travelinsue

Yes, I love stopping at the International Presse shops at the train stations. My favorites are:
The Economist magazine. Published in Britain, great news articles, letters to the editor, book reviews, etc. All with a British turn of phrase & sense of humor.
The Financial Times, also British.
If you're in Britain, The Evening Standard.

I have also found international versions of Time & Newsweek magazines.

I like reading a different point of view on world issues.

fritzrl

I'm with you, Travelinsue!

One advantage to reviewing the foreign press while overseas is that one can get a European (or Asian) viewpoint on an event, which can often differ radically from how the same story might be reported in the US press.

News priorities overseas are different, as well. A traffic jam or inner-city drug problem that might get columns of coverage on the front page of one's local paper at home is of course of no interest at all to the citizens of Berlin or London.

Both differences (view and emphasis) can help dislodge one's provincial leanings a bit, and bring better understanding of the global human condition.

Not a bad thing, and well worth making time for, my opinion. For me, being on vacation means having the opportunity to increase my understanding of the world and its citizens -- in addition to having a fabulous meal or two!

Fritzrl

tcreath

To be honest, we don't. We are usually so busy, and I never get online when we are on vacation. Since I am on the computer all day for work, vacations for me involve no computers whatsoever! We do usually watch the news if the TV in our room has BBC or CNN.

Tracy

RufusTFirefly

You don't have to watch or read the foreign news while on vacation to find out how world views differ from those in the USA.

Using this thing called the internet, one can read various versions of the daily news from all over the world every day.

aeiger

Hi
I usually pick up a IHT when in europe. The places we've visited might have a copy a couple of days old but ornone. If the hotel has BBC or CNN I'll watch it. As we go away at the end of September, what interests me most are the baseball scores, which both CNN and BBC usually don't carry.