Category: Europe
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That of seeing Mount Ararat was one of the inescapable goals of my trip to the Caucasus. Mount Ararat is just the famous one in the Bible, and where Noah would have leaned with his ark. This live video from Armenia is the last I publish from my solo trip to the three countries in…
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This video from Georgia is the second one I’m posting from my solo trip. It’s the second report on the three countries of the Caucasus, located between Europe (Russia) and Asia (Iran). Since I have limited time, I’m also taking tours with local agencies to make the most of it. I flew to Georgia from…
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Here I am almost live in this video from Azerbaijan. They are in Baku, the capital, on the waterfront on the shore of the Caspian Sea . It is a very nice, neat city that mixes well the old heart, the super modern part, and all the architecture of the late 1800s and early 1900s,…
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In this article dated May 27, 2026, I discuss the destination Caucasus with one day to go. The 10-day trip with a taste of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia will be solo, using public transportation and some locally taken tours. Below is the assumed itinerary: As is often the case with me, someone will think I…
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In fact now Caporetto would not seem a sad place to see at all. Especially if one does not know what happened there on October 24, 1917. The featured photo is even less sad; it is a detail of one of Ljubljana ‘s bridges over the Ljubljanica River that spans the cheerful old town. This…
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It was not the first time I had the idea of doing a weekend trip to Slovenia. In May 2026 I combined it with some stops in Friuli and took the opportunity to see mostly places I did not know. In this article there are no less than 4 videos of Slovenia. In particular they…
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As in the first few times, unusual accommodations in England happened to me. In particular, by visiting my friend who lives in London, I got more into the British climate. We talked about the difficulties of fitting in, in a new country and in such a large and tiring city. Especially coming from a small…
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Among the most beautiful Italian squares is certainly the main one in Trieste. I can say that the capital of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in the far northeast of Italy is one of my favorite medium-sized cities in my country. In May 26 I was there for a long weekend combining also the very…
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‘Meeting people on the road is always easier when you are alone. This time I didn’t do so well though. Before arriving in Cornwall I visited Bath and Bristol. I made a stop in Salisbury that turned out to be a brilliant tactical move. Due to my ignorance, I thought it had something to do…
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Many people desist from renting cars in Anglo-Saxon countries for fear of having problems with right-hand drive. Maybe because I first tried it in Australia, so with little traffic, but I don’t consider it a problem, quite the contrary. Once rather, if alone, it was a problem to get around without navigation systems, now it…