Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In fact, Singapore Museum organizes cultural trips to other parts of the world, where every participant has to deliver an hour long talk on one facet of the country being visited. In this way, everyone on the trip is primed and ready with the background information required to understand the history and culture of the country they are traveling to. I always felt it was a great idea! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> wrote: > Or having prepared your trip and read a bit about the culture ;-) > Rome cited by Nathan is layer upon layer of history, ab urbis condita to > Cinecitt? via catholic supremacy or Verdi, etc. And every time I was there > I felt as if I was traveling through my schoolbooks and visiting my > european roots, which helps me understand the world I'm still living in. > > Ajanta, Kajuraho, Agra or Sanchi also taught me so much about the many > facets of your beautiful country. Of course, I had read about them > beforehand, and kept devouring books when back, nearly feeling the same as > in Rome i.e. home ;-) > > Very nice panos in any case, Tina, thank you :-) > > Amiti?s. > Philippe, on Duracell > > > Le 6 juil. 2016 ? 09:43, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> a > ?crit > : > > > If you go to these sites, the one expense you should not stint on is to > > hire the best human guide available - they make the otherwise lifeless > > bricks and rocks come to life. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >