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An European Vacation / 3 – The Schaffhausen Munster

Posted on September 11, 2010 by admin

Day 2 of our vacation started with a tour of the center of the city of Schaffhausen. After finding a good parking place we crossed the street towards the historic old town, and found ourselves in the Munsterplatz. The style … Continue reading →

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An European Vacation / 2 – Stein am Rhein

Posted on September 10, 2010 by admin

The hotel where we spent the first night in Schaffhausen is worth a few words. It was the only hotel we booked fr from the center of the city, for the rest of the trip we preferred to pay more … Continue reading →

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An European Vacation / 1 – The Rhine Falls

Posted on September 9, 2010 by admin

I am starting a new cycle of travel notes following the itinerary of the trip Liliana and me made in the last days of August and beginning of September this year. This trip started and ended in Zurich, lasted 11 … Continue reading →

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In the Heart of Europe / 2 – Churches of Maastricht

Posted on August 9, 2010 by admin

A city with a history of at least two thousand years, Maastricht hosts a number of remarkable churches, witnesses of history and centers of spirituality of a city which is not only located in the center of Europe but also … Continue reading →

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In the Heart of Europe / 1 – The City of Maastricht

Posted on August 6, 2010 by admin

The 78th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force was hold in the heart of Europe – in the city of Maastricht, the Netherlands. The venue of the meeting was The Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Center (MECC) not far from … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 17 – Mdina and Rabat

Posted on July 22, 2010 by admin

The last episode of the Maltese travel notes is dedicated to the former capital of Malta – Mdina and the adjoining village of Rabat. We visited them in our last full day on the island. Mdina was populated as early … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 16 – The Island of Gozo

Posted on July 16, 2010 by admin

I have heard for the first time about Gozo when I bought on Amazon one of the tour guides in preparation for the trip. The title was ‘Malta and Gozo’. What in the world is Gozo, I asked myself. The … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 14 – The National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta

Posted on June 26, 2010 by admin

I love to visit art museums. Big ones and small ones. Famous and anonymous. In the big metropolis of the world or in remote places. Visiting an art museum (at least 0ne) is an almost mandatory part of a trip, … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 12 – The Megalithic Temples

Posted on June 8, 2010 by admin

The relative isolation of Malta as an island in the center of the Mediterranean, while still accessible to navigation allowed for the early development of a civilization that built an impressive number of monuments comparable to the Stonehenge megalithic structures, … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 11 – Food

Posted on June 7, 2010 by admin

Let me start with the top. The best dinner we had during our Maltese week was in the Venus restaurant in Bugibba, the sea resort next to Qawra where we stayed, located by the St. Paul’s Bay, in the area … Continue reading →

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