Monastiraki in Athens

17 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon voyage, Bon appétit Reading Time:  3 minutes

Athens Flea Market sign © panoramio.com - Robert Freeman/cc-by-sa-3.0

Athens Flea Market sign © panoramio.com – Robert Freeman/cc-by-sa-3.0

Monastiraki (Greek: Monastiráki, literally little monastery) is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, and is one of the main shopping districts in Athens. The area is home to clothing boutiques, souvenir shops and specialty stores, and is a major tourist attraction in Athens and Attica for bargain shopping.   read more…

Paris Métro entrances by Hector Guimard

16 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Architecture, Paris / Île-de-France Reading Time:  8 minutes

Porte Dauphine station © Unuplusunu/cc-by-sa-3.0

Porte Dauphine station © Unuplusunu/cc-by-sa-3.0

Between 1900 and 1913, Hector Guimard was responsible for the first generation of entrances to the underground stations of the Paris Métro. His Art Nouveau designs in cast iron and glass dating mostly to 1900, and the associated lettering that he also designed, created what became known as the Métro style (style Métro) and popularized Art Nouveau. However, arbiters of style were scandalized and the public was also less enamored of his more elaborate entrances. In 1904 his design for the Opéra station at Place de l’Opéra was rejected and his association with the Métro ended; many of his station entrances have been demolished, including all three of the pavilion type (at Bastille and on Avenue de Wagram at Étoile). Those that remain are now all protected historical monuments, one has been reconstituted, and some originals and replicas also survive outside France.   read more…

Cavtat in Dalmatia

15 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Bracodbk/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Bracodbk/cc-by-sa-3.0

Cavtat (Italian: Ragusa Vecchia, lit.: ’Old Ragusa‘) is a village in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia. It is on the Adriatic Sea coast 15 kilometres (9 miles) south of Dubrovnik and is the centre and the main settlement of Konavle municipality.   read more…

Srebrenica genocide

14 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial And The Cemetery For The Victims Of The Genocide © deni beli/cc-by-sa-4.0

Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial And The Cemetery For The Victims Of The Genocide © deni beli/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Srebrenica massacre, also known as the Srebrenica genocide, was the July 1995 genocidal killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys in and around the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. It was mainly perpetrated by units of the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska under Ratko Mladić, though the Serb paramilitary unit Scorpions also participated. The massacre constitutes the first legally recognised genocide in Europe since the end of World War II.   read more…

Canelés of Bordeaux

13 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© Roboppy/cc-by-sa-2.5

A canelé is a small French pastry flavoured with rum and vanilla, having a soft and tender custard centre and a dark, thick, caramelized crust. It takes the form of a small, striated cylinder up to five centimetres in height, with a depression at the top. A specialty of the region around Bordeaux in southwestern France, today it is widely available in pâtisseries in France and abroad.   read more…

UEFA Women’s Euro 2025: The venues

12 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Sport Reading Time:  10 minutes

© UEFA

© UEFA

The 2025 UEFA Women’s Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 or simply Euro 2025, is the 14th edition of the UEFA Women’s Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women’s national teams of Europe. The tournament is being played in Switzerland from 2 to 27 July 2025. It is the third edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. The tournament has returned to its usual four-year cycle after the previous tournament was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. England are the defending champions, having won the 2022 tournament.   read more…

Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok, the world’s largest and most diverse weekend market

11 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon voyage, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

Chatuchak Clock Tower © flickr.com - Thomas Woodtli/cc-by-sa-2.0

Chatuchak Clock Tower © flickr.com – Thomas Woodtli/cc-by-sa-2.0

The Chatuchak Weekend Market (Thai: Talatnat Chatuchak), on Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, is the largest market in Thailand. Also known as JJ Market, it has more than 15,000 stalls and 11,505 vendors (2019), divided into 27 sections. Chatuchak Market sells many different kinds of goods, including plants, antiques, consumer electronics, cosmetics, pets, fresh and dry food and drinks, ceramics, furniture and home accessories, clothing, and books.   read more…

Athens Central Market

10 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon voyage, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

© C messier/cc-by-sa-4.0

© C messier/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Athens Market Hall (Greek: Dimotikí Agorá Athinón; colloquially also Varvakios Market) is the municipal market hall in the center of Athens, located at 42 Athena Street. Meat is sold in the surrounding aisles (the covered alleys of Armodiou, Aristogitonos, and Filopimenos), fish in the central hall, and nuts, dried fruit, and spices in the shops facing the facade. Opposite is the fruit and vegetable market. Spices, pulses, sausages, cheese, regional specialties, and household goods are also sold there and in the surrounding streets.   read more…

Royal Palace House in the Woods in The Hague

9 July 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  7 minutes

© Ruben de Rijcke/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Ruben de Rijcke/cc-by-sa-3.0

Huis ten Bosch (Dutch: Paleis Huis ten Bosch; English: House in the Woods) is a royal palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It is one of three official residences of the Dutch monarch; the two others being the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.   read more…

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