Porto

Located along the Douro river estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and registered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire.

The Clérigos Church


Carmo Chruch


Ribeiro District


Ribeiro District


Ribeiro District


Luís I Iron Bridge & Douro River


Douro River


Ribeiro District


Ribeiro District


Ribeiro District


Parque da Fundação de Serralves


Estações Ferroviárias do Porto


Festival


Xavier – Local


Sandeman Port


Douro River


Vila Nova de Gaia


Douro River

2011
12/28
CATEGORY
Europe
Portugal
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Leah Kardos (Wilmington Arms)

2011
11/26
CATEGORY
Uncategorized
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Paris

Paris really needs no introduction, so I’ll keep the text to a bare minimum:

View from the Arc de Triomphe

Ornate entrance to the Paris Metro

Sacre Coeur

Cimetière du Père Lachaise

Place de la Concorde

The Eiffel Tower

Arc de Triomphe

The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower

Montmartre

Montmartre

Montmartre

2011
11/17
CATEGORY
Europe
France
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Brighton – UK

Brighton, on the south coast of England is only a 50 minute train journey from London. Effectively it is London’s beach, and many people commute daily between the two. It’s also a good place to visit for the day, although summer can be extremely busy!

2011
10/30
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Europe
UK
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Nice

2011
09/09
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Europe
France
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Sydney

I love Sydney, and it really doesn’t need any introduction to most people. There are not many places in the world when you can be sitting at work, knock off, and be at a stunning beach in 30 minutes. I think it has the prefect mix of city and [...] Continue Reading…

2011
08/03
CATEGORY
Australia
New South Wales
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Speaker’s Corner

Speaker’s Corner offers the best free entertainment in the city of London. For over 150 years, Speaker’s Corner has been one of London’s most unique and eccentric attractions. On any given Sunday morning, anyone who has an opinion to air and anyone who will listen will gather at the [...] Continue Reading…

2011
08/02
CATEGORY
Europe
London
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Inis Mor

Inis Mór is the largest of the 3 Aran Islands, located in the Bay of Galway, Western Ireland. They are famous for their geological formation, historical monuments and their linguistic and cultural heritage. The Irish (Gaelic) language is still widely spoken here.

The islands inland landscape of uniquely [...] Continue Reading…

2011
07/25
CATEGORY
Europe
Ireland
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The Mid North

The Mid North is a region of South Australia, just north of the Adelaide Plains, but not as far as the Southern Flinders Ranges which are the beginning of the Outback. The area was settled as early as 1840 (South Australia was only settled by Europeans from 1836) and [...] Continue Reading…

2011
07/17
CATEGORY
Australia
South Australia
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Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary, and it’s largest city. It is the country’s principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with a unification on 17 November 1873 of west-bank Buda and Óbuda with east-bank Pest.

Lion [...] Continue Reading…

2011
07/13
CATEGORY
Europe
Hungary
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