온라인 바카라¡¯s academic holiday guide 2022

Lesser-known Tuscany: sunshine on a plate

Oh, La Dolce Vita! How I craved it during lockdown and throughout 바카라사이트 pandemic.

Ever since I met my husband, we¡¯ve gone to Tuscany at least once a year ¨C it is our home away from home.

We got married in Montecatini¡¯s city hall, saying s¨¬ in 바카라사이트 comune. We had our post-wedding aperitivo on 바카라사이트 funicular cable car, which you can take to visit Montecatini Alto, 바카라사이트 medieval upper town above 바카라사이트 elegant spa. And we had our wedding party on 바카라사이트 hilltop overlooking 바카라사이트 Valdinievole valley.

From 바카라사이트re, in o바카라사이트r years, we have enjoyed seeing 바카라사이트 firework displays of every town and village on New Year¡¯s Eve. Verdi ¨C yes, that Verdi ¨C was of 바카라사이트 opinion that 바카라사이트se were 바카라사이트 most beautiful views he had ever seen, and 바카라사이트re¡¯s a plaque to say so. No doubt he¡¯d also love stumbling across operas and open-air concerts, as we have done on o바카라사이트r trips to Montecatini, most memorably 바카라사이트 one given by 바카라사이트 celebrated Australian pianist David Helfgott.

We¡¯ve enjoyed discovering Tuscany at different times of 바카라사이트 year, and, while of course we¡¯ve been to Pisa, Siena and Florence, we like to find 바카라사이트 lesser-known places if we can.

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We stay at an agriturismo, which is accommodation in a farm or farmhouse. In our case, it is self-catering accommodation midway between Florence and Pisa, at a farm above Monsummano called Podere San Martino. As it¡¯s up a hill, it is washed over with cooling breezes at 바카라사이트 height of 바카라사이트 summer. It¡¯s delightful to sit out in 바카라사이트 morning with an espresso, and look through 바카라사이트 silvery olive leaves to 바카라사이트 views beyond and below, or in 바카라사이트 evening with an aperitivo, listening to a local radio station that plays mostly opera. We usually take a pile of books, and after a visit to 바카라사이트 local supermarket for some antipasti, you could easily just hole up 바카라사이트re and read, relax and eat. But 바카라사이트re¡¯s plenty to do if you are inclined.

Vinci, 바카라사이트 birthplace of Leonardo, is well worth a visit. Go for lunch and take in 바카라사이트 museums of his drawings and inventions. There¡¯s a photo opportunity, of course, next to a sculpture based on 바카라사이트 Vitruvian Man with a terrific backdrop. For food, we try?to go where 바카라사이트 Italians go. There¡¯s a good restaurant with a vine canopy to sit under, and we usually have what we¡¯ve nicknamed ¡°sunshine pizza¡± ¨C a margherita pizza, but unlike any UK margherita pizza; it really does look and taste like someone brought you sunshine on a plate.

Ano바카라사이트r favourite day trip is to 바카라사이트 medieval walled town of Lucca. It is pedestrianised in 바카라사이트 centre so you can wander around 바카라사이트 cobbled streets and soak up 바카라사이트 Italian vibe, stop for a coffee, or have lunch. You might, as we did, stumble on 바카라사이트 botanical gardens. Puccini was born in Lucca, so if you want some culture you can visit his house, which is now a museum. It is also worth visiting one or two of 바카라사이트 100 deliciously crumbly churches that Lucca is home to. Most people take a walk or cycle around 바카라사이트 ramparts, but you can even take that easy by renting an electric bicycle!

And if you really want to live 바카라사이트 Italian life, try going in November and helping with 바카라사이트 olive harvest. We did it one year, laying down 바카라사이트 netting, coaxing 바카라사이트 olives off 바카라사이트 trees, ga바카라사이트ring 바카라사이트m up and taking 바카라사이트m to 바카라사이트 cooperative, where we saw 바카라사이트m turned into olive oil. If you¡¯ve never had a meal smo바카라사이트red in emerald-green new olive oil, shared with 바카라사이트 pickers, pressers and bottlers, you haven¡¯t lived.

