After traveling in Europe for two months, I was worried that I might come home to San Francisco and find it rather sad and small, and unlovely. I wondered how my homely little town–my village, really–could compare to Rome, London, Paris, or even Brussels.
And I arrived back at the end of summer, our season of [...]
My first encounter with “kimchi” was when my brother-in-law brought three containers of this dish from Manila ten years ago. Kimchi is actually this traditional Korean dish made of vegetables, like cabbage, that was fermented with a variety of seasoning. So the moment my brother-in-law opened the plastic containers, it nearly knocked me out [...]
by Rossitza Ohridska-Olson (more about me in the end of the article)
In less than a day, two news affecting the Bulgarian cultural heritage hit the world wires: a sensational discovery of a completely preserved Thracian chariot by Dr. Daniala Agre, and almost complete loss of an ancient ship, thanks to the criminal indifference of [...]
Do you have a favorite food in your hometown that you just can’t get–or doesn’t taste the same–when you travel?
I just got back to San Francisco after 2 months traveling in Europe, mostly living in Brussels, and I indulged myself in a Mission style chile relleno super burrito. The Mission District is a mostly Mexican [...]
A wonderful reminder of Europe’s lost Christian heritage can be found in Belgium beguinages. Read more here, courtesy of the New York Times Travel Section.
- Rudy Carrera.
Looking for a place to vacation? Here are a few places that might be worth your time!
- Rudy Carrera.
I came across a great podcast at Idealist.org which talks about two websites (www.tuxedotravels.com and www.couchsurfing.com) that combine cheap travel with social networking and opportunity for hands on charity. Here’s the link for the podcast.
http://idealist.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=317044#
-David Rodich
“Shih” is an insightful, elegant kind of knowledge from Chinese into American English
–Howard Rheingold, They Have a Word for It
This article fosters an awareness of cross-cultural issues inherent in language communication through our perception of the world, non-verbally or verbally whenever we speak, listen, read, and write. Language communication offers cross-cultural insights and [...]
Umbria’s Lago Trasimeno is most famous for being the place where Hannibal, the Carthaginian, surprised the Romans in a bloody ambush. This happened in the marshy area that is now approximately where the little town of Tuoro is located.
Yes, Hannibal is the elephant guy, but by the time his army had arrived here, the elephants [...]
Pro Traveller posts a fascinating article on where the ancients vacationed on their leisure time.
- Rudy Carrera.
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