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In the West these days, we rarely if ever spare a thought for North Africa's largest and second-most populous country, but as this blog has reported several times, Algeria is an...
09/07/2018
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Iberia Destinations
Sven Hansche
Even more than for its spectacular ancient ruins and vibrant capital, Greece is popular for its many, many beautiful, beachy islands. But these present their own challenges to...
05/07/2018
What better destination to visit on the USA's Independence Day than the place where it all began: Boston, Massachusetts, with its cobblestone old quarter, old-fashioned parks, Colonial and Victorian houses, and...
04/07/2018
vulcano
We usually associate the largest of the three Balearic Islands with sun, sand and tons of (often tipsy) tourists. But there are plenty of lovely little corners across the island outside...
03/07/2018
Cge2010
Switzerland is packed with charming towns and cities with a lot of history and traditional culture. But many of these also continue to generate cutting-edge culture today, and a...
29/06/2018
Gideon
Life is full of adventures, and our travels abroad even more so; what better prologue, then, for this simple story about the thousand and one wonders of Holbox Island,...
27/06/2018
rebeccaashworth
In Spain these days we love words and expressions in English - the following can actually be a real sentence: "El selfie vintage de ese influencer es un trending topic"....
26/06/2018
For better or worse, the frantic pace and constant "connectedness"of modern life makes it hard for many of us to function without the latest tech gadgets - to the...
21/06/2018
NASA/Neil Armstrong
"Houston, Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed.”
The other day, watching the 2015 movie The Martian, I remembered my visit to one of the most original museums in Spain., where...
20/06/2018
Gunnar ries zwo
The very well-heeled town of Blankenese (permanent population just over 13,400) is dubbed the “Pearl of the Elbe,” (the river on which it's located), and is a perfect -...
19/06/2018
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