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Category Archives: Europe
Scotland’s Year of Stories
The tourism organization VisitScotland has announced that 2022 is a “Year of Stories,” and has launched a project called Braw Beginnings (braw meaning fine, good, or pleasing) which translates the first lines of iconic books inspired by or written in Scotland into … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Bram Stoker, Dracula, Harry Potter, Ian Rankin, Scotland
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A TV Dictionary
The TV DICTIONARY is a collaborative project with a very simple premise: each entry attempts to capture the essence of a TV series using a single word in a short video that combines the dictionary definitions of that word with … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Film, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged Better Call Saul, Flea Bag, language, Seinfeld, Television, video
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Self-Portraits (with and without hats)
Vincent Van Gogh was known to have painted over 30 self-portraits between the years 1886 and 1889. That is until this week when it was revealed that a hidden self-portrait by the artist has been discovered behind one of his … Continue reading
Land Art Leaves a Big Footprint
Close to Mongonissi Bay on the Greek island of Paxos, you’ll find this 1000 square meter land art project. It is a huge print of a boot. The artwork, called Footprint , was created by the Greek artist The Krank. It is … Continue reading
A Window on the World
The Portuguese photographer André Vicente Gonçalves has created a stunning project titled “Windows of the World.” The impressive collection of urban photos captures the idiosyncratic personality of each European city that he visits. You can see the entire project and … Continue reading
How Does Venice Work
Venice is a romantic and intriguing destination, but its unique situation and history make for a myriad of challenges. The canals, the sewers, the buildings, the bridges and the rest of the Venice’s infrastructure has all been engineered to deal … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, Film, History, Public Transport, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Italy, Venice
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Paris to Zermatt in only 20 hours
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages are well aware that I am a sucker for travel posters. I especially love historic tourism and railway advertising artwork. Recently, I fell down a rabbithole exploring the brilliant poster art by the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Advertising, France, Ireland, poster art, railways, Switzerland
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Travel can be shattering
At one time or another even the most veteran travelers can feel a little fragmented by the experience. Sculptor Bruno Catalano masterfully captures those feeling of disruption many of us feel during our travels. Catalano was born in Morocco to … Continue reading
The Oldest House in NYC
Having spent quite a bit of my childhood in the New York City Borough of Brooklyn, I am more than a little chagrinned to admit that I never visited the oldest house in NYC which is located there. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, Film, History, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Brooklyn, Colonial America, New Amsterdam, New York
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