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April’s Top Travel Links

Pimsleur Approach • April 27, 2012 • Entertainment, Global, Travel tips • Comments (0)

This month’s round-up includes funny place names, Sasquatch hunting and Czech beer fests Videos As the landscape that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’, England’s Dartmoor National Park is one of the most bleakly beautiful places on earth. Here’s a short promo about the place. Taking ‘intrepid’ to new heights this group [...]

Discovering the Hidden Gems of Cusco, Peru

Pimsleur Approach • April 26, 2012 • Global, Language Learning, Traditions, Travel tips • Comments (0)

Travelers pass through Cusco, Peru on their way to Machu Picchu. The name “Cusco” refers to the Department of Cusco, as well as its capital city. While Machu Picchu may be the most visited attraction in the country, Cusco has many hidden gems worth exploring. The city lies 11,000 feet above sea level and was [...]

Going, Going…Saved: Four Successful Language Revivals

Pimsleur Approach • April 25, 2012 • Foreign Language, Foreign Literature, Global, Language History, Language Learning • Comments (0)

It is a statistic that has linguists and linguaphiles alike wringing their hands and furrowing their brows. Almost half the world’s 7000 languages are likely to disappear in the 21st century. Shockingly, a language dies out about once every two weeks. But does it matter? Surely, with the increasing dominance of English, Spanish and Chinese, [...]

Theme Parks That Probably Weren’t On Your To-Do List

Pimsleur Approach • April 20, 2012 • Entertainment, Global, Travel tips • Comments (0)

Whether you’re sick of Disneyland or you can’t raise the cash to get to King’s Island, we’ve located for your delectation the globe’s strangest, most unlikely, and in some cases, rather distasteful theme parks. Buckle up – things are about to get weird. Literary theme parks A franchise worth an estimated $15billion, it’s no wonder [...]

5 of the World’s Most Stunning (but Less Obvious) Churches

Pimsleur Approach • April 13, 2012 • Global, Language Learning • Comments (0)

Most people are familiar with Moscow’s Disneyesque Saint Basil’s Cathedral, and the eccentric grandeur of Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Here are 5 lesser-known, nevertheless stunning houses of God. Hallgrímskirkja Were it located anywhere else, Hallgrímskirkja wouldn’t work; in fact the local residents would probably want the entire structure reduced to rubble. Yet there’s something about its [...]