FX Excursions

FX Excursions offers the chance for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in destinations around the world.
Feburary 2010
2010 / Feburary 2010
Feb 1, 2010

Istanbul: The Beat Goes On

Renowned jazz artist Dave Brubeck said it was the rhythm of Istanbul that inspired his groundbreaking composition ‘‘Blue Rondo à la Turk’’ in the late 1950s. I’m no music expert. I didn’t pay much attention in music class. And I certainly can’t read sheet music. But I know what I like, and I know when I hear a melody that captures the essence of a place. ‘‘Blue Rondo à la Turk’’ does just that.

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2010 / Feburary 2010
Feb 1, 2010

Bilbao: Build It And They Will Come

In the 1989 film Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner hears a voice whisper, “If you build it, he will come,” and he proceeds to build a baseball diamond in the middle of his vast Iowa cornfield, attracting thousands of curious tourists and the ghosts of baseball players past.