On Aug. 7, 1974, Frenchman Philippe Petit made headlines when, in the space of 45 minutes, he crossed four times between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. And, he didn’t just walk—the 24-year-old high-wire artist danced and lay down on the wire, too, balance pole in hand. Whether you look on it as […]
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Last December, I highlighted the top 10 property markets to watch in 2020. One place on the list that I was especially hopeful for was Greece. In the early 2000s, I spent extended time on a work assignment in Athens (happily running on frappés for 10 hours a day). Back then the city was turned upside-down—developing
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In 1989, Italian schoolteacher Mauro Morandi was sailing between Corsica and Sardinia when the engine of his catamaran gave up. He washed up on the shores of Budelli—an island that had gone from hosting thousands of tourists a day to being placed under environmental protection. When Morandi showed up, the only inhabitant was the island’s
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I made two mistakes in last week’s issue. You’ll read about one of my blunders in today’s Letter To The Editor below. The other is that I told you about my plan to split this list over two issues. Turns out the five destinations I planned to tell you all about this week are commanding
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Its history dates back 4,000 years, its beaches are superb, the Mediterranean water is crystal clear, the healthy Mediterranean Diet originates here, and the sun shines for 300 days a year. This is the island of Crete, the largest of the Greek islands, a little bigger than the State of Delaware. Crete is divided into
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