10 Reasons to Visit Hobart
If you’re contemplating a summertime visit to Hobart, here are 10 reasons to book your ticket. 1. It’s right on the water … … which means sea life … … […]
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A Merry Tassie Chrissie!
Merry Christmas from Tasmania (where any word that can be shortened, will be)! Hobart doesn’t get as gussied up for Christmas as the US (or Singapore, for that matter) — […]
Love or Hate? The Museum of Old & New Art
Prescott and I are in in Tasmania! Specifically, we are in Hobart, the island’s capital and largest city (though at 225,000 people, “city” seems a generous term). This seafaring hub […]
Academic Culture: NUS Museum
Yesterday I paid a visit to the NUS Museum, home to the National University of Singapore’s art collection. Why you might go: there’s some good art here, and the museum’s […]
The Peranakan Life: Visiting Baba House
Last weekend, Prescott and I made a trip down to NUS Baba House, a heritage museum that gives visitors a glimpse into life in an early twentieth century Peranakan house. […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Luang Prabang
Planning a trip to Luang Prabang? There are endless things to love about this small city — temples, rivers and waterfalls, good food, nice people — so much that I […]
The Temples of Luang Prabang
The New York Times tells me that there are 34 temples in Luang Prabang, but I’m pretty sure their reporters just gave up counting after they walked around a few […]
10 Reasons to Visit Luang Prabang
Prescott, our friend Andrea, and I have just returned from a Thanksgiving vacation in Luang Prabang, Laos — and we have decided that it’s one of our favorite places in […]
The City of Music and Dreams
Music abounds nearly everywhere in Vienna’s center city — even if you can’t hear it, someone in a fancy fake Renaissance outfit will step out and try to sell you […]
The Vienna of God and the Emperors
After visiting universities in Holland, I took a short flight to Austria for a conference. If the Netherlands is cozy, Vienna is stately — it’s clear that the Austrian Habsburgs […]
