Pissaladière

16 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, French Riviera, Bon appétit Reading Time:  3 minutes

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© Arnaud 25/cc-by-sa-4.0

Pissaladière (Niçard: pissaladiera or pissaladina; Ligurian: piscialandrea or sardenaira) is a dish of flatbread with toppings from the region of Provence and the French city of Nice. It is often compared to pizza. The dough is usually a bread dough thicker than that of the classic pizza Margherita, and the traditional topping in Nice usually consists of caramelised (almost pureed) onions, black olives (generally caillettes) and anchovies (whole, and sometimes also with pissalat, a type of anchovy paste).   read more…

Poltava in Ukraine

15 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  11 minutes

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Kruhla Square © Максим Бондаревский/cc-by-sa-4.0

Poltava is a city located on the Vorskla River in Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Poltava urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Poltava has a population of 279,593 (2022 estimate).   read more…

Hotel Suisse in Sri Lanka

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

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© Chcdavid/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Hotel Suisse is a 4-star heritage hotel located in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The building was originally the residence of Pilimatala Gabada Nilame, the Chief Minister of the Royal Granary, and was built in the 17th century. It was located on Migon Aramba, ‘the place where the King’s buffaloes grazed’.   read more…

Kremenchuk in Ukraine

13 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  11 minutes

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Dnieper River © flickr.com – Ilya/cc-by-sa-2.0

Kremenchuk is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnieper River. The city serves as the administrative center of Kremenchuk Raion and Kremenchuk urban hromada within Poltava Oblast. Its population is approximately 215,271 (2022 estimate), ranking 31st in Ukraine. In 2001, the Ukrainian government included the city in the list of historical settlements.   read more…

The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo

12 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Hotels Reading Time:  7 minutes

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The Big Texan Steak Ranch © Mathieu BROSSAIS/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Big Texan Steak Ranch is a large steakhouse restaurant and motel located in Amarillo, Texas. It is a roadside attraction known for competitive eating. The restaurant opened in 1960 and was originally located on Route 66. It relocated to its present location on an Interstate 40 frontage road in 1970. The building is painted a bright yellow, with blue trim. A large bull statue advertises their “free” 72 ounce steak eating challenge.   read more…

Pokrovsk in Ukraine

11 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

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Cinema “Mir” © Artemco/cc-by-sa-4.0

Pokrovsk, formerly known as Krasnoarmiisk (until 2016) and Grishino (until 1934), is a city and the administrative center of Pokrovsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located 56 kilometres (35 mi) northwest of Donetsk. Prior to 2020, it was incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Its population was approximately 60,127 (2022 estimate). Due to residents’ relocation during the Pokrovsk offensive by Russia, the population declined to around 7,000 as of January 2025 and less than 1,500 by late July 2025. In early November the city was reported to be a battlefront of the ongoing war.   read more…

Mercado do Bolhão, Porto’s historic market

10 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© Petnog/cc-by-sa-4.0

Bolhão Market is one of the most emblematic markets in the city of Porto, Portugal. Its construction is characterized by its monumentality, typical of neoclassical architecture. The vendors in the market are distributed across two floors. There are four main entrances at different levels: the south entrance provides access to the ground floor via Rua Formosa; the side entrances via Rua de Sá da Bandeira and Rua Alexandre Braga provide access to an intermediate level with staircases connecting both floors; and finally, the north entrance via Rua de Fernandes Tomás provides direct access to the upper floor.   read more…

Balfour Declaration

9 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  9 minutes

Balfour Declaration © British Library

Balfour Declaration © British Library

The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population. The declaration was contained in a letter dated 2 November 1917 from Arthur Balfour, the British foreign secretary, to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. The text of the declaration was published in the press on 9 November 1917.   read more…

Potsdam Synagogue Center

9 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

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© Lichterfelder/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Potsdam Synagogue Center is a building in Potsdam‘s city center for the local Jewish community. It is located at Schloßstraße 8, opposite the Film Museum. Following the Small Synagogue of the European Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Potsdam’s New Palace, which opened in August 2021, this is the second new Jewish house of worship in Brandenburg’s state capital since the Shoah.   read more…

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