The archive
The archive presents all articles on this international edition of Sandalsand, 24 at a time. They are sorted in a chronological order.
Use the arrows at the bottom to browse four decades of travels in near and faraway countries. That may be time consuming, even though you can make large jumps. Use the search field here instead, if there is something in particular you are curious about.
Many would prefer to use the menus to find destinations of their choice, special stories about the world, or World Heritage Sites.
This image is from a beach in Norway, but it could have been almost anywhere in the world. By the way, if you want to read stories from Norway, in Norwegian, head for the parallel archive page at Sandalsand Norge.
VIDEO – Norway – Kaupanger stave church
Watch a video from Kaupanger stave church. The church stands on the slope up from the Sognefjord, was built in 1137, and is one of the country's...
VIDEO – Norway – Borgund stave church
Watch a video from Borgund stave church. Borgund dates back to the end of the 12th century. It had a strategic location in Sogn og Fjordane by the...
Western Norway Road Trip (2) Lærdalsøyri
Erik Pontoppidan, a renowned Danish bishop in Bergen, came to Lærdalsøyri and wrote about the "161 small houses built closely together". That was in...
World Heritage #0058 – Urnes Stave Church
The Urnes stave church is one of several stave churches of Norway. We find them in the most remote locations of the country, and they are splendid...
Western Norway Road Trip (1) Stavanger to Lærdal
In the early morning we set out on a four day road trip of Western Norway - The Fjord Country. We were going to visit two of the largest fjords, the...
Pictures from Spain
This is a collection of Sandalsand's pictures from Spain, the result of trips to different parts of the country. If you look up my articles from...
A dream became true – visiting Granada
Days 8 to 15 in a road trip in Andalusia were mostly spent in Granada. I also made a day-trip to the Renaissance towns of Baeza and Úbeda inland and...
World Heritage #0522 – Úbeda and Baeza
The two towns of Úbeda and Baeza were defining centres in the birth of the Spanish renaissance in the 16th century. The UNESCO World Heritage List...
VIDEO – Spain – Baeza
This video from Baeza shows some examples of why it is a World Heritage Site. Along with neighbouring town of Úbeda it has earned a reputation of...
VIDEO – Spain – Granada – Alhambra
This is a video from the Alhambra and Generalife, two palace complexes in Granada which date back to the time of the Moorish rule of Spain....
VIDEO – Spain – Granada – Albaicín
This video is from Albaicín, the old Arab district of Granada. It is part of the World Heritage Site in this old city in present-day Spain....
World Heritage #0314 – Granada
The Moors left their marks on southern Spain. Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín in Granada is both mythical and real. The UNESCO World Heritage List...
World Heritage #0313 – Historic Centre of Córdoba
The Historic Centre of Córdoba is amazing. Thanks to the Arabs sweeping across North Africa and taking control of large parts of the Iberian...
VIDEO – Spain – Cordoba – La Mezquita-Catedral
This video is from La Mezquita-Catedral in Córdoba, the combined (originally) Muslim mosque and (later) Christian cathedral. It is part of the...
VIDEO – Spain – Córdoba – Jardines del Alcázar
This video is from the Jardines del Alcázar, or the palace gardens of Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos. It is part of the "Historic Centre of...
Whitewashed buildings in the intense heat of Córdoba
We visited Córdoba on Day 7 of our road trip in Andalusia. This day we were on the move from Seville to Granada and stopped for a few hours in...
Sevilla – one of the world’s most important cities
Days 5 and 6 of our Andalusia road trip were spent in Sevilla (Seville), previously and today one of the world's most important cities. This is #5...
VIDEO – Spain – Sevilla – Plaza de España
This video is from the Plaza de España in Seville (Sevilla). It was built as the Spanish pavilion for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It is a...
VIDEO – Spain – Sevilla – Real Alcázar
This is a video from Real Alcázar, the royal palace in Seville (Sevilla). It is on the World Heritage List. "Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de...
VIDEO – Spain – Sevilla
This video from Sevilla (Seville) is from a sightseeing tour of various parts of the historic centre, starting with the cathedral. "Cathedral,...
World Heritage #0383 – Seville
The World Heritage site of Seville is about a Spanish city which was and is one of the world's most important cities. The UNESCO World Heritage List...
Pictures from Morocco
This is a collection of pictures from Morocco, the result of a day trip to the port city of Tangier in the north. So far. If you look up my articles...
VIDEO – Morocco – Tangier
This video from Tangier is the result of a day-trip across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain. It contains photographs and video clips from the...
A day trip to Tangier from Spain
On this Day 4 of a road trip in Andalusia we went on a daytrip from Jerez to Tarifa and across the Strait of Gibraltar to Tangier, Morocco. The...
Quotes
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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