Questions, Question, Questions One of the commenters on another post mentioned that she is looking for a book for her trip to Quebec City. Another wants a book for a journey to Costa Rica. Somebody did a search for this blog by using the words “novel set on a Greek Island.” I can handle that [...]
Added August 29, 2009, a note from Kerry Dexter. I will let you know if Laura starts up again with the geography site, but meanwhile, here’s another suggestion: Did you know that Free Rice a site that uses vocabulary games to generate donations of food for the hungry, now also has locate that country and [...]
My lucky day! I received three books by Robert Todd Felton. I won his books in a raffle supporting Heifer International. In case you missed it, the raffle was conducted late last year by a group of travel bloggers, and Felton, who blogs at Open Page–Open Road, donated books. The new additions to my travel [...]
Destination: Spain Book: Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes On the road south of Madrid, the names on restaurant and hotels begin to read: Sancho Panza, Dulcinea, Don Quixote–named for the characters in Spain’s most famous book. As we travel through the flat, sun-baked landscape of La Mancha, we burst into song. “To dream the impossible [...]
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Books: Anything by Destinations: Boston, Richmond VA, Philadelphia, Bronx and Baltimore. If you hurry, you might still be able to take a road trip to Poe Places during the 200th anniversary month of his birth. He was born January 21, so your humble blogger has fallen behind in talking about Poe. And come to think [...]
Destination: Granada Spain Book: by Washington Irving Moonlight illuminates tile walls and stone lions that are more than 600 years old. The light peoples the walls of the Alhambra with romantic ghosts. Washington Irving knew the evocative power of moonlight. In his book , Tales of the Alhambra, which describes time that he spent in [...]
Destination: Bruges, Belgium Movie: In Bruges Tagline in IMDB: Shoot First, Sightsee Later Right away, I can see that this is not the movie plot for me. How dare they put anything ahead of sightseeing? But, ahhh, the location. (See a review here.) I am so in love with place, that I am one of those [...]
