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In October 2009 we went on our second trip to the Middle East. We combined the Arab Emirates with Lebanon and Damascus in Syria. The latter was our final stop during our holidays and it became a trip that we will remember all of our lives: We saw the wonderful Umayyad Mosque, the old markets …
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In 2008 we visited Lebanon for the first time. It was an incredible trip and the first time for us to the Middle East. As I love ancient sites it was no wonder that I was completely taken when we did an excursion to Baalbek. Until then I had never seen a Roman temple complex …
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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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In January 2025 we spent a very pleasant week in Santa Marta at the Colombian coast. Whilst our main goal was to go scuba diving we also did a day trip out of town to Tayrona National Park. It is conveniently located about 30 kilometres to the North of the city. We decided to use …
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In January 2025 we spent a week in Santa Marta. It was our first time in this sea side town of Colombia. Actually, it is a city with approximately 600,000 inhabitants located at the Caribbean coast. We had not dived for 9 years so we were pretty excited. In preparation we already did a refresher …
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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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January 19-21, 2025: We rented a car in our area of Consoloçao - not far from our hotel (Pergamon Frei Caneca) to go on a small road trip to Picinguaba. My ex-colleague Erica was spending her summer holidays there with her daughter. Before travelling to Brazil we chatted and she sent photos that inspired immediately …
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