Alex A
Traveller, writer and history buff. You can usually find me in coffee shop somewhere in Europe.
Articles by Alex A:
Trulli: The unique stone huts of Apulia
In fifth-century Europe, socks were usually worn by “holy” people to symbolize purity
Flapper shoes: The footwear that declared cultural war on Victorian apparel
Nan Madol: a mysterious city called Atlantis where underwater “platinum coffins” were supposedly discovered by the Japanese
Take-out restaurants existed in ancient Rome and were called “thermopolia”
The truth about Peg Entwistle, the young actress who committed suicide by jumping off the Hollywood Sign
Castle Combe: a picturesque medieval village in England once center of a thriving wool trade
“Hell on Wheels” created to describe brothels, saloons, and casinos that followed workers building the railroad
Colmar – Europe’s Most Picturesque Medieval Town with a Turbulent History
The last of the tattooed women of the Tharu tribe, documented in stunning photographs
