WHAT DO ’POSSUMS HAVE IN COMMON WITH ’ROOS? WOMBATS AND KOALAS TOO.
INDEED, THE WEBSITE INTERESTING FACTS is aptly named: “A Newborn Kangaroo,” it says, “is MUCH Smaller Than You Realize.” Well, I must confess my realization skills in this regard have … Continue reading
MICHAEL PALIN AND MY ARMCHAIR SCHEDULE
I HAVE THE BEST PLAN based on Daughter Suz presenting me with Michael Palin’s Around the World in 80 Days: I’m going to savor each of his 80 days of … Continue reading
THE JAPAN YEAR BOOK 1918
NATIONAL “YEAR BOOKS” AREN’T THE SORT OF THING that a tourist totes around. Instead, they’re compendia identifying a country’s territory, its government, its people, its commerce, its general goings-on for … Continue reading
SAMOAN DAYS—REPEATED, LOST
THE INTERESTING FACTS WEBSITE NOTED that “In 1892, Samoa had two July 4s in a row.” “The international date line,” Interesting Facts says, “established in 1884, lies smack dab in … Continue reading
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1 IVOR HIORT’S COPENHAGEN AND ENVIRONS displayed how aircraft, radiophony, and automobiles set the stage for this Danish capital’s earning its high livability ranking (2nd among the … Continue reading
LIVABLE, LIVABLE COPENHAGEN PART 1
IN FOLLOWING UP WITH the Economic Intelligence Unit’s analysis of the world’s most livable cities, here in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow are tidbits about No. 2 on … Continue reading
VIENNA—THE MOST LIVABLE CITY IN THE WORLD PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE CELEBRATED WITH SMITHSONIAN magazine’s reporting the Economic Intelligence Unit’s choice of Vienna as the world’s most livable city. Today in Part 2, we travel back to old Austria, … Continue reading
VIENNA—THE MOST LIVABLE CITY IN THE WORLD PART 1
“FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, VIENNA has been named the most livable city in the world, Sara Kuta writes in Smithsonian magazine, June 27, 2023: “The Austrian capital … Continue reading
COOK’S TRAVELLER’S HANDBOOK HEALTH RESORTS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE PREPARED FOR (ARMCHAIR) TRAVEL to the South of France as described in Cook’s Handbook to the Health Resorts of the South of France, Riviera, and Pyrenees. Today in … Continue reading
COOK’S TRAVELLER’S HANDBOOK HEALTH RESORTS PART 1
MY 1905 COOK’S HEALTH RESORTS is in the worst condition of any of my traveler’s handbook collection. What can we learn from this? The red cover of my example shows … Continue reading
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