Renaissance Dubai

... the desert... So, having arrived at midnight and sleeping some more we got up and did what any self-respecting visitor to Dubai does - shop.  I can pin-point the very moment the stalking began: somewhere between the mini-bus drop off point and ...

... the newest, grandest, and ever changing skyline fall out of favour today and become tomorrow's engineering wonder ala Ancient Egypt or Renaissance Rome? Or will it be lost in a sandstorm of negative press relegating this young city to a ...

... lets it. Yesterday and today I was out of vacation mode and into job mode. I went to a job fair at the upscale Renaissance Hotel. Yesterday started with an orientation about how the job fair would work for the 200 or so teachers mingling in hopes of ...

... It was a long tiring flight but it is all worth it now that I am here. New York is simply AMAZING. I am staying at the Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel, which is right in the centre of Times Square, at the junction of Broadway and 7th Avenue. It's ...

... you name it, from all over the world. IFC is the most popular mall here--it rivals that of any over the top mall in Dubai or the States. The restaurants are the same. You can find any cuisine and many mixtures of genres. It's normal to have a mix ...

... us up at around noon for us to spend the next five nights at his house.  Bruce is a pulmonary physician/Renaissance man whom Steve has met through their shared interest in mesothelioma treatment and research. Bruce has published a book ...

... about Catholicism and the like all the way through along with the main character being a catamite in ancient Rome. Renaissance Rome is probably one of my favourite points in time.  So I finally landed in Dallas, called Heather ...

... while still keeping its traditional roots intact. What has been attained in just a few decades I would consider nothing short of a Renaissance. In the last two days here, I've been really impressed with how modern, clean, and friendly this country ...

... has a collection of works as part of an exhibition to see inside the man who became a key player in the neo classical renaissance of painting. The insight details the fact he is very much a studio painter, having his subjects often under harsh light to ...

... of the Garter, burial place of Henry the VIII and his favorite wife Jane. Gem of architecture going back to the height of the Renaissance- and here you can walk to the stalls of the Knights of the Garter, read the heraldry of each knight back to the ...

... were made to erect a new and magnificent one in its place. It took two centuries to complete and lots of the great renaissance and baroque artists participated in making it what it is now. Around the 1920's and 30's, Pope Pius XI accidentally discovered ...

... , too bad pictures aren't allowed inside. Then to the upper floor, where there lots of paintings. Lots of lovely Renaissance and Baroque paintings including works by Raphael, Titan and Caravaggio (amongst others). The allotted two hours is more than ...

... . By the 15th century, it was on the verge of collapse, and was thus rebuilt and restored by master artists of the Renaissance and Baroque. The cupola (dome) was designed by Michelangelo, the Baldacchino was created by Bernini. Other artists who worked on ...

... , surrounded by high walls contained delightful gardens and provided a relief in the afternoon heat. The Archivo de Indias, a Renaissance building which serves as an archive of all the documents related with the discovery of America stood alongside. It ...