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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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  • germany
  • munich

a winters day in munich

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  • December 28, 2019
Wintery, crisp, christmasy and feeling right at home
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  • croatia
  • split

the historical melting pot of split, croatia

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  • July 10, 2018
We caught the Krilo ferry from Dubrovnik to Split. It was an easy bus ride on the 1B service just outside Dubrovnik’s Pile Gate to Port Gruz 1. I was expecting an office or at least a…
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  • greece
  • pelopponnese

must-see spots in pelopponnese

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

village life on milos

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

Rediscovering your inner child in beautiful Cappadoccia

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  • June 24, 2024
An elfin wonderland of balloon parties in the sky, upside down underground apartments and holey cheese wedge houses. Alice would have loved it..
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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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  • australia
  • country victoria

a quiet day in and around castlemaine

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 21, 2021
– gentle beauty & peace found in the run-of-the-mill – We had decided to spend a quiet day exploring a few small towns in and around Castlemaine. There’s nothing grand…
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  • greece
  • milos island

the fishing villages of milos island

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 4, 2019
Can you imagine a more idyllic life? Sun drenched and dazzling white against the azure blue of the meditteranean, the fishing villages of milos island are to envy..
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  • italy
  • puglia

the whitewashed town of ostuni

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  • July 28, 2019
– sun-drenched laneways, foodie delights – Today was Niran’s birthday and we decided to visit the “white town” of Ostuni, which is about 13 km to the north east…
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Closeup view of pistachio filled baklava behind a glass window in Gaziantep in Easter Turkey
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  • gaziantep
  • turkey

food and art treasures waiting to be discovered in Gaziantep

  • onshiftingsands
  • June 26, 2024
Gaziantep is just 100km north of the Syrian border. It's the foodie capital of Turkey and one of the mosaic capitals of the world.
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  • austria
  • salzburg

chocolate box salzburg

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 29, 2018
Living in Munich is fantastic. It’s so central and therefore makes it easy to get to so many places we want to visit in Europe. So on the spur of a moment over lunch on Saturday, we…
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  • australia
  • country victoria

lake tyrrell, ethereal and incredibly beautiful

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 15, 2021
– a vast expanse of salt, sky and stars – We had spent the morning in Echuca and were now on our way. The road from Echuca to Sea Lake traverses vast expanses of flat, yellow…
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  • finland
  • inari

huskies and northern lights

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  • 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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  • 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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  • heddal
  • norway

a visit to heddal in norway

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 8, 2018
Day 1 of our visit to Norway. This morning we picked up our car at Gardermoen Airport and began our 10 day drive around central and southern Norway. Sadly, it rained pretty much the whole day…
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