Beverley in East Yorkshire

29 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Market Day © geograph.org.uk - Paul Allison/cc-by-sa-2.0

Market Day © geograph.org.uk – Paul Allison/cc-by-sa-2.0

Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. The town is noted for Beverley Minster, Beverley Westwood, North Bar (a 15th-century gate), Beverley Racecourse and the oldest grammar school in the country, Beverley Grammar School.   read more…

Theme Week Tel Aviv

29 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  14 minutes

Tel Aviv from Shalom Meir Tower © Shmuliko/cc-by-sa-3.0

Tel Aviv from Shalom Meir Tower © Shmuliko/cc-by-sa-3.0

Tel Aviv or Tel Aviv-Yafo is the most populous city in Israel and its capital, ahead of West Jerusalem, with a population of 414,600. It is located in central-west Israel, within the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area, Israel’s largest metropolitan area, containing 42% of Israel’s population. It is also the largest and most populous in Gush Dan, which is collectively home to 3,464,100 residents. Residents of Tel Aviv are referred to as Tel Avivim (singular: Tel Avivi). Tel Aviv is Israel’s de jure capital, de facto it is West Jerusalem, which, however, is only tolerated by the international community, but isn’t recognized as such.   read more…

Montabaur in Westerwald

28 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Kora27/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Kora27/cc-by-sa-3.0

Montabaur is a town and the district seat of the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate. At the same time, it is also the administrative centre of the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur – a kind of collective municipality – to which 24 other communities belong. The town is known throughout the country for its strikingly yellow castle and its InterCityExpress railway station on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. Montabaur lies in the Westerwald, roughly 20 km northeast of Koblenz. About 13,000 people live in the city, while the district is home to about 40,000.   read more…

Assisi in Umbria

27 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

The Basilica of San Francesco © Berthold Werner

The Basilica of San Francesco © Berthold Werner

Assisi is a town and comune of Italy in the province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio.   read more…

Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina

27 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  6 minutes

Battle of Sullivan's Island monument © Brian Stansberry/cc-by-3.0

Battle of Sullivan’s Island monument © Brian Stansberry/cc-by-3.0

Sullivan’s Island is an American town and island in Charleston County, South Carolina, at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, with a population was 1,900. The town has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km2), of which 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) (27.11%) is water. The Ben Sawyer Bridge connects Sullivan’s Island to Mount Pleasant. A bridge spanning Breach Inlet connects it to Isle of Palms. Sullivan’s Island is part of the Sea Islands.   read more…

Dar es Salaam in Tanzania

26 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Dhow seen off the coast of Dar es Salaam © SajjadF/cc-by-sa-3.0

Dhow seen off the coast of Dar es Salaam © SajjadF/cc-by-sa-3.0

Dar es Salaam, formerly Mzizima, is Tanzania‘s largest and richest city, the largest city in eastern Africa by population, and a regionally important economic centre. It is the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region administrative province and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: northern Kinondoni, central Ilala, and southern Temeke. The region had a population of 4,4 million. Although Dar es Salaam lost its status as the nation’s capital to Dodoma in 1974 (not completed until 1996), it remains the focus of the permanent central government bureaucracy. Dar es Salaam has heavy traffic during the daytime, but after sunset the area is relatively quiet as much of the city’s nightlife is located in more residential districts away from the city’s mainly commercial centre. The sprawling suburbs furthest from the city centre are generally populated by Tanzanians of African descent, with the exception of Oyster Bay, where there is a large population of foreign expatriates. The edges of Dar es Salaam are spreading rapidly, severely taxing the transportation network (which aside from ferries, lacks any kind of mass transit facilities) and raising the prospect of future urban overcrowding.   read more…

Theme Week Channel Islands – Herm

25 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Ferry approaching the Rosaire Landing © geograph.org.uk

Ferry approaching the Rosaire Landing © geograph.org.uk

Herm is the smallest of the Channel Islands that is open to the public and is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Cars are banned from the small island just like its Channel Island neighbour, Sark. Unlike Sark, bicycles are also banned. However, Herm does allow quad bikes and tractors for the locals.   read more…

Theme Week Macedonia – Kumanovo

25 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

City Square © MacedonianBoy/cc-by-sa-3.0

City Square © MacedonianBoy/cc-by-sa-3.0

Kumanovo is a city and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality which is the largest municipality in the country. Municipal institutions include a city council, mayor and other administrative bodies. Kumanovo is situated in the northeastern part of the Macedonia, near the capital city of Skopje and is surrounded by the Karadag part of Skopska Crna Gora mountain on its western side, Gradištanska mountain on its southern side, and Mangovica and German mountain on the Eastern side. Kumanovo has a temperate climate. Skopje “Alexander the Great” Airport also serves Kumanovo.   read more…

The Grand Canyon National Park

25 July 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  11 minutes

Grand Canyon Skywalk © Jonas.tesch/cc-by-sa-3.0

Grand Canyon Skywalk © Jonas.tesch/cc-by-sa-3.0

Grand Canyon National Park is the United States’ 15th oldest national park. The park is located in Arizona. The park’s central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. The park covers 1,217,262 acres (492,608 ha) of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties.   read more…

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