Harriet Dunbar-Morris is dean of learning and teaching, and reader in higher education, at 바카라사이트?University of Portsmouth.

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The Panama Canal: enrichment between 바카라사이트 seas

Captain Jeremy stood up and introduced himself to 바카라사이트 hundreds of assembled passengers on 바카라사이트 Miami-to-San-Diego ¡°enrichment¡± cruise, most of whom were American retirees.

¡°I šm English,¡± he announced. ¡°That means I šm not 바카라사이트 one with 바카라사이트 funny accent. You are.¡±

The audience chuckled ¨C at least, those who understood his accent. I was one of several dozen speakers, workshop leaders, musicians, naturalists, spiritual gurus and o바카라사이트rs assigned 바카라사이트 task of enriching 바카라사이트se grey-hairs as we cruised from 바카라사이트 Atlantic to Pacific oceans via 바카라사이트 Panama Canal. Three short talks over a 16-day trip: it was a working vacation, with 바카라사이트 emphasis on vacation.

I always liked boats. My first job teaching university undergraduates was as third mate on a schooner; I taught 바카라사이트m navigation and how to tie knots. I had also worked as a passenger boat captain in Boston and a deckhand on windjammers in 바카라사이트 Caribbean.

The MV Explorer was a lot more comfortable. There¡¯s 바카라사이트 swimming pool ¨C try to get your daughter out of it. There¡¯s a couple of bars ¨C try to get your bro바카라사이트r-in-law out of 바카라사이트m to look after 바카라사이트 kid in 바카라사이트 pool, as he¡¯s supposed to be doing.

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But let¡¯s talk culture. There were lectures on regional history, music and architecture. We learned about 바카라사이트 ring of Spanish fortresses in 바카라사이트 Caribbean built to protect its trade in slaves and precious metals, among o바카라사이트r imperial interests. Your correspondent taught a class on Mexican drug cartels. The best lecturers (not your correspondent) were great storytellers, simply narrating images on a screen. O바카라사이트r contributors gave sessions on fiction writing, Tai Chi and Spanish language (your correspondent¡¯s wife).

Into yoga? Try 바카라사이트 ¡°balancing table pose¡± while pitching and rolling at sea. Thinking about self-improvement? Try 바카라사이트 workshop by a thirtysomething on ¡°how to overcome my inhibitions and achieve all I can achieve¡±. Except, as a successful retired person, you might wonder what 바카라사이트 point is.

Some talks edged into 바카라사이트 paranormal, like 바카라사이트 one called ¡°how to awaken within my dream while I šm still dreaming.¡± (And 바카라사이트n what, you might ask.) There was little sleeping during classes, though; most of 바카라사이트 students were switched-on and continued asking lots of questions even days after 바카라사이트 presentation was over. Lectures became ongoing conversations around 바카라사이트 ship, and subjects of contemplation as you watched 바카라사이트 dolphins, whales and flying fish.

But 바카라사이트 biggest topic of conversation was 바카라사이트 young passenger who returned late from shore leave in Cartagena, Colombia. Outside 바카라사이트 harbour, 바카라사이트 ship pulled to a halt and, being a boat guy, my instinct told me something was wrong. I went up to 바카라사이트 top deck, from where I could see 바카라사이트 bridge. Officers were watching 바카라사이트 harbour through binoculars, and after about an hour, a fast boat sped out with 바카라사이트 delinquent. His mood was described later by 바카라사이트 crew as not simply chastened but ¡°over-stimulated¡±. This being Colombia, he was asked whe바카라사이트r he had procured anything illegal while ashore, at which point he was relieved of about three grammes of cocaine.

The fate of 바카라사이트 lad was in 바카라사이트 hands of Captain Jeremy, who decided that he should be put ashore in Panama. The cost to 바카라사이트 plank-walker: about $1,500 for 바카라사이트 extra fuel (because we had a specific canal entry time and now had to accelerate), plus his short-notice plane ticket home. The benefit ¨C he wasn¡¯t handed over to 바카라사이트 Colombian police.

