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‘Picasso in Paris’ at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam

Posted on May 7, 2011 by admin

May 1st was a beautiful day in Amsterdam this year. I had a few free hours at the beginning of a short but busy business trip and as in many cases I looked for opportunities to visit art museums and … Continue reading →

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Erica Hoffer – A Trip to South India

Posted on April 12, 2011 by admin

India is one of those places I dream to visit one day, but I am not sure I will ever get to. I have read a lot about this fabulous country and I know it’s just a drop in a … Continue reading →

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Tourist in Romania / 5 – The Varatic Monastery

Posted on April 11, 2011 by admin

The morning of the second day of our trip started with clear skies and pleasant temperatures – ideal weather conditions for the tour of the monasteries in the Neamt area that we were planning for that day. Before I get … Continue reading →

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Tourist in Romania / 4 – “Pensiunea Carol”

Posted on April 7, 2011 by admin

As we were approaching the end of the first day of our trip we headed to the hotel that we had booked for the next two nights. The location was near the city of Targu Neamt, about 30 kilometers away … Continue reading →

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Tourist in Romania / 3 – A Tower, a Church and a Museum

Posted on April 4, 2011 by admin

It started to rain in that afternoon of our first day of the trip. After the emotional encounter with my grand-parents house I told about in the previous episode we walked to the center of the city, to an area … Continue reading →

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Tourist in Romania / 2 – Back in Time

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin

As we were drawing near to our first and maybe most important stop for me in this trip the weather started to become gray and rainy. We felt the change in landscape as soon as we entered the judetz (county) … Continue reading →

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Tourist in Romania / 1 – New Wine and New Churches

Posted on March 14, 2011 by admin

This series is dedicated to Rodica and Virgil, my good friends of a lifetime, who made this trip possible. ——– It took me a while to start this series of travel notes. I had to finish first the previous one, … Continue reading →

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An European Vacation / 25 – Home via Solothurn

Posted on January 13, 2011 by admin

All good things come to an end, and so it was with our European vacation in the late summer of 2010. The last day of the vacation started at the beautiful Hostellerie du Vignier which I described in episode 23 … Continue reading →

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An European Vacation / 24 – Castle of Gruyeres

Posted on January 12, 2011 by admin

The tenth and last full day of our vacation was spent in the small medieval town and castle of Gruyeres. The silhouette of the fortress dominates the landscape and is visible from many kilometers away. It was built by the … Continue reading →

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An European Vacation / 23 – Hostellerie du Vignier

Posted on January 3, 2011 by admin

We spent the last two nights of the vacation in one of the most beautiful places we have ever been in on the surface of Earth. we turned out of the road descending from (the Swiss) Fribourg to the shore … Continue reading →

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