Dressing up in the Royal Palaces in Seoul
Heavy rain has set in when we reach the Gyeongbokgung Royal Palace, one of the royal palaces in Seoul. A …
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The bulbous hills of the Gyeongju Historic Areas
The group of grassy, strangely globular hills in Gyeongju looks like an oversized playground without slides and climbing frames. It …
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Warm autumn days on our Thessaloniki travel
Young men in formal robes stand in front of gleaming golden walls and porticoes. Above them, wings of the Archangels …
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The tomb of Philipp II: Tracking down the father of Alexander the Great
Eagerly we stare at the winding road and the fields around us with occasional houses. Road signs have been pointing …
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The Britz windmill in Berlin – and some more mills elsewhere
The guide at the Britz Windmill tightens a rope hanging from a beam and then shows how the mechanics work …
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Ancestor Worship at the Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul
10 am on a blistering hot summer day in Seoul. Our Korean tourist guide arrives with a battery-powered handheld fan …
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Sightseeing highlights in Bukhara from 14 years of travelling
We visited Uzbekistan for the first time in 2004, but we had been dreaming about travelling there since 1992 when …
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A trip to the shores of the Aral Sea
The water is shallow, and the ground covered with soft mud. On our trip to the last remnant of the …
Weekend highlights in Bologna
Earlier this summer we did a weekend trip to Bologna, one of those historical North-Italian cities that are generally pleasant …
Haeinsa Temple and its old woodblock print matrixes
A number of old Korean peasants get on the bus. They are wearing polyester dresses with floral patterns, and their …
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