Susanne: The safety of travelling

Yesterday I read in a digital newspaper the horrible news of a German tourist who had died in French Polynesia in mysterious circumstances. It was said that he may have been eaten by cannibals, isn't that scary and ... hard to believe?

So much for tourist destinations - we saw a short piece of a video from the e-workbook - and their dangers ... That German tourist was surely aware of the probability of unexpected events, because he was on an adventurous world tour, but he would never have thought of his own tragic death.

I know, this is a macabre contribution to our blog, but it made me reflect on the safety of traveling: What is considered a safe destination?

Anyway, you can read the full news here. 

The following video is much more pleasant and fits our topic about cities. It's the official video clip of Alicia Keys' song "New York" which I really like (Juanjo, what do you think about the piano?). That city must be wonderful and really exciting, so I'd love to visit it (... after Glasgow?). Everyone I know who has been there is fascinated by New York.

Thanks a lot, Susanne, for both the macabre news (ha ha, only joking!) and the lovely song, whose full title is "New York Empire State of mind (part 2)" . As you can see, I've even found the scroller online so that you can all read the beautiful lyrics as you listen to Alicia. Just one thing: I've found out that the song was originally penned by Brooklyn natives Angela Hunte and Janet Sewell-Ulepic, who were pretty homesick during a trip overseas.