Around World in 20 Days

Around World in 20 Days

August 17th, 2010  |  Published in Blog

Three weeks, twelve countries, and highlights including a Jay-Z concert in Germany, a ski trip in Dubai and a glimpse of the future in China. Here are my blog entries from abroad in the summer of 2010.


Around the World: Part I

In which Zack consumes a Guinness breakfast and encounters technical difficulties.

Around the World: Part II
In which Zack shatters dreams in Innsbruck and sees Plastic People in Prague.

Around the World: Part III
In which Zack becomes aware of German singer Lena and eats questionable meat.


Around the World: Part IV

In which Zack travels to Berlin and debunks the myth of the jelly doughnut.

Around the World: Part V
In which Zack visits Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and, sort of accidentally, Oman.

Around the World: Part VI
In which Zack journeys to Hong Kong, Macau, and The Real China before heading home to New York.

But wait, there’s bonus material! Here are a few of the articles I wrote about my travels (more to come):

Luxist.com, 08.05.10
A Visit to Chigny-Les-Roses
By Zack O’Malley Greenburg
Ever wonder about the origin of those gold bottles that keep popping up in Jay-Z’s videos? This is it.

Luxist.com, 07.09.10
A Bubbly Hideaway
By Zack O’Malley Greenburg
L’Assiette Champenoise — the first stop on my trip through Europe.

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Zack O'Malley Greenburg is a Forbes staff writer and author of the Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind. He writes a column called The Beat Report at Forbes, where he's covered finance and music since 2005, profiling the likes of Bon Jovi, Bruno Mars, Richard Branson and 50 Cent along the way. Zack's stories have taken him from Omaha's rail yards to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone. He has also written for The Washington Post, McSweeney's, Sports Illustrated and others. He has served as a guest lecturer at Yale, Berklee School of Music, Georgetown and Harvard, and has appeared as an expert source for BBC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, E!, MTV, Reuters and other outlets.

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