Bière, Switzerland

As described by a local man the town is a “small village” that makes no beer. It is connected to Lake Geneva at Morges by a single-track narrow gauge railway that runs once an hour per direction. The town consists of two parish churches, one supermarket, a town hall, a Read more…

Boston, Massachusetts

There is so much of Boston that I don’t even know where to begin. Maybe I’ll start off with the tallest natural point in town – Bunker Hill. Atop this hill stands a monument that commemorates the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolution. Visitors can brave the steps Read more…

The Way To Go

The Way To GoBy Kate Ascher It was never enough for me to just admire the minimalist designs of transportation network maps, I had to find out what made those systems go. Knowing that Ascher has a reputation for representing complex concepts on easy to understand diagrams, I bought this Read more…

The Heights

The HeightsBy Kate Ascher If you’ve already read about what goes across the city in Underground by David Macauley, then The Heights will give you an idea of what goes up into a building. Once you are done reading this book, you’ll never take another office building or apartment block Read more…

Schloßkirche

In the wee hours of the morning, worshippers, and visitors alike form a long line outside the Schlosskirche in the town of Wittenberg in Germany on a quiet Sunday morning. The occasion? The reopening of the church where Martin Luther posted his ’95 Thesis’ on after its renovation. Among those Read more…

Wittenberg, Germany

This year, Germany begins twelve months of festive celebrations to mark the 500th year of the Reformation. October 31st of 2017 is also marked as a special national holiday, joining the ranks of the Day of German Unity, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. From Berlin, the ICE will whisk you Read more…

Tee Le Peng

Some call him Peng, others call him boss, but I call him Tee. He’s the kind of friend that would go out of his way to visit me only to convince me to visit him in his country later in the same year. Here’s how it happened… Back in 2014, Read more…