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MOVIE NIGHT: Museo

Posted on February 4, 2023 by admin

National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City… on the travel wish list 🙂 In 1985, a group of criminals mock the security of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City to extract 140 pre-Hispanic pieces from their showcases. Museo(2018)

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8.SUMMER SOLSTICE: Chichén Itzá

Posted on June 21, 2022 by admin

Today is the day… for Chichén Itzá… after 20 years or so… summer solstice… by chance… after Celia… early start… arrived around 9… no line… yes tickets… best start of a day 🙂 El Castillo Templo del Kukulkan light and … Continue reading →

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6.COBA: Father’s Day!

Posted on June 19, 2022 by admin

Father’s Sunday… a musical surprise… moving on to Cobá… a wonderful discovery… even if expected… even without climbing Nohoch Mul… even with a short shower… right on time for an isolated pic… the jungle… the birds… butterflies… bats… beautiful! Wish … Continue reading →

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3.TULUM: Rain & Ruins

Posted on June 16, 2022 by admin

Tulum Blues Lightning in the evening… summer storm in the morning… beautiful weather after that… Tulum… Zona de Monumentos Arqueologicos… parking… information booths… connecting the past with the present day life… dreaming of the possibilities La Muralla – defensa y … Continue reading →

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MESOPOTAMIA: The Season of the Great Empires

Posted on October 8, 2020 by admin

2020 Arkhaios Film Festival – Virtual Edition Mesopotamia: The season of the Great Empires Alberto Castellani | Italy | 2020 Once upon a time there were two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, which fed and made fertile a land … Continue reading →

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CITINERARY: Royal Albert Hall

Posted on July 30, 2018 by admin

This monument records the success of the Great Exhibition, the international exhibition held in Hyde Park in 1851 organised by Henry Cole and Prince Albert. The success of the 1851 exhibition paid for the construction of not only the Royal … Continue reading →

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CITINERARY: Teotihuacan

Posted on January 21, 2018 by admin

0. Who gave the city its present name? This sunken plaza, large enough to hold most of the city’s inhabitants, was centered on the Temple of the Feathered Serpent. It was discovered in 2003 by Mexican archaeologists underneath the Feathered Serpent … Continue reading →

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Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire

Posted on January 13, 2018 by admin

Ancient mysteries, recent discoveries, historic exhibit at deYoung Digital Story

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SAN FRANCISCO: Asian Art Museum Day

Posted on May 18, 2013 by admin

The “Terracotta Warriors” exhibit has been on our wish list since we first heard about it, but somehow we didn’t make it at the Asian Museum in San Francisco until today. Since it was a free museum day and the … Continue reading →

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TEL AVIV – YAFO

Posted on June 24, 2011 by admin

We were planning a Bauhaus stroll, park play, beach afternoon. It turned out that the Bauhaus Museum has only a room in a beautifully renovated building, and not many ropes and swings were left in Charles Clore Park, so off … Continue reading →

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