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Closeup view of pistachio filled baklava behind a glass window in Gaziantep in Easter Turkey
  • gaziantep
  • turkey

food and art treasures waiting to be discovered in Gaziantep

  • June 26, 2024
view of happy street vendor selling bici bici ice dessert near riverfront in Adana in eastern turkey
  • adana
  • turkey

from the holy to the profane on the road to adana

  • June 25, 2024
inflating a hot air balloon which is lying on its side in cappadocia, turkey
  • cappadocia
  • turkey

Rediscovering your inner child in beautiful Cappadoccia

  • June 24, 2024

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  • norway
  • oslo

driving from heggenes to oslo

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 18, 2018
Day 11 of our trip to Norway. Not much to report today as we spent most of it doing mundane things. We left Herangtunet Hotel early after breakfast. One final shot of our wing – we were…
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  • italy
  • puglia

charming locorotondo

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 26, 2019
Locorotondo is a charming village, still not quite on the main tourist map but on its way there. Whitewashed houses and honey-coloured stone – a beautiful village buried in Villa d'Istria
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  • heggenes
  • norway

driving from aurland to heggenes

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 16, 2018
Day 9 of our visit to Norway. It poured and poured today! It was a driving day, thankfully. So we just took our time and visited a few landmarks on our way. Having seen the small village of…
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view of happy street vendor selling bici bici ice dessert near riverfront in Adana in eastern turkey
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  • adana
  • turkey

from the holy to the profane on the road to adana

  • onshiftingsands
  • June 25, 2024
Today we were travelling from Goreme to Adana. Highlights? A superb underground monastery, awesome Roman aqueduct, and glorious food..
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  • finland
  • inari

the early bird catches the fish..

  • onshiftingsands
  • January 3, 2020
Enjoying a day of ice fishing and snowshoeing in Finnish Lapland
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  • friuli
  • grska brda
  • italy
  • slovenia

off the beaten track in italy & slovenia

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 14, 2019
– rugged alpine beauty and rolling vineyards – This was going to be a more relaxed weekend away than the last two, as it was a driving holiday and we had a whole three days. The…
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  • greece
  • milos island

the churches of milos island

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 5, 2019
he simple, monotonous ringing of the bell at the church above our home seemed to punctuate our daily routine and no matter where we found ourselves on the island the regular peal would force…
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  • haukeli
  • norway

hiking in haukeli

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 11, 2018
Day 4 of our visit to Norway. We were amazed to wake up this morning to this! What a difference a day makes! Today we resolved to take a hike from Huakeliseter Fjellstue to Kista. Kista is…
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  • finland
  • inari

huskies and northern lights

  • onshiftingsands
  • January 4, 2020
Our final full day in Lapland! And this was to be a special one because finally we were going husky sledding! But as this wasn’t planned until midday, we decided to take the short taxi…
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  • greece
  • pelopponnese

must-see spots in pelopponnese

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 12, 2019
exploring the abandoned histories of mystras and monemvasia
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  • greece
  • milos island

village life on milos

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 6, 2019
sleepy villages and local life are the unexpected pleasure of visiting an out of the way Greek island like Milos
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  • australia
  • country victoria

slow down in benalla, victoria

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 14, 2021
So you’ve decided to drive from Sydney to Melbourne (or vice versa). Why not take the slow road and make it an opportunity to see a little more of Australia? That’s what we decided…
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  • italy
  • venice

art and armaments in venice

  • onshiftingsands
  • September 8, 2019
visiting the biennale and exploring past connections
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  • italy
  • puglia

alborebello, disneyland in puglia

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 25, 2019
By all accounts it's overrun by tourists (which it was) but nonetheless it's worthwhile seeing because it's a UNESCO site.(also true). Pretty and quaint but challenging in terms of its "authenticity".
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  • australia
  • country victoria

exploring painted silos

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 18, 2021
– faded glory days and resilient determination – The silo art trail in north west Victoria is becoming a major tourist attraction. We’d seen a string of painted silos on our…
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