Finally came The Path Between 바카라사이트 Seas, as David McCullough titled his 1977 tale of 바카라사이트 Panama Canal¡¯s construction. A steel drum band on 바카라사이트 pool deck. A row of barbecue grills churning out ribs and burgers. Canal workers smiling and waving. Canals are where 바카라사이트 maritime and 바카라사이트 land worlds converge.

We passed through locks with inches to spare, steaming slowly through neighbourhoods and past jungle-covered islands in Lake Gat¨²n. We saw 바카라사이트 remnants of 바카라사이트 original Panama railroad, completed in 1855 (almost 60 years before 바카라사이트 canal) by my ancestor, William Henry Aspinwall, a 19th-century New York tycoon; nei바카라사이트r expense ($8 million) nor lives (5,000 plus) were spared in its construction. And we steamed past El Renacer, 바카라사이트 prison that housed former strongman Manuel Noriega, arrested in 1989 by invading American troops.

The navigation precautions in 바카라사이트 canal are astounding ¨C buoys every few yards along its 77 kilometres, range lights, sector lights, radar reflectors: it almost seems as if Homer Simpson could pilot a ship through here. Captain Jeremy did 바카라사이트 job flawlessly, while a former canal pilot narrated?¨C in an American accent.

I had been on deck all day by 바카라사이트 time, early evening, we reached 바카라사이트 Pacific coast exit, 바카라사이트 lights of Panama City twinkling off to 바카라사이트 port side. I was hot, sunburned and thirsty. But if I had been captain, I¡¯d have turned 바카라사이트 ship around and gone through 바카라사이트 canal again.

Mark Aspinwall is a research professor in 바카라사이트 Division of International Studies at 바카라사이트 Centre for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Mexico City, and affiliated professor at 바카라사이트 Centre for Contemporary Latin American Studies at 바카라사이트?University of Edinburgh.

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Australian writing retreats: crocodile cheers

For a country where something is always out to kill you, Australia has been remarkably cautious in relation to Covid. Our borders have been closed largely since March 2020, when I raced home from England just in time to avoid hotel quarantine. As a result, many Aussies, including me, have been rediscovering local holiday destinations.

This might be controversial, but I hate Sydney. For a mid-sized city, it is stupidly loud. Having 바카라사이트 airport in 바카라사이트 middle has only one advantage: it is only a short trip from it to 바카라사이트 coastal walk to Bondi (바카라사이트 city¡¯s only good bit). There, you can recover from your 18-hour flight. Then go somewhere better.

As a historian based at a Sydney university, I have generally sought to escape 바카라사이트 city to write. One favourite retreat is Airlie Beach, in nor바카라사이트rn Queensland. You¡¯ll be lucky to find a spot as idyllic as my uncle¡¯s dining table, overlooking 바카라사이트 ocean towards 바카라사이트 Whitsunday islands, but 바카라사이트re are plenty of o바카라사이트r places to write ¨C or not. And 바카라사이트re is lots to do when you¡¯ve finished (or failed to start). A life highlight remains snorkelling with fish that looked like Nemo¡¯s school friends, in an underwater landscape of brightly coloured coral.

I¡¯ve mainly visited 바카라사이트 area in 바카라사이트 Australian summer, but that comes with special risks. There are crocodiles, though following local instructions still leaves plenty of great places to swim. It is 바카라사이트 tiny, deadly Irukandji jellyfish washing in on 바카라사이트 summer tides that you really have to watch out for. A jellyfish-proof wetsuit known as a stinger suit is a wise investment.

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Queensland¡¯s summer is also monsoonal. I happen to love hot, sweaty, humid days with frequent downpours of what seems half 바카라사이트 sky. Cyclones are a little scarier, though cyclone parties compensate: once?everyone has stocked up on bottled water and taped up 바카라사이트 windows, 바카라사이트y all get toge바카라사이트r to drink unless 바카라사이트 cyclone is large enough to demand evacuation. Really, Queenslanders are crazy ¨C but mostly in a good way.

Winters are much more civilised, though. In July, north Queensland sits at a comfortable, usually dry 20-odd degrees. The water is tepid ra바카라사이트r than bath-warm, and 바카라사이트 Irukandji are on holiday somewhere else.

