Africa’s first underwater hotel room, in a Swedish-built structure that lets you watch the passing mermaid (not really!) parade outside your bedroom window. MORE
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Of all the grand features of Paris’s Grands Magasins, Paul Heymont’s favorite is the stained glass dome at Printemps
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I saw this featured on (I think) CNN yesterday. I thought, I hope the bedroom is above water, hyperventilated at the thought of sleeping below. I wouldn’t mind going down for some awake time but don’t think I could fall asleep. But if I could it would be a lovely place to wake up. I’d be interested to know what it sounds like in the room.
When I saw the picture with the fish in the window, I thought–I wonder if lots of fish and other creatures will come to stare at the strange beings in the box. Will they make faces and try to attract attention?