Dumfries in Scotland

5 May 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

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High Street © panoramio.com – cisko66/cc-by-3.0

Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about 25 miles (40 km) by road from the Anglo-Scottish border and just 15 miles (24 km) away from Cumbria by air. Dumfries is the county town of the historic county of Dumfriesshire.   read more…

Cleveland in Ohio

4 May 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Cleveland Arcade © Richard A. Weaver/cc-by-sa-4.0

Cleveland Arcade © Richard A. Weaver/cc-by-sa-4.0

Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in Northeast Ohio along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the U.S. maritime border with Canada and lies approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of Pennsylvania.   read more…

Jizan in Saudi Arabia

3 May 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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Jazan collage © AliAlghamdi12/cc-by-sa-4.0

Jazan, also spelled Jizan, Gizan or Gazan, is a port city and the capital of Jizan Region, which lies in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia. Jazan City is situated on the coast of the Red Sea and serves a large agricultural heartland that has a population of 319,119 as of 2021 and over 1.5 million, within metropolitan area. As the city is the capital of the region, it has the regional airport as well as Jazan seaport. The area is noted for its high-quality production of tropical fruits like mango, figs, and papaya.   read more…

Hadar HaCarmel in Haifa

2 May 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  5 minutes

Central Hadar with Herzl Street © Orrling/cc-by-sa-3.0

Central Hadar with Herzl Street © Orrling/cc-by-sa-3.0

Hadar HaCarmel (lit. “Splendor of the Carmel” or simply known as the neighbourhood of Hadar) is a district of Haifa, Israel. Located on the northern slope of Mount Carmel between the upper and lower city overlooking the Port of Haifa and Haifa Bay, it was once the commercial center of Haifa.   read more…

The Viking Octantis

1 May 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© Shiphistory62/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Viking Octantis is a Polar Class 6 purpose-built expedition ship completed in December 2021 for Viking Expeditions Cruises, a subdivision of Viking Cruises. The ship has a capacity of 378 passengers with 189 staterooms. Named after the Sigma Octantis, the south star, the ship’s primary routes include Antarctica and the Great Lakes where the ship carries out scientific research during its cruises. The ship was joined by an identical sister ship Viking Polaris in fall of 2022.   read more…

South Carolina State House

1 May 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, House of the Month Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© HaloMasterMind/cc-by-sa-3.0

The South Carolina State House is the building housing the government of the U.S. state of South Carolina, which includes the South Carolina General Assembly and the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Located in the capital city of Columbia near the corner of Gervais and Assembly Streets, the building also housed the Supreme Court until 1971.   read more…

Havar Island in Croatia

1 May 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  7 minutes

Hvar Town © Bernard Gagnon/cc-by-sa-4.0

Hvar Town © Bernard Gagnon/cc-by-sa-4.0

Hvar is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of Brač, Vis and Korčula. Approximately 68 km (42.25 mi) long, with a high east–west ridge of Mesozoic limestone and dolomite, the island of Hvar is unusual in the area for having a large fertile coastal plain, and fresh water springs. Its hillsides are covered in pine forests, with vineyards, olive groves, fruit orchards and lavender fields in the agricultural areas. The climate is characterized by mild winters, and warm summers with many hours of sunshine. The island has 10,678 residents according to the 2021 census, making it the 4th most populated of the Croatian islands.   read more…

Pitigliano in Tuscany

30 April 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© davide.avesani.74/cc-by-sa-4.0

Pitigliano is a town in the province of Grosseto, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south-east of the city of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The quaint old town is known as the little Jerusalem, for the historical presence of a Jewish community that has always been well integrated into the social context and that has its own synagogue.   read more…

Theme Week New Zealand – Christchurch

29 April 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  11 minutes

New Regent Street © Bernard Spragg

New Regent Street © Bernard Spragg

Christchurch (Māori: Ōtautahi is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island’s east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River/Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city’s territorial authority population is 389,300 people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is 377,900 people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south.   read more…

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