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12 more European city breaks
This is a list of 12 more European city breaks. It continues the previous list of 10 European city breaks. The list is purely alphabetical, and you...
Nature: 6 Great highlands
Some mountain plateaus or plains are more adventurous than the average. My examples of 6 great highlands are from different parts of the world....
10 European city breaks
This is a list of 10 European city breaks. City breaks or city escapes have become increasingly popular and there are many possible destinations. If...
Nature: 8 Amazing Mountain Views
Have you been to these 8 amazing mountain views? If you take nature as the basis and exclude skyscrapers, constructed "skywalks" and such, we are...
Nature: 8 Dramatic Cliffs
Here you will find 8 dramatic cliffs. Steep mountain slopes hitting the waves on a coastline are always dramatic, especially in rough weather....
Nature: 7 Strange Rock Formations
What do I mean by 7 strange rock formations? Well, the Earth’s surface is full of loose stones and boulders and solid rocks. Some have over the...
Useful WordPress plugins
Sandalsand is using WordPress as a blogging platform and content management system - and so are 60 million websites across the globe. In...
How to technically make your own travel blog?
Sandalsand is celebrating its first anniversary as an independent travel blog under its own .net domain. This is a look into the rear mirror at what...
Nature: 10 Great Caves
A cave is a hollow place in the ground, often very deep but also quite small like a grotto. Here is a nice selection av 10 great caves. This...
Nature: Introduction
This is the introduction to a series about nature, or inspiring natural phenomena. We'll be dealing with the classic elements of nature. Human...
The Broken Column sculpture project in Stavanger
The art project "Broken Column" (popularly known as Rusty Men or Iron men) was completed in 2003 as an installation at 23 different locations in...
Street Art in Stavanger, Norway
Try this unusual city walk looking for street art in Stavanger. Search for large murals on building facades and understand why Stavanger has become...
The Buda side of the Danube, Budapest
The Buda side of the Danube is the hilly area of Budapest. The views are tremendous and the buildings are world class destinations. In fact...
More sights in Pest, Budapest
This article is about the monumental sights in Pest, on the east side of the River Danube in Hungary's capital Budapest. There is a lot to be...
The Pest side of the Danube, Budapest
The yellow Tram no 2 is the perfect way to transport yourself along one of the world's most spectacular river fronts. Combine it with a walk on the...
Harmonious gardens and hidden courtyards in Budapest
The famous monumental sights are easy to find. For a change, join me for a walk to the nice little gardens and hidden courtyards in Budapest. ...
Pictures from Cyprus
This is a collection of pictures from Cyprus, north and south. They are the result of a trip in 2014 to the coast and inland. Find all Cyprus...
The capital of Cyprus, Nicosia – north and south
On our daytrip into northern Cyprus we left Salamis on the east coast for a long drive across the flat plain into the capital of Cyprus, Nicosia....
Famagusta and Salamis in Northern Cyprus
We had decided to pay a visit to northern Cyprus. Thanks to the war 40 years ago that objective is not an easy one to accomplish. We went on a day...
A day trip into the Troodos mountains of Cyprus
The Troodos mountains offer a fine alternative or addition to your ordinary beach vacation in Cyprus. We were hunting nice scenery, traditional...
World Heritage #0351 – Troodos churches
The remote and little accessible mountainous Troodos interior of Cyprus hides ten churches. They are all modest on the outside, but with beautiful...
The easy life on the beaches of Ayia Napa, Cyprus
For a large number of visitors to Ayia Napa only one thing counts: “Living la vida loca”. To Europeans the island of Cyprus in the eastern...
The Gladmat festival in Stavanger, Norway
In late July each year 250,000 gather in Stavanger to take part in Scandinavia's leading food festival, The Gladmat festival. Gladmat, literally...
Which passport is the best?
Of course, you are only eligible for a single passport, so the question may be paraphrased. Which citizenship is the most practical if you want...
I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. (David Rockefeller)
We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. (Australian Aboriginal Proverb)
There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help from the traveler in solving their problems. (Walter Lippmann)
A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place…. (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
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