Portugal Walking Tour (August 20, 2023) – Sintra is a resort town in the foothills of Portugal’s Sintra Mountains, near the capital, Lisbon. A longtime royal sanctuary, its forested terrain is studded with pastel-colored villas and palaces.
Video timeline:00:00 – Intro Sintra and Map 00:47 – Rua Dr. Alfredo da Costa 03:01 – Volta do Duche 13:00 – Escadinhas do Teixeira 13:55 – Beco da Judiaria 16:22 – Rua Padarias 17:32 – Largo Dr. Gregório de Almeida 19:25 – Largo Rainha Dona Amélia 20:24 – Sintra National Palace 31:01 – Rua Padarias 33:47 – Rua Ferraria 35:24 – Miradouro da Ferraria 36:25 – Rua Ferraria 37:13 – Rua Mal. Saldanha 37:55 – Rua Costa do Castelo 38:52 – Rua Ferraria 39:54 – Escadinhas Félix Nunes 40:46 – Praça da República 41:35 – Rua Biquinha 43:52 – Escadinhas do Briamante 44:26 – Rua Gil Vicente 45:29 – Rua Consiglieri Pedroso 51:11 – Avenida Almeida Garrett
The Moorish- and Manueline-style Sintra National Palace is distinguished by dramatic twin chimneys and elaborate tilework. The hilltop 19th-century Pena National Palace is known for a whimsical design and sweeping views.
Last October, Colin Kahl, then the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, sat in a hotel in Paris and prepared to make a call to avert disaster in Ukraine. A staffer handed him an iPhone—in part to avoid inviting an onslaught of late-night texts and colorful emojis on Kahl’s own phone. Kahl had returned to his room, with its heavy drapery and distant view of the Eiffel Tower, after a day of meetings with officials from the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. A senior defense official told me that Kahl was surprised by whom he was about to contact: “He was, like, ‘Why am I calling Elon Musk?’ ”
By the time I was twenty-one, I had made two short films and was dead set on making a feature. I had gone to a distinguished school in Munich, where I had few friends, and which I hated so passionately that I imagined setting it on fire. There is such a thing as academic intelligence, and I didn’t have it. Intelligence is always a bundle of qualities: logical thought, articulacy, originality, memory, musicality, sensitivity, speed of association, and so on. In my case, the bundle seemed to be differently composed. I remember asking a fellow-student to write a term paper for me, which he did quite easily. In jest, he asked me what I would do for him in return, and I promised that I would make him immortal. His name was Hauke Stroszek. I gave his last name to the main character in my first film, “Signs of Life.” I called another film “Stroszek.”
The Globalist Podcast, Monday, August 21: The latest from Niger, as Ecowas again threatens military action, a crackdown on journalists ahead of elections in Zimbabwe and Russia weaponizing Ukrainian passports.
Plus: the latest from the Balkans and how the World Cup Final has changed women’s football.
Despite tough fighting and heavy casualties, Ukrainian commanders say their forces are in better shape now than just months ago, while Russian troops appear worse off.
Tropical Storm Hilary brings widespread flooding and small landslides, as authorities fear more significant damage could be coming.
Inside the Collapse of Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal
An examination of confidential correspondence and interviews with those close to Mr. Biden and lawyers involved in the case show how the deal ultimately fell apart amid schisms and withering external pressures.
The South Knows a Hot, Sticky Summer. But This? ‘It’s Hell.’
It’s not just the heat, as Southerners have explained for generations. It’s the moist, soupy, suffocating humidity. And this year the punishing conditions have been relentless.
DW Travel (August 20, 2023) – The Raven’s Nest is tucked away in the mountains of Transylvania in Alba County. This isolated high-end retreat celebrates nature and sustainability. For many, this is the luxury that Romania has to offer as a travel destination, a world away from mass tourism.
August 20, 2023– Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, Emma Nelson, Juliet Linely and Florian Egli discuss the weekend’s hottest topics. Plus: check-ins with our correspondents in London, Helsinki and Copenhagen.
A 35-unit, senior-living complex in Lahaina may have been one of the first major buildings to burn down, and at least two residents are among the dead.
Fox News leaned on the former president privately and publicly to join the debate. But all the while he was proceeding with a plan for his own counterprogramming.
Brazil Found the Last Survivors of an Amazon Tribe. Now What?
Pakyi and Tamandua are the final known isolated members of the Piripkura people. They are posing a tricky challenge for Brazil.
Kansas Newspaper Is Talk of Town, and Not Just for Getting Raided
The rare search of a newsroom has uncorked a debate in Marion, Kan.: What is a newspaper’s role, anyway?
Prowalk Tours (August 19, 2023) – Camogli is a fishing village at the foot of the Monte di Portofino (Portofino Mountain) in the heart of the Italian Riviera. Located about a 2.5-hour drive from Milan and a short distance away from Genoa, Hemmed in by the steep slopes of the Monte di Portofino and the bright blue Ligurian Sea,
Video timeline:0:00 Drone intro and Map 1:27 Camogli Beach 5:01 Seaside promenade 6:45 Pastel Colored Houses 18:59 Il Giorgio 26:41 Piazza Cristoforo Colombo 27:12 Marina 30:53 Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta 33:05 Castle della Dragonara 39:27 Via al Molo 58:16 Porticciolo di Camogli 1:08:09 Via Piero Schiaffino 1:13:01 Piazza Cristoforo Colombo 1:19:24 Seaside promenade
The spirit of Noël Coward by Bruce Bawer Plato on “men” & “women” by Joshua T. Katz Rachmaninoff reigns by David Dubal The Roman custom by James Hankins
“Archaeology”: a new poem by Katie Hartsock
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