May 07, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 12: Siklós - Szigetvár (Magyarország…

This ambiguity with regard to the Turkish occupiers is also indicative of the rest of the city, it appears. The museum in the castle can certainly not be blamed…

by bjornroose

April 27, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 11: Osijek - part 1

Our last day of traveling in Croatia - from tomorrow on we cross the border with Hungary - we start in the city where we are staying: Osijek. Our tourist guide…

by bjornroose

April 20, 2020

Croatian Diary - August 9: Daruvar - Slavonski Brod

Time to drive back to Osijek, but not before we hit the destination we had to drop yesterday: Slavonski Brod. This city was built on the site of the Roman…

by bjornroose

Oct. 31, 2019

Fortress

Another sight you’ll see when traveling on the bumpy dirt road on past Owl Creek Pass to Silver Jack Reservoir. The massive rock formations in this area are…

by lookagain

Oct. 15, 2019

Würzburg (Deutschland/Germany) - Marienberg - part 1

It's close to unbelievable, but this posting is the first one of the last series of photos I have from my summer holidays. That is ... the summer holidays of…

by bjornroose

Oct. 02, 2019

Salzburg (Österreich/Austria) - Festung Hohensalzburg

What's a city without a castle ? Not very old and probably not part of the Old Continent. Well, Salzburg is old and Austria is part of the Old Continent, so…

by bjornroose

March 26, 2019

Halsteren (The Netherlands) - part 1

Halsteren is a village - nowadays part of Bergen op Zoom (see here and here) - in the Dutch province North Brabant. That's about everything you'll find about…

by bjornroose

Dec. 01, 2018

Eben-Emael (Wallonia) - 2016

One more borderline case. Until 1963 it was Flemish, then, by a typical belgian thingy, it became Walloon. I will not dive in that history here, especially…

by bjornroose

July 07, 2018

The 900 Year Old Hohensalzburg Fortress of Salzburg

A spectacular view of Salzburg and the surrounding Austrian Alps from the top of the largest fully preserved medival castles in Europe, The Hohensalzburg…

by rtkumar

June 28, 2018

Clouds over Guaita tower

by burbulz

March 25, 2018

STORY OF LIVES: CANAKKALE

Canakkale has a lot to say in the history of world. From Agamemnon to Ottoman, it has been a beautiful fortress for all. My first stop was in Gelibolu, where…

by bidebencekimmi

Feb. 12, 2018

GEORGIA TRIP DIARY – DAY 5 – HEADING TO KAZBEGI – PUPPY AND…

♫♫ Merle Haggard ~ "Bobby Wants A Puppy Dog"♫♫ My Puppy Loves Flowers By Bruce Lansky My puppy’s in the garden. He loves to smell the flowers. To help…

by angil

Nov. 25, 2017

Scarborough Castle

Scarborough Castle is a former medieval Royal fortress situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the North Sea and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.

by tomsphotos

Nov. 21, 2017

Somewhere

by hipsterska

Aug. 26, 2017

Liloan's Watchtower (Bantayan sa Hari)

Liloan’s Bantayan sa Hari, a forgotten historical treasure that is located few meters away from the lighthouse, I had a hard time going to where it was located…

by cebulocalwarrior

June 29, 2017

Brick by Brick

by mszazie

Feb. 09, 2017

Lovely Bulgarian countryside... - 2014

We like to explore little "out-of-the-way" roads and tracks in Bulgaria, because you never know what you'll find...

by steveandjustyna

Sept. 14, 2016

Fortified Walls of Smolensk

by openbelarus

July 24, 2016

En route to Quiberon, Bretagne

As my friend had been attending a wedding, she had not seen much of the ocean so we set out for a coastal drive along the Baie de Morbihan towards Quiberon.

by granabby

March 20, 2014

Montdauphin

by henri05