World Heritage Sites in Britain Britain has 29 World Heritage Sites. The United Kingdom has 30, including the Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast in Northern Ireland but excluding overseas territories. It would have been 31, but Liverpool’s maritime mercantile city was, sadly, stripped of its status in 2021. Don’t let that put you off; Liverpool […]
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The Incredible Isle of Arran I finally got away for a few days! I was fortunate to visit the Isle of Arran, in Scotland. The island is a magical place with lovely beaches, manor houses, castles, old churches, standing stones, charming coffee shops, art galleries and lots of sheep. There is a story around every corner. […]
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Ciambellone → The breakfast classic, made from Bella Italia # olive oil August 26, 2021 InSideBerlin – All about Lifestyle This is how you eat breakfast in Italy! Enjoying lemon cake for breakfast is totally normal in Bella Italia. The coffee is mostly an espresso because the first breakfast has to be quick, comfortable […]
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A Tall House, a Banknote, and a Legend on Fire for Thursday Doors This tall house, a lookalike of the one depicted on the 10 Lei Romanian Banknote, comes with a legend about a fire, and about how three villages came to be. The Tall House of Chiojdu Mic The tall house we admired at […]
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If you are looking for something new to do in London, The Serpentine Gallery is the place to go. It is situated in Kensington Gardens, in Hyde Park, London. There are two gallery branches, one at the north side, and the other one on the south side. They are less than ten minutes walk from […]
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Wisley Gardens is one of the finest gardens in the world. It has a very big display of plants from all over the globe. One of the best things about it is that it’s an always-evolving place not only through seasonal changes, but with newly… Read more …
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Breading. #humor #travel #WordlessWednesday In the history of art there are periods when bread seems so beautiful that it nearly gets into museums. Janet Flanner, Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939 For your bread emergencies (baguette vending machine, Aire-Sur-lá-Lys, ) Read more …
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Art Attack! In 1817, a young French writer, Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842), better known by his pen name, Stendhal, went to see art in Florence, and lost his shit. I was in a sort of ecstasy, from the idea of being in Florence, close to the great men whose tombs I had seen. Absorbed in the […]
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FLYING BLIND…OR… HOW TO LIVE IN MOROCCO FOR 2 WEEKS ON 0.00. This is for you, Barb Taub. Another story about traveling after 50 that shows we have a sense of humor. The post was first published on the Nudge-Wink Report in 2014. At the time this was written, my vision was slowly improving but […]
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Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore – Meet the Authors – #Travel #Mystery Darlene Foster, #Travel #Puppy Patricia Furstenberg A reminder of the talented children’s authors in the Reading Room and their amazing books. Meet Darlene Foster Growing up on a ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, Darlene Foster dreamt of writing, travelling the world, and meeting […]
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