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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCIX)

1. This Swimming Pool in Villa in Croatia (on Airbnb) Designed by Steven Harris Architects, Villa Santo Spirito is available for a hefty price on Airbnb. 2. Archaeologists sharing newly discovered treasures on social media Archaeologists have just revealed that they have discovered new treasures hidden deep inside the home of what they call a…
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Don’t be a Tourist in Provence: A Weekend Guide

How easily I could slip back into my sleepy Provence, to a village called Vers, next to the Roman aqueduct I used to swim under, near the medieval town of Uzès where my mother bought our vegetables, in a garden where an imagination could run wild. I’ll find my way back, with silver hair and…

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An Ode to the “Red Carpet” Express Train

They rolled out the red carpet every night for customers boarding the train, which is how that popular phrase we all know first came into use. The 20th Century Limited streamlined train made its debut in 1902, and was soon advertised as “The Most Famous Train in the World“, travelling overnight between Grand Central Station and  LaSalle…

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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCVIII)

1. The Days When Thousands of Cables Crowded the Skies   2. Taxi Graveyard, somewhere in China Found here.   3. Try Picking this Lock Frank L. Koralewsky served as a traditional ironworker’s apprentice in his native north-German town of Stralsund. After obtaining journeyman status, he worked in various German shops before immigrating to Boston…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCVII)

1. NYC Cab Driver Spends 30 Years Photographing His Passengers In 1980, aspiring photographer Ryan Weideman landed in New York City from California, looking to make a name for himself. But he soon found himself focused on more practical matters, like paying the rent…. Full story found on My Modern Met.   2. Microcar du…

13 Movies for a Nostalgic European Summer

I grew up spending summers in a little country village in the south of France where nothing ever really happened. To romanticise those hot, sleepy days, I spent many hours devouring movies in the evening; seductive dramas and romantic comedies that played out in the Mediterranean; watching them again and again until the VHS tapes…
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Things the Soviets Made

Welcome comrade, to a special edition of Soviet “Show & Tell”, where we take a look back at the wackiest inventions and products that came out of the USSR. From the things they made to the things they never quite got around to doing, you can’t deny the Soviets certainly had ambition… This Epic Snow…

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Ye Oldest Public Library in the English Speaking World

What is there to see in Manchester? Surely there must me more to the industrial city in northwest England than football? Alas, Manchester gave the world a surprising amount of excellent things. The first atom splitting was achieved at Manchester University in 1919 and the man credited as the father of modern day computer science, was a Mancunian…

Before He Was Ziggy

David Jones (aka Dave Jay, aka David Bowie), was 16 years-old when he stepped in as saxophonist and lead singer for The Kon-rads at a gig in a south London pub. The year was 1963 and the band’s intended frontman, Roger Ferris, had just sliced his foot on broken glass and been rushed to hospital. David…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCVI)

1. What they found when they dredged canals in Amsterdam The incredible archaeological finds have all been washed, categorised and photographed, and are on display online on the Below The Surface website. They were discovered while work on the city’s North/South metro line between 2003 and 2012… Along the banks of the Amstel, at its…
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