New Year’s Day falls on January 1st since when?
The answer: January 1st, 1753. If you live in America or in any other country then part of the British Empire, 1753 was the first year where January 1st was celebrated as the first day of a new calendar year. The Calendar Act of 1751 was the British law which set 1752 as the…
French concession Shanghai !
French concession Shanghai . Read our previous posting at “Shanghai : The future of China!” It is eight in the evening as I start writing this posting. Darkness has come to Shanghai, but the Huangpu river in front of me is full of ships decorated with neon lights of various colors; the ships themselves…
Bahamas, 3000 island Caribbean playground!
Bahamas. Read our previous country posting: “Azerbaijan, land of fire!” COUNTRY ROLL No 13 : Bahamas, 3000 island Caribbean playground close to the US coast! Photo: ShedExpedition Read our related posting: “Best of Bahamas food: CrackConch with pigeon peas and rice!” Read our next posting: “Bahrain, the Persian Gulf island of one million…
Viking River Cruises : best designed cabins afloat!
Viking River Cruises has been investing heavily in new ships with the launch of no fewer than 40 new river cruise Longships since 2012, all fairly identical 190-passenger ships. Recently, we were guests on one of those ships, the Viking Longship Tor, for an eight-day cruise down the Danube River from Nuremberg to Budapest. We…
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