Posts Tagged ‘Europe’

Dmanisi, Georgia

Published May 18th, 2012

Dmanisi, Georgia
Kindly contributed by Ian Tattersall, author of Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins. Besides being a neighbor in the West Village, Tattersall co-curated the marvelous Spitzer Hall of the Human Origins at the American Museum of Natural History, where he is curator emeritus in the Division of Anthropology. Tattersall is also
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Tulipomania

Published February 28th, 2012

Tulipomania
Held in the Netherlands every ten years since 1960, Floriade 2012 opens April 5 in in North Limburg (once the Duchy of Limburg). Set in an expansive park in Venlo with the many pavilions separated by gardens and woods, the world horticultural expo runs through October 7.  The flower fields at Keukenhof, located outside Lisse
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Lacoste, Provence

Published June 23rd, 2011

Lacoste, Provence
Kindly Contributed by Tony Perrottet, author of The Sinner’s Grand Tour. “I never had a hankering to visit Provence — too many antique markets, too many Brits living in renovated barnyards, too overdone by Peter Mayle — until I heard about a quirky little village called Lacoste near Avignon. This remote outpost was once home
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Antwerp

Published June 20th, 2011

Antwerp
Kindly contributed by Mark Lamster, author of Master of Shadows, a tale of the artist Peter Paul Rubens, his double life as a secret agent and 17th-Century Europe. “Even four hundred years after he walked its streets, finding a place in Antwerp redolent of Peter Paul Rubens is no problem. He remains a ubiquitous presence
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