottles that resemble grenades or other firearms or weapons [are banned] London City Airport A similar aftershave by Azzara called Wanted is allowed onboard under 100ml, despite looking similar to a revolver gun
The world's greatest micro hotels, where budget doesn't mean basic
11/16/2018, 10:05:47 AMA new breed of ‘micro hotels’ are opening in cities across the world, where space is at a premium. These petite hotels have a small physical footprint, minimal facilities and compact bedrooms. We take a look inside. ✔ A new breed of ‘micro hotels’ are opening in cities across the world, where space is at a premium ✔ Openings in the future include Edinburgh, Lisbon, Paris and three more properties in New York ✔ Most guests come back for the free cheese and wine (ice cream for children) every evening from 5pm to 8pm ✔ Holborn and Trafalgar Square properties will open in 2019
Naomi Watts talks about McHappy Day
11/16/2018, 11:30:28 AMShe's one of the biggest Hollywood stars to get their start in Australia. ✔ She's one of the biggest Hollywood stars to get their start in Australia ✔ I just feel like when the families are kept together, it leads to a faster road of healing,' she added ✔ Back to Australia for a good cause! Naomi Watts (pictured) has revealed what fans can expect during her special appearance at McDonald's ahead of McHappy Day on Saturday The blonde beauty said that the arrangement helps allowing other families who are going through the same thing to be together
Green Book: the true story behind the Oscar-buzzed road trip drama
11/16/2018, 8:33:25 AMIn the crowd-pleasing new movie, an interracial friendship is born while navigating the deep south at a time of racial division, highlighting discrimination that still exists in much of the US ✔ Photograph: Universal Pictures/AP Most often there was no formal ordinance, said James Loewen, a sociologist and author of Sundown Towns: A hidden dimension of American racism ✔ Green Book is released in the US on 16 November and in the UK on 1 February
I'm A Celebrity: Rita Simons John Barrowman and Sair Khan helicopter
11/16/2018, 9:07:46 AMThe new series of I'm A Celebrity is due to start on Sunday and the celebrities have already been tasked with leaping out of a helicopter into the jungle. ✔ Turn that frown upside down: Rita looked a little worried at some points as she slipped into her yellow boiler suit Look at that cheeky grin: John was on the other team and looked ready for action in his red one-piece John and Sair are both on the opposing team, wearing red boilersuits as they too, prepared to leap out of the helicopter
Philosophical journey to the danger of technology (part 1)
11/16/2018, 8:29:05 AMundefined ✔ Chemical agents, biological weapons, and nuclear bombs are representative examples of artificial abominations of science and technology ✔ Kevin Lee (s2lee2021@chadwickschool.org) is a sophomore and an aspiring journalist at Chadwick International School
VOX POPULI: Could new tack on disputed isles realize their return to Japan?
11/16/2018, 4:48:46 AMThe Habomai islands, northeast of Hokkaido, used to be home to a good number of people who relocated ✔ The vendors would lodge in private homes and travel throughout the islands, where the paucity of medical facilities rendered them--and their wares--indispensable to the locals ✔ Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reportedly setting in motion the return of Habomai and Shikotan from Russia ✔ I wonder if a day will ever come when all Japanese citizens, not only those from Toyama, will be able to visit Habomai with ease
easyJet is currently offering £110 off holiday packages and city breaks
11/16/2018, 10:48:35 AMeasyJet autumn 2019 flights and holidays have gone on sale and there are some tempting discounts to be found ✔ (Image: iStockphoto) Read More easyJet autumn sale 2018 launches with up to 25% off flights You can even spread the cost of your holiday as the company is offering customers the chance to secure their booking with just a £60pp deposit ✔ Read More Europe City Guides Amsterdam, The Netherlands Lisbon, Portugal Vienna, Austria Edinburgh, Scotland
Flights: Passenger disgusted by person's bare feet solved the problem in an ingenious way
11/16/2018, 10:22:00 AMA PLANE passenger was sat next to something extremely disgusting during a flight. The video, which has gone viral, captured their clever way of dealing with the issue. ✔ Flights: A passenger had an ingenious way to hide something disgusting next to them (Image: Instagram/apartment_bartender) Flights: The man noticed a passenger had put their bare feet through the seat gap (Image: Instagram/apartment_bartender) Why do people think it ok to put their feet on anything but the floor
The curious Dutch obsession with cycling – and the unspoken rules
11/16/2018, 10:48:09 AMThe bicycle is central to the Dutch psyche. ✔ People hop onto two wheels at a tender age and keep going until (almost literally) they drop ✔ Hipsters, grannies, toddlers and CEOs all trundle determinedly through towns and swoop around the countryside ✔ In lieu of a basket up front, many come equipped with a sturdy plastic milk crate, which doubles..
