It may seem an anomaly for someone who had been on five cruises and had earned 4-star mariner status, but had not dedicated a page about cruising in her blog. To be honest, I’m not fond of cruising. I find the activities inside the ship boring like the shows and gala nights, and not excited about the buffet or the chef’s signature dishes, probably prepared with ingredients from the ship headquarters’ warehouse. I go on a cruise to visit incredible places that are not accessible by land or relatively untouched landscape like Milford Sound. Unfortunately I had been on a cruise where mother nature had prevented the ship from docking in the area like Antarctica, Tasmania, Milford Sound and some ports in Finland and Sweden – places worthy of . …show more content…
Wismar is a Hanseatic city in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and about an hour drive from Warnemunde. It is listed as a UNESCO World heritage site for its unique building architecture like the many patrician gable houses and churches constructed from brick gothic. We walked for three long blocks passed relatively new buildings - 19th century Romanesque renovated and art noveau apartment buildings - until we reached the town’s market square, where I saw a row of elegant buildings that looked like a façade. But on closer look, they looked like functioning buildings. Our guide asked us to focus our attention to the brown Brick Gothic Burgerhaus (patrician home) called the Alter Schwede, built around the 13th century. “A unique representative of the Hanseatic style,” said our local guide. He talked about the many notable architecture-styles surrounding the market square like the water fountain (Wasserkunst) at the edge of the market square, an elaborate wrought iron work imported from Holland. We continued to walk to see some more notable structures built from the 13th-14th century like the St. George’s Church that escaped damaged during World War II, the church of St. Nicholas that’s still undergoing reconstruction. The high tower church of St. Mary’s Church, a remainder of the original Brick Gothic building, dominated the city’s skyline. Our walking tour ended at another historical site: Brauhaus am Lohberg , more than century old beer house. Perhaps, it was the highlight of the walking tour for some people in the group. Brauhaus am Lohberg, more than a century old beer
With the Pantheon being built over 1700 years ago, it’s amazing that architects are still using features and techniques from this work of architecture in modern creations. The use of this type of classical architecture will continue to be used in works for public space due to its remarkable exterior appearance and it’s long lasting structural durability. When both Jesse hall and the Pantheon are compared it is possible to see their similarities from the types of domes that top each, their external facades, and their interior plan. While they share many similarities, the differences that Bell and Binder used in their creation make this work of architecture unique to many other public spaces.
Thesis: Both St. John the Baptist Cathedral and Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Chartres are constructed in French Gothic style which means that architecturally they have many similarities. However, the 700 year gap between their construction offers St. John the Baptist more flexibility in design and style. Still, their likeness and variations extend far beyond the realm of their design.
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However, the artefacts brought to England from Benin in 1897 were an anomaly. The craftsmanship and sophistication were such that some were reminiscent of the beautiful figures in the Hofkiche, Innsbruck 1502-1563 (plate 3.1.12. Visited...
The Basilica of St. Denis was originally built in 500-599 AD, but was later reconstructed by Abbot Suger in c.1135-1144. Although its original architect is unknown, it is most famous for its reconstruction that was overseen by Abbot Suger (Panofsky). This basilica is also well known for its representation of Europe’s architectural shift from the Romanesque style to Gothic. The Gothic style brought new designs and was dubbed the “transformat...
Curare, also known scientifically as, Chondrodendron tomentosum is a substance which is bitter and grows on the stems and barks of some South American plants. Curare is known to paralyze the motor nerves. Traditionally, curare was used by South American Indians to poison their arrows by combining the curare obtained from plants and various poisons from animals and then mix everything up to make syrup like substance. The Indians then would coat the syrup on to their arrows and use the arrows to kill prey and later eat them.
Achiote is a spice that consists of ground annatto seeds, which can be in the form of a paste or a powder.
