“Steel, glass, tile, concrete will be the materials of the skyscrapers. Crammed on the narrow island the millionwindowed buildings will jut glittering, pyramid on pyramid like the white cloudhead above a thunderstorm.” John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer, 1925 New York Coney Island Washington DC Montana […]
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norway
“There are countries in which Man has submitted to the dictates of Nature until he has become her abject slave, and there are countries where Man has destroyed Nature so completely that he has lost all touch with that great living mother who forever must […]
iceland
“The twenty-nine volcanoes […] have covered the island with vast tracts of lava, some of which are over a thousand square miles large. Earthquakes have upon occasion destroyed hundreds of farms and enormous fissures or clefts, running often for miles across the solid sheet of […]
sicily
“Sai cos’è la nostra vita? La tua e la mia? Un sogno fatto in Sicilia. Forse stiamo ancora lì e stiamo sognando.” Leonardo Sciascia, Candido ovvero un sogno fatto in Sicilia, 1977
paris
“La suprématie de Paris est une énigme. Réfléchissez, en effet. Rome a plus de majesté, Trèves a plus d’ancienneté, Venise a plus de beauté, Naples a plus de grace, Londres a plus de richesse. Qu’a donc Paris? La révolution. Paris est la ville pivot sur […]
dolomites
“Most of us exist for most of the time in worlds which are humanly arranged, themed and controlled. One forgets that there are environments which do not respond to the flick of a switch or the twist of a dial, and which have their own […]
turkey
“If the Earth were a single state, Constantinople would be its capital.” Napoleone Bonaparte
other routes
“Good things come to those who book flights.” Jose Saramago, Journey to Portugal, 1981
