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1. Amarillo

   by – Alex McCarty, Tour Manager, North America What is certainly one of the last bastions of frontier life in America, Amarillo is a Texas town that has more cattle living there than humans! With a population of around 250,000, the world’s largest cattle auction takes place in Amarillo every year, where 275,000 head of cattle are auctioned off to the highest bidders. But cows are not the only thi... more »

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2. Dallas

   by – Alex McCarty, Tour Manager, North America As a state, Texas is bigger than most European countries. It’s no wonder then that Dallas, with a population just over 2 million, is called ‘The Big D’. Although it’s in the middle of a sate known for it’s cowboy hats and longhorns, visiting Dallas and you are more likely to find more people wearing loafers than cowboy bo... more »

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3. Texas

   by – Alex McCarty, Tour Manager, North America The history of the state of Texas is arguably the most interesting of any of the other state in the union, cementing its legend with the stand at The Alamo. As the third most populous state, with over 20 million citizens, the Lone Star State is in many ways at the crossroads of the United States, both in terms of the past and the present. Its thousan... more »

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4. Art and Culture in Berlin

   The Museum Island around the Lustgarten is the cultural heart of Berlin and many of the buildings around this area were designed by German Neo-Classical Architectural superstar Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The Museum Island is home to the Pergamon Museum,the Altes (Old) Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie and the Bode-Museum. Father south is the Jewish History Museum. The ... more »

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5. Galleria dell’Accademia

   by – Matt Vernick, Tour Manager, Europe This museum in Florence, Italy is most famous for being the home of Michelangelo’s original sculpture of David. The Accademia is about a 5 minute walk from the Duomo in the center of Florence and seeing David, (perhaps the most famous of Michelangelo’s sculptures) is worth the price of admission. Although the replicas in the... more »

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6. Uffizi Gallery

   The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is unarguably the most outstanding collection of Renascence painting not only in Italy, but anywhere in the world. Just off the edge of the Piazza Signora in the middle of Florence, the halls of the old government of Tuscany are now filled with beautiful works from greats like Giotto, Simone, Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Correggio, Raphael, Michelangel... more »

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7. Musee Rodin

   The Rodin Museum is home to some of the most famous sculptures of the 20th Century, all buy the ‘Father of Modern Sculpture’ – Augustine Rodin. The Museum was Rodin’s home while he lived out the last years of his life in Paris and after his death the house and his most important and famous works (‘The Kiss’, the ‘Gates of Hell’, the ‘Burghers ... more »

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