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Brewing up a hill

The competition organisers put on a couple of excursions which any competition participants could join if they wished.  The first…

beer, brewery, Norway, sunset, travel, Voss, Voss Brewery

Icy gorge

On another afternoon of Artistic flying competition, the group of Formation Skydiving judges went for a walk around the lake…

Bordalsgjelet, Europe, hike, ice, icy, MarchforEurope2017, Norway, travel, Voss, VossVInd, waterfall, waterfalls

Spring snow

My next trip to a European country was to Norway in April.  I was invited to judge the European Indoor…

EISC2018, Europe, Norway, travel, Voss, Vossvangen, VossVInd

Why is Sofia called Sofia?

As mentioned in my first post about Sofia, the city was originally called Serdica.  It lay on a much trafficked…

Bulgaria, church, church bell, coat of arms, Europe, MarchforEurope2017, Serdica, Sofia, St Sophia, travel

More walking around Sofia

After leaving the shopping centre, we walked a little further south to a spot from which you can see a…

Bulgaria, city, Europe, fountains, MarchforEurope, Mosque, Public baths, Rotunda of St George, Sofia, Synagogue, travel

Free Sofia Tour

This is not a tour to free a captive Sofia, rather it is a free walking tour around the city…

Bulgaria, church, city, Europe, Free Sofia Tour, MarchforEurope2017, Sofia, St Petka, Sveta Nedelya, travel

St Aleksander Nevsky Cathedral

The architect who build St Nicholas’ Russian Orthodox church was being supervised by A Smirnov, who was building the Aleksander…

Aleksander Nevsky, Bulgaria, cathedral, city, Europe, MarchforEurope2017, Sofia, St Aleksander Nevsky Cathedral, travel

St Nicholas

On my first walk out in the city, found the Russian Orthodox church of St Nicholas governed by the Moscow…

Bulgaria, church, gold roof, Russian Orthodox, snow, Sofia, St Nicholas, tiles, tiling, travel

Serdica

My visit to Malta in January this year was closely followed by a trip to Sofia in Bulgaria.  As the…

ancient Rome, Bulgaria, pre-historic, Roman remains, Serdica, Sofia, travel

Vinally Valletta

The last place I visited during my trip to Malta was the capital, Valletta.  It was in a bit of…

Basilica to our Lady of Mount Carmel, catheral, church, City of Culture, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Europe, European City of Culture, journalism, Malta, MarchforEurope2017, St Paul's Cathedral, travel, Valetta

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