Sunshine Coast in Queensland

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

Mooloolaba © Bob Tan/cc-by-4.0

Mooloolaba © Bob Tan/cc-by-4.0

The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia. It is the district defined in 1967 as “the area contained in the Shires of Landsborough, Maroochy and Noosa, but excluding Bribie Island“. Located 100 km (62 mi) north of the centre of Brisbane in South East Queensland, on the Coral Sea coastline, its urban area spans approximately 60 km (37 mi) of coastline and hinterland from Pelican Waters to Tewantin.   read more…

Dublin Castle

14 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  4 minutes

Throne Room © Donaldytong/cc-by-sa-3.0

Throne Room © Donaldytong/cc-by-sa-3.0

Dublin Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a major Irish government complex, conference centre, and tourist attraction. It is located off Dame Street in central Dublin.   read more…

Chicken Kiev

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

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© flickr.com – Jason Lam/cc-by-sa-2.0

Chicken Kiev, also known as chicken à la Kyiv, is a dish made of chicken fillet pounded and rolled around cold butter, then coated with egg and bread crumbs, and either fried or baked. Since fillets are often referred to as suprêmes in professional cookery, the dish is also called “suprême de volaille à la Kiev”. Stuffed chicken breast is generally known in Russian and Ukrainian cuisines as côtelette de volaille. Though it has disputed origins, the dish is particularly popular in the post-Soviet states, as well as in several other countries of the former Eastern Bloc, and in the English-speaking world.   read more…

Albertinum in Dresden

12 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  9 minutes

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© Vitold Muratov/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Albertinum is a modern art museum. The sandstone-clad Renaissance Revival building is located on Brühl’s Terrace in the historic center of Dresden, Germany. It is named after King Albert of Saxony.   read more…

Saint-Maire Castle in Lausanne

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

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© 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…

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