Balkan Travel: Sarajevo's living history

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Published: Saturday, 22 June 2013 09:59

Written by Otilia Lefter

Besides the busy avenues crowded with tourists and attractions, Sarajevo's suburbs hide an intense history that shaped its international fame. I dedicate this second part of our story to the Bosnian War of Independence, with it's devastating Siege on Sarajevo, and the scars it left behind. About 20 years ago, the life of its

Balkan Travel: Our experience in Sarajevo

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Published: Friday, 21 June 2013 17:47

Written by Otilia Lefter

 While we were hitchhiking in Bosnia, we found diversity everywhere we went. We were amazed and intrigued by the contrast between the colorful touristic center of Sarajevo, dynamic Balkan music, busy night life and the dark history of war behind it.

Take a coin, throw it in the air, and tell me what side it's facing you

10 things you didn't know about Venice: the Casino for free, the canals and more

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Published: Wednesday, 12 June 2013 15:40

Written by Davide Vadalà

Venice is one of my favourite cities, and that's probably not that uncommon. What I like the most of Venice is not only the amazing architecture, the canals, the unusual, unique, decadent look: it's the silence. You wouldn't believe it since it's crowded with tourists, but the silence that you can experience in Venice, won't greet

954 days, 34 000 km and 23 countries in 46 photos: my amazing travel around Europe, without flying

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Published: Thursday, 16 May 2013 18:05

Written by Davide Vadalà

This is the story of my 954 days amazing travel around Europe without flying. A long trip that ended in April 2013 when I had to take a plane from Romania to Italy because of my unstable health condition. [If you are in a hurry, skip the text and go directly to the travel photos] Before that moment, it was August 2010 when I took

Bone Church in Kutna Hora, visit the Sedlec Ossuary

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Published: Saturday, 26 January 2013 22:36

Written by Davide Vadalà

Macabre art at the Sedlec OssuaryThe Bone Church in Kutna Hora, also known as the Sedlec Ossuary from the district of the same name, is something that leaves you speechless: decorated with the bones of over 40 000 human skeletons, it leaves you mixed feelings: it's the guilt of artistically enjoying dead bodies, something that it's usually seen only as pain and

How to get 50% discount at the entrance ticket of the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia

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Published: Sunday, 05 August 2012 11:29

Written by Davide Vadalà

If you are planning to visit soon Valencia, or you are already there, you shouldn't miss the opportunity to have 50% discount at the entrance of the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia (Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias)! It's actually not a 50% discount, but a 2x1, buy two-pay one, on every kind of ticket except temporary