One of Berlin's central allures is small island on the River Spree, home to a complex of amazing several museums, so distinguished that it’s been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
01/03/2022
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Hard to believe, but although Spain has the world's third highest number of World Heritage Sites, our capital city has had not a one – until now
09/09/2021
Academia de Cine
With awards season winding toward culmination in this coming Sunday's Oscars (which will include two high-profile Spanish nominations; see below), in late January the Academy of the...
04/02/2020
Roberto Taddeo
If my last trip to Rome had been a pizza, its top two ingredients would've consisted of a great lodging in lovely medieval Trastevere and my route through...
24/01/2020
Antonio199cro
Our blog has given lots of love to Croatia and especially its balmy Dalmatian Coast along the Adriatic Sea, with loads of lovely spots such as Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar,...
16/01/2020
Jordi Santacana Figuerola
Spain has had its share of sculptors among its so many distinguished artists over the centuries. But even the most famous, like Eduardo Chillida and Juli González, are pikers...
20/02/2018
Kalim Saliba
For those interested in USA history, "Beantown" is a bonanza, with its many sites and neighbourhoods rich in colonial, revolutionary, and republican history over its 400 years of...
16/05/2017
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Glorious old Granada, Andalusia is on the small side as Spanish cities go (pop. 238,000), and its city coat of arms declares it to be "noble, loyal, renowned, great,...
20/09/2016
Old fashioned as it is, there’s something about lace – the classic weblike fabric of delicate, intricate patterns of leaves, flowers, and geometric motifs, most often of cotton or...
19/02/2016
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