Museums
There’s no shortage of beautiful, historic castles in Ireland. Near Cork, of course, is the famous Blarney Castle. However, there’s another castle that’s even closer to the city: Blackrock …
Most history museums tend to cover their topics in impersonal ways. Whether its due to them covering a long period of time, a large population, or focusing on high-level …
Jonathan Sacks August 18, 2020 Art & Architecture, Culture, Day Trips & Tours, Europe, Food, Food & Drink, Museums, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Travel Guides If you’ve seen photos of Rotterdam, chances are you’ve seen Erasmusbrug, the bridge spanning the Nieuwe Maas river. Just across Erasmusbrug to the south of the Rotterdam city center …
Jonathan Sacks June 29, 2020 Alabama, Culture, Food, Food & Drink, History, Montgomery, Museums, North America, Travel Guides, United States After visiting St. Augustine on a cross-country road trip, my next stop was Montgomery, Alabama. The state capital is one of the most important cities in the United States …
Jonathan Sacks June 7, 2020 Art & Architecture, Asia, Beer & Breweries, Culture, Day Trips & Tours, Food & Drink, History, Japan, Morioka, Museums, Tono, Travel Guides Morioka is a great base for making day trips around the Tohoku region. One of the more unique day trips from Morioka is to Tono, a nearby city steeped …
Not many breweries can say that a train station was named after them. But that’s exactly the case with Ebisu station along the Yamanote Line in Tokyo. The station …
Jonathan Sacks July 21, 2019 Culture, Europe, History, Istanbul, Movies, Television, Music, & Books, Museums, Travel Guides, Turkey Before traveling to Istanbul, I asked a friend if she had any book recommendations for me to read before my visit. She gave me a few good options, including …
Jonathan Sacks April 13, 2019 Berlin, Culture, Europe, Germany, Movies, Television, Music, & Books, Museums, Travel Guides As Norm MacDonald once said on SNL, Germans love David Hasselhoff. Nowhere is this love more visible than at the David Hasselhoff Museum in Berlin. While looking at Google …
The Czech Republic was one of the first countries to experience the tragedy of World War II, and one of the last to escape it. In May 1945, the …
Jonathan Sacks October 29, 2018 Art & Architecture, Beer & Breweries, Culture, Czech Republic, Day Trips & Tours, Europe, Food, Food & Drink, History, Museums, Ostrava, Travel Guides Ostrava, Czech Republic is a nice city with a rich mining history & good craft beer. If you’re visiting and looking to get away for the day, a day …
Ostrava was the heart of the Czech Republic’s coal mining industry. As with many mining towns around the world, the mines have been closed in recent decades. This evolution …
Jonathan Sacks August 30, 2018 Art & Architecture, Beer & Breweries, Culture, Czech Republic, Day Trips & Tours, Europe, Food, Food & Drink, History, Museums, South Bohemia, Travel Guides Most travelers to the Czech Republic visit Prague, and then they don’t end up going anywhere else. That’s a shame because the rest of the country has some beautiful …
At some point, most travelers will end up making a connection in Frankfurt. But beyond the airport, what is there to see and do? On my way back home …
Jonathan Sacks June 29, 2018 Art & Architecture, Culture, Day Trips & Tours, Europe, Food, Food & Drink, History, Lisbon, Museums, Portugal, Travel Guides No trip to Lisbon is complete without a day trip to Belém. Belém was a crucial port during the Age of Discovery. Today it is home to a UNESCO World Heritage …
Jonathan Sacks June 11, 2018 Art & Architecture, Cascais, Culture, Day Trips & Tours, Europe, Food, Food & Drink, Hiking & Outdoors, History, Lisbon, Museums, Portugal, Sintra, Travel Guides Sintra is one of the most popular day trips from Lisbon, and it’s easy to see why. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to several architectural & historical …
