Category Archives: travel

Temples in Taiwan

Posted on November 26, 2011 by admin

One way to look at Taiwan is to think about it as a small scale version of what China could have become if history had taken a different turn. While mainland China went after 1949 through the radical changes brought … Continue reading →

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Taipei 101

Posted on November 22, 2011 by admin

Too many trips accumulated and too little time was available to me to write about them, or at least post some commented pictures on the blog. I will try to catch up but I will probably mix and alternate information … Continue reading →

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Intermezzo in Milan

Posted on November 6, 2011 by admin

I will divide in two parts the collection of impressions and pictures from our recent vacation in Italy. It started with a four days prelude or intermezzo in Milan, followed by one full week in Sicily. This first part is … Continue reading →

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Tourist in Romania / 6 – The Agapia Monastery

Posted on July 8, 2011 by admin

I realize that the cycle of blog entries about the trip to Romania last year advances too slowly. There are a few reasons and a few excuses that I will not list here, but it may be a good outcome … Continue reading →

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Paris Snapshots

Posted on July 2, 2011 by admin

Wrapping-up my vacation notes from Paris, here are a few photos taken on the streets, in the metro, restaurants (other than the ones I wrote about) – some funny, some interesting, some charming as is this city with no equal. … Continue reading →

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Four Restaurants in Paris

Posted on June 30, 2011 by admin

Motto: One does not live for eating (A Friend) Really? Even in Paris? or in France in general? Maybe so. However, culinary experiences makes part of the Paris or France experience. The story of my trip to Paris would not … Continue reading →

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A Book about The Basque Country

Posted on June 26, 2011 by admin

One thing is for sure – I have painfully little time left for reading nowadays. I can too easily count the latest books I have read, and here I am more than one month after my trip to Bilbao painfully … Continue reading →

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Three Churches in Paris

Posted on June 25, 2011 by admin

To a large extent the history of Europe is built and carved in the stone and marbles of its churches. Visiting churches, old and new, conserved and renovated takes the visitors in the past times of the men who lived … Continue reading →

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Exhibitions and Museums in Paris

Posted on June 24, 2011 by admin

Paris is one of these cities that makes an art lover feel like he is in Paradise. Tens of world-class museums, hundreds of exhibitions to chose from at any moment. We tried to select during the nine days that we … Continue reading →

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Bilbao Snapshots

Posted on May 21, 2011 by admin

I spent last week a few days in Bilbao, my first time in this city. It was a business trip, and I had only a few hours to spare which I tried to use at best in order to get … Continue reading →

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