Summer (Season)
A Slow-Cooked Lamb Recipe For Summer
Speaking of summer weather, or weren’t we? I pronounce it “exceedingly hot and humid.” While that’s not true of everywhere, of course, I know many people who would emphatically answer yes when asked, “Hot enough for you?” And emphatically no when asked, “Are you going to cook?” Some won’t even turn on the oven or […]
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How Heat Waves are Changing Tourism in Europe
It was the middle of July, peak summer travel season, and the news from Europe wasn’t looking good: A heat-induced “surface defect” briefly closed the runway at London’s Luton Airport. Trains were delayed or canceled across Britain because of overheated tracks. More than two dozen weather stations in France recorded their highest-ever temperatures. And wildfires […]
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Passengers Sigh as Heathrow Caps Numbers to Head Off ‘Airmageddon’
She felt sympathy for ground-staff workers, she said, but the experience had only confirmed to her that she and her husband had made the right choice to avoid traveling this summer. “Maybe next year,” she said. “Definitely not this year.” Past the security lines, which took about an hour at midday on Wednesday, the crowds […]
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Getting a Passport Will Be Another Pain for Summer Travels
In May, Paula Knight, 33, was gearing up for a family trip to Mallorca when she realized she, her husband and her 11-year-old daughter would all need to renew their passports before traveling in early July. And her son, who is 8 months old, didn’t have one at all. She first reached out to a […]
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What to See, Eat and Do in Toronto
Canada’s biggest city and North America’s fourth-largest metropolis, Toronto received more than 27.5 million visitors annually before the pandemic, making it Canada’s top tourism destination, according to Destination Toronto, the city’s tourism-marketing arm. As travel rebounds, Canadian tourists are predominating, with traffic from the United States just starting to return and overseas visitors still scant, […]
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Pass the Chowder, and the Curry: Jamaican Chefs Add to Cape Cod’s Culinary Delights
At the Jerk Cafe, a storefront tucked into a strip mall in the Cape Cod village of South Yarmouth, Mass., sweet-smelling smoke greets guests as soon as they open the front door. So does the cafe’s proprietor, Glenroy Burke, who bounces around the wide-open kitchen stirring pots, tending the grill and plating dishes. “I don’t […]
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What to Know About Flight Delays and Cancellations This Summer
More people flew out of airports in the United States on Sunday — 2.46 million according to the Transportation Security Administration — than on any other day so far this year. Thursday and Friday going into this Fourth of July holiday are expected to be even busier, with Hopper, a travel booking app, predicting that […]
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Copenhagen: What to Eat, Drink and Do This Summer
Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, Copenhagen somehow seems only to have become more thoroughly itself. With restrictions long gone (they were lifted in January) and summer at hand, the city’s outdoor spaces, designed to extract every bit of joy from summer, have multiplied. There are more harborside spots to sip wine and swim, […]
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How Travelers to Europe Can Deal With the Summer’s Chaos
Adding to the upheaval, aviation workers in Europe have held strikes in recent weeks, demanding better working conditions and higher salaries to help ease the burden of soaring inflation. Paris Charles de Gaulle airport canceled more than 100 flights on Thursday after its union announced a walkout demanding a 300-euro monthly pay raise for all […]
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