by Minter Dial | Jul 10, 2007 | Travel
The Dial ’07 Summer Holidays, Lodging a Complaint — Part 3 of 3. After Club Med in Antalya, Turkey, we were ready for the thrill of adventure with a week-long trip, driving up to the Cappadocia region. Images of Chevy Chase in “Summer Vacation”...
by Minter Dial | Jul 8, 2007 | Politics, Travel
The Dial ’07 Summer Holidays, C’est L’Aventure — Part 2 of 3. After our 7-day “yin” stint at Palmiye Club Med, we struck out for the “yang” part of our holidays, and headed for the airport of Antalya to rent a Ford...
by Minter Dial | Jul 7, 2007 | Health, Travel
The Dial ’07 Summer Holidays, Club Meditation — Part 1 of 3. After 5 times at a Club Med, I think we are now officially veteran ‘Gentils Membres’ (guests). Yes, admitting that we (2 adults, 2 kids) enjoy Club Med comes with all sorts of...
by Minter Dial | Jun 22, 2007 | Travel
Even if the bloom is off, I admit to being fascinated by Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan. Not a highly original thought, but he is a Brazilian native, to French parents with a Lebanese heritage, sporting a Spanish first name, running a Franco-Japanese company....
by Minter Dial | Jun 14, 2007 | Politics, Travel
For all the griping about the “weak” economy in France, it is sometimes hard to rationalize here the heady euro-dollar exchange rate where today 1 Euro = $1.3295 (as well as the euro strength against the yen [1 Euro = Y162.853]). And, despite Spain...