In my last post I write about Visby, a perfectly preserved medieval town and UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Swedish island of Gotland; but the colourful labyrinthine alleys of this Baltic-blasted, cobbled town are
Continue ReadingTag: museum
Visiting the Anne Frank Museum, Amsterdam
I read 'The Diary of Anne Frank' as a young teenager and, like many other readers of the novel, discovered not a gritty tale of Holocaust hardship but a vibrant young girl dealing with the
Continue Reading
A Slice of Welsh Life at St Fagans National History Museum
Standing in the shadow of Cardiff’s Millenium stadium, and only a stone’s throw from the uber-trendy Mermaid Quay bay area, nestles St Fagans National History Museum—a gem of a museum chronicling the history of Welsh
Continue Reading
On TV at the Cusco Choco Museo
According to this article in TIME, Peruvian plantations are "...working to identify Peru with chocolate, the way Colombia is identified with coffee", to the extent that many of the coca plantations, for so long associated
Continue Reading
