Temple of Debod
15:11 11/01/2016
Don’t worry – you didn’t take a wrong turn and find yourself across the Sahara. This 2,000-year-old temple once stood on the banks of the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, but was given to Spain in 1968 to...
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Galata Tower
10:51 11/01/2016
Inmates imprisoned here during the Ottoman era would imagine flying across the Bosphorous to freedom. Centuries later, Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi did just that, an early aviator who flew on artificial...
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Santa Croce
15:31 08/01/2016
Science and telescopes almost cost Galileo a Christian funeral. His head finally found rest beneath a tombstone in this Franciscan Basilica. His ghost’s in good company (Rossini, Machiavelli)...
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Topkapi Palace
14:14 08/01/2016
Once upon a time, the Sultanate moved across town – and left behind 700,000 square metres of prime real estate! Built in 1453, Topkapi Palace was the heart and mind of the Ottoman Empire for...
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Mirabell Palace
15:27 07/01/2016
Mirabell Palace has a story attached to it. It was built in 1606 for the Prince-Archbishop’s mistress, with whom he sired 15 children. In subsequent centuries, that palace was fire-damaged,...
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Acropolis Museum
11:40 06/01/2016
Don’t miss this. The Acropolis’ artefacts were vacuumed up and magically strewn into place inside this heavenly museum. Among its treasures - balustrades from the Temple of Athena Nike, the...
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Golden Tower
9:37 31/12/2015
Beautiful and functional. This 13th-century tower once protected Seville from invasion by river, with a giant chain strung across the Guadalquivir to stop hostile crafts. The chain’s gone now,...
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9 Lessons learned from the Problogger conference
2:10 31/12/2015
Two weeks ago we attended the Problogger conference here on the Gold Coast. So did 700 other people – mostly women! It’s definitely my favourite...
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Port of Hamburg
12:37 30/12/2015
Parp paaarp! The sound of bellowing foghorns echoes across this massive industrial port, as container ships drift in and out. Known as “Germany’s gateway to the world”, the port has always...
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Brussels and Comic Strip
11:33 30/12/2015
Brussels, homeland of Tintin and Spirou, the undeniable forerunners of many generations of comic strip heroes. The Smurfs, Lucky Luke and the Daltons, Corentin, Black and Mortimer - to mention only...
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