Virtuoso Life - September/October 2007 - (Page 25) TALK IT UP Chinese 101 Spectators preparing for the summer Olympics can get a jump on the language barrier with new Lingolook Flashcards, featuring more than 75 of the most common Chinese words. Printed on a passport-size deck, the old-school flashcards come with a PDA-downloadable program that enables tongue-tied travelers to hear vocabulary words as spoken by a native. Also available in Japanese and French. $11.95 at www.lingolook.net Cross-country commuting in style. REIGNS IN SPAIN BRAVO PRADO Spain’s Prado Museum cuts the ribbon on a new addition on October 30, effectively doubling in size the famous home for Velázquez, El Greco, and Goya. Celebrated architect Rafael Moneo devised the plan to restore the seventeenth-century cloister of the monastery of San Jerónimo el Real and incorporate it into the 1819 Madrid museum via an underground wing that features a garden above, an auditorium, temporary galleries, and a restaurant. http://museoprado.mcu.es MAKE TRACKS (LINGOLOOK) IRIDIO SEATTLE, (EDWARD HOPPER) COLLECTION OF BARNEY A. EBSWORTH Whistle-Stop Tours If the allure of train travel is a relaxed pace, GrandLuxe Rail Journeys’ new two- and three-day trips provide a taste for the truly time-pressed. Offered November through January between Chicago and San Francisco or Los Angeles, and from Washington, D.C., to Miami, the journeys include private suites with butler service and five-course dinners. From $789 for two-day itineraries. CAPITAL OF CULTURE The Prado’s new Jerónimos building, designed by Rafael Moneo. SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER 2007 25 http://www.lingolook.net http://museoprado.mcu.es
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