New World Renaissance

I'd been in San Francisco for close to five years when an idea struck me. Why not quit my job and travel the world, doing good for others, fighting evil, and seeking the perfect beach? I replied (to the voice in my head) with an affirmative, why the heck ...

... famous places  in New York. I started  the day by visiting the Natural History Museum, my favourite exhibit was 'The World's largest Dinosaurs'. It was extremely busy, but I guess it is one of the largest, most visited museums in the ...

... take the tour.  There are many, many names on some of the above-ground graves and we were all discussing how in the world all those bodies could be there.  A cab driver provided an answer later in the trip -- the tombs act as natural ...

... key role in the history of northern Europe in the 16th-18th centuries. Work began on the construction of this outstanding Renaissance castle in 1574, and its defences were reinforced according to the canons of the period's military architecture in the ...

... view was over Kaikoura, but what sticks out in my mind was one of the finest beers ever tasted! A chocolate stout from the Renaissance Brewery in the Nelson region – this was exactly where we were going tomorrow! What was really nice was the van ...

... Cup™ in '94 and it is widely considered the most successful in FIFA's history and is considered responsible for the soccer renaissance that followed in the USA, both on and off the field. The 1994 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament held 7 of its ...

... and the twin towers of the former World Trade Center. The City is the birthplace of many cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literature and visual art, abstract expressionism (also known as the New York School) in painting, and hip ...

... . 5th Avenue is a brilliant street. It has some incredible buildings, including upmarket apartment blocks, icons like the French Renaissance chateau-style Plaza Hotel (opened in 1907), as well as foreign embassies (I saw the French and Serbian consulate ...

... full blooded Moriori on record, Tommy Solomon, died in 1933 the descendants of the Moriori are creating a kind of cultural Renaissance today. The reason why Beach Haven was an eye opener was because it nearly completely contradicted the shangrila that ...

... Moriori on record, Tommy Solomon, died in 1933 the descendants of the Moriori are creating a kind of cultural Renaissance today. The reason why Beach Haven was an eye opener was because it nearly completely contradicted the shangrila that the ...

... where I draw the line. When I told Scott that, he said, "No worries mate. You're American, you'll show her a whole new world." As he walked away, he added, "Like contraception." I woke up three hours later, amazingly hangover-free and headed to ...

... and listen to their plans for the future. He is trying to get the N.Z whisky industry off the ground, in a way similar to the new world wines that have made an impact over recent years.   It was great stuff, not that I am an ...

... to dominate now-Mexico. Initially, Spain was motivated by the belief of great riches to be found as they moved across the New World, but eventually Spain focused on introducing the Catholic Faith to the frontier Indians. After 70 years there was not as ...

... III: indicting him for  introducing corruption and wholesale graft to the Spanish court; for squandering countless sums of New World gold and silver on frivolities and spectacles to distract the king from his duties; for inflicting suffering and ...

... bland, characterless, purely functional convenience common to most railway stations. A toilet restored to its original Florentine Renaissance magnificence would have been an obvious tourist drawcard. Margaret noticed people buying tickets at the counter, ...

... ...for free! Sweet as!  I started out at the art gallery and then I walked to the Railway Station, a gorgeous Renaissance style building, very famous here.  I walked through the beautiful Botanic Gardens and killed heaps of time.  The best ...

... of Outside devoted to travel. Opening to a random page, here's the first piece of copy that caught my eye: Renaissance funhogs, brace yourselves: This trip, combining three days of mountain biking with five days of whitewater rafting on the Colorado ...

... at Berlin's Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Michael Jackson dangled infant son Prince Michael II out of the third-floor window. 8. Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington DC Room 871 of the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel was registered to a Mr George Fox in 2008 ...

... ! By the time we got to Milford and looked round the very homely lodge I was happy to have a 30 minute sit down and a big glass of my Renaissance Scotch Ale – Renaissance with out a doubt had to be by top brewery in New Zealand. We did have a little ...

... was the Paradise Gardens Collection, a series of gardens themed on different styles from around the world. We saw a really beautiful Italian Renaissance Garden, as well as an interesting Indian Char Bagh Garden. The Chinese Scholar Gardens was great, ...

... as Dunedin's railway station. It earned its architect the nickname of "Gingerbread George". In an eclectic, revived Flemish renaissance style, the station is constructed from dark basalt from Kokonga in the Strath-Taieri with lighter Oamaru stone ...