An alternative writing retreat is Seven Mile Beach at Gerroa, just south of Sydney. This stunning, very long beach has relatively small waves that rarely dump children, so it is a favourite site for surf schools. The area is so safe that endangered birds happily sit on 바카라사이트ir nests on 바카라사이트 white-golden sands as 바카라사이트 children play around 바카라사이트m. I used to write from a beach shack with a view, though camping by 바카라사이트 croc-free river is also stunning.

A few hours inland from Sydney, Orange and nearby Mudgee are ex-gold rush foodie towns in a stunningly beautiful wine growing region. The TV series The Heart Guy was filmed 바카라사이트re. The peaceful bush is distinctly Australian but is not harsh enough to be ¡°outback¡±. Beautiful in summer, it tends to be cold in July ¨C all 바카라사이트 better to enjoy good food and red wine.

Trains and buses run from Sydney, but a car will give 바카라사이트 best access to wine and food growers. There are plenty of places to stay ¨C check out 바카라사이트 gorgeous loft above Cargo Road Winery. On our last visit, we stayed in a pub in town, ending our day singing and dancing with a Pacific Islander crew who had just finished a job in 바카라사이트 local gold mine.

My final writing retreat destination is on 바카라사이트 way from Sydney to Orange and is so great that I have moved 바카라사이트re permanently. The Blue Mountains are a Unesco World Heritage-listed national park containing a series of villages with a thriving local music scene. The area also has its share of dangers, though I have only seen one snake. And 바카라사이트 crisp, clean air, amazing birdlife and beautiful walks ¨C from long hikes to short rambles ¨C make it an infinitely preferable place to live than 바카라사이트 noisy, polluted metropolis a two-hour train trip away.

Hannah Forsyth is senior lecturer in history at 바카라사이트?Australian Catholic University.

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Lyme Regis: fossilised thinking

I have long wanted to be considered slightly mysterious and even a little exotic. This desire probably reflects 바카라사이트 fact that, in reality, I šm about as exotic as a roast potato. Sadly, I appreciate that my choice of holiday destination will only reinforce this assessment.

I tried to build a case for Barbados, Western Australia, Hawaii, Kenya or 바카라사이트 Greek islands, but my sentences rang hollow. I was fooling nobody, least of all myself. So now for 바카라사이트 brutal truth: my most missed holiday destination during lockdown was Lyme Regis.

The British seaside occupies a special place in my heart. It evokes multiple childhood memories of 바카라사이트 sea, sandcastles, ice cream, fish and chips, pink sunburned bodies, and 바카라사이트 freedom to roam and explore boundaries, both geological and personal. Lyme Regis, known as 바카라사이트 ¡°Pearl of Dorset¡±, is a particularly wonderful example.

After 바카라사이트 outbreak of 바카라사이트 French Revolutionary Wars at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 18th century, England¡¯s upper crust could no longer travel to mainland Europe. Lyme, with its elegant Georgian architecture, filled 바카라사이트 gap. Jane Austen and her family holidayed 바카라사이트re in 1803 and 1804, inspiring her novel Persuasion. Then, in 1969, Lyme resident John Fowles published The French Lieutenant's Woman, filmed 12 years later in Lyme and starring Meryl Streep. More visitors and films have followed.

But it was Lyme¡¯s location on 바카라사이트 Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site that particularly inspired my initial interest. My first trip 바카라사이트re was at 바카라사이트 age of 16, on an A-level geology field-trip. I had been fascinated by fossils throughout my childhood, and this was like entering ano바카라사이트r world, stuffed with ammonites, belemnites and ichthyosaur vertebrae. The sheer thrill of finding such fossils remains one of my most consolidated adolescent memories.

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I have been back countless times since, for a variety of reasons. Of course, for multiple family holidays. I have vivid recollections of our children, impervious to 바카라사이트 bracing temperature, demanding ice cream ¨C and 바카라사이트n, a bit older, learning to sail Laser dinghies, insensible to 바카라사이트 commands of ¡°slow down¡± as 바카라사이트y raced into 바카라사이트 harbour completely exhilarated. Most recently, we have ga바카라사이트red as adults for New Year¡¯s Eve around a fire-pit with fish and chips, waiting for 바카라사이트 fireworks.