Switzerland’s artfully tedious job
11/16/2018, 8:10:56 AMThe tradition of tavillonnage, or wood-shingled roofs, can only be found across the landscape of French-speaking Fribourg and Vaud, two of Switzerland’s western cantons. ✔ The clang of a hammer rang out from the chalet roof and echoed against the serene Pre-Alps of Fribourg, Switzerland ✔ Grégoire believes that some of the traditions, such as harvesting after a full moon, may be far-fetched, although they stem from ancient tavillonneur practice
Why you're wrong about Latin America
11/16/2018, 10:17:02 AMWhen Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was bussed to trial in New York on Tuesday morning, Brooklyn Bridge was closed. ✔ When Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán was bussed to trial in New York on Tuesday morning, Brooklyn Bridge was closed ✔ Almost everything the rest of the world thinks about Latin America is filtered through the USA ✔ Movies like Scarface, Tony Scott’s Man on Fire (about a Mexico City kidnapping), Tarantino’s From Dusk till Dawn, and..
MV Aria: the most luxurious way to see the wonders of the Amazon
11/16/2018, 11:43:10 AMundefined ✔ Women paddled over to show off their handicrafts: colourful woven baskets, knives made of fish spines, seed necklaces, bowls carved from palo sangre ✔ A seven-night trip including two nights in Lima and a cruise on board MV Aria (aquaexpeditions.com) costs from £5,550pp (01242 547 760; abercrombiekent.co.uk)
How Lake Bled plans to avoid the same fate of Venice's overtourism
11/16/2018, 11:43:08 AMBled has come a long way since the turn of the millennium. ✔ Bled has come a long way since the turn of the millennium ✔ In 2004 Janez Fajfar chugged me through the sleepy streets that snake around its mystifying, eponymous lake in an socialist-era Yugo, into which we could barely both fit ✔ Today there is talk of Venice Syndrome, as mass tourism - in the form of a new generation desperate to snap the perfect Instagram shot of arguably the prettiest body of water in Europe - threatens to swamp the Slovenian town
Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling PLUMMETS after Brexit deal resignation chaos
11/16/2018, 8:03:41 AMTHE POUND has plummeted against the euro following Theresa May's draft Brexit agreement and the resignation of four ministers, with more expected to quit today. ✔ Exchange rate: The pound has plummeted against the euro after draft Brexit deal chaos (Image: Getty) Exchange rate: The pound is currently trading against the euro at €1.128, falling from €1.15 (Image: Bloomberg) This was followed by Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, who has been in the position since July 2018 after taking over from David Davis who quit
Therapy gators? Reptiles join the mix at New Orleans airport
11/16/2018, 10:17:52 AMPassengers at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport can now interact with baby alligators in the baggage claim area. ✔ Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Fullscreen Interested in this topic ✔ The Audubon Nature Institute will bring one or two baby gators each week ✔ She occasionally contributes to Ben Mutzabaugh's Today in the Sky blog ✔ (Photo: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)
New 'bucket list' reveals the 50 top things to experience in the world
11/16/2018, 10:38:31 AMThe list has been put together by local Time Out editors, city experts and 15,000 people surveyed across the world. At the top of the list was visiting the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Japan. ✔ Cinespia - Los Angeles (U.S.) Crowd gather on the lawn at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery for a Cinespia event in Los Angeles There is hardly a more magical movie experience in this world than Cinespia’s cemetery screenings which bring hoards of movie lovers to the hallowed resting place of Hollywood stars such as Bugsy Siegel and Rudolph Valentino
'Brexit' was a bad idea. Here's how to limit the damage
11/16/2018, 11:20:53 AMA proposed deal makes the best of a bad situation. ✔ A more honest description would be making the best of a bad job, the bad job being the disastrous decision by 52% of voters in 2016 to withdraw the United Kingdom from the EU ✔ Enter the Fray: First takes on the news of the minute from L.A ✔ One DUP member of Parliament warned that the deal would lead to the breakup of the United Kingdom ✔ The British government reaffirmed that position in the 1998 Good Friday agreement
Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2018 winners
11/16/2018, 8:59:32 AMComedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2018 winners ✔ And it's all for a good cause: wildlife conservation ✔ Mary McGowan took the overall prize for this shot of a rather startled squirrel ✔ She wins a safari to Kenya, courtesy of Alex Walker’s Serian, a trophy made by the disabled men and women at the Wonder Workshop in Tanzania, and a bag from THINK TANK ✔ Michael Lane captured this hippo biting his neighbour's backside ✔ And this polar bear could do with some sunglasses
Airport installs custom-made hangar doors to house the Airbus A380
11/16/2018, 9:52:18 AMThe doors at Munich Airport have been made with a large hole in the middle - so they can close around the Airbus A380 leaving the tail fin sticking outside of the hangar. ✔ One of Europe's major airports has installed these bizarre custom-made hangar doors to accommodate the world's largest passenger plane ✔ It took four weeks to build the 20 ton doors The large hole means the tail fin is left sticking a full 6.6 feet outside the hangar during maintenance work
Fuel protests: Where are Saturday's planned road blocks in south west France?
