Category: Vacations
TOURIST SERVICES AND MONEY OF BRITAIN TOURIST OFFICES. Visit Britain, formerly the British Tourist Authority (www.visit-britain.com) is an umbrella organization for four separate UK tourist boards outside the United …
CAMBRIDGE MAP In contrast to metropolitan Oxford, Cambridge is determined to retain its pastoral academic robes. As the tourist office will tell you, the city manages (rather than encourages) …
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN The Zugspitze (2964m), Germany’s tallest mountain, is the main attraction in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (pop. 28,000). There are three ways to conquer it, and all of them are weather-dependent. You …
GREECE A land where sacred monasteries are mountainside fixtures, three-hour seaside siestas are standard issue, and dancing on tables until daybreak is a summer rite Greece’s treasures are impossibly …
COLLEGES OF OXFORD MERTON COLLEGE. Merton has a fine garden and a library housing the first printed Welsh Bible. Tolkien lectured here, inventing the language of Elvish in his …
MONT DES ARTS OF BRUSSEL The ISMusees Royaux des Beaux-Arts houses the Musee d’Art Ancien, the Musee d’Art Moderne, a sculpture gallery, and temporary exhibitions. The museum library, in …
Salzburg Guide for Tourist NO WORK, ALL PLAY START YOUR ENGINES At the end of May Salzburg shuts down in recognition of Christi Himmelfahrt. the Catholic holiday of the …
Zimbabwe Metro Map and Country Region The Vita Asiatica BHG 372-375c, handed down in over 100 MSS, tells of Theodotia, a pious and faithful woman who used Scripture to …