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Descending On Barcelona
Descending on Catalonia. The area has been settled for thousands of years but the Romans founded the Colonia Faventia Julia Augusta Pia Barcino. The modern city Barcelona is one of the largest of Europe. When observing properly the Sagrada Familia can be found in the centre. The descent on Josep…
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American Imperialism
American imperialism is not always that obvious, usually it is hidden by the powerful American propaganda or Washington narrative, which turns the truth around and makes people believe certain countries and people were bad, exactly those who prefer freedom and individuality and don’t want to be an American colony. As…
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The City Of Tiles
Porto has a special character with its buildings with tiles in different patterns and colours, both inside and outside of the building. Sometimes there are whole pictures displayed on the tiles, mostly in the typical blue and white tones. The historic centre of Porto is listed as a UNESCO World…
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Prone To Exploration
Portugal is a country at the southeastern edge of Europe, prone to exploration over the oceans of the world. Colonialism happened where land was found, so there is a range of countries in the world where Portuguese is spoken. From the renaissance over the industrial revolution till nowadays many inventions…
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Chegamos Ao Porto
Arrival in Porto with view over the Douro River during approach. In the background of the photos the Ponte de Dona Maria Pia is visible, a bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel in 1877, twelve years before the Eiffel Tower. Porto is the second largest city of Portugal after Lisbon. It…
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Formula One In Jeddah And Melbourne
The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and the Australian Grand Prix just happened in March 2024. If you ever wondered how the Jeddah Corniche Circuit and the Albert Park Circuit look like when no race is taking place, here some insights. In Jeddah it was in October 2022 not possible to…
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And There It Was
This appeared unexpectedly on the way from Hamburg to Porto. It is called London. The first photo shows the City of Westminster with the Houses of Parliament and the Elizabeth Tower of Big Ben, and the second photo shows the financial centre of Canary Wharf. The City of London with…
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With Difficulties To Hamburg Airport
I had to take the train to Hamburg one day earlier than planned, on the day before my flight, because of a railway worker strike which meant cancellations of most trains in Germany on the day of my flight. Therefore I had to stay one night in Hamburg. I found…
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Through The Beginning Of Winter
On the way to Hamburg, despite rising global temperatures still with some snow during these first winter days. While we humans might have an effect on the global climate, it is wrong to say that the global warming was man-made, as it already started during the last ice age. Independent…
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Oil Change On Motor Scooter
An oil change on a motor scooter which does not only instruct how to do an oil change and display reset on this kind of scooter but on any kind of motor scooter or motorbike, the basic process is pretty much the same on all kind of combustion engines. Furthermore…
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By Car On A Train Over The Sea
On a car train from the island of Sylt to continental Germany. This infrastructure project of a railway as connection to the island means that if you come by car you have to go with your car on a train, but with a view over the wadden sea. The Hindenburgdamm…
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Dune Without Desert
Shifting sand dunes don’t only exist in deserts. On the way to List, the northernmost town not only on the island of Sylt but of all of Germany. While being on that way, at the side of the road, you will pass exactly such a sand dune. Like the mainland…
