Travel Tuesday Destination: Stockholm, Sweden, The Vasa Museum
Destination: Concord, Massachusetts Site: Henry David Thoreau’s Home “What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?“
Travel Tuesday On Tuesday, I borrow the phrase Travel Tuesday from Twitter, put down my books and talk about my own travels. Destination: Tampa, Florida Attraction: The Tampa Bay Hotel
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Art, artists and art museums inspire travel. 10 Most popular art reproductions.
Destination: Wisconsin, Indiana, Chicago Movie: Public Enemies, with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale This clip, not associated with the movie, comes from You Tube. I am never sure whether to be amused or perplexed when bad guys become tourist attractions.
A video shows the striking new Acropolis Museum, and A Traveler’s Library reviews the week spent in Greece.
Christopher Hitchens writes eloquently in Vanity Fair about Acropolis Museum. Just one of many world wide articles.
When you visit Greece, it helps to know a bit about the mythology, gods and heroes. This is particularly true if you want to enjoy the Parthenon in Athens and understand the current controversy over the British Museum vs. Greece. The recommended Mythology by Edith Hamilton reveals that ancient Greeks were good story tellers.
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Book: Loot: The Battle Over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World, by Sharon Waxman Destinations: Greece, Turkey, Egypt and the British Museum in London, Metropolitan Museum in NYC, the Louvre in Paris, and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles Welcome to my traveler’s library. Have you ever wondered how the lovely antiquities from some [...]
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