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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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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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From January 13-17, 2025 we visited Buenos Aires again after 15 years. In 2010 we had spent two months in the Argentinian capital in order to learn Spanish. Of course even during our longer stay it was impossible to explore all of the metropolis with her eight million inhabitants. Though it was very hot this …
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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Modernism - or in Catalan Modernisme - is an art and literature movement that was primarily connected to Catalonia and Barcelona in the period from approximately 1880-1915. In the context of the rapid development and urban changes during the industrial revolution the Catalan elite - politicians, bourgeoisie and rich entrepreneurial families - intensified their efforts …
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