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One of my all time favorite books is Jules Verne's Around The World In 80 Days. Today I wanted to look at the trip taken on this journey and see what it would look like to try the same trip today.
Based on Jules Verne’s classic novel, join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg as he sets out to circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days. It’s a race against the clock as he contends stampeding ...
In the autumn of 1988 Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier. But if the rules were simple, nothing ...
Around the World in 80 Days. If that seems like lightning speed for a scooter powered by an under-200cc engine, well, it is. While he used aircraft to cross the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ...
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At the end of a pope's reign, a secret vote takes place at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome. Here is the election ...
the French novelist Jules Verne delved deeper into the same idea in Around the World in 80 Days. Here, however, the protagonist travels in the direction opposite to the sun’s apparent movement ...
President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...
Looking for an around-the-world adventure without taking off? A new rail journey will roll travellers around the world in 100 days – if you can splash over £100,000 on a ticket. However, it comes at a ...
CBS News' Edward R. Murrow was shocked by what he saw at the just-liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945. Work continues to ensure the world never forgets.
The secretive process will see Catholic cardinals vote on who will become the new pope and take the reins of the 1.39 billion ...
Cardinals from around the world must gather for the conclave in which Francis’ successor is selected. It typically takes ...