11/16/2018, 9:18:05 AMProtesters calling themselves the 'gilets jaunes' (yellow vests) are due to take to the roads in France on Saturday November 17th to protest rising petrol and diesel prices. Here's what you need to know about the planned protests in the south west. ✔ Areas expected to be affected include Langon, Libourne, Coutras, Gujan-Mestras, Biganos, Audenge, Berson and the D1215 road among others ✔ Five French words you need to know: un rassemblement – a rally, a gathering un blocage – a blockade un barrage filtrant – a filter roadblock une opération escargot – a go-slow operation un péage – a toll booth
At Latin Grammys, Jorge Drexler and Luis Miguel win big and women show their power
11/16/2018, 11:20:52 AMAt the Latin Gammys, Colombia's Karol G gripped her father all the way up the steps and onto the stage to give a heartwarming speech about what it means to be crowned new artist ✔ I have a show tomorrow in Argentina, but sometimes one just has to believe and take a chance, so we came ✔ ALSO Latin Grammy Preview: The young Ángela Aguilar leads a bold new wave of female acts Exclusive: Maná confirms 2019 world tour and talks Latin Grammy tribute and legacy The flamenco-inspired hip-hop of Rosalía has the artist on the verge of international stardom
Why the Most Expensive Military Still Can't Win a War
11/16/2018, 7:47:03 AMA friend who used to work in the Pentagon told me about the end of year budget meetings he had to attend. There, military personnel would frantically brainstorm ideas on how to spend the rest of their budgets. If they didn’t spend every cent, next year’s budget would be cut. “Popcorn makers?” someone suggested. “Or perhaps some sort of group outings, to an event or a show.” “Why don’t we return the extra money, since we clearly don’t need it,” my friend suggested. ✔ Perhaps we can buy off any attackers will free popcorn and warm in-flight coffee ✔ It would be spent by families and individuals on whatever they most needed–better education for their kids, healthier food, fulfilling travel, investment, or just much needed saving for retirement ✔ Instead, the money is worse than wasted–it actually gives us a false sense of security and makes America less safe
Why large-scale immigration would be bad for Japan
11/16/2018, 5:26:37 AMAbe's expansion of foreign worker schemes risks creating social and political tensions ✔ When workers are in short supply, companies need to maximize their productivity by training and equipping them with leading technology ✔ In a tight labor market, you can expect higher capital investment, better working conditions and rising wages and thus rising consumption ✔ Peter Tasker is an analyst with Tokyo-based Arcus Research
Back from the red – return of the Russian baddie
11/16/2018, 7:37:38 AMWith the son of Drago showing up in Creed II – and a real live Dr Evil in the Kremlin – the beasts from the east are having a menacing resurgence ✔ As Theron batters her way down the umpteenth Berlin staircase, this is realpolitik as MMA endurance bout ✔ The original novel – published in 1959 – was written in the wake of McCarthyism, but its central ideas remain piercing: how demagoguery and nationalism thin the fabric of the nation, and how centralising authority renders it more susceptible to takeover ✔ One thing’s for sure: things were simpler when your arch-enemy was a 6ft 5in heavyweight in bright-red trunks promising to kill you
Forensic Architecture wins the 2018 Beazley Design of the year award
11/16/2018, 4:19:36 AM"Counter Investigations: Forensic Architecture," an exhibition at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, has won the 2018 Beazley Design of the Year award. ✔ Co-developed by the Cambdrige University and Dutch organization Drog, this game is designed to show players how fake news are created, by exposing the key strategies that lead to disinformation ✔ Beazley Designs of the Year , the exhibition, is on display at London's Design Museum from Sept
John W. Campbell, a chief architect of science fiction's Golden Age, was as brilliant as he was problematic
11/16/2018, 11:10:10 AMAstounding Magazine was a magnet for some of the best science fiction writers of a generation. Scott Bradfield reviews the new cultural biography of its editor John W. Campbell, and the writers he gathered around him. ✔ He guided the young Asimov a poor Russian-Jewish immigrant who grew up reading Astounding while working in his father’s newspaper shop into writing his most famous works, such as the unforgettable novelette, Nightfall, about an alien race who only glimpse the stars one night every thousand years and then go mad, and a series of Foundation novels describing the efforts of psycho-historians to shape the future history of their galaxy
Black Friday 2018: What date is the shopping event and which stores will have the best deals and offers?
11/16/2018, 10:17:00 AMThe crisp autumn air and darker evenings have returned - and the Black Friday sales will be in full swing next week, marking the start of the festive season. ✔ The crisp autumn air and darker evenings have returned - and the Black Friday sales will be in full swing next week, marking the start of the festive season ✔ Spreading the event across several days cuts the pressure on websites and the huge flurry of online deliveries can be spread more evenly
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