Cruise Ships : the Yangtze Gold One !
Cruise Ships : the Yangtze Gold One ! Read our previous posting at “Chongqing : Mountain city, foggy city!” The Yangtze Gold One is the first of a new series of river cruise ships commissioned by a Chongqing based company specifically for the Yangtze river cruise in China. The Yangtze Gold One was launched just…
Viking Ocean Cruises Room Service Menu
Viking Ocean Cruises Room Service Menu Whenever I am considering eating out at a new restaurant, I go online and try to check out the menu. Similarly, whenever I am considering going on a cruise, I go online and try to check out the restaurant and room service menus. All too often, I have found…
BEST of Azerbaijan food : Lamb Pilaf (Plov) !
Lamb Pilaf. Read our previous posting: “Best of Austria food: the wiener schnitzel!” BEST of Azerbaijan food : Lamb Pilaf (Plov) ! Lamb Pilaf (Plov) from Azerbaijan is quite appetizing! Fluffy saffron rice, tender lamb, apricots …. yumm! Here’s how sbs.com.au describes it: Give this recipe for Azerbaijan’s national dish a go. Saffron rice is…
New Year’s Day falls on January 1st since when?
The answer: January 1st, 1753. If you live in America or in any other country then part of the British Empire, 1753 was the first year where January 1st was celebrated as the first day of a new calendar year. The Calendar Act of 1751 was the British law which set 1752 as the…