Tagged With "General Manuel Belgrano"
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Re: Visiting Cuba.
Hi HistoryDigger. We always get the leader of the Animation Team - he organises the shows and dancing inside the hotel. He knows all the local places of interest. Obviously It depends on which region you'll be visiting. He'll organise a 12 seat Hyundai van for the day 8 - 4pm. Including gas and driver it costs us around $200 equivalent. (Divide that by 10 in the group) Lunch in a restaurant another $15 each. Nice tip for the driver when you start off and he'll be your friend for ever ! The...
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Re: Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
A great piece! Amazing to me how some of the best products of their day were not built commercially . Even when they were, sometimes they were not successful. Cars like the GE-100 are great examples of that. A true find and thanks for teaching us more!
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Re: Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
Love it! Exactly the type of finding that makes a trip memorable. Something proponents of electric cars seem to forget or choose to ignore -- where does the electricity come from? Currently mostly from coal and oil fired plants, so the practical side of having them for most doesn't currently make that much sense (might as well burn the oil product in the car engine, right). But I am hopeful that was energy technology improves, as it surely will, we'll develop better ways of charging these...
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Re: Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
The argument, and I'm not informed enough to judge it, is that the amount of fossil fuel needed to generate electricity for a plug-in is far less than that required to run a gasoline engine. The same sort of argument that points out that a gallon of fuel moves far more freight on a diesel train than a diesel truck. On the other hand, that's about plug-in cars. For hybrids, it's a different story because the batteries charge while the car is running on gas. So less gas is used than using gas...
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Re: Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
As I understand it, with hybrids the batteries charge when the car brakes are applied (transferring the energy of moving to the battery), so they're especially well adapted to city driving in places with lots of stop signs and traffic lights. Less useful for driving on open road because you don't brake often. So living in Brooklyn, I think the hybrid would be a reasonable choice for you. I don't think battery technology is anywhere near "ripe" yet, but as with the Mercury and Gemini...
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Re: Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
Much further to go, of course, but even in a highway driving situation (and a city/highway mix), hybrids are generally cheaper to run than their gas-only counterparts. That's Camry vs Camry hybrid, for example, not Corolla vs Prius.
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Re: Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
A little further research confirms what I thought: at least in the Toyota and Ford hybrids, the gasoline engine powers a generator/charger while in use. That's in addition to the power captured from braking.
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Re: Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
I have some friends with a Prius, and their greatest fuel efficiency comes when driving in the city, not on the highway. Paradoxical, but it shows how good the braking is at building up a charge. Good to know there is a backup generator. While the hybrids save on fuel, they also cost thousands of dollars more than their non hybrid counterparts. For an average consumer, it takes many years to recapture that extra cost for the hybrid on fuel savings, if they ever will. And there's the issue of...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Nov. 13, 2013: Jeronimos Monastery
Sunlight and shade highlight the complex carving of this stonework at the Monastery of Jeronimos at Belem, in Lisbon. This late-Gothic style is called Manueline, after King Manuel I. It’s marked by ornate stonework, often including maritime...
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Valparaiso—Chile's Oceanside Gem
Join Marilyn Jones on a tour of Chile's major seaport, a town that is recovering its faded beauty
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Delhi NY - A drive through the Catskills
If you have never been to the Catskill Mountains in New York State you are missing one of the real beautiful areas of the Northeastern United States. The Catskills fill the area between the Hudson River to the east and the Delaware River to the...
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Barcelona: Gaudi's first house now open to visitors
The first house designed by Catalan Modernist Antoni Gaudi is now open to visitors for the first time. Barcelona can use the good news
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August 22, 2019: Old Burying Ground, Halifax
DrFumblefinger visits the oldest cemetery in Halifax, established the same year the city was founded and a place of rest for some 12,000 souls.
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Santiago de Cuba: Part 1, Introducing Cuba's history
Jonathan L took a photography tour while in Santiago de Cuba. Here is the first of two pieces about his trip through history.
