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Congost de Mont-rebei, Spain – The turquoise river
***WARNING: THIS POST IS A SHAMELESS NATURE PORNOGRAPHY POST. DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU DO NOT LIKE NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY OF BEAUTIFUL, SEXY PLACES*** Once there was a small river that flowed on what is now the border between the provinces of Aragon and Catalonia in Spain. Over much time, this river formed a gorge known…
Hildesheim, Germany – A tale from history
Continuing on with the Germany theme, I would like to introduce a nice, small city in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) that I particularly like called Hildesheim. If you like medieval history, this small city 30 km (19 miles) southeast of Hanover is the place to be. It is one of the oldest cities in northern Germany;…
Berlin, Germany – Love it or Hate it
So I have finally done it: a post about Germany! A country where I spent some great years of my life. I wasn’t sure where to start as I have a lot of material. I also realised that a lot of the older material looks, well, old in terms of quality that was widely available…
Antigua
So my travel posts so far focus on Europe (which, admittedly, is where I have done the most travelling and is the most recent). However, I would like to begin to rectify this imbalance with a post about a wonderful island in the Caribbean that I visited in July 2009 named Antigua. In 2009 Antigua was…
Mont Blanc/Chamonix, France – Alpine climb
Mont Blanc is the crowning jewel of Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Mont Blanc and the main town nestled at its base, known as Chamonix, was the next and final stop on our trip through southern France during the summer of 2017. Unfortunately, I cannot say much about the town except that it…
Lac de Serre-Ponçon/Demoiselles Coiffées, France – Rock pillars
On our way from Mercantour to Mont Blanc, we stopped over for an hour or so in Haute-Alpes at a place called Lac de Serre-Ponçon. For those of you who speak French, you will realise that this is a lake. In fact, it is the largest artificial lake in western Europe and supplies water for…
Mercantour, France – Franco-Italian beauty
After Marseille, the next stop on our tour last summer was Mercantour National Park (Parc national du Mercantour) on the border between France and Italy (which we crossed into unknowingly). This part of France is sparsely inhabited as most of the population of the area lives along the coast. Only small villages, many of them…
Marseille and the Calanques, France
Another place that I went to over the summer of 2017 was Marseille and the Calanques. The main goal was to visit an old friend of mine, but naturally, we also did some sightseeing in the city itself and what a beautiful city it can be! The centre of the city and the southern parts…
Sierra Nevada Mountains in the Province of Granada
So I have talked about the Alhambra and Granada Capital (the city) in previous posts, but what about the province itself? Is that worth visiting at all? What about the Sierra Nevada Mountains? YES, YES, YES!!!!! Especially if you love landscapes, adventuring forth into the province is definitely one of the things that I would recommend…
Granada, Spain – The City
As I mentioned in my last post, Granada Capital (the city as opposed to the province) is a place where I absolutely loved living and I would return to in a heartbeat if I could. The city, especially in the centre and older neighbourhoods, has a wonderful charm that harks back to Moorish control of…
