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Most people skip the mouthful of words that is Bosnia & Herzegovina, instead going for the shortened form of Bosnia. The two territories have had an on again/off again relationship over the past thousand years, sometimes grouped together sometimes not. Since gaining their independence from the former Yugoslavia the two have forged a permanent bond [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 23, 2010
This is probably going to make me sound like a travel agent, but Slovenia is like a tiny best of Europe package deal. At the center you have, Ljubljana, the cutest city ever. Head South and you can absorb Balkan culture and strange Karst landscapes. Go west towards the Adriatic and you might as well [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 17, 2010
After a lovely week in Bosnia I took the bus down to Montenegro, one of the world’s newest countries. We headed straight for the stunning Adriatic coast and the charming town of Budva. Tiny Montenegro has been an independent country for less that four years. It was the last of the former Yugoslavian nations to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 4, 2009
Mountain Fortress at Kotor, originally uploaded by StephYo. This mountain fortress in the coastal Montenegro town of Kotor is over 1000 years old and has never been conquered. It’s easy to see why, it is one imposing fort, with stone walls winding up and down the rocky passes. For 2 euros you can climb it [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 20, 2009
Temple of Debod, originally uploaded by StephYo. Did you know that there is an Egyptian Temple in the center of Madrid? The Temple of Debod was given as a gift to the people of Spain by the Egyptian Government in 1968 as a thank you for their involvement in saving archeological treasures from flooding. The [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Yellowstone, with it’s rainbow of hot springs, sputtering geysers and steaming charred earth is the strangest place I’ve ever been. The entire park is actually situated over a giant supervolcano, which is the cause of the zany geothermal phenomenon that dot the area. It’s also a place of great natural beauty, beautiful lakes, rivers and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Neptune Fountain, originally uploaded by StephYo. The Fountain of Neptune in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence. It’s funny how just a slight change of angle can make even the most photographed tourist spots look new and cheeky. Bad pun intended. (Do you have a photo you’d like to see featured here? Email me at [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 3, 2009
After Sunday’s post I realized that I had a lot more Iceland pictures I wanted to share with you. Over the course of 10 days I took almost a thousand pictures, here are my favorites: The Blue Lagoon outside of Reykjavik. The water comes from a nearby geothermal power plant, is steaming hot and leaves [...]
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Sunday, May 16, 2010
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