photo: M.V. Photography
Southern Spain - and even the country as a whole – are of course chock-full of wonderful little villages, towns, and cities tucked up in the hills and...
30/06/2016
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Month: June 2016
photo: Trial
As Iberia launches service to Shanghai this week, it opens the door to a country teeming with astonishing sights and experiences. And though the megalopolis of Xi'an (pop. 13.6...
29/06/2016
photo: Samot
Nestled on Britain’s lower west coast is perhaps the least heralded (and least touristed) of the United Kingdom’s constituents countries. With just under 21,000 square kilometres (8,000 sq. miles)...
28/06/2016
photo: Fernando Pallares
I will never forget, nearly 40 years ago, laying eyes for the first time on my first ancient archaeological site. About an hour’s drive north of Mexico City,...
27/06/2016
photo: Samulili
The amazing Tuscany city on the Arno River - among other things, flower of the Renaissance and Italy's capital between 1865 and 1871 - is today far more than...
24/06/2016
photo: Contando Estrelas
Observed especially in many of the world's Catholic countries, the feast day of the Christian New Testament's St. John the Baptist is tomorrow, June 24th. But it's today, St. John's Eve, that...
23/06/2016
photo: INTERPIXELS
On one of the quirkiest islands (well, archipelago) in the Mediterranean Sea, you'll find a fascinating society that's one of Europe's most densely populated, essentially founded during the mediaeval...
22/06/2016
Flying into Georgia’s capital city, it’s easy to see why its been called a “city within a forest” – the view down below is a green canopy of oaks...
21/06/2016
When it comes to Central America’s largest country, the city that tends to get most of the attention is Granada. But in many ways I find its traditional –...
20/06/2016
The largest of Spain’s four Balearic Islands has long been famous since the 1950s for drawing sun-starved tourists by the millions (these days it’s over 10 million per year,...
17/06/2016
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