The Gibraltar Magazine May 2020

Page 69

travel

HOW TO TRAVEL

(Without leaving your home.) BY PENELOPE BIELCKUS (AKA THE FLYAWAY GIRL)

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hat if you could indulge your travelloving self... even while at home? Whether during lockdown or otherwise, there are so many ways to still see the world without leaving your house. From virtual tours of museums around the world to digital hikes in National Parks, from reading travel books and memoirs to learning a new language or watching travel videos or TV shows and films - there are so many ways to pique your travel interest from your couch!

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR Since we can’t travel to go visit these places normally, many

organisations and destinations have set up ways for us to digitally visit! The Google Arts & Culture project also enables virtual access to more than 2,500 art spaces from around the world (artsandculture.google.com). They also have an app for iOS and Android so you can virtually explore these places on your phone. There are so many places that you can find on Google Arts & Culture, including but not limited to:

Natural History Museum, London, UK

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, US

Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, Spain

Colosseum, Rome, Italy

George Peabody Library, Baltimore, USA

The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia

Palace of Versailles, France

Sydney Opera House, Australia

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Central Park, New York City, USA

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kyoto, Japan 69


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