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More walking around Sofia

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

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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

Exploring Victoria

Across the way from Ggantija is a windmill, also a tourist site.  In order to catch my bus (which runs … More

Europe, Gozo, Malta, MarchforEurope2017, Rabat, St Francis, travel, Victoria, Windmill

The other island

Gozo is often referred to as the ‘other’ island in the state of Malta (alongside the island of Malta), although … More

cave, Comino, Ggantija, Gozo, Malta, prehistoric, Ta Ghejzu, temples, travel, UNESCO, World Heritage

Mdina

As explained before, it is sometimes difficult to work out where one city ends and another begins.  Rabat Mdina are … More

architecture, city, Malta, Mdina, St Dorothy, St Paul's Cathedral, travel

Catacombs

I only had time to visit one of the three Heritage Malta sites in Rabat, having only arrived there around … More

burial, Malta, Rabat, skeleton, St Paul's Catacombs, travel

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