Travel Toilets I’m lactose intolerant, have a sensitive stomach, tend to be a bit of a germaphobe, and generally have a thing about bathrooms. I’m also quite tall and …
Bogota: Striving to Become a Connected Place in the Global South The city of Bogota is actively working to find the right balance between formal and informal public transport …
National Museum of Natural History- This Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution museum houses millions of natural science specimens along with cultural artifacts. In the museum’s O. Orkin Insect Zoo, visitors …
Troy enjoyed a commanding position. Although today alluvial deposits from the River Karamenderes Qayi mean the coastline has moved almost 6 km away, in the early Bronze Age Troy …
Achilles continued to harry his Trojan enemies and their allies. In single combat he killed both the Amazon queen Penthesilea and the Ethiopian king Memnon, the son of Eos …
The high nave, looking east to the apse. The interior of Baker’s cathedral is much more beautiful than its exterior. Inside, it is strong and determined, unlike the outside, …
THE ARTS The earliest art form found in Ancient Thera is pottery from the Geometric period. Thanks to the burial customs just described, many works of pottery have survived …
At train time I took a horse cart, the local means of transport, to the station. It had poured rain for the last two hours and I had sat …