This week Gumbo traveled to Bomarzo Italy to luxuriate among the fantastic monstrosities bought to reality by one man’s grief. The early 1550’s were a tough time for Prince Orsini of Lazio Italy. He had been held captive for…
One hundred years ago, July 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, a young Serb nationalist shot and killed Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, which then ruled Bosnia and quite a few other places now independent . Their goal was an…
It’s one question that always comes up among travelers, “What is the customary tip ?” A new website http://www.tipthismuch.in/ offers some guidelines about tipping around the World. After looking at the site, I’m still left with a…
Sometimes, while traveling or at home, you just fall in love with a building. It might be majestic like Notre Dame, massive like the Jeronimos
Sometimes, while traveling or at home, you just fall in love with a building. It might be majestic like Notre Dame, massive like the Jeronimos Monastery, soaring like the Empire State Building, beautifully-detailed like the Chrysler Building…or it…
Kuching, in Malaysian Borneo, was founded by an adventurous Englishman, Rajah James Brooke, on the Sarawak River that was the only access to the interior of that part of Borneo.
This week Gumbo traveled to Bomarzo Italy to luxuriate among the fantastic monstrosities bought to reality by one man’s grief. The early 1550’s were a tough time for Prince Orsini of Lazio Italy. He had been held captive for…
One hundred years ago, July 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, a young Serb nationalist shot and killed Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, which then ruled Bosnia and quite a few other places now independent . Their goal was an…
It’s one question that always comes up among travelers, “What is the customary tip ?” A new website http://www.tipthismuch.in/ offers some guidelines about tipping around the World. After looking at the site, I’m still left with a…
Sometimes, while traveling or at home, you just fall in love with a building. It might be majestic like Notre
Sometimes, while traveling or at home, you just fall in love with a building. It might be majestic like Notre Dame, massive like the Jeronimos Monastery, soaring like the Empire State Building, beautifully-detailed like the Chrysler Building…or it…
Kuching, in Malaysian Borneo, was founded by an adventurous Englishman, Rajah James Brooke, on the Sarawak River that was the only access to the interior of that part of Borneo.