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Category Archives: Europe
Sundry Sunday Seven
January 1, 2022 was Public Domain Day here in the USA. Among the works entering the public domain was Heminway’s great novel The Sun Also Rises. The Center for the Study of the Public Domain lists thousands of books and recordings … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Asia, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Hotels, Museums, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged China, Chinatown, London, New York City, Poetry
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When In Rome
Over the years I’ve visited dozens of ancient Roman ruin sites around Europe, but I don’t recall ever seeing any preserved or restored latrines. I recently stumbled upon this fascinating video on personal hygiene and public sanitation in ancient Rome … Continue reading
Books Saved the Town, Now the Internet Is Killing It
Four decades ago, the little Belgian town of Redu was revitalized by its transformation into the Village Du Livre. The village that had been shrinking fast as farm jobs disappeared and families moved away. But in the mid-1980s, a group of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism, Uncategorized
Tagged Belgium, Bookselling, booktowns
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Ring In The New Year
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, commonly referred to as The Chimes, is a novella written by Charles Dickens and first published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. It … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Charles Dickens, novellas, The Chimes
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A Merry Underground Christmas
For more than a century, London Transport has used posters to promote travel around the winter holidays. At Christmas, festive posters would appear on the network to encourage travelling via Underground for Christmas shopping or to get to winter sales, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged England, London, London Underground, TFL, United Kingdom
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The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Social Network
Up until quite recently, I was a habitual buyer of postcards during my travels. Mind you, I rarely ever sent the postcards to anyone, but rather keep them as reminders of the places that I had visited. When I was young, postcards … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Art, Books, Europe, History, Public Transport, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged European travel, Postcards, Social media, Travel
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Deadly Reads
Some publisher could make a killing by reviving these hidden poison cabinets in the shape of books that were popular in the 17th century.
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen”
I was recently surprised and intrigued to read that the estate of George Orwell has approved a feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four, which reimagines the story from the perspective of Winston Smith’s lover Julia. In the iconic dystopian novel, Smith … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Airstrip-one, Big Brother, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
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It’s only in my dreams that I am so sinister
(Friday, June 11, 1920) It’s only in my dreams that I am so sinister. Recently I had another dream about you, it was a big dream, but I hardly remember a thing. I was in Vienna, I don’t recall anything … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Austria, Franz Kafka, letters, Milena Jesenski, Prague, Vienna
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Travel Between The Pages 