European Railroads: The best way to go has gotten faaaster!

I attended a New York press conference sponsored by the French National Tourist Office. One of the speakers, Fabrice Morel, president of Rail Europe Group, told us that French trains were picking up so much speed that Marseilles and Bordeaux were now only three hours from Paris.

Noise-canceling headsets: How they work and which to get

A comparison of the best: the Sennheiser and the Bose

Ready for a nice, relaxing airplane ride? You climb into your hard plush seat, fasten the safety belt, pull out a magazine or book and then, as you start the ascent into several hours locked in place, there comes a steady, all-encompassing roaaarrrr! And it won‘t go away. Not while the engines are turning, since that‘s the price of air travel. Or is it?