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travellers admiring Medina Azahara
Spain, UNESCO

Visit Medina Azahara – the old Caliphate city

by Westwards / 10 February 202213 April 2022

There’s already a queue when we arrive at the bus stop on a main thoroughfare in Cordoba. From here an …

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Everyone travelling in Malta takes this photo of the Mdina city gate
Malta, Travel thoughts

Thoughts on travelling in Malta

by Westwards / 23 January 202223 January 2022

In autumn 2021 we spent ten days travelling in Malta. Autumn and Covid-19 meant not so many tourists and we …

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Happy New Year 2022 - Year of the Tiger
New Year's posts

Happy New Year 2022!

by Westwards / 1 January 202211 January 2022

新年明けましておめでとうございますWe wish you all the best for the New Year 2022! Alles Gute für 2022! May this year be better …

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Overgrown ride in Berlin's Spreepark
New Year's posts

This was 2021 – travel highlights and more

by Westwards / 29 December 202131 December 2021

We had hoped for 2021 to turn out better than 2020. And for a few weeks, after the second vaccination, …

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Megalithic stone gate in the temple of Mgarr Ta Hagrat
Malta, UNESCO

Among giants – visiting the Megalithic temples of Malta

by Westwards / 16 December 20216 March 2022

Before travelling to Malta and Gozo we did some research on what to see and do. We were surprised to …

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St Johns Co-Cathedral in Valletta
Malta

Travel Highlights in Malta – a personal list

by Westwards / 18 November 202123 January 2022

Back in Berlin, after travelling for 10 days on Malta and the neighbouring island of Gozo, we looked back on …

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Cape Hedo Misaki in Northern Okinawa
Japan, UNESCO

The Yanbaru Region in Northern Okinawa | UNESCO

by Westwards / 30 October 202128 February 2022

In 2021, the Yanbaru Region in Northern Okinawa became a new UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, along with some other …

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striped iceberg in the Joekulsarlon Lagoon
Iceland, UNESCO

Visiting the Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland (UNESCO)

by Westwards / 18 October 202123 February 2022

During our three-week road trip around Iceland we went clockwise, visiting the Vatnajökull National Park near the end of our …

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Kirkjufell mountain, one of the top tourist attractions in Iceland
Iceland, Travel thoughts

Thoughts on travelling in Iceland

by Westwards / 3 October 20218 October 2021

This summer we spent three weeks travelling in Iceland. After a few days in Reykjavik, we rented a car and …

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Ani in early morning light: the Church of St.Gregory with the ravine in the background
Turkey, UNESCO

A visit to Ani, capital town of a long-forgotten Empire

by Westwards / 21 September 202111 October 2021

We came to the province of Kars in the easternmost part of Anatolia because we wanted to visit Ani, the …

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