Saint-Maire Castle in Lausanne

11 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Silin2005/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Silin2005/cc-by-sa-3.0

Château Saint-Maire (Saint-Maire Castle) is a castle in Lausanne, Switzerland, that serves as the seat of the cantonal government, the Council of State of Vaud. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.   read more…

Qaryat al-Faw in Saudi Arabia

10 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  7 minutes

Aerial_view_of_the_ruins of the suq (market) © Heritage Commission/cc-by-sa-4.0

Aerial view of the ruins of the suq (market) © Heritage Commission/cc-by-sa-4.0

Qaryat Al Faw was the capital of the first Kindah kingdom. It is located about 100 km south of Wadi ad-Dawasir, and about 700 km southwest of Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. The Al Faw archeological site reveals various features such as residential houses, markets, roads, cemeteries, temples, and water wells. It is home to a 1st century BC Old Arabic inscription written in the Ancient South Arabian script which is one of the oldest of its kind in South Arabia.   read more…

Bozeman in Montana

9 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Downtown © flickr.com - tyler craft/cc-by-2.0

Downtown © flickr.com – tyler craft/cc-by-2.0

Bozeman is a city in and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States. Located in southwest Montana, the 2020 census put Bozeman’s population at 53,293 making it the fourth-largest city in Montana. It is the principal city of the Bozeman, Montana, Micropolitan Statistical Area, consisting of all of Gallatin County with a population of 118,960. It is the fastest growing micropolitan statistical area in the United States in 2018, 2019 and 2020, as well as the second-largest of all Montana’s statistical areas.   read more…

Falster in Denmark

8 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Main street of Stubbekøbing © Wolfgang Sauber/cc-by-sa-3.0

Main street of Stubbekøbing © Wolfgang Sauber/cc-by-sa-3.0

Falster is an island in south-eastern Denmark with an area of 486.2 km² (187.7 sq mi) and 43,398 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010. Located in the Kattegat, Belts and Sound area, it is part of Region Zealand and is administered by Guldborgsund Municipality. Falster includes Denmark’s southernmost point, Gedser Odde, near Gedser.   read more…

First anniversary of Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel

7 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  14 minutes

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© Ecrusized/Rr016/cc-by-sa-4.0

On 7 October 2023, the paramilitary wings of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, and the DFLP launched a series of coordinated armed incursions into the Gaza envelope of neighboring Israeli territory, the first invasion of Israel since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. This incursion fell on the day of Simchat Torah, right after the festival of Sukkot, a Sabbath day. The attacks initiated the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, almost exactly 50 years after Operation Badr and the greater Yom Kippur War of 6 October 1973. Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups named the attacks Operation Al-Aqsa Flood (or Deluge), while in Israel they are referred to as Black Saturday or the Simchat Torah Massacre and internationally as the 7 October attack.   read more…

Waffles

6 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  17 minutes

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© Coffeelover/cc-by-sa-3.0

A waffle is a dish made from leavened batter or dough that is cooked between two plates that are patterned to give a characteristic size, shape, and surface impression. There are many variations based on the type of waffle iron and recipe used. Waffles are eaten throughout the world, particularly in Belgium, which has over a dozen regional varieties. Waffles may be made fresh or simply heated after having been commercially cooked and frozen.   read more…

Gateshead in North East England

5 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Gateshead Millennium Bridge between Newcastle (left) and Gateshead (right) © Christopher Down

Gateshead Millennium Bridge between Newcastle (left) and Gateshead (right) © Christopher Down

Gateshead is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne‘s southern bank. The town’s attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town’s southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The town shares the Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge and multiple other bridges with Newcastle upon Tyne.   read more…

Cinnamon Roll Day

4 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

© flickr.com - Eric Petruno/cc-by-sa-2.0

© flickr.com – Eric Petruno/cc-by-sa-2.0

Cinnamon Roll Day or Cinnamon Bun Day (Swedish: kanelbullens dag, Finnish: korvapuustipäivä) falls on 4 October each year. It is an annual theme day created for marketing purposes in Sweden and Finland that was instituted in 1999 by Kaeth Gardestedt. At the time, she was a project manager for Home Baking Council (Hembakningsrådet) which was historically a trade group supported by yeast, flour, sugar, and margarine manufacturers and is now supported by the Dansukker brand of sugar.   read more…

Rum Regatta

3 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Tall ships Reading Time:  7 minutes

© Ivo Schneider/cc-by-3.0

© Ivo Schneider/cc-by-3.0

The Rum Regatta (also spelled Rumregatta, Danish: Romregatta) is the largest gaff-rigged sailing meeting in Northern Europe. Since 1980, every year on the weekend after Ascension Day, well over 100 participating ships meet on the Flensburg Inner Fjord for a regatta that is more reminiscent of a “unserious squadron trip”.   read more…

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