Prague’s Spontaneous Shrine to John Lennon
affiliate program By Betsa Marsh The 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s tragic murder will be commemorated all over the world, but especially at what many Czechs consider the first Lennon Memorial. The Lennon Wall in Prague’s Mala Strana (Lesser Town) sprang up spontaneously after the Dec. 8 shooting, and Praguers risked imprisonment to write on [...]
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Johnny X Gets an Angle on Cubist Prague
affiliate program By Betsa Marsh Johnny X, the SATW Traveling Teddy who globetrots for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio, recently toured Prague. He enjoyed walking the narrow, twisting paths of Old Town and The Jewish Quarter, exploring Prague’s unbroken millennium of architecture, but after a few [...]
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Always Halloween at Bone-Bedecked Chapel
affiliate program By Betsa Marsh Human bones as decor? Yes, well, I’ve seen it in St. Emilion, France, and the cathedral in Lima, Peru, but the Ossuary (Kostnice) in Sedlec, Czech Republic may be the creepiest joint yet. Sedlec, southeast of Prague just outside the UNESCO city of Kutna Hora, had the first Cistercian abbey in [...]
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Cincinnati–There’s An App for That!
Just out! Cincinnati Essentials is my new app that covers the waterfront from Cincinnati’s Ghost Subway to flying pigs and frying goetta. Designed for travelers and residents alike, Cincinnati Essentials uncovers the best of the quirky Queen City. The mobile guide for Apple iPhones, iPods and iPads is available for $2.99 on iTunes. All updates [...]
Keep Reading...Awash with Sights on the Chicago River
By Betsa Marsh On a beautiful spring day, there may be no more serene way to explore a city than gliding along on a quiet boat, looking up at the tall buildings and sighing. It works in Venice, it works in Chicago. In the Windy City, the focus is on those tall buildings during Chicago Architecture Foundation cruises, [...]
Keep Reading...Artwork Glows in Chicago’s New Modern Wing
From the outside, architect Renzo Piano’s new Modern Wing for the Art Institute of Chicago is so restrained you want to take a pulse. But from the inside, the white walls, white oak floors and miles and miles of glass set a glow around the art and bring Chicago in through the panes. The Modern [...]
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