December 22, 2024 10:41 pm

Travel

TO THE GREAT NORTH: With Arne, between men and landscapes shaped by nature, the immense scenery of Scandinavia

Normally, people think of Northern Europe in the same way: a boundless Lapland. In the eyes of those who have visited Scandinavia, imagination leads to the vision of the tundra, reindeer and forests. Error. I am a man born and raised in Norway, I can give you a formal guarantee that my land is rich in many other testimonies, and …

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FIVE STEPS IN HOLLAND: From Haarlem in Alkmaar, smelling cheeses and watching the sea of tulips

Of course you will have already visited Amsterdam, so I’ll wait in Haarlem – half hour of time – to get to where you can sniff the air of this city that smells appetizing cheese. My name Matthijs, I am Dutch, and I would like to take you somewhere special, but you will need to devote a few days of …

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57.329293 ° N 3.608772 ° W: Welcome at Grantown-on-Spey, the Highland Council Area

At 72 miles from Aberdeen, you can take the A944 road, turning left shortly after, on the A974. We will meet here, on a hill called Barmekin ofEcht.  http://www.visitgrantown.co.uk/  A special place in the County of Moray, a typical small Scottish town that I need to visit at least once every year. Why? There are – in the world – many …

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CHOK DEE, FOR YOUR TRAVEL IN THAILAND: With Alonso, visiting the temples of Wat arund, hung out on Khao San Road

The Chao Phraya River, the temples of Wat Arun, the Chatuchak Market, but also a walk on the Khao San Road. Are you with me in Thailand, and I offer them my short travel notes, before returning to Europe. Certainly, I’ll bring in Spain something material – which is not difficult, gizonzolando markets of Bangkok – but most precious commodity …

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WELCOME IN MYANMAR: Tale Travel, straddling the Tropic of Cancer

I am here. I am Marco, an Italian just returned from Burma, straddling the Tropic of Cancer. Benches meeting offers me the opportunity to travel a short reviews and comments, and I will offer it. In fact, in my experience as a traveler, this time I came home with two distinct experiences: a material (the memory of the Irrawaddy River …

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A LOVELY WALK, VIA KRUPP: Capri, the myth of a beautiful santiero dipped in blue

Call me Peppe. Really, my name is Giuseppe. Nice to have you among those who read me, and thanks to Meeting Benches, offering to those who want it, the ability to publish something. I’ll tell you – in short – the story of a path suspended above the sea, but you will not forget, accompanying me, that we are walking …

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“A LA PLAGE” IN FRENCH RIVIERA: Saint-Tropez, the horizon bigger, between sails and beautiful people

For more than half a century, a piece of blue has turned to the gym, that is, in a certain way of life. I have exactly the same age, and in my years I have seen grow – without realizing it – all the nuances of what clove color, suspended between sky and sea. Nice to meet you, my name …

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A HOUSE OF PICO, WHERE WE CAN REGENERATE OURSELVES: As the farmer marries elm to the screws, so the magician marries the earth to Heaven

Pico is in the pages of a new book, one written by Giulio Busi and Raphael Ebgi. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola died in a November day in 1494, at the age of 31 years, but after more than five centuries, for him, is not only his proverbial memory. In his portraits, we can observe a handsome man, in his writings …

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NEST CUCKOOS, FOR HUMAN PUPPIES: The “wheels” for infants, those who accept the gifts of innocence

Imagine a cylindrical object, made with wood. Imagine that niche, divided into two distinct parts. Imagine a human infant, unwanted by his parents, put in one of those two parts. Imagine a hand of mother, who runs the mechanism of wood, giving the piety that had grown in her womb of woman. Here, what you have imagined, existed for centuries …

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SYLT, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS NORTH: On the border between Denmark and Germany, 40 km of beaches and dunes, to find your corner of serenity

You start by saying one thing, as a good sailor, which I am. If you want to come in the Island of Sylt, you will have at your disposal at least four days and your own “strandkorb”. Let me explain. The North Sea is ventilated, very breezy, why you is essential that strange wicker chair (in two places), obviously with …

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