Would you like to begin your day with pre-dawn roosters, their strident calls from sleep echoing across the valley? Or with church bells at dawn, followed later by piercing cicadas…
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Arriving at this international hub of shipping and aviation one has usually crossed several time zones, is sleep-deprived, and is feeling rather disorientated. It’s therefore best not to do any sightseeing…
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In Respighi’s Footsteps - and Other Hidden Gems - Rome October 2019 A fountain splashes quietly in a park, and sunshine filters through the yellowing leaves on a late summer morning.…
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The Åland Islands, or simply Åland, is a Finnish archipelago of around 6,700 islands and skerries situated at the entrance to the magnificent Gulf of Bothnia – a long channel…
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THE MEDDLING MONKEY (Minding your own business, and not listening to the unwise advice of others) Monkey lived with his large troupe in a grove of thorn trees near the…
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1.THE HAPPY HORNBILL (Being grateful for what one has, looking on the bright side, and sharing) Early one morning Hornbill left his nesting-hole in the old acacia tree, and went…
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The principal purpose of our short trip to Vienna was the opera, enabling me to fulfill a life-long dream to enter the hallowed portals of the Vienna State Opera and…
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London never ceases to thrill and impress. Not only is there always so much on, there are also friends to see, new experiences to enjoy, and any number of new…
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In the Magyar city of Targu Mures the next morning, we walked through the elegant centre, well known for its varied architecture. The main square is lined with fine Secession-style…
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This September I achieved my dream of traveling through Romania, a country I had long perceived as the most exotic in Europe. I was not disappointed. There is natural wildlife,…
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