The small Lisbon and the big earthquake

Photo by Raphaël Chekroun on Flickr  Picasso once said: ¨The urge to destroy is also a creative urge¨. At times you really need to demolish something good in order to create something great. That is the case with one of the most astonishing European capitals – Lisbon.   Photo by Nicolas Vollmer…

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Charm hunting in Santander

Has someone ever told you incredible things about a place? Then, you look at photos on the Internet and they are even more impressive. You see that a bunch of people you don’t know has rated the local attractions and restaurants with 5 starts. And, when you finally get to…

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Tasty walk around San Sebastian

“When the facts speak, the Gods are silent.” My second trip to the Spanish part of the Basque Country, of course, meant also a return to the most beautiful city in the region – Donostia/ San Sebastian. Here is an indisputable fact: I managed to re-visit it three times in…

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Barcelona for explorers

The pull of Barcelona is undeniable. The number of tourists has grown more than four times for the past 25 years. The record of 7,5 million of visitors per year makes this one of the most popular destinations in Europe (after London, Paris and Rome). In my previous post I…

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Barcelona for tourists

“There is no other place quite like Barcelona” – said Sheila, a Catalan in every sense of that word. I usually do not agree with such subjective statements, but Barca really is an exception. If I had to describe the city in two words they would be “life” and “colours”.…

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