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POPSA new Swiss park for feeding the bears Until the debut of BearPark, Pedro and Tana can be seen in their more modest open-air enclosure every day from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the summer, during which time they accept gifts of bear food that are available for purchase from bear guards. Bern's relationship to bears can be traced back to the city's birth: The city founder, Berchtold V von Zãhringen, is said to have killed a bear on the peninsula where the city now stands. The capital's name comes from Bãr, which is German for bear, and the animal graces the Bern's coat of arms.
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POPSDo you still send postcards? I love to send postcards. I think it's a more personal way to stay-in-touch with friends and family than email. I choose cards that best fit a persons personality: quirky cards for my best friend, nature images for my brother. I buy cards for myself such as photographic cards that surpass my skills in that area. I especially love cards made by artists.
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POPSReactivating Forgotten Languages: How to Catch Up Vis-Ed (www.vis-ed.com) compiles its sets of flashcards from word frequency lists and includes sample phrases for usage. I begin flashcards after three or four days in-country. The sooner you decide to reactivate languages when needed, instead of maintaining them for an unspecified time in the future, the more leisure time you will have and the less diluted your language abilities will be when you need them. Don't fear losing languages if you've attained real fluency. They're just in temporary storage with the covers pulled over them.
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POPSAbout the London Review of Breakfasts The "full English" refers not to our technological, cultural or military achievements. No: we live in a country where the 'full us' proudly refers to the first meal of the day. And yet here, in that country's capital, there seem to be (far) more bad breakfast opportunities than good ones: Cafe Euro Med in Kentish Town, the Bishop in East Dulwich and Mac Bar in Camden, to name but a few recent crying failures. And so we bring you a new champion: the London Review of Breakfasts. Because we've had enoeuf. Malcolm Eggs, Site Editor August 2005
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POPSSergio Pessolano: Astounding Travel Photography The thumbnails won't take you to the site or open any images. I clipped them to display the quality and depth of this astounding travel photography website: 4,500 Images Displayed Online. 20,000 Images on File.
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POPSTravel Photography: What to take in your kit? • Tripod - I tend not to travel with a tripod or monopod these days ...Instead if shooting in low light I tend to find fence posts, use my camera bag or find other stationary objects along the way to support the weight of the camera. Some use the mini tripods that are all the rage these days, but they tend to be best with lighter point and shoot cameras than larger and heavier DSLRs. • Point and Shoot - some DSLR users back a compact point and shoot camera as well. This is for those nights when they hit the town and don’t want to haul all their gear around with them but want to record the night. This is a bit of a luxury and indulgence really but if you’ve got the camera and want the flexibility - why not?
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POPSTravel Photography: Considering Which Lenses to Take Other factors will include the type of shots you tend to take (ie if you are into macro shots you might want to invest in a macro specific lens, if you’re going to sporting events you might want something with extra length etc). This rest of the article is Canon user centered in the author's lens recommendations.
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POPSAudio Tour: iWalk Dublin I clipped to the limit. The Guinness iWalk is available in Italian, French, Spanish and German. Go to the site to download maps and brochures. Clicking on the mp3 download link automatically opens the file. Enjoy!
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POPSEnglish Baby! American English Lessons For visitors to the U.S., improve your usage of American English style and slang. English Baby is part school, part social networking: music, movies, slang Thursday, streaming lessons, vocab quizzes forums. This ain't yo daddy's language site.
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POPSLearn to speak Italian I practiced along with this podcast in preparation for a trip to Italy. I am not yet fluent, however, learning key phrases helped me to communicate with Italians whom I found were very forgiving when I mangled their language. In fact, my attempts were often appreciated. The podcast hosts are native Italians.
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POPSGustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900 Marking 2008 as the city's year as European Capital of Culture, Tate Liverpool is opening Britain's first comprehensive exhibition of the work of Gustav Klimt. Featuring many of his typically opulent portraits, the exhibition highlights Klimt's position as the founder and leader of the Viennese Sezession, a progressive group of artists and artisans. Klimt opens on May 30. The quote in the final image, Nuda Veritas is from Schiller. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiller
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POPSWhat Can Be Learned From a Vacation The article is family centered, but the suggestions would work for singles or childless couples. the Maeght Foundation has almost 9,000 artworks, including some by Calder and Giacometti, and a maze in the sculpture garden designed by Miró.
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POPSPractical Travel Advice: Help! My Credit Card is Lost or Stolen 5) Ask your bank for an extra client card. If the first is taken, you still have the second one to withdraw cash with If you take cash be sure that the bills are crisp and new. My experience in developing nations is that currency exchangers don't accept old, torn or folded U.S. dollars. Perhaps the same is true for the British Pound and the Euro. Exchanging at a bank is an option, but problematic on weekends and bank holidays. Chase does not replace credit or bank cards internationally.
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POPSOne Bag: Learn to Travel Light I used pack way too many bags and suffered for it in terms of time, energy and frustration. Travel is even more of joy now that I've learn how to live out of one bag.
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POPSTurkey Travel Planner I'm not promoting this guys book or anything like that - I don't know him at all. I've clipped this, because I think the site is an excellent resource for planning a trip to Turkey.
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POPS6 Simple Ways to Travel Without Your Guidebook Leave your guidebook in your accomodation. See the iconic sights, but be open to new ideas. Take a Chance on the unknown. Don't loose your travel independence. I traveled in Italy and only used a city guidebook for Rome which I mainly used for the maps and accomodation advice. The benefits: no dragging around a heavy book, incentive to talk to Italians and fellow travelers gained new friends.
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POPSGlobal Guide To Culture, Customs and Etiquette Each society and culture will have numerous nuances that would make it irresponsible to suggest a uniform approach to understanding any country's social/business culture or etiquette.Yet, loose guidelines can assist in bettering understanding and avoiding offence.{/quote]
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POPSDiscovery and Restoration at Egypt's Colossi of Memnon It is planned that five years from now the statues of Sekhmet the lion-headed goddess will stand again. When the two 15-metre red quartz colossi of Amenhotep become upright again in 2009 Tiya's statue will once again stand next to those of her spouse. The two other giant statues that have been uncovered are not yet ready to reclaim their place alongside the others, however. They are made of alabaster and extremely rare because of the material's fragility. Unlike other neighbouring funerary temples such as the Ramasseum, dedicated to Ramses II, and Ramses III's temple at Medinat Habu, "we will be able to admire the temple's content, not only its skeleton," said Sourouzian.
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