Category Archives: tourism

Best brewed mobile coffee shop names

Posted on January 25, 2020 by

Some more fun with coffee shop names, except this time it’s ones that are mobile instead of fixed/stationary. The mobile hops are broken down into three categories – bikes or carts/trucks, cars, or vans/trailers. My personal favorite names are shown … Continue reading →

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Best brewed coffee shop names from around the globe

Posted on January 13, 2020 by

The following is a list of my favorite coffee shop names that have creative, catchy, edgy, and fun names from across the world. Part of the success in any business is a memorable name. That being said, a great name … Continue reading →

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The UK’s loneliest commercial airports

Posted on January 3, 2020 by

http:// Many are familiar with crowded international airports in the United Kingdom like London Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, City, and Luton; as well as Manchester, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. However, the following list identifies the ten (10) least busy (loneliest) commercial airports … Continue reading →

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Simple New Year’s resolutions to help our planet

Posted on December 30, 2019 by

Providing a quick list of simple solutions to help save our planet seems like an appropriate blogpost topic for the New Year, as we can all add some/all of these to our list of resolutions. Please feel free to pass … Continue reading →

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India’s five colorful cities as an urban art form

Posted on December 27, 2019 by

Five cities in India are famous for their mesmerizing colorful images. Depending on the city, natural and/or human-made forces helped create their artistic and elegant appearance upon Earth’s canvas. These lovely cities are presented in alphabetical order. All of them … Continue reading →

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It was forty years ago today…

Posted on December 24, 2019 by

—– Spoiler Alert – If you don’t want to know what happens in the book, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims, stop here. —– No, it wasn’t “…when Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play.” It was, on Christmas Eve in … Continue reading →

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Largest “pur” suffix cities of India and beyond

Posted on December 18, 2019 by

Continuing with our tabulation of city suffixes, the following list identifies the world’s largest cities containing the suffix of “pur” along with two variations, “pura” and “pore.” Pur and pura are suffixes meaning “city” or “settlement”, used in several place … Continue reading →

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World’s largest “boro” and “borough” suffix cities

Posted on December 5, 2019 by

  Continuing with our city name suffix series, below are the world’s largest cities ending in “boro” or “borough.” Please note there a a few cities in the UK that use a slight variation of “brough,” as well and these … Continue reading →

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World’s largest “stadt” suffix cities

Posted on November 29, 2019 by

  Turning away from English-oriented place names for the time being, the list below identifies the largest cities in the world with the German suffix of “stadt.”  According to wiktionary.org, “Stadt” has the following meanings: Stadt f (genitive Stadt, plural … Continue reading →

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World’s largest “polis” suffix cities

Posted on November 21, 2019 by

          Below is a list of the largest cities in the world that incorporate a standard variation of the Greek term for a city-state “polis” as a suffix in their name*. Since some of these cities … Continue reading →

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