Weird wonders, including a prowl around Amsterdam’s cat museum, a truly deep Transylvanian theme park and ‘Stalin’s World’ in Lithuania, have made readers embrace the quirky. Julian Worker has written a number of travel books including Travels through History : France Travels through History – The Balkans: Journeys in the former Yugoslavia Travels through HistoryContinue reading “10 of the best eccentric attractions in Europe: readers’ travel tips”
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Taormina in Sicily
If you like this piece you can buy a kindle version of the book Julian’s Journeys, which contains this story. ” The bus headed northwards past several resort towns on Sicily’s eastern coast. The weather was warm and the sun was just beginning to come out, thought the top of Mount Etna away to ourContinue reading “Taormina in Sicily”
Castles for rent in the UK
If you feel like staying in a castle in the UK for Christmas 2014 or at any other time of the year, here are some ideas http://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2013/dec/23/cool-holiday-castles-in-the-uk-in-pictures#/?picture=425429772&index=7
Romanian Icon from the Princely Church in Curtea de Arges
A beautiful icon from the Princely Church in Curtea de Arges
The Cart Ruts of Malta
At different sites over the two main islands of Malta and in the surrounding waters are found some man-made features which have been given the name ‘cart ruts’, largely because the first visitors to discover them believed they had been worn by a cart. Their most famous site is at Clapham Junction, named after Britain’sContinue reading “The Cart Ruts of Malta”
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