Tag: “East Europe”
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6 Places to Visit in the Czech Republic that Aren’t Prague
Try these suggestions for an authentic Czech experience without the throngs of crowds spilling into Prague’s streets and attractions.
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France, Where Life Imitates Art
In France, art is more than just what hangs on gallery walls. It's a way of life.
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Uzupio, the Lithuanian freestate
Just outside of the citycentre of the capital of Lithuania lays a quarter called Uzupio.
This, rather rundown, part of the city has been declared independant many years ago by the poets, artists and squatters that lived in that part of town.
On a crumbling wall, Uzupio's 41 constitutional rules are stated.
These rules vary from 'Every cat has the right to be a cat' to 'Everyone has the right to be misunderstood' and even 'Everyone has the right to die, but this is not an obligation.'
On normal days you can walk in and out of Uzupio without any problems but on april the first, fools day and independance day for Uzupio, guards in clownesque outfits smiley-stamp your passport when you want to enter the freestate.
The area has a nice atmosphere and there is a free vibe with people walking around with instruments and artwork, a lot of colourful graffity on the walls a number of galleries and many houses that have artistic amendments. -
Finding Lebanon.
Plagued by decades of war, the tiny Mediterranean country of Lebanon continues to surprise and survive, finding its own way in the turbulent Middle-Eastern region and 21st-century.
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Harissa, Lebanon
Harissa (Arabic حريصا) is an important Lebanese pilgrimage site high above Jounieh, located at 650 meters altitude from the coast and 20 km distance from Beirut the capital city; the site is accessible either by a steep winding road or a nine-minute journey by a gondola lift, known as the "Téléférique". It attracts both pilgrims and tourists who want to enjoy views of Jounieh.
The main site is a huge 15-ton bronze (and painted white) statue of Virgin Mary, known as Our Lady of Lebanon or Notre Dame du Liban/Harissa or Our Virgin of Lebanon, with her arms outstretched. -
Bluefield, West Virginia
Nature's Air-Conditioned City
(Provided by Wikipedia)
The history of Bluefield begins in the 1780s, when two families settled in a rugged and remote part of what is now southern West Virginia, and built a small village with a mill, a church, a one-room schoolhouse, and a fort for defending the small settlement against invasions by the much larger Shawnee Indian tribe on the banks of the Bluestone River. The Davidson and Bailey family had to sell a portion of their land when in 1882, Captain John Fields, of the Norfolk and Western Railroad pioneered the area and began building a new railroad through the hills of Bluefield (named after the chicory flowers in the area that painted the landscape a purplish blue hue during the summer) and nearby Harman, Virginia.
Underneath the feet of the Davidsons and Baileys lie the largest and richest deposit of bituminous coal in the world - the soft burning coal which was ripe for fueling the industrial machines of the developing world. -
Lost and Found
Met this Japanese hitchhiker during a gathering of fellow hitchhikers in Paris. Masaru had hitched from Japan to Europe and can be found at any random petrol-station in Europe at the moment.
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Stockholm
Have a visit at the Royal Castle here in Stockholm, the Castle is located in the Old Town, a very beatiful and very old part of Stockholm.
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Hotel Albion
Hotel Albion was built in 1840 and designed by the Milanese Sculptor Ignazio Villa.
This unique example of neo-gothic architecture was originally a school of sculpture. -
Bridge of the Sea
Valencia's oldest bridge. It was used for fishermen to go to the shore.
