Insider’s Tips:Visitors to temples in South Korea must remove their shoes and headwear before entering and should refrain from taking photos. You should also bow to Buddha when walking in and out of the temple and exit the temple by backing out so as not to turn your back on Him. When...
You can take the 1, R, or W trains to South Ferry Station, the 4 or 5 trains to Bowling Green, or the J or Z trains to Broad Street. Tips for Visitors Arrive Early: Arriving 15-20 minutes before your desired departure time ensures you get a good spot on the ferry. Choose Your S...
OR, you could, in 20 minutes and usingno sewing at all, cut yourself out a wrap blouse that is way comfier and better looking than a hospital gown. I got this brain wave the night before going to the hospital last fall, made a couple, and then ordered some more fabric delivered and...
What: Sponsored by City of Sanford. Based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein was made before American movie warnings and rating codes were assigned to films which depicted mature situations, violence, strong language, etc. The creature made by Dr. Frankenstein out of corpse body parts ...
If you’re flying in (find thecheapest flights here!), you’re likely to experience some minor symptoms of altitude sickness in your first couple days in Cusco. Get Diamox from your doctor before you come. I also recommend staying in Pisac or Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley first, becau...
Photo credit to owner Luckily, I saw Elliott MacFarlane on Saturday before we rode the bus back down the mountain. I was able to tell him of my tale of trying to find the elusive haggis recipe. He boomed, “You’re weird! Get out of here with your infernal ground beef cooked in pant...
a true source of decency.” They’ve gone through this kind of thing before, during the first Trump administration, and they survived. She finds hope also in the people that the agency attracts to its staff, “compassionate, kind and able to pivot whenever we have to to improve the lot ...
he stood before the Colosseum and said that to “see it crumbling there, an inch a year; its walls and arches overgrown with green; its corridors open to the day… is to the see the ghost of old Rome, wicked, wonderful old city, haunting the very ground on which its people trod.”...
Dress conservatively, remove your hat on pagoda grounds, remove your shoes before entering the vihear (main temple) and respect the privacy of monks and worshippers. See Ray Zepp’s book ‘The Pagoda's of Siem Reap’ for an introduction to Buddhism and a guide to Phnom Penh’s pagodas. ...
Running through the Old Town Square is the Prague Prime Meridian, which was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918. The Týn Church, also called the Church of Our Lady before Týn, is the main focal point of Old Town Square. It is rather plain looking on the inside and only worth vi...