Golf in a Paradise Called Mauiritius
Introduction Mauritius is truly a rainbow island – a mix of eastern and western cultures living together in a tropical, colorful and different island where they play golf in Mauritius. …
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Tips on Keeping Fit During Long Travels
Everyone is getting pretty serious about their health these days. It is not even just about the food that they eat daily because some are not keen on counting calories. …
STRAVINSKY MUSEUM
STRAVINSKY MUSEUM Igor Stravinsky spent several years in Switzerland, many in Paris, and most of all in the United States, where he died in 1971. And he is buried in …
REGER MUSEUM
REGER MUSEUM It is somehow symbolic that Max Reger was born in the Fichtelgebirge, strictly a part of Bavaria but in many ways distinct from it in its geography, its …
HELL GATE BRIDGE MAP
HELL GATE BRIDGE MAP LONGEST STEEL ARCH SPAN 1916-1931 Crossing East River at Hell Gate, Queens-Bronx, New York Designer/Engineer Gustav Lindenthal Completed 1917 Span 977 feet (298 meters) Material Steel …
AIZHAI BRIDGE MAP
AIZHAI BRIDGE MAP Lushly green, shrouded in mist, studded with ravines, gorges, and waterfalls, the Aizhai Bridge’s setting has an otherworldly beauty. Minimizing the bridge’s impact on the natural environment …
Pejacevic MUSEUM
Pejacevic MUSEUM As Croatia’s first woman composer, Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923) might have been accorded some kind of memorial even if she hadn’t come from a distinguished family. She was the …
Winter Holidays on a Budget
If you have decided to head to the slopes for your next winter holiday, it’s very likely that you have noticed how expensive it could end up being. To begin …
4 Money Saving Tips to Avoid Going Broke on Vacation in NY
Apart from being a city with myriad of recreational facilities, entertainment spots, unique tourist attractions, and a cultural setting that encourages extravagant spending, New York is such an expensive city …
SUPPE MUSEUM
SUPPE MUSEUM Franz Suppe (as he signed his name) or Suppe (as it is now usually spelt), Croatian born (in 1819), part-Belgian in descent, nephew of Donizetti, Austrian by nationality, …
BEST BRIDGE MAPS OF THE WORLD
BEST BRIDGE MAPS OF THE WORLD Every bridge, no matter the size or length, must withstand and overcome the forces (or stresses) to which it is subjected. Bridges are designed …
REICHARDT MUSEUM
REICHARDT MUSEUM Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814), at one time Kapellmeister to Frederick the Great, is commemorated not in Berlin but in Halle, where he spent most of his last 20 …
EAST BRIDGE MAP
EAST BRIDGE MAP Thanks to the Great Belt, every Dane saves on average 6.3 hours a year. The Great Belt Fixed Link is a multipart 11-mile (18-kilometer)-long crossing that carries …
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MUSEUM
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MUSEUM Ralph Vaughan Williams was born in 1872 in rural Gloucestershire, in the southern Cotswolds. Those who hear the ancestral dialects of the West Country in his music, …
PONTE SANT’ ANGELO BRIDGE MAP
PONTE SANT’ ANGELO BRIDGE MAP Crossing Tiber River, Rome Designer/Engineer Hadrian Completed c. a.d. 134 Span 60 feet (18 meters) Materials Masonry Type Arch Faced in travertine, a marble that …