Travels Around the World
The Çeşme area makes for a pleasant day trip from Izmir or even a destination in its own right. There are a couple of interesting places to visit in this area, such as the traditional town of Alaçatı…
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The village of Crit and its Saxon fortified church make for an interesting stop if you your this part of Transylvania. As the village of Criț is located just off the main DN13 road…
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Although the Hugo Junkers Lounge at Terminal B of Dusseldorf Airport is a decent business lounge, it isn’t anything to get excited about. The food and drinks are the least impressive aspects…
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In more than one way, flying TAROM is a throwback to the last decades of the 20th century. This comes with its share of advantages and disadvantages. The seats in economy class are…
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My journey on the night train from Kiev to Mukachevo was not only highly comfortable, but also enormously beautiful. This train traverses one of the most scenic railway lines in all of Ukraine…
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Mary-Ann’s Polarrigg is a great budget hotel option on Svalbard. It being Svalbard, you should however not expect that “budget” equals cheap, as I still had to…
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The first class lounge at Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi is the most beautiful lounge I have ever seen at a railway station or airport as the décor looks more like a palace…
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Although Istanbul Ataturk Airport was never one of my favourite airports, I did have a soft spot for the old Turkish Airlines lounge there…
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When I decided on my first trip with the Interrail pass I just knew I had to go to Switzerland. It was the perfect opportunity to take some of Switzerland’s most scenic trains and enjoy…
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Karnak was one of the main religious centres of Ancient Egypt and for well over 1,600 years from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Era it was expanded and renewed by multiple Pharaohs…
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