Category: Vacations
Movement here prevents the water from freezing. Frozen Lakes and Rivers While lakes and rivers are the only really useful highways through the wilderness FROZEN RIVER Through Yakutia by …
Switzerland Belgium France WESTERN EUROPE RAIL-AND-DRIVE PASSES In addition to simple railpasses, many countries (as well as Europass and Eurail) offer rail-and-drive passes, which combine car rental with rail …
Netherlands Switzerland Belgium France WESTERN EUROPE RESERVATIONS. While seat reservations (usually US$340) are required only for selected trains, you are not guaranteed a seat without one. You should strongly …
Planning in the Global City of Amsterdam Amsterdam’s global status today is associated with its centrality in international financial services and trade (Sassen 1994: 90). Additionally, this identity is …
Researching the Unplanned in Amsterdam The pursuit of researching the unknown’ or unplanned in IJburg and potentially stimulating fields of interaction’ (van Heeswijk 19 May 2010 interview) with neighbours …
WESTERN EUROPE IRELAND Irish Studies Summer School, at usit NOW, New York Student Center, 895 Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY 10025, USA («212-663-5435; usitnow.com). 7-week program offering courses in …
NOMAD SOUL Crossing the Verkhoianski Mountains with the Nomadic Even OUR ENCOUNTER with the Even, a nomadic people of the Siberian Arctic who travel through the mountains with their …
Some of their women wear white veils over the back of Datong Subway Map their heads, with tunics and black baggy trousers, while the men wear Chinese Mao clothes …