Houseboats in Holland
Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, is often called the Venice of the North. It boasts more bridges (1,753) than Venice. Bridges connect its 165 canals. And along these canals people live in houseboats...
Yearly Archive: 2017
Cologne Cathedral – Top Down View
When you take the first of 355 steps to the top of the bell tower of the Cologne Cathedral, you hesitate. But, the climb (at first on a narrow, two-way circular staircase and later...
Then & Now
There was a time, not so long ago, when wooden shoes were made by hand. Water resistant wooden shoes were needed for those who worked the land to protect their feet from the marshy...
The “Modern” Kilt
As we’ve learned in the last three posts, the kilt, as we know it, evolved from an earlier version (feileadh mor) worn for hundreds of years. What precipitated the change? The modern kilt was...
