Travel In Veins

05/12/2017

“Ismailiyye” palace, now Presidium of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences was built by Baku millionaire Musa Nagiyev in memory of his son died at young age. The designer of the palace built in Venice Gottic style was Polish I.K. Ploshko. The idea of independence of Azerbaijan was for the first time sounded in this building. In March 1918 events the building was burnt down by the Armenians.

03/12/2017

In 1937 the legendary novelist and essayist George Orwell wrote of the city: "Sheffield, I suppose, could justly claim to be called the ugliest town in the Old World." BUT Sheffield has more trees per person than any other city in Europe.

03/12/2017

If you have ever visited Washington, DC - you may have noticed that the squirrels running around the National Mall come in a whole bunch of different colors. It turns out the the gray squirrels in Washington are all decendents of 18 Canadian squirrels, which were released from the National Zoo during the Presidency of Teddy Roosevelt. At the time, the Smithsonian was trying to replenish the local gray squirrel population which had been greatly reduced due to hunting. @ Washington

02/12/2017