Malta, a small island in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and Tunisia. Former British colony, an island known as one of the tax heavens but most of all a place where many scenes from season 1 of Game of Thrones were filmed.
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Welcome to the Azores
Well, I don’t even know where to begin. Amazing and mind blowing are just not enough to describe the first impression of the Azores… and it gets even better when you start exploring Ilha Verde, the Green Island, as Sao Miguel is called.
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A paradise for hikers… I did hike but only from the car park to the viewpoint ;P But jokes aside, I went to Madeira to check it out and definitely would like to go back for a proper hike.
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You pack, you say your farewells, you fly to the new place… and then what? Nothing! You build your whole life from scratch. You search for an apartment, go to Ikea to buy lots of things that you truly need, and you make new friends. How hard can it be right? Depends how you look at it.
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Being a newbie skier, I’ve made the decision to go to the Dolomites for a big white madness. So, what does skiing in the Dolomites look like, what to watch out for and how is it different from skiing in Austria? Keep reading 😉
Continue reading “Rookie Guide to the Alps and Dolomites”So what have you done?
How does the song from John Lennon go? So, this is Christmas and what have you done? Another year over, a new one just begun. Indeed, another year over. As much as I hate year end summaries, 2021 deserves one.
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A country that a week ago was in lockdown and now life seems quite normal… does it really? All you need to know how the tourist situation looks like after the lockdown. Plus, some nice stories and lovely pics.
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It’s time… time to close the company laptop and the apartment door to disappear for three weeks. As I’m not a family person, each year I go on a long vacation during Christmas and New Year. Usually, it was a warm and exotic place. This year it’s exactly the opposite.
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Yes another scuba diving post 😛 After coming back from my last diving trip I was thinking about all those places where I dove and decided to make a ranking of the top 5 best dive sites I’ve visited.
Continue reading “Top 5 diving places”Mid-Autumn Festival Memories
Today is the day of the mid-autumn festival. It’s the second most important holiday after the Chinese New Year. It falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar on a full moon night. During the festivities people celebrate the moon, give thanks for the harvest and eat mooncakes. Man… how I miss all those colourful decorations, the festive celebrations and the fire dragon dance.
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