Archive for the Curiosities Category
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Hotel floor – Ladies only – Brisbane
It is clear that each business has to promote itself and of course come up with new ideas in order to attract and retain customers. And in what concerns promotion it’s not so easy, it takes a lot of work, time and creativity - and believe me, I kno
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My love for gastronomy & culinary travels
Guest post by Mei A good friend once told me that Travel is not just about the destination, it is about the people. The faces you meet, the lives you touch and those whose lives touch yours. It’s never just about buildings and the scenery,
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Scarisoara – an ice cave and the oldest glacier in the world
Summer and cold? Heaven for me (someone living in the heat of Bucharest during summer). We’ve spent one of the first days of our vacation in the Apuseni Mountains (Western Carpathians) from this year visiting two caves: the one at Scarisoara and
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The Turda Saline – a great place to visit in Romania for pleasure, fun and health
Located at 30 km from the city of Cluj, along DN1 (national road 1), Turda is a town famous in history for its salt mine. The first documented proof of salt extraction in Turda dates from 1271. Between 2008-2010 the salt mine in Turda was renovate
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Strange law in England: a pregnant woman can pee in a Policeman’s helmet
I watch “Top Gear” - the show about cars but a show beyond cars I’d say. In an episode I recently saw Clarkson mentioned a puzzling law: a pregnant woman can legally upon request pee in a Policeman's helmet. Now, I was not pregnant but I kn
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Mountain – fossilized snails
In this year’s vacation we went in the Apuseni mountains. One day we went visiting the memorial house of Avram Iancu, an important leader in Romania’s history. We will soon present this memorial house here. On the road to this museum we passed
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Bread in shape of human body parts!
I was reading some travel news today when I saw a title that simply puzzled me: “Meet the man who bakes body parts” Of course I clicked to find out more! And there it was: an article about Kittiwat Unarrom who is in fact, as we find out, an Ar
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Thirteen interesting facts about Paris as picked out by Michael Schuermann, author Paris Movie Walks
Guest post ParisBuff 1. In the years immediately before the French Revolution, the Palais Royal – nowadays the epitome of bourgeois calm and good taste – was the mother of all open air brothels. 2. Marie Antoinette was so unfamiliar
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Belgian Curiosities
Guest post by Isabelle Kenis When you think of Belgium, you think of chocolate, beer and waffles, right? But you can find lots of other specialties here. The “Cuberdon” for instance is something unique for the region of Ghent. I don`t even
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Strada Sforii – The Rope Street – Brasov, Romania a curiosity and an interesting story
If you are wondering whether a street can have an interesting story, let me tell you that yes, a street can have an amazing and lost in time history. Brasov is one of the larger and more famous cities of Romania. Many events are hosted in this cit
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