The Random Blogger

In the distant past, when I was at school, I have to confess that geography was one of the subjects in which I had little interest, as well as not being very good. (History and science were among the other subjects I found boring and or pointless.)

However, since leaving school, I did a bit of travelling, mainly on holiday, and became much better read, and my knowledge of the world improved dramatically.

As part of my interest in mnemonics, I even learned the capital cities of every country in the world (well, almost), as well as the capitals of each US state, amongst other arguably useless facts.

So I was delighted, today, to come across a (more…)