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aubazine monastery in correze, france

An aerial view of the village of Aubazine and its buildings (thumb) We decided to visit the monastery at Aubazine, and ended up staying to hear an hour-long guided tour. The building was absolutely gorgeous – the monastery dates back to the 11th century and connects to a large church right next to it. There was a really cool stairway that leads from the second floor of the monastery into the church, which [...]

Haussmann-free Paris

 (thumb) In the mid-nineteenth century, Napoleon III commissioned Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann to rebuild Paris for the modern era. Up until this point, Paris had been much like other European cities: dirty, dark, disorderly, and in grave danger of fire or plague. But Haussmann changed all that — he swept away most of the teetering medieval [...]

Sites and Sounds: Bucharest

This is from a trip to Bucharest, Romania. Not exactly the most picturesque city in the World, yet still striking by virtue of its history (Ceau?escu), its people and its new found status as one of the recent entrants into the EU.

Mountains...oh how nice (part 1)

 (thumb) Mountains, I forgot about them. China's natural defensive against the marauding Moguls. They are also good for keeping heavy tricycles at bay too. Pathetic progress is all I can say. A magnificent 28km. Not even a nice round 30. Never mind, the more I eat the lighter the load becomes.I saw the great wall, the sections that seemed to [...]

la sagrada familia

This is the famous Gaudi cathedral located in the heart of Barcelona. It has been under construction for a really long time and has yet to be completed. Even though it is still unfinished, you cannot visit Barcelona and not visit the Sagrada Familia. It was Gaudi's brainchild, but he died before its completion. The images and architecture are [...]

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