Travel
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1.9KJackie Harding: Three new destinations, three happy returns as I plan post-pandemic travel
Travel seems so unrealistic at this stage of the global coronavirus crisis, and I’m, as I am sure are others, yearning to...
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3.0KLetícia Batista: ‘My clueless trip to Copenhagen in the middle of a pandemic,’ Pt. 2
(Editor’s note: See Pt. 1 of Letícia’s post here about her ill-fated trip to Copenhagen at the beginning of the pandemic.) Now...
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2.7KLetícia Batista: ‘My clueless trip to Copenhagen in the middle of a pandemic,’ Pt. 1
It all started about six months ago when I received an email with a great deal on tickets to Copenhagen. We bought...
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5.7K2020 edition (updated): Dispatches’ list of the best music festivals in the Netherlands, Pt. 1
(Editor’s note: On 21 April, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that due to the pandemic, there will be no big shows...
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3.5KExpats in Spain: Will they stay or leave the country once the Covid-19 pandemic is over?
According to the latest statistic I could find which dates from 2018, approximately 300,000 British expats reside in Spain. The total number...
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4.7KJackie Harding: Trapped by coronavirus? Escape to a world of virtual entertainment
(Editor’s note: Dispatches isn’t posting travel pieces during the pandemic, because there are few places now for expats in Europe to go...
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3.6KDespite ‘challenging’ bureaucracy, laid-back Portugal is coping quickly with coronavirus
At the time of posting, there are 7,443 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Portugal. That’s a lot for a small country of...
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1.9KLynne Evans in Corinth: ‘Greeks are taking the COVID-19 health threat very seriously’
You might think that Greeks would not respond well to staying at home under virtual lockdown. However, they are showing remarkable restraint....
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1.7KInka Piegsa-Quischotte in Spain: What it’s like living under lockdown in a small seaside resort
(Editor’s note: See our post here documenting what Spain and other countries are doing to stop the coronavirus.) It’s been 10 days...
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1.1KSarah Nagaty in Lisbon: Portugal’s leaders must learn from China, Italy if we are to avoid coronavirus catastrophe
(Editor’s note: As we’re posting this on 20 March, Portugal has recorded four coronavirus deaths and has a far smaller percentage of population...