There is no doubt that the particular layout of space of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition reflected the gender inequalities that existed within American society at the time. In particular, the Women’s Building offered a microcosm of the prejudices that dominated the overall landscape of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Although the men who organized the Columbian Exposition were unable to exclude women’s achievements altogether from the exposition, they were successful in relegating them into a bounded unit that overwhelmingly categorized their contributions as different and marginal, framing womanliness as “soft,” “delicate,” and “refined.” Discussions of the Women’s Building’s architectural aesthetics highlights such gendered dimensions of the Columbian Exposition quite clearly.
How does it feel to have the city you call home look at you like a pest? The minority populations of Denton and Portland know the feeling all too well. Both environments, while being incredibly hostile to them, had accumulated small African American communities- for Denton it was Quakertown and for Portland it was Vanport- which were displaced by larger forces.
In the year 3000, the planet Earth is a desolate wasteland. It has been a little over a half a century since the “big one” hit the Earth. The majority of the human race has been eliminated with only a few hundred remaining. The only ones who have survived barely made it on to the spaceship as the big one smashed the Earth. Marcus is one of the many survivors coping with solar winds and debris floating around the Moon. After half a century, the survivors are running out of supplies on the moon. The crew must go back to post-apocalyptic Earth and explore the wasteland. Marcus knows that this journey will not be an easy one. They encounter different
This particular English 102 class pertains to going in depth of the heroic. This means to me that we will discuss what characteristics it takes to be a hero and how those characteristics have evolved in classic stories that many of us all know in today’s society. This course will help me develop better research skills, different and more efficient writing styles, and how to communicate with others. The objective is to be able to research a specific topic from a certain academic aspect that inspires myself, which in my case is nursing. For example, nurses have a duty like heroes and they are much alike, to help save people from something that is endangering that specific person whether it be a disease or a villain. The goals for English 102
The Inupiat people inhabit the Northern Slope Borough. This is the Northwestern most part of Alaska. It contains the Northern most American city Barrow, known as Utqiaġvik in Inupiaq, the Inupiat’s native language. There are four main types of Inupiat, the Bering Strait Inupiat, the Kotzebue Sound Inupiat, the Northern Alaska Coast Inupiat also known as Tareumiat and the Interior North Inupiat also known as Nunamiut however each clan has its own traditions and customs and within each town there can be 1 or more clans. (cite) There are roughly 13,500 Inupiat in Alaska. The Inupiat are a part of a group called Inuit which includes tribes in Greenland and Canada. They prefer the term Inuit or Inupiat to Eskimo so for the sake of this paper the term Inuit will be used when discussing the people as a whole. All Inuit speak a form of the language
University 101 has helped me acclimate me to college life at Northern Illinois University. When I first started here, I was extremely nervous for the new environment I was going into rather blindly. However, after taking UNIV 101, I learned some valuable information to better myself for my future college endeavors. Thanks to my professor, peer educator, classmates, the novel, and the text book, I will be able to continue throughout college with confidence and stability.
Coming into my senior year I was very anxious and ready to get it over with. Everyone kept telling me that it was going to be the easiest year of high school, but I completely disagree. I would not say it was my hardest, but most definitely not the easiest, I did enjoy it though. It was very fun during the whole year, but once it came down to the last three or two months I began to give up. I was so ready for it to be over, and the more anxious I was the slower it seemed to get here. Unfortunately, I missed the main things that really mattered this year, like my cap and gown fitting, my last year book picture; all because I did not want to come to school this year. I really did not see no point in coming since I only needed two more credits to graduate, but in the 3rd quarter my
It’s the end of the road for my high school career and what a year it has been. This year went by so quickly, I felt it was certain. Since the beginning of high school, I’ve grown through the years into the person I’d become. Eventually, I would soon enter the college life and live on through the rest of my life. Linden High School was a giant journey full of obstacles that amended who I was as a student. By the time senior year arrived, I felt like I like I could give it one last shot. To show the teachers that I wasn’t going to let my senior year go to waste by slacking off. The majority of my senior year was me trying to figure out which college best suited me. I wanted to major somewhere in the business field and through all the open houses’