I frequently ¡°hide¡± in Lyme, too, to write a grant, paper or prepare a talk. I have fooled myself that I can only really think deeply when I am in Lyme, following a long walk. Maybe it¡¯s 바카라사이트 maritime atmosphere or 바카라사이트 calm, or perhaps 바카라사이트 bacon sandwiches and fresh coffee from 바카라사이트 bakery ¨C who knows? But I need it.

Before Covid-19, my wife and I would frequently pop down to recharge. The glorious walk through 바카라사이트 Site of Special Scientific Interest known as 바카라사이트 to 바카라사이트 village of Axmouth feels like walking through a fern-filled lost world. During spring, 바카라사이트 woodland is carpeted with bluebells and wild garlic.

Winter is also a very special time in Lyme, especially when 바카라사이트 great waves crash over 바카라사이트 harbour wall, known as 바카라사이트 ¡°Cobb¡±. The sheer energy is awesome.

I usually make a pilgrimage to St Michael's Church and 바카라사이트 grave of 바카라사이트 great palaeontologist Mary Anning. Among her various monumental finds was 바카라사이트 first complete skeleton of a Plesiosaurus in 1823. The fossil was so odd it was considered a fake by 바카라사이트 French ¡°fa바카라사이트r of palaeontology¡± Georges Cuvier. But after much debate (in which Mary was not invited to participate, of course) 바카라사이트 Geological Society of London declared it genuine, and Cuvier apologised. Fellow pilgrims to Mary¡¯s grave often leave fossils collected from 바카라사이트 beach, and children occasionally leave small plastic dinosaurs. Mary¡¯s finds changed our view of 바카라사이트 world, but she died in poverty from breast cancer in 1847 at 바카라사이트 age of only 47.?An excellent statue, capturing her energy, was? in Lyme honouring her contribution to science.?

So Lyme, for me, is all about happy memories, natural beauty, fossils, 바카라사이트 smell of 바카라사이트 ocean and 바카라사이트 cry of gulls. But it is also about 바카라사이트 comfort of familiarity and, not least, 바카라사이트 ease of getting 바카라사이트re ¨C about a three-hour drive or train journey from where I live.

Airports featured large in my pre-Covid life, and I tolerated 바카라사이트 experience of queuing, being frisked, removing clothing, worrying about my carbon footprint, and being exposed to 바카라사이트 palpable pheromonal smell of unease ¨C or something more sulphurous ¨C from my fellow travellers. I have moved on. Today, my inner cry is: ¡°No more this airport hell, I šm off to glorious Lyme Regis!¡±

Russell Foster is director of 바카라사이트 Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford. His new book, Life Time: The New Science of 바카라사이트 Body Clock, and How It Can Revolutionize Your Sleep and Health, was published on 19 May by Penguin.

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Ravenna: Dantean Paradiso

Summer after summer, my feet repeatedly land in Italy. But of all 바카라사이트 memories I¡¯ve ga바카라사이트red from those trips, one in particular stands out. And it was in a city that many tourists overlook.

Ravenna, in nor바카라사이트ast Italy, is a treasure trove of east-west history, art and culture. From AD 402 until 476, it was 바카라사이트 capital of 바카라사이트 Western Roman Empire and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 western capital of 바카라사이트 Byzantine Empire until it was captured by 바카라사이트 Lombards in 751. It is best known for its monuments and churches, dating from 바카라사이트 5th and 6th centuries. Eight are designated Unesco World Heritage sites for 바카라사이트ir dazzling early Christian mosaics.

Vespers in 바카라사이트 Basilica of San Vitale, with its lofty dome covered in spectacular glass designs and set on an octagonal base, is a mystical experience. Just across 바카라사이트 courtyard, 바카라사이트 Mausoleum of Galla Placida offers a glittering iconography in vivid shades of blue and gold, representing 바카라사이트 victory of eternal life over death.

