5/08/2011

Trips and Journeys

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness”, Mark Twain in The Innocents Abroad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q4foLKDlcE
http://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=212 (lyrics)

Where would you like to travel next?

5/01/2011

May Day

Irises, Vincent van Gogh

May 1st is Labour Day in some countries. In other places, this date is called May Day and it’s a traditional holiday, based on celebrations that took place in pre-Christian times, which were linked to the festival of Flora, the Roman Goddess of flowers: