MetaFilter posts tagged with Travel and europe

Middle East Travel Photography

netbros — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:46:38 -0800

Momentary Awe ― travel photography from more than 20 countries by Catalin Marin. Also in flash format.

Old Weird Europe

huskerdont — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:53:44 -0800

German newspaper Der Spiegel decided to take a look at Europe's oddest folk traditions and festivals. Perhaps you can have a metaphorical hard-on for the phallus festival of Tyrnavos, Greece. Maybe you're hungry for how a small Belgian town celebrates the practice of swallowing live fish. Or, alternately, you can look down on those bizarre practices... while chasing a giant wheel of cheese down a hill. Or maybe you'd just rather celebrate the annual fireworks war of Chios or jump over a baby while wearing a silly costume. Some of the festivals are recent inventions to boost tourism; others are relics of ancient paganism that survived Christianization. What are your favorites?

A podcast for learning Italian.

nthdegx — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:58:54 -0800

learnitalianpod - a thoroughly archived podcast that can teach you to speak Italian. RSS

360-degree panoramic galleries of European cities

funambulist — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 04:07:33 -0800

Arounder has an ongoing collection of high-quality full screen Quicktime VR panoramas of European cities, focusing on famous artistic and cultural landmarks (in Rome, Florence, Köln, Barcelona, Cyprus), with interactive maps and travel information. A collaboration with national tourist offices by Swiss company Vrway Communication, which also publishes Vrmag, a bi-monthly review of panorama photography, and the FullscreenQTVR directory in collaboration with the well-known panoramas.dk (previously mentioned on metafilter: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Walking Across Andorra

Ljubljana — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:43:58 -0800

The Art of Writing a Story About Walking Across Andorra.

Virtual Rome

peacay — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:20:24 -0800

Virtual Rome [via]

William Gedney, photographer

matteo — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:38:23 -0800

What Was True. From the mid 1950s through the early 1980s, William Gedney (1932-1989) photographed throughout the United States, in India, and in Europe, and filling notebook after notebook with his observations. From the commerce of the street outside his Brooklyn apartment to the daily chores of unemployed coal miners, from the lifestyle of hippies in Haight-Ashbury to the sacred rituals of Hindu worshippers, Gedney was able to record the lives of others with clarity and poignancy. Gedney's America is a nation of averted eyes, and broken automobiles, and restlessness, a place Edward Hopper would recognize, but so, also, Walt Whitman.

Trains Of Thought

MiguelCardoso — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 02:49:30 -0800

The A-Train For Armchair Travellers The Man in Seat 61, a train-mad Brit called Mark Smith, provides a wonderful guide, with lots of useful information, to train travel in Europe - though obviously catering mostly to British passengers. Choo Choo!

RentAVillage.com

anastasiav — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:45:03 -0800

Did you know that you can Rent the Principality of Liechtenstein (or any of six villages in Austria or Germany) for weddings and corporate events?
Flash Warning Inside!

vicarious travel - photography and narratives

madamjujujive — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 19:13:26 -0800

Photos by Martin - a gem of a site for vicarious travelers, it features wonderful, charming photos and fascinating stories from a guy who quit his job three years ago to travel the world. He credits global photojournalist Steve McCurry as an influence. I am such a fan of these photo travel narratives, professional and amateur alike - has anyone else discivered some special favorites?