Visit Britain, the government tourist-promotion agency and Expedia are putting up about $7 million each to get more Americans to Britain, building on the popularity of Downton Abbey, about to go into Season 4 on US TV. Most of the money will go for TV ads. Read the full story HERE
Marilyn Jones visits the world’s tallest arch and the fascinating exhibits around it
Jonathan L shares photos of some of New York’s older storefronts
A glass-fronted department store in Lyon, France is a flashy canvas for an ornate older building
A visit to a pleasant public park in the South Amsterdam De Pijp neighborhood.
Delicious assortment of pies made with various meats, beer and Riesling
Art Nouveau windows, an unusual mansard roof, neo-renaissance sculptures: truly eclectic
The gingko biloba trees were a gift from the Emperor of Japan to the Emperor of Germany in the 1870s,
