... such Rome's Colosseum, Santorini's coastline, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and my personal favourite: Sydney Opera Building.

Instagram's spammers... I mean promotion hubs are not even trying it anymore. "Spain Expedition" features lots of attractive ladies posing in front of the Sagrada Familia, and other famous Spanish landmarks...

3rd December 2025: Josefov, the National Museum, and a Light Show {Prague, December 2025} The city of Prague [Praha] has a rich history, and some of it is dark. Nevertheless, it cannot be ignored just because it is uncomfortable. The day did not start well. After breakfast, I checked th…

🆕 3rd December 2025: Josefov, the National Museum, and a Light Show {Prague, December 2025} jbinnacle.com/2026/04/17/3... #Prague #Praha #CzechRepublic #travel #JBinnacle

La santé de nos licornes est primordiale ! 🦄

colour photo, closeup of the standing Iguanodon peering over scaffolding, a darkish shade of green

colour photo, side closeup of the Megalosaurus witin scaffolding, a shade of dark brown…

colour photo, the Hylaeosaurus within scaffolding, a more vibrant shade of green

colour photo, closeup of the sprawling Iguanodon within scaffolding, the same shade of green as the other one

Some photos from a sunny walk in Crystal Palace Park this morning, showing progress on the actual dinosaurs

Colours! Some different than others! Monocle emoji!

When I was there, a middle-school child almost ran me over. His classmates apologised because "he was a bit hyper". That's okay, small human, I was too. I am just able to hide it better.

But considering I organised a three-day-weekend trip into the UK so I could see that exhibition... Hm...

🆕 2nd December 2025: From the Pražský hrad Castle, downwards {Prague, December 2025} jbinnacle.com/2026/04/10/2... #Prague #Praha #CzechRepublic #travel #JBinnacle

150 Million Years of Dinosaur Evolution #datavisualization YouTube video by American Museum of Natural History

In this data visualization, see every dinosaur fossil known to science on a map! Look for where & when your favorite dinosaurs appear. See when birds like Archaeopteryx evolved & which groups of dinosaurs dominated the landscape from one time period to the next: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ_i...

1st December 2025: Way too much food {Prague, December 2025} I stayed over at my parents’ house so they could shave 15 minutes off driving, because 15 minutes of extra sleep at 5:00 matter. I gulped down a coffee and loaded my luggage in the car. We picked m…

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1st – 4th December 2025: Prague (Czech Republic) {Prague, December 2025} After last year the family went to Vienna, my parents came up with the idea of trying again. While the first idea was Lisbon, our first discussion happened around the time the local scenic funicula…

🆕 1st – 4th December 2025: Prague (Czech Republic) {Prague, December 2025} jbinnacle.com/2026/03/28/1... #Prague #Praha #CzechRepublic #travel #JBinnacle

26th November 2025: Ningyō Exhibition (Alcalá de Henares, Spain) Dolls have probably existed for as long as humans have been humans. The earliest known were found in Egyptian tombs from the 21st century BCE. Romans had rag dolls already around 300 BCE, and dolls…

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Natural History Museum most popular tourist attraction in 2025 The venue broke the record for the most visitors to any museum or gallery in a single year.

Natural History Museum overtakes British Museum as UK's top tourist attraction
www.bbc.com/news/article...

It seems to me that I have (yet another) perfect excuse to plan a London trip. Because London is always a good idea.

22nd November 2025: Expogema & Wicked: For Good (Madrid, Spain) Wicked: For Good was released on Friday the 21st of November, and this time around I decided not to hit the cinema on opening day as I did for the first part, but to head out on Saturday. That way …

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Trip: France & Monaco November 2025 – JBinnacle – A Travel Logbook Posts about Trip: France & Monaco November 2025 written by JBinnacle

Recap! France & Monaco, November 2025 jbinnacle.com/tag/trip-fra...
#France #Paris #Nice #Hyde #Monaco #HydeInside2025 #NotreDame #GaleriedePaleontologieetdAnatomiecomparée #music #livemusic #concert #JRock #CoteDAzur #FrenchRiviera #MonteCarlo #MonacoVille #CoteDAzur #travel #JBinnacle

17th November 2025: Nice is nice! {France & Monaco, November 2025} Yes, I’m sure the joke has been made before – ad nauseam. It still describes my experience pretty well. I was up and ready to go almost an hour earlier than planned, so I left my luggage at the hot…

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15th November 2025: The Côte d’Azur {France & Monaco, November 2025} D****e was leaving Paris about an hour earlier than myself, so I decided to tag along to her station and then backtrack to mine (hey, it was extra friend-time). I’m not good at going back to sleep …

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I stroked and hugged, because I have no shame. Have a nice retirement!

