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HAbout 6 km off the southeastern coast of Sweden is the island of Öland. 6 easy kilometres, no less – all of it on Ölandsbron (the Öland...
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HHere at Sophie’s World, we enjoy visiting Canada. It looks like home, so it feels familiar. But it is different enough – and quirky...
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HWhen checking flights for our recent trip on the Iron Ore Train, we chose to go through Casablanca; flights (from Europe) are relatively...
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HAs the bus rolls in to Catania bus station, my first impression is, well, not great. Though… it is not exactly my first impression. I...
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HI don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say Italy is one of the world’s most visited countries. Everyone has heard of Rome, Milan, Venice...
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HDakhla Grand Mosque The short road trip from Mauritania to Western Sahara – specifically from Nouadhibou to Dakhla – is a journey with...
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HHoca posted the thread Riding the longest train in the world through the Sahara in department unions.Today, we’ll take you along on Mauritania’s Iron Ore Train, the most singular rail journey on Earth. I know you’ve been waiting for...
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HPalermo Airport Falcone Borcellino, 1 August 2024 I’m in Palermo today, peeps. Sort of by chance. And by chance, I mean a cheap direct...
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HIn the last post, we leave Chinguetti and set off for Atar, for one final night before the Iron Ore Train. We drive past the endless...
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HWell hello there, good people. Been a while. You see, we’re just back from hitching a ride on the oh-so-iconic iron ore train in...
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HIt’s early on a Friday morning in June; we’re on our way to Tipasa, an ancient Roman city on the shores of the Mediterranean. Before...
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HWhy Alger la Blanche? Algiers the White? Gleaming, shiny white buildings against the cerulean Med. That is why. 11 things you’ll love...
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HAnother day, another exclave. This time, I am in the southern part of the Caucasus, in the Azerbaijani exclave Nakhchivan (spelled...
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HHoca posted the thread The Curonian Spit: NATO-Russia border in a unique landscape in department unions.Hello there, good people! Today, I’m in the Curonian Spit. Where is that, you ask? And, just as interestingly, what is that? I’m glad...
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HHoca posted the thread Eisinga Planetarium: where curiosity and reason challenged superstition and ignorance in department unions.In the Netherlands, Franeker is one of 11 historical cities of the northern province of Friesland. 1,200 years ago, it was a stronghold...