The World's Best Hotels and the World's Dirtiest
TripAdvisor.com has released its 2010 list of the world’s best hotels and its list of the dirtiest, as selected by travelers themselves.
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The Bayeux Tapestry Animated
My niece Meredith pointed me towards David Newton‘s animation of the Bayeux Tapestry. Even without animation, people in the Medieval Period must of thought of it telling its story that way. I remember seeing the 70-meter long original in Bayeux during 1972.
Another Reasons Why I Love The Europeans
Another reason why I love the Europeans. Stockholm turns a subway station’s stairs into a piano
Back from Africa
I am back from a summer spent mostly in South Africa. I’ll be uploading many safari photos.
World’s Most Famous Crosswalk
A musical pilgrimage to the pedestrian crosswalk outside London’s Abbey Road Music Studios.
When the Nationality of the Hotel is Different from its Location
What does one do in a Hungarian hotel in London?
'Speedflying' Down the Eiger
François Bon’s ‘speedflying’ descent of the Eiger.
Back from Malaysia
I returned Sunday from two weeks in Singapore and Malaysia. My round-trip was on the world’s longest commercial airline route: Singapore Airlines’ Non-stop flights between Newark and Singapore. Each 15,349-kilometer (9,593-mile) flight takes between 18 and 20 hours, depending upon weather conditions. The airline uses a four-engine Airbus 340-500 with 181 (rather than the standard 300) seats.
Producing the Past in this Information Era
Are Britain and France producing history as their main products in the Information Era?
Giant Fin Arises Within Mount St. Helens Volcano
Giant Fin Arises with Mount St. Helens Volcano.
Qi Pao That Hugs the Skin
Qi Pao dresses that hug the skin.
April Fool's Day
As a native New Englander, I was relieved to hear U.S. National Public Radio’s Robert Siegel reveal the tragedy in Vermont.