Bone Church, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
Don’t think the Kutna Hora Bone Church is unique. For some reason there are several chapels like this in the world of the Catholic Church. (We visited one in Rome … Read more
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Our Very Own Guided Tour of England
Who doesn’t love the information imparted by a zealous local who guides you around their turf like a friend. Even better if he or she is a friend. Oliver Nicholson … Read more
Images of El Cedrál, Cozumél, Mexico
The social focus of the El Cedrál Fiesta on Cozumél on this night was the simple folk dancing of the town’s residents, and the showing off of their traditional finery. Most of the women of the town, and many of the men, dressed in their once-a-year best dresses and promenaded for a couple of hours to the accompaniment of a Mexican brass band.
A Not Completely Futile Dash Through Teotihuacán
There’s no rush to get to the entrance of the archeological park of Teotihuacán. The sign says it opens at 7, which is when I arrived, but the guard won’t … Read more
Unesco World Heritage Sites, So Far
Below is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage sites we’ve been to as of February 2013. We’ll probably get to a dozen more, at least, this year. At that … Read more
The Ruins of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Oplontis
I posted about Rome six days ago, and at the time promised to go on endlessly about our subsequent visits to the sites that were destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 AD, or as the secularists say, 79 CE. Since I’m a Latin guy though, I’m sticking with AD.
So, here goes. First there was a train ride from Rome to Naples, then a change for Pompeii. We had decided to stay in Pompeii, instead of Naples, for a couple of reasons. Number one is that Naples is pretty much of a shit hole, and I can’t remember the second one.
