Tagged With "Alexander Pushkin"

I bet the dogs had more fun than you did!

Ha-ha, they did have a good time Thanks for the comment.

Macedonia, a former Yugoslav republic, and original home of Alexander the Great, has just invested a lot of money—many think too much—in rebuilding its capital city of Skopje, and trademarking its ancient hero, which it thinks Greece has...

These days, "branding" is a big issue in tourism, and tourist promotion agencies are looking for brands they can promote. Just as Skopje, Macedonia (see NewsLink just before this one) is branding itself as the hometown of Alexander the Great, Poland...

Gumbo was visiting Halifax's historic brewery, founded by Alexander Keith in 1820. It is one of the oldest surviving commercial breweries in North America.

If you are searching for the perfect city break destination, you do not have to think twice before choosing St Petersburg. It can be described as a dynamic city with full of wonderful sights and there are a lot of attractions and activities as well. Although St Petersburg is one of the youngest metropolises, many people describe it as the cultural centre of Europe. All these aspects make St Petersburg shore excursions immensely popular. Historical and architectural sights It was one of the...

A press conference in Prague Tuesday will feature a long-lost work jointly written by Mozart and his rival Salieri. It was found in a Prague museum.

Fascinating. Thanks for posting. My family and I have watched the film Amadeus at least two dozen times, and always supposed the Salieri poisoning was dramatic confabulation.

It had always seemed suspicious to me, but I had never known that it was Pushkin who earned a Parson Weems award for this one! Well, it certainly worked out well for F. Murray Abraham!

Jonathan L revisits a walk he took along the Moskva River in 2006

Jonathan L visits a very empty MOMA to see its Alexander Calder exhibit

Join Samantha on a visit to an outdoor art venue filled with unusual works.