http://fabutante-x.stumbleupon.com/review/12017941/ Fabutante-X has quickly managed what I’ve been unable to accomplish all week – get myself psyched up for the next leg of my trip. While Glasgow has nearly sucked the life out of me, all it takes is one glimpse of the Piazza del Popolo to get me whistling while I pack. For the […]
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http://www.tomrobinsonphotography.com/legs.htm Itchy feet, possibly literally… A series of travel postcards taken from the vantage point of reclining travellers. This is the kind of simple idea that leaves bruises when I slap myself for not thinking of it first. I would love a photo album filled with shots like this.
Boing Boing: New land speed record set for sofas (92 mph)
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/16/new_land_speed_recor.html New land speed record set for sofas (92 mph) As one who has marked off only a handful of the National Express notches she’s got lined up, this is envy-inducing. Oh, for a mini-fridge and Internetted computer to complete the fantasy! (With a nice, rounded CRT screen, to enhance the aerodynamics!) There’s something very […]
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gem%C3%A4ldegalerie,_Berlin A history of Berlin’s wonderful Gemaldegalerie, which includes this depressing fact: The museum was badly damaged during World War II, with 400 art pieces destroyed. At least three of which, by my count, were Caravaggios. As if I needed another reason to loathe Hitler…
Official Site Corsini Gallery- The collections
http://www.galleriaborghese.it/corsini/en/edefault.htm I’m prepping for the second leg of my trip, and as usual am staking out an itinerary according to finding great works of art. While I visited its sister site, the Palazzo Barberini, on my last visit to Rome, the Corsini Gallery is luring me with promises of a Caravaggio, as well as the […]
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http://beirutraders.org/ A first-class Stumble – sadly, the first in a while, but I’ll take the good stuff when I can get it! Beautiful, captionless photographs of the stark and challenging environment that is Antarctica. You can practically hear the ice cracking.
Free Worldwide Travel Guides – Wikitravel
http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page My “great resources” tag is an honorary one, at the moment. This is a great concept – open source, real-time updated travel information – but at the moment there is a dearth of info available. I’ll stick with the very generous, though less up-to-date offerings from the Rough Guides.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312320825/ **BUMPITY BUMP** This review required an update, as I really can’t recommend it enough. Absolutely pitch-perfect and as good a travelogue as you’re ever going to find. Again, I find myself wishing for an “I LOVE IT!” button. — I’m happy to report I’ve found the antidote to the poison that was reading a […]
croydon art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUSwJj8U1XU This terrific little vid was made by a pal of mine from Croydon. Despite the reaction of all other Londoners, he always seems to overlook the grottier aspects of his town to produce some vivid impressions. Here, we meet Croydon’s locals in the act of shopping, busking, chatting, laughing… being. It almost makes me […]