Guadalquivir River

This river goes through Seville. It means "big river" and is derived from Arabic "wadi al-Kabir". During the Roman period it was known as Betis.

Portuguese Postcodes

Portuguese post codes, known as codigo postal, consists of XXXX-XXX, with the last three digits specifying the building location.

Plaza de Espana, Seville

The Plaze de Espana was built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.  It was designed by Anibal Gonzalez, and is an example of Regionalism architecture (an approach to architecture that seeks to root buildings in their geographical and cultural context).  Tiled alcoves represent the provinces of Spain.

Simply Red used it as a set for their video for "Something Got Me Started".

Lawrence of Arabia and Star Wars Episode II have also been filmed there.

It is located in the Maria Luisa Park (Parque de Maria Luisa), the gardens of which were designed by a French landscape architect, called Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier, in 1914 (he also designed the Bois de Vincennes on the eastern edge of Paris, France). 

Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji is an active "stratovolcano" on the Japanese island of Honshu. Honshu is the largest island of Japan, where the capital Tokyo is also located.

It is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776m. It is 100km south-west of Tokyo. 

Stratovolcanos have multiple layers from successive eruptions.

Toronto's CN Tower

Toronto's CN Tower offers lobster cocktail and torched Hokkaido scallops from its 360 restaurant.

The Francis Crick Institute

The Francis Crick Institute is a research institute for biomedicine.

Place des Vosges

The Place des Vosges is the oldest planned square in Paris, and the former home of famous Parisians, including Victor Hugo and Cardinal Richelieu.

It was originally known as Place Royale (Royal Square). Vosges is a reference to an administrative region of north-eastern France.  PdV is in the Marais district between 3rd and 4th arrondissements. It was built by Henry IV of France in the early 17th Century.

PdV is surrounded by linden, or lime, trees, sometimes known as basswood in American literature.