November 26, 2024 2:32 pm

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TRIP TO SCANDINAVIA: The eleventh section, by Narvik to Nordkapp

Special, really special section will travel today, because the long-awaited special Nordkapp is our goal, but after almost 700 street. I tell you this, to encourage you to not expect stops. We’ll have to be content with the countless reasons that make these next few hours so special. Sometimes dangerous roads (including those without asphalt), two ferries, the environment Lapp, …

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EUGENE DELACROIX (1798/1863), FRENCH PAINTER: Visual effects and symbolic nuances of romance

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AGNOLO BRONZINO (1503/1572), ITALIAN PAINTER: The clever and incisive master of the Medici court in Florence

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THE HAPPY SUN IS SHINING: Poetry, by Fernando Pessoa

THE HAPPY SUN IS SHINING The happy sun is shining, the fields are green and joyful, but my poor heart is pining for something far away. It is pining just for you, it is pining for thy kiss. It does not matter if you’re true to this. What matter is just you. I now the sea is beaming under the …

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PIETER PAUL RUBENS (1577/1640), FLEMISH PAINTER BAROQUE: The master of movement, color, and sensuality

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A WICKER BASKET, THE FRAGRANCE OF ETERNITY: Welcome to Armenia, Colombia, at 1550 meters high from the sea and from the routine

Welcome to Colombia. I hope that your stay in my country has been happy, but if you want to add scent of coffee, come into my city, Armenia, what everyone calls “the coffee capital”. My name is Manuel, I am one of those who lives on a hill – 1550 meters above the sea – in this city south of …

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QUENTIN MASSYS (1466/1530), FLEMISH PAINTER: Shades of Memling, van der Weyden and van Eyck

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NOT THE BEST ON ROAD: The end of Europe, walking up to Corcubion, Spain

Welcome to Santiago de Compostela, my amazing and incomparable city. To visit it, just that you have a tour guide, but to learn something really special (around the city), you need the help of a friend, that is mine. I am happy to meet you, my name is Alonzo and what I want to give you is 35 km from …

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MY LOVE IS DEAD: Poetry, by Thomas Chatterton

MY LOVE IS DEAD My love is dead. Go to his deathbed, all under the weeping willow. (Thomas Chatterton) http://www.amazon.it/Complete-Chatterton-Illustrated-English-Edition-ebook/dp/B00PE1J0B0

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Bernard van Orley (1491/1542), FLEMISH PAINTER: Shades of color, between Gothic and Renaissance

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