Below is the view from the terrace cafe of Athen’s new Acropolis Museum. Opened June 21, 2009, the museum has already hosted some half million visitors. Over 30% of the collection has never been displayed in public before. The museum cost over $200 million to build, but the cost of entrance is only 1 euro (until the end of this year). A fitting and fabulous new public space celebrating the most famous ancient monument of Western Civilization.
good guide. (goo d-gahyd). noun.
1. A source of information about good news, good people, good places, etc.
2. A blog with information and images about international points of interest, especially for travelers.
3. A form of entertainment provided by sharing information about the delights, oddities and absurdities of being a world-wide tour guide.
4. A repository of miscellaneous goodness for a world that could use reminding of how fabulous it is.
I currently work as an International Tour Leader. It's a fantastic job.
One of my goals when I am working is to help the people in my tour groups appreciate their very good luck in life, and to see what's new and unique and exciting about the places that we are traveling through. It never hurts to point out the positive.
So in a nutshell, the purpose of this site is to share all the good things I've come across while crossing continents.
Good Stuff:
Travel
Non Profit Organizations
Columnists
Nicholas D. Kristof - New York Times
Robert Fisk - The Independent
Dan Gardner - Ottawa Citizen
Photographers + Photo Agencies
Blogs and Projects
Misc