The Climate of Italy
The climate of Italy may be described as temperate, as the winter, owing to the low latitude, is not too severe and the summer is not too hot, owing to …
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Turkey: Foca Population, Temperature, Sightseeing Tours and Excursion
Foça (from Greek: Φώκαια, “Phocaea”) is a town and district in Turkey’s İzmir Province, on the Aegean coast. The town of Foça is situated at about 69 km (43 mi) …
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Macau: What brought faraway Portugal to this unlikely spot
What brought faraway Portugal to this unlikely spot? Over a bottle of Dao (excellent Portuguese wine, six dollars a bottle), I put this question to an old and famous friend, …
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East St. Louis owes its origin to Cahokia
East St. Louis owes its origin to Cahokia” width=”240″ height=”320″ class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-283″ />East St. Louis owes its origin to Cahokia, the historic village several miles south of the city, …
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Elgin: An industrial town in the midst of wide farmlands
Elgin (717 alt., 94,487 pop.) , an industrial town in the midst of wide farmlands, lies on the gentle bluffs of the Fox River. Although only an hour’s ride from …
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Evanston: Aristocratic and Self-Sufficient in Illinois
Evanston (601 alt., 74,239 pop.), fronting largely on Lake Michigan, and with an extension stretching westward at the northern edge of the city, is roughly L-shaped. It is the first …
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They speak English everywhere
The most famous last words of the American tourist are:”They speak English everywhere.” Well, they don’t. You can, with luck, be stranded in a European town among people who will …
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Your Tour of Europe – French Mini Vocabulary
What follows below is capsule vocabulary for French containing those absolutely essential phrases which yol’ull use time and again in your tour of Europe. The colunmn at the right-hand side …
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Discovering the Beauties of Kyoto
Making the round of these “detached palaces,” we recall the fact which is too often overlooked, namely, that the beauties of Kyoto are not confined within the limits of the …
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Days of Edo in Japan
As Tokyo is situated on the Sumida River which pours into Tokyo Bay to swell the mighty Pacific, its former name, Edo (estuary-door), sounds more poetical and appropriate. But the …
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