While Frauenkirch may be the largest and most imposing church in Munich, Asam Church is the most interesting church to visit in Munich. The Rococo Asam Church was designed by the famous Asam Brothers in 1746. They were a painter and a sculptor who modeled it in the Baroque style. Its orn...
If you want to try something very unique, slip into a Voya Seaweed Bath in Sligo County. At the beginning of the 20th century, seaweed baths were plentiful and popular. As population moved out of the west coast, seaweed bathhouses started to fade and in the 60’s they all but disappeare...
Before the paper missives, everyone in the Ministry used owls to send their messages. Unfortunately, the owls were incredibly messy. They left feathers and droppings all over the building, which must have been a pain for the custodians, even if they could use magic to clean i...
Every year in May, they hold a Mother’s Day Garden Sale the Saturday before Mother’s Day where you can find some beautiful plants or flowers for mom. This year the event will be on May 10 at the Cambridge City Park Big Pavilion from 8-12. Indoor plants are also a joy. Pat Graven...
the heart of the old city. It leads to two other passages, Königshofpassage and Messehofpassage. Originally connecting merchants' houses and shops in the trade fair days, these covered alleyways protected tradesmen from the weather, and gradually they became the elegant arcades they are today...
But I decided to simplify and go with something whimsical – my love of dragonflies. I’ve always been entranced by them – I can remember when I was a little girl playing in the backyard and watching them dart here and there. They were so colorful and so fast I just thought they were...
In 1870, with backing from railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt, the sisters opened a stock brokerage firm. They used their Wall Street profits to bankroll a controversial newspaper, which supported such causes as legalized prostitution and free love. ...
allowed to stay at the time, it was on the 23rd floor of Hotel Viru that the KGB set up their headquarters to keep tabs on what they got up to. Opened in 1972, the hotel was the first skyscraper in the city and was used by the KGB right up until the country’s independence in ...
That said, nearly all of Herceg Novi sits on a steep hillside – so there are stairs…a lotof stairs. In fact, they are impossible to avoid and not in the best condition. There are many uneven staircases and most are without railings. ...
They prospect devices and all kinds of things becoming active users of the Internet on behalf of humans, with most of the traffic flowing between them, and a number of active connections that could be measured in terms of tens or hundreds of billions. Connecting inanimate objects and things ...