Travel Journal
Relaying the experience of a journey…
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Images of Hamburg: A City in Photos
More Details: Images of Hamburg: A City in PhotosHaving written some posts on what to see in Hamburg, I wanted to share some images of Hamburg that did not make it to those posts. Some are of Hamburg’s architecture or its setting, and some are a little more random. Hope you enjoy these images and that they make you want to explore this former…
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The Best Views of Hamburg via the Old Elbe Tunnel
More Details: The Best Views of Hamburg via the Old Elbe TunnelHamburg is an impressive city in big ways and small ways. And in deep ways. Enter stage: the Old Elbe Tunnel (Alter Elbtunnel, as it is called in German) which, odd as it may sound, offers the best views of Hamburg ! Read on… History of the Old Elbe Tunnel Hamburg is located by the…
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Check out Hamburg’s Unique Blankenese Stair District
More Details: Check out Hamburg’s Unique Blankenese Stair DistrictHamburg, in northern Germany, is one of its largest cities. This normally would equate to crowded, polluted, and just endless. Well, it may be a little of those things but I only felt the latter. Hamburg is really a collection of many areas (as most cities are). Among the most charming parts of the city…
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6 Tips for Visiting Berlin’s Pergamon Museum
More Details: 6 Tips for Visiting Berlin’s Pergamon MuseumBerlin is loaded with history, be it from before Germany itself existed as a political entity, to the times of the “kaisers”, to two World Wars, to the Cold War, and to current times. The collection of history can be found all over: in churches, buildings, monuments. But also within the walls of the many…
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How Best to Explore Intramuros in Manila
More Details: How Best to Explore Intramuros in ManilaIntramuros is the old district of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. It carries a lot of history and meaning within its walls as I shared with you in a prior post. Though it is quite distinctive and historic, it is not your typical tourist haven. That is actually what makes it a key point…
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Camino Packing and Training Tips
More Details: Camino Packing and Training TipsThe Camino de Santiago has become a very popular destination/experience for many around the world, especially after the movie “The Way” hit the movies screens and as more people do it. People of all ages and nationalities gravitate to this, as did I and a group I traveled with last summer to hike the Camino. …
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How to Do a Safari in the Serengeti
More Details: How to Do a Safari in the SerengetiI have been fortunate many times in life. With the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, I have been fortunate twice. I have done a safari in the Serengeti twice! Both visits were different. For example, how I got to be in Tanzania to begin with. Or, which side of the park I entered through. And…
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Pashupatinath | A Unique Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal
More Details: Pashupatinath | A Unique Temple in Kathmandu, NepalVisiting a new place can make us feel out of sorts. That could be due to a number of reasons. Maybe just the climate being different. Or, the people behave in ways different than ours. Or, the food being different. That can be especially true when visiting a place with a different religion than the…
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In-and-Out: Munich, Bavaria’s Capital
More Details: In-and-Out: Munich, Bavaria’s CapitalMunich (or, München, in German) is a great city on many levels. Its location, the Bavarian cuisine, the amazing architecture, and the many things to see and do make it a perfect place to explore over a few days. However, my chances to spend time there seem contained to a day or so. My first time was…
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How to Visit Montserrat – A Spectacular Site!
More Details: How to Visit Montserrat – A Spectacular Site!Spain is not short on amazing places to see. From the main cities to coastal towns, to secondary but highly beautiful or historical towns. Spain has it all and I have been fortunate to have seen a lot of it. I decided to visit Montserrat as we would be passing near it on our way to Barcelona. …
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20 Images of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
More Details: 20 Images of La Sagrada Familia in BarcelonaLa Sagrada Familia, the grandiose basilica (mostly) designed by Antoni Gaudi, has become the symbol of Barcelona, and that’s not a stretch by any means: both have been growing and evolving over the decades. And, for La Sagrada Familia, at least, that journey will end in the next decade (target: 2026) as it is expected to…
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In Search of Andraka in Spain’s Beautiful Basque Country
More Details: In Search of Andraka in Spain’s Beautiful Basque CountryOne of the reasons for my recent trip to Spain, as I shared in an earlier post, was to see the ancestral lands of my Mom’s family in the Basque region of Spain (Euskal Herria in Basque). My Mom’s last name (Andraca, in Spanish) is the name of a home that existed a long time…