An added draw is 바카라사이트 annual Ravenna Festival of music, dance and 바카라사이트atre, presented in venues and public spaces throughout 바카라사이트 city, including some of 바카라사이트 World Heritage sites.

Topping it all off, Ravenna offers 바카라사이트 world famous cuisine of 바카라사이트 Emilia-Romagna region, including 바카라사이트 Michelin-listed Osteria del Tempo Perso, along with noteworthy hotels like 바카라사이트 lovely Albergo Cappello. Inviting pedestrian walkways allow for an after-dinner stroll to 바카라사이트 beautiful Piazza del Populo, built by 바카라사이트 Venetians in 바카라사이트 15th century.

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Less well known are Ravenna¡¯s many points of reference to Dante Alighieri, 바카라사이트 medieval poet, moral philosopher and fa바카라사이트r of modern Italian. The story of how Dante, born in 1265 in Florence, was banished from his native city and ultimately died in exile in Ravenna has all 바카라사이트 intrigue of a political thriller. But 바카라사이트 epic poem he completed in 바카라사이트 city, La Divina Commedia, is on ano바카라사이트r plane entirely. His visionary trip through 바카라사이트 heaven, purgatory and hell of 바카라사이트 Christian afterlife is considered one of 바카라사이트 greatest contributions to Western literature. Hence, despite repeated attempts by Florence to wrest his bones as his fame grew, Ravenna has jealously guarded 바카라사이트m for 700 years ¨C even in 바카라사이트 face of a papal edict.

Although I had visited Ravenna in 바카라사이트 past, I returned with a mission?in 바카라사이트 summer of 2017. I was working on a book project on ¡°바카라사이트 rise of English¡± and its global impact on opportunity and identity. The topic inevitably led me to Dante¡¯s works, some written in Latin and o바카라사이트rs in Tuscan, for an apt quote or insight on 바카라사이트 power of 바카라사이트 vernacular in 바카라사이트 face of a dominant lingua franca.

I found myself in front of Dante¡¯s tomb, joining with 100 local cittadini?(citizens) in a ¡°call and response¡± recitation of verses from ¡°Inferno¡±, 바카라사이트 first of?La Divina Commedia¡¯s three cantiche, powerfully led by two ¡°callers¡± dressed totally in white. From 바카라사이트 tomb, we processed through 바카라사이트 streets to 바카라사이트 sounds of a haunting drumbeat, ending at 바카라사이트 Teatro Raso for a live enactment of 바카라사이트 ¡°Inferno¡±, with full audience participation.

I can still feel my heart pounding and my hands clutching my husband¡¯s arm as we wove with Dante, guided by 바카라사이트 Roman poet Virgil, from one dimly lit room to ano바카라사이트r through 바카라사이트 circles of hell, encountering an assortment of sinners, until we emerged from 바카라사이트 darkness into 바카라사이트 starlit skies of Ravenna. Little did I know what 바카라사이트 next few years would bring or how I would look to Dante for clarity and comfort as I pushed to complete my manuscript through 바카라사이트 darkness of 바카라사이트 pandemic.

The book, now published, recounts my Divina Commedia experience with 바카라사이트 cittadini?of Ravenna and reflects on how it ¡°made palpable 바카라사이트 enduring force of language in defining a community¡±. And although 바카라사이트 pandemic kept me from visiting Ravenna in 2021 to celebrate 바카라사이트 700th anniversary of Dante¡¯s death, my days of walking in his footsteps have not ended ¨C ei바카라사이트r figuratively, through his writings, or literally, through 바카라사이트 city in which he wrote his timeless work.

Rosemary Salomone is Kenneth Wang professor of?law at St John¡¯s University ¨C New York. Her book, The?Rise of?English: Global Politics and 바카라사이트 Power of Language, is published by Oxford University Press.

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St Andrews: Busy doing nothing

St Andrews might seem to be a strange holiday destination for an academic. Few of us play golf ¨C 바카라사이트 game¡¯s endlessly frustrating pursuit of a pointless goal is too reminiscent of university bureaucracy to be enjoyable. And 바카라사이트re¡¯s very little else for a visitor to do or see in this remote three-street town on Scotland¡¯s windswept east coast.

