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In our newest roundup of journey information: the librarian who ran off with the yacht captain, what Disneyland used to seem like, plus the finest summer time fare — from salads to ice cream to hot-weather drinks.
Summer food and drinks
If salad for you is simply lettuce and tomatoes on a plate, you’re doing it unsuitable.
Take inspiration from around the world in our information to 24 salads that deserve a spot at each desk. There’s candy and tangy “prosperity toss” fish salad from Malaysia, Mexican chopped salad with jicama and pepitas, and pickled pressgurka from Sweden.
Leave room too for the heat umami spice mix of Ethiopia’s timatim, served with spongy injera flatbread.
You’ve doubtless by no means heard of ayran, Turkey’s much-loved mixture of yogurt, salt and water, but it surely’s been refreshing locals for no less than 1,000 years.
Its salty zest won’t be to everybody’s tastes, but it surely’s very best for restoring mineral steadiness misplaced by means of perspiration, and it’s good for digestive well being, too.
Americans is perhaps extra aware of cooling down with an ice cream from a Mister Softee truck, with childhood summers soundtracked by that comforting jingle.
But the iconic model is dealing with an unsure future. This story from the 2024 archives explores the historical past of the summer staple, from its Sixties heyday to now.
Following the information final week that US airplane passengers can now keep on their shoes at airport safety checkpoints, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now expanding checkpoint lanes for army members and households with youngsters.
The devoted household lane will probably be launched underneath a program known as “Families on the Fly.”
Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, additionally hinted this week that there is perhaps extra adjustments to come.
“The liquids — I’m questioning,” stated Noem at the Hill Nation Summit. “So that may be the next big announcement is what size your liquids need to be.”
What Disneyland used to seem like
The fashionable theme park business was born on July 17, 1955, when Disneyland opened on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California. The man behind all of it — Walt Disney — is coming to (animatronic) life in a brand new present celebrating the park’s seventieth anniversary.
And these fascinating archive pictures present how Disneyland looked when it launched 70 years in the past.
If that has you hankering for extra fairytale castles, Portugal’s red-and-yellow Pena Palace is a very playful instance. Also in our roundup are Slovenia’s Predjama Castle, constructed into the mouth of a cliffside cave, and Edinburgh Castle, Britain’s most besieged fortress.
It was Scotland’s Perth Museum that was underneath assault this week, nevertheless, when a kilt-wearing man smashed a glass case holding the Stone of Destiny, an historic image of Scottish nationhood. Here’s what went down.
The new season of NCS Travel’s Chance Encounters podcast is greater than midway by means of, however there’s nonetheless time to razzle-dazzle your summer time with some lovely tales of romance.
American Vickie Moretz didn’t know what “standby” meant when she booked an affordable flight to London in 1982. Just earlier than takeoff, she was rushed onboard and seated beside Graham Kidner — a 22-year-old Brit. That last-minute placement sparked a connection that’s lasted over 40 years.
Librarian Beverly Carriveau was 23 when she felt a “thunderbolt” upon locking eyes with 30-year-old yacht captain Bob Parsons. It was the summer time of 1968 and the two North Americans had been in Mexico. Before lengthy, Carriveau stop her job and moved to the nation to be with him.
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‘Let’s go away the nation’: A devastating loss led this household to Costa Rica
After experiencing a devastating loss, Kema Ward-Hopper and her household had been determined for a change from their life in Houston. Now they’re a part of a rising American exodus searching for therapeutic and a less complicated life amid Costa Rica’s natural beauty.
The world’s first national park isn’t in the US.
It’s in a rustic with one among the world’s lowest inhabitants densities.
A frequent flyer wanted a kidney transplant to stay.
This Delta employee donated one of hers.
London has leaned into Jack the Ripper tourism.
The locals don’t like it.
Japan is a mannequin of cleanliness.
So the place are all the trash cans?