THE GLOBETROTTER... stories that bond

Nicholas was born in Patara, a small coastal town in the region of Lycia, in present-day Turkey, in the 4th century, into a wealthy family who raised him in the Christian doctrine.He was orphaned at a young age and, recalling the Gospel passage of the Rich Young Man , devoted all the wealth he inherited to helping the sick and the poor. He was appointed Bishop of Myra and, under the rule of Emperor Diocletian, was exiled and imprisoned.After being released, he took part in th

It could be a post about the music of Simon and Garfunkel. Silence, in truth and scientifically speaking, should only exist in absolute form in outer space. The very concept is, in itself, challenging: the existence of an absence. We overuse a single immediate sense — vision — relegating all the others. Sound, however, we give a completely different kind of importance. But do we really listen? Sounds are one of the foundations of our evolution. Through them, we developed abil

The choice of name itself encapsulates the greatness of a civilization. The Grand Egyptian Museum — or simply GEM, a jewel of an acronym. Controversial at first, due to its bold architecture in an ancient land where one of the greatest empires of all time ruled, dazzled, and made history. The greatest treasures of this nation’s past are displayed here — from the boy king’s treasure, Tutankhamun, to Pharaoh Khufu’s Solar Boat, to the colossal statues of Ramses II, among countl