Celebrity Travel: Go Away With Ken Burns
Q. What are your five favorite cities?
A. That's a tough list and I've got more than five. You have to put an asterisk on my list and say there's 25 other places vying for entry! But I'd say New York, Paris, San Francisco, New Orleans and Sydney. Wait. I'm a huge Red Sox fan, so also Boston. I'm a huge European cities fan, so I need to add Florence, Rome, London and Edinburgh.
Q. When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?
A. I always bring The New York Times and read it from cover to cover. That makes me feel connected to the world. Then I turn the paper over and try to work on the crossword puzzle in ink. It's my comfort. The thing I do for myself. I'm pretty good at the crossword puzzles and some people have said I should join competitions. But that would ruin it for me.
Q. What is your best and/or worst vacation memory?
A. I can't really think of a place I was miserable. I'm not a guy who likes to go to a resort and sit at the pool or beach and do nothing. Yet last February, my wife conned me into going to Puerto Rico during our little girls' vacation and I thought I'd abandon them and go to Old San Juan. I didn't leave the lounge chair by the pool. What I thought was going to be a boring thing turned out to be great R-and-R in such a beautiful place.
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