The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland

29 May 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  6 minutes

Guitar Sculptures © Andrew Hitchcock/cc-by-2.0

Guitar Sculptures © Andrew Hitchcock/cc-by-2.0

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way, influenced the music industry through the genre of rock music. The museum is part of the city’s redeveloped North Coast Harbor.   read more…

Larissa, capital and largest city of the Thessaly region

28 May 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Ancient theatre of Larisa © Fsb2004

Ancient theatre of Larisa © Fsb2004

Larissa is the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly region of Greece and capital of the Larissa regional unit. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by road and rail with the port of Volos. Larissa, within its municipality, has 163,000 inhabitants, while the regional unit of Larissa reached a population of 284,000. The urban area of the city, although mostly contained within the Larissa municipality, also includes the communities of Giannouli, Platykampos, Nikaia, Terpsithea and several other suburban settlements, bringing the wider urban area population of the city to about 220,000 inhabitants. Today, Larissa is a major commercial and industrial centre in Greece. Legend has it that Achilles was born here, and that Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, died here.   read more…

The Europa-Park

25 May 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Greece © Jonaslange/cc-by-sa-3.0

Greece © Jonaslange/cc-by-sa-3.0

Europa-Park is the largest theme park in Germany and a second most popular theme park resort in Europe. Having 4.5 million visitors in 2011, it is the most popular seasonal theme park in the world and the second most visited theme park in Europe after Disneyland Paris. Europa-Park is located in Rust, in the south-west of Germany between Freiburg and Strasbourg, France. It is usually open from just before Easter until the beginning of November (summer season) and from the end of November to the second week in January (winter season).   read more…

The National Gallery in London

22 May 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, London, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  5 minutes

© geograph.org.uk - Robert MacPherson/cc-by-sa-2.0

© geograph.org.uk – Robert MacPherson/cc-by-sa-2.0

The National Gallery is an art museum on Trafalgar Square, London. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The Gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its collection belongs to the public of the United Kingdom and entry to the main collection is free of charge. It is the fourth most visited art museum in the world, after the Musée du Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum.   read more…

Morlaix in Brittany

21 May 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Morlaix with its viaduct in the background © Thesupermat/cc-by-sa-3.0

Morlaix with its viaduct in the background © Thesupermat/cc-by-sa-3.0

Morlaix is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France with a population of 15,600. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. The old quarter of the town has winding streets of cobbled stones and overhanging houses constructed of stone and timber. Many have religious and secular sculptures on their façades. A tidal river that almost completely dries out at low tide reaches the town of Morlaix where there is a lock into a marina.   read more…

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Northern England

20 May 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Canal boats at Appley Bridge © Strider52/cc-by-sa-3.0

Canal boats at Appley Bridge © Strider52/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), it crosses the Pennines, and includes 91 locks on the main line. It has several small branches, and in the early 21st century a new link was constructed into the Liverpool docks system.   read more…

The Moscow Kremlin

18 May 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  7 minutes

Moscow Kremlin © www.kremlin.ru/cc-by-3.0

Moscow Kremlin © www.kremlin.ru/cc-by-3.0

The Moscow Kremlin, sometimes referred to as simply the Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the South), Saint Basil’s Cathedral and Red Square (to the East) and the Alexander Garden (to the West). It is the best known of kremlins (Russian citadels) and includes five palaces, four cathedrals and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.   read more…

Manchester in North West England

16 May 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Town Hall © flickr.com - Stevo1000/cc-by-2.0

Town Hall © flickr.com – Stevo1000/cc-by-2.0

Manchester Listeni/ˈmæntʃɛstər/ is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England with an estimated population of 503,000. Manchester lies within the United Kingdom’s third largest urban area which has a population of 2,240,230. The local authority is Manchester City Council. Manchester is situated in the south-central part of North West England, fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south and the Pennines to the north and east. Inhabitants of Manchester are referred to as Mancunians or colloquially as Mancs. The city is notable for its architecture, culture, music scene, media links, scientific and engineering output, social impact and sporting connections. Manchester’s sports clubs include Premier League football teams, Manchester City and Manchester United. Manchester was the site of the world’s first railway station, and the place where scientists first split the atom and developed the first stored-program computer. Manchester is served by two universities, including the largest single-site university in the UK, and has the country’s third largest urban economy. Manchester is also the third-most visited city in the UK by foreign visitors, after London and Edinburgh, and the most visited in England outside London. Manchester has six designated Local Nature Reserves which are Chorlton Water Park, Blackley Forest, Clayton Vale and Chorlton Ees, Ivy Green, Boggart Hole Clough and Highfield Country Park.   read more…

The Uffizi in Florence

15 May 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Uffizi © Riccardo Speziari/cc-by-sa-3.0

Uffizi © Riccardo Speziari/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Uffizi Gallery is a museum in Florence, Italy. It is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world.   read more…

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