Italy has its share of celebrations and festivals all year long. Here I have highlighted three celebrations that take place during the month of May, a snake festival, a pilgrimage to beauty and a fish ...
Warsaw is a city that is truly like a phoenix rising from the ashes. All but destroyed in World War II, lanquished under fourty years of Communist misrule, Warsaw is rapidly becoming a national capita ...
Going to the movies is something that everybody can enjoy, in the dark, among strangers, for a couple of hours or so. The greatest living artisan of the cinema has to be Steven Spielberg. ...
The tiny and picturesque market town of Hay on Wye, which sits on the border of England and Wales boasts an astonishing 40 second-hand bookshops and has become the undisputed second hand book capital ...
Although each town in America has its own little "ghost stories" to boast, three places stand out predominantly as "the most haunted" in the United States. Their stories have subst ...
St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia during the time of the Tsars, was built from nothing by Tsar Peter the Great in the early 18th Century. It was to be his "window on the west" and has be ...
The 7 day week seems natural to people today, but it did not always exist. Its origins lie in the days of ancient Babylon, and it is not the only system that has been tried. The names of the days of ...
Palermo is Sicily capital and main sea port. It has been ruled, in it's history, by Phoencians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Normans, and Spaniards. It is therefore rich in historical attractions. ...
There are five films among many by director John Ford that are fine examples, not only of the western genre, but of portraits of life in the US Cavalry of the 19th Century. ...
Stonehenge has attracted vistors, including religious pilgrims and just the idle curious, for nearly the entire five thousand years of its existence. It is, with the Great Pyramids of Egypt, one of th ...
Beijing is a city steeped in the ancient history of China, and yet reaching toward the future at a break neck speed. One finds artifacts of Emperors and revolutionary communists coexisting with modern ...
Thinking of visiting Vancouver Island, just off the west coast of British Columbia, Canada? You won't be disappointed. There are marvelous things to see and do all over the Island. ...
Wales, apart from living up to its nickname “The Land of Song” is also known throughout the world for its dramatic mountain scenery and its once thriving woolen industry. But Wales is also the lan ...