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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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  • 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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  • norway
  • totak lake

rain and more rain…

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 10, 2018
Day 3 of our visit to Norway. Well we thought we had seen the worse of the rain on our first day, but today it just came bucketing down and put paid to all our plans. It was a day spent almost…
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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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  • 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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  • austria
  • vienna

the treasures of empire

  • onshiftingsands
  • January 12, 2020
Sunday was a much more relaxed affair! We started the morning with breakfast at Vollpension – which is a cafe run by grandmas and grandpas. What a brilliant concept! We were welcomed by…
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  • madrid
  • spain

a sweltering long weekend in madrid

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 1, 2019
We had picked the hottest weekend of the year to visit Madrid, or so it seemed. But the nights were languorous and the tapas bars met every expectation..
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  • croatia
  • dubrovnik

the walled fortress town of dubrovnik

  • onshiftingsands
  • July 8, 2018
Arriving in the old city of Dubrovnik at night is magical. Ours was the last flight in and we decided to opt for the shuttle bus into the old town. We bought our tickets at a small vending…
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  • finland
  • helsinki

the unexpected delight that is Helsinki

  • onshiftingsands
  • December 31, 2019
filtered sun and meditative spaces
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  • germany
  • munich

a winters day in munich

  • onshiftingsands
  • December 28, 2019
Wintery, crisp, christmasy and feeling right at home
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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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  • dalen
  • norway
  • ulefoss

hiking – or not! – around dalen

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 9, 2018
Day 2 of our visit to Norway. We’ve been a bit worried about just how “active” our limited hiking skills would allow us to be on this holiday, and today was going to be our first test. We…
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  • finland
  • inari

an inari welcome

  • onshiftingsands
  • January 1, 2020
What to wear in Finnish Lapland in the arctic winter? We were soon to find out that getting dressed for the cold isn't child's play!
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  • norway
  • valdres

hiking up to skaget in norway (or not!)

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 17, 2018
Day 10 of our visit to Norway. Before starting on today’s blog, a quick squizz at the view from our room, taken yesterday evening. Not bad hey! Back to today. We had been anticipating…
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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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  • 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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