Weekly Travel News Recap: February 17 – 23, 2013

Here are some of the relevant travel news headlines and stories from the previous week through today:

• Passengers urged to pass gas – A new study says that it is preferred for travelers to fart mid-flight. (News 24)
• US officials put LGBT travelers in spotlight – LGBT travelers are being focused on by the State Department, hoping to better inform such travelers of certain relevant and related travel issues. (BBC)
• New York City has 6 of 10 best restaurants in US – A survey found that New York City is still the ultimate culinary destination and proving ground, with 6 of the top 10 restaurants located in the Big Apple. Another one of the top 10 (#7) is located just north of New York City. (Reuters)
• Diamond heist at Belgium airport- Jewel thieves pulled off a major heist on the tarmac of Brussels International Airport, valued at over $50 million USD. (NYTimes)
• Estonia converts to electric vehicles – Estonia has become the first country to embrace electric vehicles by building a nationwide network of charging stations. (Reuters)

Plus:

• Top sites for booking European rail tickets (BBC)

*Photo is of Le Bernardin, rated #3 of the 10 best restaurants to eat in the U.S. Taken from le-bernardin.com.

Christian “Krzysiek“ Eilers is a twenty-something who constantly likes to look at the next flight out of JFK. His life goal is to visit every country in the world; as a young adult working full-time while also taking classes, he often settles on visiting the near countries of Central and South America and the Caribbean, knocking these off the list as it is less of a financial strain than Europe or Asia. Caffeine is his vice, and if he doesn’t have a coffee in his hands, then it’s probably a green tea. A native of New York City, when he is not traveling, he can find an abundance of cultural influences right in his own city, enough to keep him satisfied until the next country’s beckon cannot be ignored any longer.