We're always big on puns, but not so much as to punish our readers. However, this one was was too easy to pass by. Still, for sure, you'll be glad you stopped by when it comes to St. Eustatius (also known to the Dutch as Sint Eustatiu and just as frequently called…
“The Royal treatment”
Would you like samo’ suh?
“I vant to be alone”
Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How’d they get so rich? Because they’re free.
P. J. O’Rourke
I believed peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea was within reach.
Abiy Ahmed
It is not Omsk’s fault that many of us know it only because Dostoevsky spent the darkest four years of his life here.
I’ve suffered for my art. Now it’s your turn.
The sun will shine into our yard too.
“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is Monaco.” (Matsuo Basho)
“Better once than never, for never too late.” William Shakespeare
History is the study of all the world’s crime, according to Voltaire.
“Let the punishment equal the crime.” A maxim of Roman law
The sky is not the limit when it comes to hot air balloons.
Every time that we visit the big Italian cities, we often walk away scratching our heads. As we understand it, the The Room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion, just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, but all of the paintings appear to be somewhere else, with Milan suspiciously appearing…
On January 31, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. PST, the United Kingdom made the stupidest "decision" in modern-day thinking. It was Brexit (British Exit) where by a paper-thin majority, Britain left the European Union, an idiotic move that still brings pain to the UK and to Europe. What were they thinking? Maybe nothing at…
We don't feature him as much as we should (we'll correct that) but Davud Akhundzada is, to us, the gentleman tour guide if history is your thing, like it is ours, especially if it's far-flung places where you might (wrongly) question your desire to tread. Once a corporate lug like so many of us, from…
Why are pirates called pirates? Because they arrrrr.
Is this Heaven? No, it's Devon. (No, not that Devon) It's a well-known legend that Canada is a nice place to be. In many ways, that's true. It has it's ups and downs like anywhere, but overall, one can travel from right to left, and then from North to South…
Statistics suggest that flying commercial is still the safest way to travel. So keep enjoying yourself.