Billionaire’s Unwanted Paris Art Museum Opens

Plus, Five Things I Can’t Wait to Do When I Finally Get Back to Ischia [Manage newsletters]( [View in browser]( [Image] [Image] The entire world in your inbox. Hey there, A word of advice: If you haven’t made your summer travel plans yet, do so. Everything I’m seeing—from flight numbers to the scarcity of rentals in summer destinations—tells me it’s going to be a crazy summer here in the U.S. Also, parts of Europe have been reopening—I had friends who just went to Greece and encountered zero issues with the recent reopening regulations. With that in mind, don’t miss this [lovely (and useful!) piece from Lorenzo Carcaterra on the five things he can’t wait to do when he gets back to Ischia](, off the coast of Italy. We also have [this fascinating excerpt]( from Phoebe S.K. Young’s [Camping Grounds: Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement](. Young brings us back to the middle of the century when camping became so popular in the U.S. that it became a virtual extension of American suburban life. It became popular, one might say, in the worst sense of the word. Rounding out this week’s selection of stories, Erin Zaleski has [a first look at luxury goods billionaire François Pinault’s art museum that just opened in the heart of Paris](. The museum was once seen as egotistical and “a fantasy of omnipotence”—Erin instead finds that after so many lockdowns a new art museum is just what she needed. Enjoy,[William O’Connor](, Travel Editor [Image] [Camping Was So Popular It Became Basic and Nearly Ruined the ‘Outdoors’]( [Camping became so popular in the 1950s and 60s that it became an extension of the suburban dream—and awfully crowded.]( [Five Things I Can’t Wait to Do When I Finally Get Back to Ischia]( [While New York is where I make my home and my living, Ischia has always had my heart and always will.]( [Billionaire's Unwanted Paris Art Museum Opens with Melting Statues and Talking Mice]( [Once seen as the egotistical move of a billionaire, Francois Pinault's museum has turned out to be a fantastic addition and a welcome one after lockdown.]( [Nature’s Best Eating Competition? Brown Bears]( [The sheer volume they consume, as well as the way they do it, makes watching bears eat the ultimate food porn.]( [This Travel Expert Never Travels Without His Set of Knives]( [ ]( For a little refresher course on how to travel, our Scouted editor Daniel Modlin reached out to the guys at[Scott’s Cheap Flights](. Beyond how to get a great deal on plane tickets, Willis Orlando told Daniel about something he always brings with him, no matter the destination—knives. “Because I’m always staying in Airbnbs these days, and not big hotels, I always bring these knives with me.” Willis said. [The Wusthof Set]( has everything—including three knives and a sharpener so they are never dull. “It even has a corkscrew so you can open up a nice bottle of wine you’ve grabbed and have a nice picnic,” Willis said. 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