Tag: tour guides

• Museum Hack and 5 Reasons DC’s National Gallery of Art is the ‘Best Museum in the Entire Country’

  Assassinations, forgeries, illicit affairs–of both the straight and not-straight variety—Disney’s “Little Mermaid conspiracy theories and shark attacks. If any of these things interest you (and, let’s be honest: ALL of these should absolutely interest you), then you need to go on a Museum Hack “Un-Highlights” tour of the National Gallery of Art the next time you’re in D.C. Museum…

  thepoelog

  July 14, 2017

  opinions (big book of), Working it

  art, DC, Museum Hack, museums, playing tourist, tour guides, tourists, tours

• Time Travel to Another Naples: The Bourbon Tunnel

  In Italy, December 8 is a national holiday. Something about a feast and some reception and being really, really clean, like immaculate. I don’t know all the details, but there was a parade with red banners and gold fringe. And a lot of offices and government buildings were closed, and everybody was out and about,…

  thepoelog

  January 29, 2015

  travel, trip report

  Holidays, Italy, museums, Naples, playing tourist, royal demands, Stately homes, tour guides, tours, Tunnels

• Wars, Orphans and Orbs: Dubrovnik’s Old Town

  My travel buddy for life XFE and I live in a part of Northern Virginia/Greater Washington DC area known as Old Town. It’s pretty cute. Full of cobblestone sidewalks, antique shops, and historic buildings with plaques announcing that George Washington once drank some cider on this exact location. Most of the old houses, churches and…

  thepoelog

  July 16, 2013

  travel, trip report

  Croatia, Dubrovnik, farmer’s market, local foods, museums, Old Town, tour guides, ToursByLocals, trip review