“In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond that the horizon.”
Europe
I know easyJet is not luxury, but we certainly don’t charge for wheelchairs or take away essentials. You have to make the passengers reasonably comfy for the sake of health. Stelios.
Take only memories, leave only footprints,” “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving,” for embracing the journey, all pointing to deeper engagement with the world.
“He who doesn’t love Naples, has yet to learn how to love life.” – A common Neapolitan sentiment.
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England is old. In continuous human settlement is ~13,000 years, but the unified Kingdom of England officially began around 927 AD with King Æthelstan, making it over 1,000 years old as a single state before uniting with Scotland in 1707 to form Great Britain. The land itself has been inhabited by modern humans for tens…
As the world marches ever forward toward oblivion, courtesy of the fat cats who sit in the halls of "power," let us not forget that people are dying out there, and some of them may be your children. Do you really want to subject them to yet another world war? That's easy for…
The Cotton Mappa Mundi, is one of the earliest surviving world maps known to have been made in England, dates to the tenth
“We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment” by Margaret Mead, and “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now,”
We're pretty sure that the stable genius isn't going to any thing about it, other than bark "drill baby drill." So it only makes sense that mother Europe will pick up the toys that you know who threw out of the pram. Just in case you haven't been paying attention, Solar energy is…
We're pretty old, and we can't think of a time period in our lives that has been so tumultuous and angry as it is now in 2025. We're no scientists, but we reckon most of all of this noise and waste and hatred is down to one specific person and his minions. We…
“My flat was bright and spacious. It wasn’t well insulated, so it could get cold, but it certainly seemed to be of a higher build quality than what we’ve got now.” — An anonymous long-term resident, reflecting on the original brutalist flats.
“How can we ever build Europe if young people do not see it as a collective project and a vision of their own future?”
Ah, Paris. Beau, beautiful, vieux, old, cher, expensive, merveilleux, marvelous, amusant, fun, superbe, wonderful, à la mode, fashionable, bondé, crowded. The words escape us. Yes, Paris is all of that. That's why we always want to return, even though we've been there dozens of times. Most of us tend to…
Well, here we are again, tempted by another episode by that ever-curious ever-curious persnickety Walk With Me Tim. He is nothing if not thorough in his videos and this one is no exception. Here, he climbs a crane to sleep for the night. And so can you. Of course you can stay here…
“In America everything goes and nothing matters, while in Europe nothing goes and everything matters.”