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Toilets of the WorldEbisu Park — Tokyo ToiletSophisticated clean public toilets at 1-19-1 Ebisu-Nishi, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.
Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe, who died OTD in 1957, specialised in the study of European #prehistory https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/saumur-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #France
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreMegaliths in the Lower Loire Valley of France near SaumurMegalithic structures in the lower Loire Valley in western France near Saumur and Gennes date back to 3000-1200 BE in the Neolithic age.
OTD in 1453 during the Hundred Years' War, England lost its last possessions in #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/seine-river-art-history-monet/chateau-gaillard.html?s=mb #travel #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreChâteau Gaillard — Along the Loops of the SeineRichard the Lionhearted built Château Gaillard on a chalk bluff overlooking the Seine River during the Hundred Years' War.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who died OTD in 1597, was the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate in #Japan https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/forty-seven-ronin/?s=mb #travel #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreThe Forty-Seven Rōnin and Japan's ShōgunsThe revenge of the 47 rōnin is a classic story of the Edo period when Shōguns ruled Japan. See their graves at Sengaku-ji in Tōkyō.
Napoleon Bonaparte retreated from #Moscow OTD in 1812, he lost much of his army along the way back to France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/russia/moscow.html?s=mb #history #Russia
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreTraveling and Working in Russia — Visiting MoscowRed Square, Kremlin, ironic post-Communist open-air museums, beautiful churches in the snow, and a downright strange hotel run by a government agency
Why are some of my posts so odd? Learn why! https://cromwell-intl.com/blog/2023/01/03-whats-up-with-my-social-media.html
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreWhat's Up With My Social Media Postings? — Bob's BlogI have an automated Mastodon identity that posts numerous factoids of widely varying relevance. What's going on?.
Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe, who died OTD in 1957, specialised in the study of European #prehistory https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/giverny-dolmen/?s=mb #travel #France
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreNeolithic Dolmen at GivernyWhile you are visiting Claude Monet's house at Giverny, also see the neolithic dolmen near his grave.
Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov, who died OTD in 2002, flew into space 3 times on Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33, in 1971, 1974, and 1979 respectively https://toilet-guru.com/blog/3.html?s=mb #spaceflight #history
Toilets of the World"It's nice to have space to defecate" — The winner of NASA's Space Poop ChallengeThe Space Poop Challenge — A blog about toilets
Today on the Orthodox calendar is the Synaxis of the icon of "Panagia Vasilissa" (or "Panagia the Queen"), in Mouzaki, Karditsa, #Greece https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/greece/meteora.html?s=mb #travel #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreMeteora — Μετέωρα — GreeceMeteora is a complex of Greek Orthodox monasteries built on sandstone rock pillars extending 550 meters above the plain near Kastraki and Kalampaka or Kalabaka.
Paul Robert, born OTD in 1910, is best known for his large "Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française" https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/detectives/?s=mb #travel #France #writing
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreLes Flics — Detectives in French Fiction and LifeThe French people are avid readers of American detective fiction. But the concept of a private investigator originated in France. Then Poe wrote of the French investigator Auguste Dupin, and detective literature was born.
Carlos Dávila, who died OTD in 1955, served for several months in 1932 as the provisional President of #Chile https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/chile/eclipse/?s=mb #travel #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreJuly 2019 Solar Eclipse in ChileA total solar eclipse in July 2019 crossed Chile, I was there to experience it.
The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ended OTD in 1466 with the Second Treaty of Thorn https://toilet-guru.com/blog/35.html?s=mb #travel #history
Toilets of the WorldLatrines and Lübeck: Toilets Reveal Hanseatic HistoryParasitology and the Late Middle Ages — A blog about toilets
Today is the commemoration of the first translation (1187) of the relics of Venerable John of Rila, founder of Rila Monastery in #Bulgaria https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/bulgaria/veliko-tarnovo/?s=mb #travel #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreVeliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria — Велико Търново, БългарияVeliko Tarnovo is the historic capital of the Bulgarian empire. It's a college town in beautiful scenery along the twisting Yantra river valley.
Mihkel Pung, born OTD in 1876, was Minister of Foreign Affairs of #Estonia; arrested during the Soviet invasion of Estonia and sent to a Soviet gulag in Sverdlovsk Oblast, he died in imprisonment in 1941 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/estonia/?s=mb #travel #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreEstonia by Train — Tallinn and TartuBaltic explorations: What to see and where to stay in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia
Pierre Trudeau, born OTD in 1919, was the 15th Prime Minister of #Canada and leader of the Liberal Party between 1968 to 1984 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/canada/ottawa/?s=mb #travel #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreOttawa in the WinterVisiting Ottawa at below -30 °C, wind chill -40 °C, and record snowfall, seeing Winterlude ice sculptures and visiting the museums.
Lithuanian speed skater Agnė Sereikaitė was born OTD in 1994 in #Vilnius https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/lithuania/?s=mb #travel #Lithania
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreLithuania — Visiting the Baltic CountriesHow to travel to Lithuania — where to stay, how to get around, and things to see and do.
Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov, who died OTD in 2002, flew into space 3 times on Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33, in 1971, 1974, and 1979 respectively https://toilet-guru.com/blog/2.html?s=mb #spaceflight #history
Toilets of the WorldNASA's Space Poop ChallengeThe Challenge of Space Toilets — A blog about toilets
Today is the feast day of New Hieromartyr Alexis Stavrovsky, Priest, of Petrograd, as the city was briefly known https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/russia/sankt-peterburg.html?s=mb #travel #Russia #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreTraveling and Working in Russia — Around Sankt-PeterburgThe Neva, the Hermitage, a trip to a dacha in the birch forest, and hanging out in the neighborhood around the hospital.
William Cheselden, born OTD in 1688, was influential in establishing surgery as a scientific medical profession https://toilet-guru.com/cholera-pump.html?s=mb #medicine #PublicHealth
Toilets of the WorldCholera and John Snow's Pump — Victorian PlumbingDr John Snow discovered the source of the 1854 cholera epidemic in London. He disabled this pump and ended the outbreak, and is now a hero of public health. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.
Shulü Ping, born OTD in 879, was an empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty; she is credited with setting an example for Khitan society by not committing suicide once widowed https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/china/guangzhou-2.html?s=mb #travel #China #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreGuangzhou, Part 2 — Qingping Market, Temples, Street ScenesGuangzhou has fascinating markets, temples, and street scenes. Spend the day wandering around the city.
Giorgio Cavazzano, born OTD in 1947, is an Italian cartoonist, and one of the most famous Disney #comics artists in the world https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/new-york-marvel/?s=mb #travel #NewYorkCity
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreManhattan and Marvel ComicsHow to find landmarks of New York associated with the history of Marvel Comics.
Today is the feast day of Saint Eusterius, fourth Bishop of Salerno in Italy in the 5th century https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/italy/paestum/?s=mb #travel #Italy #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MorePaestum or Poseidonia, a Major City of Magna GraeciaMost of the Italian peninsula from Napoli south was settled by Greek colonists starting in the 8th century BCE. This includes the city of Poseidonia, called Paestum today.
Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe, who died OTD in 1957, specialised in the study of European #prehistory https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/orkney-sousterrain/?s=mb #travel #Scotland
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreThe Sousterrain — An Underground Pict Dwelling in OrkneyThis megalithic era underground Pict dwelling in the Orkney Islands, off the northern coast of Britain, is located in the outskirts of Kirkwall. Today it's in an industrial area, but in Pictish times it was a subterranean dwelling.
Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov, who died OTD in 2002, flew into space 3 times on Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33, in 1971, 1974, and 1979 respectively https://toilet-guru.com/spacecraft/?s=mb #spaceflight #history
Toilets of the WorldToilets in SpaceHow do you go to the bathroom in space? With a Space Toilet, of course! You can see several at the National Air and Space Museum. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.
George Pullman, who died OTD in 1897, designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car used for American long-distance #train service https://toilet-guru.com/blog/30.html?s=mb #travel #history
Toilets of the WorldThe Cultural History of Train ToiletsTrain Toilets Reveal Victorian-Era Attitudes — A blog about toilets
Shulü Ping, born OTD in 879, became Empress Yingtian during the reign of her husband Emperor Taizu of Liao https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/china/guangzhou-1.html?s=mb #travel #China #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreGuangzhou, Part 1 — Logistics, Shamian Island and the Pearl RiverHow to get from Hong Kong to Guangzhou and find budget housing. Shamian Island has been the foreigners's district since the 1800s.
The Universität Heidelberg held its first lecture OTD in 1386, making it the oldest German university https://toilet-guru.com/school.html?s=mb #education #history
Toilets of the WorldToilets of Higher EducationProminent universities have many smart people, but their plumbing can be very strange. Visit Purdue, Harvard, MIT, Oxford, and Cambridge. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.
Today is the feast day of Martyrs Varus and six (or seven) others with him, martyred in the early 4th century in #Egypt https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/egypt/luxor.html?s=mb #travel #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreLuxor and the Valley of the Kings — Egypt — A Fistful of BaksheeshBy train south along the Nile to Luxor: the Colossus of Memnon, the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Valley of the Kings.
Napoleon Bonaparte retreated through #Lithuania OTD in 1812 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/lithuania/?s=mb #travel #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreLithuania — Visiting the Baltic CountriesHow to travel to Lithuania — where to stay, how to get around, and things to see and do.
Prince Hisaaki, 8th shōgun of the Kamakura shōgunate of #Japan, was born OTD in 1264 https://toilet-guru.com/shogunate?s=mb #travel #Japan
Toilets of the WorldPlumbing of Shōgunate Japan — Toilets of the WorldJapan was ruled by Shōguns or military dictators from 1185 until 1868. Let's see the plumbing at local warlords' castles. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.