Category: Travel
PADEREWSKI MUSEUM Not many musicians become prime ministers. Ignacy Jan Paderewski, born in Kurylowka, in Podolia (now in Ukraine), in 1860, used his international standing as pianist and composer …
WILDGANS MUSEUM Modling, one of Beethoven’s favourite summer resorts (see Beethoven), remains high among the most pleasant Viennese suburbs or satellite regions. There, in a house on a hill …
Fishing is one of the most relaxing and yet rewarding of all sports. You enjoy the combination of a day in the outdoors, on a riverbank or by a …
As parents struggle to find new and exciting ways to keep their children active, there has been a movement in many communities to establish a recreational center. These parks …
Kasauli is the most beautiful place in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Composed of lots of colonial charm and natural beauty, this place is visited by a large number …
PALESTRINA MUSEUM The city of Palestrina is 38 km southeast of Rome, nestled in the Sabine Hills. In its eponymous composer’s time it was a prosperous Barberini principality. Today …
SIUSLAW RIVER BRIDGE MAP Crossing Siuslaw River, Florence, Oregon Designer/Engineer Conde B. McCullough Completed 1936 Span 140 feet (44 meters) Materials Concrete, steel Type Double-leaf bascule The Siuslaw is …
SILCHER MUSEUM Nearly all the composer museums of Germany are to Great Composers, the Bachs, the Beethovens, the Brahmses, whom everyone has heard of. A rare exception is the …
YSAYE MUSEUM Wranitzky displays, Nova Rise Premonstratensian monastery in the village before pursuing their careers in the imperial capital. It is at the monastery, which suffered some neglect (at …
SCHEIDT MUSEUM After Handel, Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) is Halle’s most important native musician. But unlike Handel, Scheidt spent his whole life in the city, except for a period of …