Through History-Colored Glasses https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html About Me My Top 10 (Not-terribly-highbrow) Moroccan Moments. Part I Being a good traveler: When is it okay to say “no”? Classical Ruins, Gorgeous Vistas, Centuries of History, and Cute Animals? Showing off at Sicily’s Valley of the Temples. Tasting Moroccan Culture: The Fantastic Bread (and Bread Ovens) of Marrakech Dusty Books and Breast Milk: Iceland’s DIY Museum Searching for “Our Babe”: Halifax’s Fairlawn Cemetery and the Mystery of the Titanic’s “Unknown Child,” Part I Palermo: Sicily’s Grand (and Gritty) Capital Five reasons why your next trip should be to Scandinavia Denmark’s “Nordic Versailles”: A visit to Frederiksborg Castle. Art, propaganda, and history: Visiting the Bayeux Tapestry Searching for “Our Babe”: Halifax’s Fairlawn Cemetery and the Mystery of the Titanic’s “Unknown Child,” Part II Up for a light and tasty historical romp? I’ve got the museum for you. Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful Wednesday, Barcelona edition! Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful Wednesday (June 7th) Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful Wednesday, British Edition! Building (literally) the Tudor dynasty: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Henry VII, and the Westminster Abbey Lady Chapel (Part I of III) Homepage In need of some whimsy on your Wednesday? Of Propaganda and Painted Ceilings: My Visit to the Old Royal Naval College Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful Wednesday for May 10th “Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful, Wednesday,” #2 “Appalling” and “Totalitarian:” Oslo’s Must-See Gustav Vigeland Sculpture Park Magical views, eerie otherworldliness, and unexpected screeching: Visiting Mont-Saint-Michel by night Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful Wednesday, III Building the Tudor Dynasty, Part II: Lady Margaret Beaufort and the Years of Waiting Dangerously National art and national identity: Visiting St. Petersburg’s Russian Museum The Blue Lagoon and that whole “naked showering” thing. Please, don’t be afraid of Barcelona! Madrid’s Other Must-See Museum Blog Meets World Blog