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Fiestas Tipicas Nacionales “Tipicas” usually means “typical,” but as it's used in the name of this festival, it means “picturesque; full of local color; traditional;” which is a pretty good description. The main event is one-third rodeo, one-third Mexican bullfight, and one-third More...
New Zealand’s Moeraki Boulders Here’s something strange. On a small stretch of Koekohe Beach -- about halfway up the Pacific Coast of New Zealand’s South Island -- there’s a group of a few dozen spherical rocks. The biggest are about six feet More...
Iran: Blue Tiles of Isfahan In the time period roughly between Christopher Columbus and George Washington, early-day Iranians were on the other side of the world doing some pretty impressive things with blue and yellow tile. The city of Isfahan was the capital of Persia More...
Scheisse! Stahlen sie meine Kamera!* You live and learn. For example, just a week or so ago, I didn't even know there WAS a German-speaking region of Italy (just south of the Austrian border). But now I've had the pleasure of explaining (in English) to More...
The Class of ’83 Vian High School’s Class of ’83 hadn’t gathered for a reunion in two decades. I brought cameras, but quickly realized that the point and purpose of the weekend was to spend the time chatting, hugging, laughing and catching up with More...