Road trip

ZURICH, Switzerland--I've never had this nightmare, but I can easily imagine how it goes: My deadline is fast approaching, and I haven't uploaded my story yet. The only way to do so is to get online, but I have no Internet. All the Wi-Fi is slow, or doesn't work, and the clock is ticking away. I wake up screaming.

This could easily have been my real-life nightmare anytime this summer as I traveled throughout Europe on Road Trip 2011, filing stories and photo galleries nearly every day on the wide range of places I visited--tunnel projects, air … Read more

Update (Tuesday, 9:42 a.m. PT): The answer to the August 6 challenge--which 55 people got--is Paul Darde's statue "l'Homme primitif" (Cro-Magnon Man) outside of the Musee National de Prehistorie in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Dordogne, France. Thanks to all who played, and please stay tuned to find out the grand prize winner of the Road Trip 2011 Picture of the Day challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a … Read more

Update (Tuesday, 9:34 a.m. PT): The answer to the August 5 challenge--which 240 people got--is Ivor Roberts Jones' statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square in London, England. Thanks to all who played. Please stay tuned to find out the grand prize winner of the Road Trip 2011 Picture of the Day challenge.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from my various travels, and your job is to … Read more

Update, Aug. 5 at 8:53 a.m. PDT: The answer to Thursday's challenge--which 19 people got--is the ancient village of Peyre, near Millau, France. Thanks to all who played, and to everyone, please come back for today's challenge. Also note, this is the final week of the Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge. The final picture will be posted on August 7.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a … Read more

Update, Aug.4 at 8:50 a.m. PDT: The answer to Wednesday's challenge--which 186 people got--is the Queen Victoria Memorial, in front of Buckingham Palace in London, England. Thanks to all who played, and to everyone, please come back for today's challenge. Also note, this is the final week of the Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge. The final picture will be posted on August 7.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'… Read more

Update, Aug. 4 at 8:40 a.m. PDT: The (delayed) answer to Tuesday's challenge--which 77 people got--is Mont Blanc, the highest of the Alps, seen from Chamonix, France. Thanks to all who played, and to everyone, please come back for today's challenge. Also note, this is the final week of the Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge. The final picture will be posted on August 7.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'… Read more

Update (Tuesday, 12:01 a.m. PDT): The answer to Monday's challenge--which 58 people got--is the Opera House in Copenhagen, Denmark. Thanks to all who played, and to everyone, please come back for Tuesday's challenge. Also note, this is the final week of the Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge, and the final picture will be posted on August 7.

Welcome to the Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. This is your chance to win some cool prizes as you test your skills at recognizing pictures.

Each day, I'll be posting a new photograph from … Read more

Update (Monday, 3:11 a.m. PDT): The answer to Sunday's challenge--which 83 people got--is La Fresque La Fresque des Lyonnais, a trompe l'oeil mural of famous people from Lyon, France. The pictured was focused on Antoine de Saint-Exupery and his creation "Le Petit Prince." Sunday's challenge also completed the ninth week of the contest, and one person who submitted a correct answer this week has won a prize. Altogether, I got 704 correct submissions this week. The sweepstakes will now reset, and I will choose a tenth and final winner after next Sunday's … Read more

STUTTGART, Germany--Let's say you're an ostrich farmer, and you've just bought a Porsche. And that you want to outfit the interior of your new car in the leather from some of your precious birds. Could you get your wish?

Yes, is the answer, thanks to Porsche Exclusive, a 25-year-old program through which buyers of the luxury cars can, for a price, have them customized in some very unusual ways.

Are you an Arabian king wanting to get a new Porsche in your country's national colors for each of your ministers? No problem. An American rancher wanting … Read more