Pears Jewish Campus in Berlin

7 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Berlin Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© Fridolin freudenfett/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Pears Jewish Campus is a Jewish educational and community center in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin‘s Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough. It is located directly next to the Chabad Berlin Jewish Education Center, run by the Chabad Lubavitch Jewish community, which also commissioned the building. It opened in 2023.   read more…

Hotel Waldhaus Sils

6 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Hotels Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© Parpan05/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Hotel Waldhaus is a historic hotel in Sils-Maria in the Upper Engadine region of Grisons, Switzerland. It is one of the few five-star hotels in Switzerland that has been owned by the same family since its opening.   read more…

University of Naples “L’Orientale”

5 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© unior.it

The University of Naples “L’Orientale” (Italian: Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”) is a university located in Naples, Campania, Italy. Founded in 1732 by Matteo Ripa, it is the oldest school of Sinology and Oriental Studies of the European continent. It is organized in three departments, and is the main university in Italy specializing in the study of non-European languages and cultures, with research and studies agreements with universities all over the world. It is one of the top universities in the world regarding Asian cultures and languages.   read more…

Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles

4 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Greater Los Angeles Area Reading Time:  6 minutes

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Sherman Oaks Galleria © panoramio.com – Clotee Pridgen Alloc…/cc-by-sa-3.0

Sherman Oaks (founded in 1927) is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, within the San Fernando Valley region. The neighborhood includes a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, which gives Sherman Oaks a lower population density than some other areas in Los Angeles.   read more…

Kaiserkeller in Hamburg

3 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Hamburg Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© Elwedritsch/cc-by-sa-3.0

Kaiserkeller is a music club in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg, Germany, near the Reeperbahn. It was opened by Bruno Koschmider on 14 October 1959. The Beatles had a contract with Kaiserkeller to play there in 1960. Today the Kaiserkeller is an alternative Rock Club that belongs to the “Große Freiheit 36“.   read more…

Pavlova

2 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© Chris Olszewski/cc-by-sa-4.0

Pavlova is a meringue-based dessert. Originating in either Australia or New Zealand in the early 20th century, it was named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. Taking the form of a cake-like circular block of baked meringue, pavlova has a crisp crust and soft, light inside. The confection is usually topped with fruit and whipped cream.   read more…

The Golden Horizon

1 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: Tall ships, Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  6 minutes

The Golden Horizon at Brodosplit Shipyard in Split © Ballota/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Golden Horizon at Brodosplit Shipyard in Split © Ballota/cc-by-sa-4.0

SV Golden Horizon is a steel-hulled five-masted barque rigged tall ship which is intended to serve as a cruise ship, but has almost never seen active service. Originally named Flying Clipper, the luxury vessel was designed by Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń, for Star Clippers Ltd. of Sweden, and built by the Brodosplit Shipyard in Split, Croatia. She is the largest sailing ship ever launched. Her design was based on France II, a famous French five-mast cargo windjammer built in 1911.   read more…

Portcullis House in London

1 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, House of the Month, London Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© Sunil060902/cc-by-sa-3.0

Portcullis House (PCH) is an office building in Westminster, London, England, that was commissioned in 1992 and opened in 2001 to provide offices for 213 members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and their staff. The public entrance is on the Embankment. Part of the Parliamentary Estate, the building augments limited space in the Palace of Westminster and surroundings.   read more…

Long-distance trail Pacific Crest Trail in the United States

1 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon voyage Reading Time:  6 minutes

Crater Lake National Park and Wizard Island © panoramio.com - Pavel Špindler/cc-by-3.0

Crater Lake National Park and Wizard Island © panoramio.com – Pavel Špindler/cc-by-3.0

The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, which lie 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 km) east of the U.S. Pacific coast. The trail’s southern terminus is next to the Mexico–United States border, just south of Campo, California, and its northern terminus is on the Canada–US border, upon which it continues unofficially to the Windy Joe Trail within Manning Park in British Columbia; it passes through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington.   read more…

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