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Daily Archives: April 14, 2018

Venice the Famous Write about It

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go. Truman Capote It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone. Erica Jong I have spoken to you of Pompeii,” said the Moon, “that corpse of…

Meteora Monasteries Defy Logic and Inspire Awe

Meteora was virtually unknown until 1981 when 007, as in Bond, James Bond, is left hanging from a rope off a cliff.  Bond has to climb up the face while the bad guy chips away at  anchors in the rock.  Who survives?  The bad guy or 007? In the climactic…

Otherworldly Atmosphere of Meteora

“It’s got this otherworldly vibe about it, it had this really great energy, and I wanted to have a record that lived up to that energy.” – Chester Bennington on why he named Linkin Park’s second studio album after this unique rock formation in Greece. The name Meteora stems…