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This July, Michael and I went on a rather spontaneous trip to escape Barcelona for a night. As we have started loving a very special Spanish hotel chain called "Paradores" I checked for one of their locations not too far away from the city. The "Paradores" are a collection of historic hotels, often housed in …
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Coventry 2001 Between August 2001 and February 2002 I (Christian) spent six months in Coventry in order to serve a placement as an integral part of my studies. Especially the first weeks were very painful as I had difficulties to adapt to a different type of city than Amsterdam. I had just completed a year …
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In November 2017, Michael and I visited Athens for the first time. Despite having traveled extensively around the world, we had never managed to plan a trip to the Greek capital. As a self-proclaimed history enthusiast, I felt a bit embarrassed that we had overlooked this incredible city for so long. Below is what I …
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In November 2017 Michael and I visited Athens for the very first time. We had travelled all over the world but never had managed to plan a trip to the Greek capital. Though I have always been quite of a history geek felt a bit embarrassing that we had always missed out on this wonderful …
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Wow, we visited another astonishing building of Antoní Gaudí, Barcelona's greatest architect of all time. Torre Bellesguard is located in the neighbourhood of Sant Gervasi, an absolutely off-the-beaten-path area of the city. We booked a guided tour that was very informative. Between 1900-1909 the famous Catalan architect was commissioned by Jaume Figueres to build this …
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In November 2017 we had spent some time with Christian's former colleague Victoria in Torrevieja close to Alicante. As our next stop was Valencia we decided to use Blabla Car. It is a car sharing app where you can book a seat in a car of a private person that is travelling to the same …
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