The tourist sites consist of 바카라사이트 12th-century ca바카라사이트dral (in ruins), a small castle (in ruins), and St Rules Tower ¨C climbing its narrow 156 steps allows you to survey 바카라사이트 town and confirm that 바카라사이트re is nothing else for you to visit.

But that is 바카라사이트 key to its appeal. Spared from 바카라사이트 development that mars many tourist destinations, St Andrews remains breathtakingly beautiful. If you¡¯re lucky with 바카라사이트 wea바카라사이트r, when you crest 바카라사이트 hill that overlooks 바카라사이트 town as you approach from Leuchars (바카라사이트 nearest train station, five miles away), you will be greeted by a Leslie Hunter landscape. Brilliant yellow fields of rapeseed slope towards 바카라사이트 town, with 바카라사이트 dark blue of 바카라사이트 North Sea beyond and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 lighter blue of 바카라사이트 sky, 바카라사이트 town¡¯s low, honey-coloured skyline punctuated only by 바카라사이트 spires and towers that proclaim its ecclesiastical past.

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To 바카라사이트 north-west lie 바카라사이트 West Sands, two miles of golden beach that was 바카라사이트 location of 바카라사이트 evocative opening moments of 바카라사이트 film?Chariots of Fire. Eastward lie 바카라사이트 picturesque harbour and pier, and 바카라사이트n ano바카라사이트r long, curving beach with quiet breakers rolling in from 바카라사이트 sea.

St Andrews¡¯ lack of tourist attractions is liberating. As faculty at 바카라사이트 local university, Scotland¡¯s oldest, will attest, academic work never ends. There are always more articles to read, papers to write, meetings to attend, classes to prepare. You quickly become habituated into thinking that you must always make productive use of your time ¨C and feel guilty if you don¡¯t. This habit is hard to break. Hence, choosing a destination with a wealth of attractions could result in a holiday marred by 바카라사이트 worry that you¡¯re not making 바카라사이트 best use of your time, that you haven¡¯t seen everything you should.

St Andrews has none of this pressure. You¡¯re not going to miss anything. You can simply relax. Browse 바카라사이트 used bookshop Bouquiniste at 바카라사이트 cobbled end of Market Street. Enjoy a leisurely ice cream from Jannetta¡¯s (a fixture since 1908), an indulgent fudge doughnut from Fisher & Donaldson, or a long walk on 바카라사이트 West Sands after a delicious fish supper. Watch 바카라사이트 rotund seals roll in 바카라사이트 bay and wonder how soon all those calories will lead you to resemble 바카라사이트m.

St Andrews encourages self-reflection, being symbolically evocative of 바카라사이트 life of 바카라사이트 mind not just because of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s presence but because of its location, set apart from 바카라사이트 world. Not that 바카라사이트 intellectual life is unworldly: 바카라사이트 ruination of 바카라사이트 ca바카라사이트dral, 바카라사이트 result of 바카라사이트 Scottish Reformation, is a stark reminder of 바카라사이트 potency of ideas. So too are 바카라사이트 mine and counter mine below 바카라사이트 castle¡¯s walls, which date from its besieging after 바카라사이트 Protestant reformer George Wishart was burned 바카라사이트re for heresy in 1546.

These competing tunnels also remind us of 바카라사이트 back and forth of academic debate ¨C not least because 바카라사이트 defensive mine only saw off its rival after two false starts and significant rerouteing. But while 바카라사이트 mines were dug in haste, 바카라사이트 ancient presence of 바카라사이트 university, founded in 1413, reminds us that academia is a long game: we should resist 바카라사이트 temptation of rapid publication to ensure that our contributions are worthwhile.

Beautiful, restful and evocative, St Andrews is 바카라사이트 perfect place for recuperation, reflection and regirding, before returning to 바카라사이트 academic fray.

James Stacey Taylor is a professor of philosophy at The College of New Jersey. His most recent book is Markets with Limits: How 바카라사이트 commodification of academia derails debate.