14th November 2025: Hyde [Inside] Live 2025 World Tour {France & Monaco, November 2025} The sun was not even up yet when we reached the queue (I refused to learn what time D****e had set the alarm clock) for Hyde [Inside] Live 2025 World Tour at Le Bataclan, which was a couple of minu…

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I'm getting DoSS attacks like clockwork lately, at regular intervals... maybe it means I'm becoming relevant? lol

13th November 2025: Notre Dame, twice {France & Monaco, November 2025} I left the house a little earlier than 6:30, and I reached the parking lot at 7:50, though the theory is a 38-minute drive – the joys of mid-week rush-hour traffic. But I made it, and it was only a…

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#sciencenews A newly described iguanodontian with spikes!
The new species Haolong dongi from China preserves skin at cellular level and bears strange spikes never seen before in #dinosaurs 👉 www.naturalsciences.be/en/science/n...
[Images: Fabio Manucci, Thierry Hubin]

Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur - Nature Ecology & Evolution A juvenile iguanodontian from the Lower Cretaceous of China preserves both spikes and scales in its skin that are different from integumentary structures in either non-avian dinosaurs or extant squama...

Finally, another fuzzy ornithischian: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... This is a big deal for dinosaur #paleoart, confirming some of what we've been doing for a while now, but also showing that we've probably underestimated how weird the integuments of these animals could be.

Two Navigo passes (reusable transport tickets in Paris)

Paris has reusable transport tickets. They are magnetic & stop working if you keep hem near your mobile phone. If you put an airport ticket on them, you can't put standard tickets there on the same day. On the machines, you need to roll a joystick & push buttons with each hand.

Notre-Dame de Paris Our Lady of Paris 1163 - Groundbreaking 1182 - Consecrated 1345 - Construction completed 1790 - Damage and desecration during the French Revolution 1793 - Converted into a Temple of Reason 1804 - Napoleon crowns himself Emperor 1831 - Victor Hugo published The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 1860s - Restoration by Vollet-le-Duc 1862 - Designated Monument Historique 1905 - Notre-Dame becomes property of the French Government 1937 - Matisse paints Notre-Dame 1944 - Charles De Gaulle Celebrates the liveration of Paris 1991 - Designated Unesco World Heritage Site 2015 - Visited with a frind, we climbed the towers 2019 - Fire 2020 - When I visited, it still reeked of smoke 2021 - Reconstruction begins 2024 - Reopening 2025 - I was able to walk inside again

I was finally able to return to see Notre-Dame in 2025. Here are some key dates about this magnificent building (including my visits :P).

Fechas de Ferias de Minerales Españolas y Europeas - Actualizado 13/1/2026 [size=13:047362da33][color=red:047362da33]Última actualización: 13 de enero de 2026[/color:047362da33][/size:047362da33] Listado (actualizado mensualmente) de las Ferias y Mesas de Intercambio Español...

I also found a calendar of Mineral Fairs in Spain... www.foro-minerales.com/forum/viewto...
#planning2026

Eventos Frikis Calendario de eventos frikis en España

Alternative fun calendar (Spain) #planning2026
eventosfrikis.com

13th – 17th November 2025: City breaks in France & Monaco {France & Monaco, November 2025} When back in May 2025, Hyde announced his [Inside] Live 2025 World Tour with several stops in Europe, I wished that I could feel the excitement that used to take over before the pandemic. But truth…

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"Study finds planning a trip with your long-distance besties significantly boosts mood and overall happiness"

My friend sent me this...

A rainbow arching above the Bridge of Sighs in Oxford, framed by historic stone buildings under a clearing grey sky.

A rainbow stretching across the sky above the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, with the observatory tower lit by sunlight after rain.

A double rainbow appearing behind the Radcliffe Observatory building, with trees and rooftops in the foreground under a pale sky.

A wide rainbow spanning across Christ Church Meadow, with historic college buildings and green lawns illuminated by late-afternoon light.

Yesterday brought rainbows to Oxford 🌈

📷 | Patricia Wimmer (Hertford College), Tara Hathaway (Queens College), Berilboz (Green Templeton) and Lydia (Pembroke College)