The lavenders (Lavandula) are a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. An Old World genus, distributed from Macaronesia across Africa, the Mediterranean, South-West Asia, Arabia, Western Iran and South-East India. It is thought the genus originated in Asia but is most diversified in its western distribution. The genus includes [...]

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Physiographically, it is a part of the continent of North America. The largest island in Greenland is also named Greenland, and makes up most of the country’s land area. Greenland has been [...]

The Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria, often simply referred to as La Boqueria, is a large public market in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and one of the city’s foremost tourist landmarks, with an entrance from La Rambla, not far from the Liceu, Barcelona’s opera house. The market has a [...]

Adachi Museum of Art (Adachi Museum of Art) was founded in 1980, Adachi Zenkov. In this project, he combined his passions – the Japanese art and garden design. Owner Adachi Museum Zenkov traveled throughout Japan collecting varieties of conifers, mosses and stones for the garden. In addition to the gardens, the Adachi Museum of Art [...]

Moorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km northwest of Tahiti. Moorea means “yellow lizard” in Tahitian. An older name for the island is Aimeho, sometimes spelled Aimeo or Eimeo. Early Western colonists and voyagers also referred to Moorea as York Island. Because of its stunning scenery and [...]