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Category Archives: Europe
In-flight Entertainment
On this date in 1925, the first in-flight film was shown on an airplane on an Imperial Airways flight. The film was The Lost World, one of the first science-fiction films. Based on a 1912 Arthur Conan Doyle novel, it … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Books, Europe, Film, History, movies, Public Transport, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Air Lines, Arthur Conan Doyle, stop-motion
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Life’s More Enduring Than War
Life’s More Enduring Than War When the water runs out, light fades, frost falls, and the firmament freezes over, we won’t stoop to prose. Тhe grasses, dry and stiff, have not yet grown above us. Until the words run out, … Continue reading
What People Read
Regular visitors to TBTP are well aware that I am way too fond of clever infographics. I’m especially kean on the ones that examine reading habits around the world. The graphic above, which was created by Studying in Switzerland used international … Continue reading
Europe’s Sweetest Tourist Pass
Geneva, Switzerland is now offering Europe’s sweetest tourist pass deal. The new ‘Choco Pass’ provides access to sample delicacies at Switzerland’s leading chocolatiers. The pass, which costs 30 CHF per adult and 6 CHF for children, is an opportunity to … Continue reading
Orwell, Animal Farm and Ukraine
In 1946, Ihor Szewczenko ,who was a linguist who had been editing pocket-sized Ukrainian-English dictionaries for refugees in displaced persons camps in Germany, wrote to George Orwell requesting permission to translate Animal Farm into Ukrainian. He explained that his Ukrainian … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Animal Farm, George Orwell, Ukraine
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Mapping Ukraine
Regular visitor to Travel Between The Pages know that I have a healthy obsession with maps. In my humble opinion, it’s impossible to truly understand the world without well drawn maps to guide the way. Throughout the current crisis in … Continue reading
Don’t Call It The Underground (but it is)
If you visit here on a regular basis, you are well aware that we at TBTP World HQ are big fans of urban transit networks. So we get preternaturally excited when a new service launches in one of our favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged London, London Underground, TFL, United Kingdom
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Experience Some Peace
It has been a difficult week for anyone who has been paying attention. Here’s a pleasant break from the depressing news of the world with some soothing, bucolic scenes from the Lake District, a mountainous region in NW England that … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Film, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Beatrix Potter, Britain, England, Victoria and Albert Museum
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Art Against War
The 4th Block is an association of Ukrainian artists and designers that is focused on social justice and environmental issues. It was founded in 1991 by graphic designer Oleg Veklenko after his personal experience dealing with the Chernobyl nuclear plant … Continue reading
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