Azulejos – a quintessential part of the Portuguese heritage There are few things more Portuguese than Azulejos – the traditional ceramic tiles all over the country. For centuries, the Portuguese have used tiles to decorate their churches, palaces, subway stations, private houses, or restaurants on the inside and outside walls. […]
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Gone are the days when summer used to be a part of our daily lives here in Berlin. I remember walking down Kastanienalee, watching the people at the buzzing cafes, soaking up the sun, slowly drinking their beers and ice lattes, and just living the typical summer dolce far niente […]
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There are a lot of legends and fairy tales surrounding Untersberg, the mythic mountain in Austria. Many of them refer to ancestral creatures – the dwarfs, small people with magical powers, the time-traveling phenomenon, and legendary emperors. I read some of them during my trip to Salzburg, trying to find […]
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