Lake Bled and its castle, Slovenia Picture of the day - Lake Bled and its castle, SloveniaLake Bled and its castle in Bled, Slovenia.Photography by Schah. Source: www.schahryar.com/photoblog/565
Leading visitor attractions in London lost out as the double impact of the Olympics and the wettest summer in 100 years caused a calamitous slump in tourism. The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions said...
Isn’t art one of the only reasons to go to Holland? I just heard about the Dutch whacking the arts this week. I was astonished because that is one of the main attractions, I think. How many times can you visit...
King Arthur’s Tale I King Arthur invade the writer who sits before me, himself a descendent from Wales, to share with him a story about why I so loved Ruthin. It is a place to which I once escaped to meet my love...
I have a dream speech In the 1780’s, Welshmen departed Talgarth, Brecon for the Northwest Territory in the USA to establish a Welsh community which they did. Henry George and Mary Bevins were among the leading...
Image of the day: Pisang goreng (Fried banana) crumbs at the Tanjong Pagar Railway station. One of the most favorite snacks of Singapore at the old Singapore-Malaysia railway station. After the closure of...
You can’t keep great people down. Vietnamese are spirited from fishermen, farmers to entrepreneurs of all kinds. We nearly destroyed them for fear of communism. We said we were at war on their behalf because...
Growing up, any thoughts I had on Newfoundland usually began with it being extremely far-away and ended with the knowledge that whatever TV show I was currently watching would, as a rule, have premiered a half-hour...
http://www.stonehenge.co.uk/ How long did it take to build Stonehenge? If you Google search the question you will get some people answering it that may or may not be consistent with the official Stonehenge...
Not that there is anthing wrong with having high tea with a rapper. This is officially Boxing Day, the day after unwrapping day. I had my tea at the British Museum atop the mummies. " “Taking afternoon...
I was walking along in London and noticed a sign in front of a residence: Samuel Morse lived here. I was sporting my new cochlear implanted listening device and could not resist showing it off in front of the...