Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful Wednesday, British Edition!
Hello everybody, and welcome to Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful Wednesday, British edition. Grab a cup of tea (forgive me, a cuppa) and a pack of…
Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful Wednesday for May 10th
Congratulations, one and all, we've made it to Wednesday! I won't waste time on midweek rhapsodizing, you all know why we celebrate Wednesday. So…
“Appalling” and “Totalitarian:” Oslo’s Must-See Gustav Vigeland Sculpture Park
Because, for once, I didn’t do my history homework, I wandered into the Gustav Vigeland Installation at Oslo’s Frogner Park unaware that I was…
“Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful, Wednesday,” #2
Happy Wednesday, everybody! That glorious day on which rejoice that, “well, at least it’s not Monday or Tuesday.” To get us over the hump,…
Madrid’s Other Must-See Museum
When in Madrid, if you like history or art, even a little bit, or are a person who prioritizes seeing the “major” sites in…
Please, don’t be afraid of Barcelona!
About this time last year, when I was researching my upcoming trip to Spain and obsessively reading travel blogs, it quickly became apparent that…
Art, propaganda, and history: Visiting the Bayeux Tapestry
Turning into the courtyard of the Bayeux Museum, my first impression was not of the 17th-century façade or the neatly-manicured path, but of these…
Blog Meets World
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta