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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

off the beaten track in greece…milos island

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 3, 2019
How to decide on the right Greek Island? So many to choose from! Especially if you've never visited Greece before. Luckily, with our choice of Milos we struck it lucky the first time.
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  • greece
  • milos island

not your usual greek landscape

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 7, 2019
milos is not your usual greek island – it's so much more – sulphur mines, fiery red rocks and moonscapes
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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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  • italy
  • venice

art and armaments in venice

  • onshiftingsands
  • September 8, 2019
visiting the biennale and exploring past connections
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  • australia
  • outback

the endless lake mungo

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 17, 2021
– a place of lost dreams and enduring stories – A visit to Mungo National Park is an easy day trip from Mildura (see our other post for more Mildura day trip options). Mungo is on…
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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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  • 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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  • a murray river roadtrip
  • australia

a scenic way home from victoria to sydney

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 24, 2021
– avoid the freeway and enjoy country australia – We were just about at the end of our two week road trip around central and northern Victoria, and were preparing to head back to…
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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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  • norway
  • salhus

waterfalls..tunnels..fjords and ferries

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 12, 2018
Day 5 of our trip to Norway. As it’s Sunday, it’s fairly quiet. Which was just as well, because today we had a long drive to Bergen and it was good not to have to contend with a…
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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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  • a murray river roadtrip
  • australia

a paddle steamer on the murray at echuca

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 15, 2021
– a gentle paddle up an iconic river – We had decided to follow the iconic Murray River along the Victorian border and were headed to Sea Lake after a brief stay in Rutherglen. An…
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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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  • australia
  • country victoria

lovely sticky wines in rutherglen

  • onshiftingsands
  • May 13, 2021
Rutherglen occupies a special place in the Australian wine industry as the home of Australian fortified wines. You can easily spend a day in Rutherglen cycling between wineries and enjoying a…
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  • aurland
  • norway

a drive north east of bergen

  • onshiftingsands
  • August 14, 2018
Day 7 of our trip to Norway. The day began uneventfully as we drove to our next location. This being Norway there were, of course, some spectacular views that punctuated our drive along the…
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