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Lisbon: Architecture and Empire
Dusk on the Tagus River, looking toward April 25th Bridge Every city’s history is reflected in its neighborhoods and its architecture, but in Lisbon’s case two important factors add to the picture. One is the incredible wealth that came to...
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Belem Lisbon - history and modernity together.
Belém is a neighborhood of Lisbon along the Tagus River. Belém has many reasons to visit it, both old and new. Belém is the area from which many exploratory ships left Lisbon. It sits near the mouth of Tagus River. For that...
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River cruises throw out the 'Old Folks' stereotype
Over the past year we've mentioned the growing trend toward families traveling on river cruises, which has led operators to modify ships and routes, and even brought Disney into the market. Last week, at an industry convention in Amsterdam,...
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Schenectady: Two Museum Gems
Two small but fascinating museums in Schenectady, New York offer a day's worth of information and education. One's for science, the other for history.
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Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
Long forgotten except in Schenectady's science museum, the little GE electric car that could, long before Prius and Tesla. Here's its story.
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Ten weird museums in Spain
A round-up of unusual, and in some cases, unique but offbeat museums in Spain.
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Re: Back to Oaxaca: The Textile Museum
An item of interest regarding the Textile Museum in this morning's Oaxaca Lending Library newsletter: TALK: MEXICAN FEATHERED TEXTILES Presented by Hector Manuel Meneses Lozano Director, Museo Textil de Oaxaca WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10 / 5 PM MX$90 (M) MX$130 (NM) In 2016 the Museo Textil de Oaxaca presented an exhibition on feathered textiles. The contemporary works were achieved after ten years of experimentation and further research of a late 17th c. textile housed in the Museum's...
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Falls & Gorge of Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada
The breathtaking Falls and Gorge were on Travel Rob's latest itinerary as he tours New Brunswick.
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Visiting an Orchid Nursery, Costa Rica
DrFumblefinger visited an orchid nursery while traveling in western Costa Rica.
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Santo Domingo Convent, Buenos Aires
DrFumblefinger visits this basilica in Buenos Aires, part of a former Dominican convent.
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Rural village gives city tourists noise warning
Spanish town gives fair warning: Roosters crow, cows moo and donkeys gotta bray....
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The Art of Camouflage
DrFumblefinger spotted this bird on a jungle walk on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. He admired how it blended in beautifully with its surroundings.
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An unusual insect, Costa Rica
DrFumblefinger came across this unusual, mummified moth demonstrating an overgrowth of the white fungus that killed it.
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Buenos Aires beckons
Buenos Aires pulses with life and a Latin vibe, and like all of the world’s great cities it never seems to sleep.
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Casa Vicens: Gaudi's first big project
The earliest, and one of the most interesting of Gaudi's major works is well worth a visit to see his genius at an early stage.
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Nauta, Peru: An Amazon Journey
Marilyn shares her journey to a remote village in Peru's Amazon region and her images of its vibrant life.
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Monument to General Manuel Belgrano, Buenos Aires
DrFumblefinger was surprised to see a collection of stones around the base of the famous General's statue, outside of the Casa Rosada.
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Storefront Politics in Paris
Jonathan L noticed the decoration of the local office of the CGT in Paris
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Rambling in Tomar
DrFumblefinger visits the city of Tomar, located in central Portugal northeast of Lisbon. The city has a fine historic core, often overlooked by tourists which flock to its famous castle.
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Re: Monument to General Manuel Belgrano, Buenos Aires
The stones at Plaza de Mayo are in memory of the COVID victims in Argentina. Each stone has the name and dates of a victim. Some of them also have the professional or city of the victim.
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Re: Monument to General Manuel Belgrano, Buenos Aires
Thank you for that clarification, Becci!
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Best Family Adventure Trips Around the World
Planning a family adventure can be an exciting yet daunting task. Finding destinations that offer thrills, learning opportunities, and comfort for everyone in the family requires careful consideration (sponsored content)
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Metropolitan Cathedral, Buenos Aires
The main Catholic church in downtown Buenos Aires is an interesting building that houses a memorial to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and General San Martin, considered the Father of Argentina.