Martin Randall Travel LTD has been a leader in cultural tourism for over 13 years. Its outstanding reputation is based on its knowledgeable lecturers and attention to detail. All lecturers are professionals in their field; academics, writers and curators whose mission is to enlighten and stimulate, not merely to inform, thus assuring an enjoyable trip for both the well-informed and the novice.
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Other museums occasionally rival it. Some, like the Getty in Los Angeles, have larger endowments. The Smithsonian surely has far more tchotchkes. But, square inch for square inch, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum is the Big One, the superlative municipal museum. So, it’s no wonder that its musical instrument collection, one of its 21 departments and subdivisions, would b...
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Combined State and National Parks Preserve a Magnificent Remnant
For many years, the designated tallest redwood tree in the world was located along Prairie Creek on the eastern side of what is now Redwood National Park. Discovered in 1962 by a National Geographic explorer, the tree soared a bit over 367.8 feet (equivalent to a 36-story apartment building).
Depending on your point of view, it...
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Lalibela Rock Temples of Ethiopia
Written By Patrick Totty Posted on Religious
Jordan’s Petra, “a rose-red city, half as old as time,” is the image that comes to most travelers’ minds when you say “rock-hewn structures.” The incredible patience and skill of the Nabateans, a third century B.C. nomadic people, in carving out Petra’s pediments, pillars and interior spaces still amaze.
In 1970, when the Canadian economy wasn’t doing so hot, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau told his countrymen to, “Hit the road. Drive or hitchhike and see what Canada’s all about.” Traveling, he reasoned, would keep citizens happily occupied and pump some money into the country’s airlines, motels and destinations.
In 1970, when the Canadian economy wasn’t doing so hot, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau told his countrymen to, “Hit the road. Drive or hitchhike and see what Canada’s all about.” Traveling, he reasoned, would keep citizens happily occupied and pump some money into the country’s airlines, motels and destinations.
Martin Randall Travel LTD has been a leader in cultural tourism for over 13 years. Its outstanding reputation is based on its knowledgeable lecturers and attention to detail. All lecturers are professionals in their field; academics, writers and curators whose mission is to enlighten and stimulate, not merely to inform, thus assuring an enjoyable trip for both the well-informed and the novice.
Have you ever dreamt of singing in Carnegie Hall? Well, it might not be such a fantastic dream. All it takes is an hour or so of your time and an interest in the creative genius that inspired and designed this world-renowned hall.
The Music Hall, as it was called when Andrew Carnegie built it in 1891, went up just two years after The André Mertens Galleries for Musical...
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Lalibela Rock Temples of Ethiopia