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Croatia: Dubrovnik, the pearl of the Adriatic(0)

August 14, 2011

If you are in a hurry, you can see Dubrovnik in 30 minutes and check it off your UNESCO World Heritage sites on top of that. That’s how long it takes to walk at a leisurely pace the 400 meters of its main street, the Stradun, from the Pile to the Ploce city gates – [...]

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Estonia: a frightening experience in Tallinn’s KUMU museum

The KUMU contemporary art museum in Tallinn, Estonia, is one of those iconic buildings you don’t forget:  clean lines, generous spaces, windows that catch as much light as possible.  No wonder Finnish architect Pekka Vapaavuori’s design won the prestigious European Museum of the Year Award in 2008.  So whenever I visit Tallinn, I always make [...]

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Japan: Endless views of Mt. Fuji

Fuji-san (as the Japanese reverently refer to their iconic highest mountain) is like a little child – it demands attention:  I am here, I want you to look at me, pay attention to me, to my moods, to my cloud hat, to the sun’s rays as they caress my cake-frosting top, to the wind as [...]

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Japan: Totorri sand dunes

When you think of Japan, sand dunes and beaches are not the first thing that come to mind.  And yet, they do exist!  Tottori, a small city on the West Coast, can boast to being the home to Japan’s largest sand dunes, stretching an impressive 10 km along the coast, at times up to 2 [...]

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