There’s nothing like the naivety of the moment you see the classic, very European Bund at night for the first time – including that split-second of paranoia when you turn your head to the effervescent Lujiazui skyline across the river, thinking thatit can’t possibly be real. It is, ...
El Morro Fort, or officially Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, stands guard at the entrance to San Juan harbor as a reminder of a by-gone era when invading countries would attempt sea attacks to take this prized city and harbor. No trip to Old San Juan i
Look at you silly buggers, talking about China like it’s going to be the next Nazi Germany. Even many Middle Easterners I know fit in this foolish category. Did you notice when the US invaded or overthrew the governments of 20 countries in the past 32 years (my lifetime)? Did you e...
In 1872, the U.S. government signed the Yellowstone National Park Act into law and created what the National Park Service (NPS) refers to as "the world's first true national park." Today, there are thousands of national parks throughout the world, and four of them — Rocky Mountain, Me...
on a large map, suggests more than anything else the head and neck of an over-fed bulldog. Into this bay, in 1508, came Sebastian Ocampo, said to be the first white man to visit the spot. He entered for the purpose of careening his little vessels in order to remove the barnacles an...
Today, Jaffa Oranges is a trademark leased to several countries in Southern America and several European countries (here is an article about Jaffa oranges inSpain). Thus, if you buy oranges with the “Jaffa” sticker, this does not necessarily mean that they were grown in Israel. ...
though we knew from the map that our river must be passing through chains of hills from time to time. Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed: although the jungle did not actually spread right down into the river, banks of soft mud prevented us from going ashore. In any...
Vintage Pull Down Map Australia Oceania New Zealand Wall Chart Poster Print H 66.93 in W 81.5 in D 0.79 in Vintage Pull Down Map North Sea Countries Northen Europe Great Britain Norway H 82.29 in W 87.8 in D 0.79 in 1960s Canvas Wall School Chart of Cow and Bull by Jung Koch Quentell...
There’s nothing like the naivety of the moment you see the classic, very European Bund at night for the first time – including that split-second of paranoia when you turn your head to the effervescent Lujiazui skyline across the river, thinking thatit can’t possibly be real. It is, ...
Another features a map of the U.K. with the north of the country encircled in a noose, labelled with the Scottish National Party’s logo, and its south fastened to a ball and chain, emblazoned with the EU’s circle of stars flag. Subtlety is not really what this crowd is looking for...