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3 Mar 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Glorious Himalaya
The physical structure of Mt. Everest has captivated adventurous men and women from all over the world since 1920s, and the people like Sir Edmund Hillary, and Tenzing have popularized it broadly by ascending its summit in 1953. This is the mountain...
26 Feb 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Hoosie
We visited Beaumaris Castle on the last day of our vacation in North Wales (in mid Feb 22). The Castle sits at the east end of the town of Beaumaris, and is a massive sprawling construction. It was never completed as per the original plan as they ran...
25 Feb 2022 2 minute read 16 comments Duvinca
I've been here many times, and I keep passing by... without more, last week, a morning when the sun began to stand out above the clouds that were disappearing. And that light gave the whole area a different effect, a still early peace in a setting th...
21 Feb 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
So, this is another fond memory from our last year in Europe. In our last school holidays in the Netherlands, we took a trip over to Scotland to visit a family member who was living in Glasgow. We ended up staying in a pretty nice part of Glasgo...
16 Feb 2022 2 minute read 1 comment Hoosie
We visited Cymer Abbey this week, while on vacation in North Wales. The abbey is close to Dolgellau near the west coast of Wales. Its very much a ruin, but very beautiful. It was established in 1189, and has had quite a varied history, having play...
10 Feb 2022 2 minute read 3 comments bengy
I love my political cartoons... well, the ones of the Australian variety at least! In my newspaper reading days as a university student, I would eagerly devour the paper... but the political cartooning section would always be one of my favourite...
9 Feb 2022 1 minute read 0 comments valerianis
Houses are living, just like people. Not being buried on time, they start to rotten. Then they attract a lot of life to them: homeless animals, poor guys, bored children, and especially urban explorers. Men drink booze inside. Some others look for...
7 Feb 2022 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
The Left Bank is a pretty nice cafe/restaurant that we visited on a recent trip to Glasgow in Scotland. We were in the area as we were doing a pretty cool treasure hunt with the kids around the area of the Glasgow University, which meant that we...
6 Feb 2022 1 minute read 4 comments lemming
In December 2021 I was asked to make a survey in a place called "Riserva Naturale Cassa di espansione del fiume Secchia". It is an area located on the border between the provinces of Modena and Reggio Emilia that was formerly the site of numerous qu...
5 Feb 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Andrii Androshchuk
Almost two months of winter passed without running competitions, so I started to miss the atmosphere that prevails in them, and at the same time look for an interesting race that could open the next running season. This time he started from the winte...
