Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Mangalia

25 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Olimp © Barbugeorgemarian/cc-by-sa-4.0

Olimp © Barbugeorgemarian/cc-by-sa-4.0

Mangalia (Turkish: Mankalya), ancient Callatis (other historical names: Pangalia, Panglicara, Tomisovara), is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Saturn

24 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Visem/cc-by-sa-4.0

© Visem/cc-by-sa-4.0

Saturn is a seaside resort on the Romanian Black Sea coast. It is located one kilometer north of Mangalia and about 40 kilometers south of Constanța, near the Bulgarian border.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Eforie

23 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

© flickr.com - Anturaju Daniel/cc-by-2.0

© flickr.com – Anturaju Daniel/cc-by-2.0

Eforie (historical names (for Eforie Sud): Băile Movilă, Carmen-Sylva, Vasile Roaită) is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located about 14 km (8.7 mi) south of Constanța. Techirghiol Lake lies nearby.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Neptun

22 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© flickr.com – lucianf/cc-by-2.0

Neptun is a summer resort on the Romanian seacoast, on the Black Sea, six kilometres (3 1⁄2 miles) north of Mangalia. It is part of a string of such resorts, Olimp, Jupiter, Cap Aurora, and Venus.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Vama Veche

21 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Corsarul © kikiricky/cc-by-sa-3.0

Corsarul © kikiricky/cc-by-sa-3.0

Vama Veche (historical names: Ilanlâk, Ilanlâc, Turkish: Ilanlık) is a village in Constanţa County, Romania, on the Black Sea coast, near the border with Bulgaria, at 28.57 E longitude, 43.75 N latitude. It is part of the commune of Limanu and in 2002, it had a population of 178. Vama Veche administratively belongs to the commune Limanu. The town is located in Dobrogea, on the shore of the Black Sea, less than one kilometer from the border with Bulgaria.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera

20 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time:  5 minutes

Mamaia Beach © Razvan Socol/cc-by-sa-4.0

Mamaia Beach © Razvan Socol/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Romanian Black Sea resorts, or the Romanian Riviera, stretch along the Black Sea coast from the Danube Delta at the northern end down to the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the south, along 275 kilometers of coastline.   read more…

Theme Week Hawaii – Kauai

28 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

Keʻe Beach at Haʻena State Park from the Kalalau Trail © flickr.com - MattWright/cc-by-2.0

Keʻe Beach at Haʻena State Park from the Kalalau Trail © flickr.com – MattWright/cc-by-2.0

Kauaʻi, anglicized as Kauai, is one of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km²), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States. Kauaʻi lies 73 miles (117 km) northwest of Oʻahu, across the Kauaʻi Channel. The island’s 2020 population was 73,298. Styling itself the “Garden Isle”, Kauaʻi is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park and Na Pali Coast State Park. It forms the bulk of Kauai County, which also includes the small nearby islands of Kaʻula, Lehua, and Niʻihau.   read more…

Theme Week Hawaii – Lanai

27 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Hotel Lanai and Lanai City Grille © Mike Grant/cc-by-sa-4.0

Hotel Lanai and Lanai City Grille © Mike Grant/cc-by-sa-4.0

Lanai (Hawaiian: Lānaʻi) is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The island’s only settlement of note is the small town of Lanai City. The island is 98% owned by Larry Ellison, cofounder and chairman of Oracle Corporation; the remaining 2% is owned by the state of Hawaii or individual homeowners.   read more…

Theme Week Hawaii – The Big Island

26 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

Laʻaloa Bay in Kailua-Kona © Steevven1/cc-by-sa-4.0

Laʻaloa Bay in Kailua-Kona © Steevven1/cc-by-sa-4.0

Hawaii (Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi) is the largest island in the United States, located in the eponymous state of Hawaii. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of 4,028 square miles (10,430 km²), it has 63% of the Hawaiian archipelago‘s combined landmass. However, it has only 13% of the archipelago’s population. The island of Hawaiʻi is the third largest island in Polynesia, behind the north and south islands of New Zealand.   read more…

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