The Museum of Socialist Art is one of the latest addition to the Bulgarian capital’s culture scene. It was officially inaugurated in September 2011 and generated quite a buzz. Although this small museum, dedicated to the artistic movement known as ...
A few months ago, before I even considered visiting Naples, I read somewhere that if Naples wan’t the least European city in Europe, at least it was the least Italian in Italy. I can totally understand now where that comment ...
Rumor has it that Doña María Josefa, Duchess of Osuna, was quite an oddball, willing to do anything to keep the members of the royalty amused. She went as far as to purchase some land on the outskirts of Madrid ...
Somebody once said that the deepest conversations between friends take place in total silence, and Lisbon is a true expert in silence. The portuguese tranqüilidade is probably one of the traits that differentiate Portuguese from their neighbors to the east. ...
Sighisoara is one of the seven fortified Saxon cities of Transylvania, together with Brasov (Kronstadt), Cluj (Klausenburg), Sibiu (Hermannstadt), Bistrita (Bistritz), Medias (Mediasch) and Sebes (Mühlbach). Did you know about the history of the Pied Piper of Hamelin? In short ...
Lisbon’s topography makes the Portuguese capital a city developer’s worst nightmare. Historically, its steep and rugged terrain has been one of the main drawbacks to plan an efficient road network and interconnect the various districts of the old town. This ...
Goethe described Prague as “the most precious of the jewels in the crown of cities”. I can assure you I don’t intend to disagree with the German poet. I fell in love Prague the first time I saw a picture ...
I arrived in Thessaloniki in the afternoon after spending a couple of days in Skopje. I had very little time to see the city, so I couldn’t really do much. Basically I just grabbed my camera and walked from the ...
Covering a vast area of central Istanbul, the Kapali Çarsi (kah-pah-looh char-shoo), “Covered Market” or Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar is the world’s oldest mall. During Byzantine times, the place where the Grand Bazaar stands was occupied by a large market that ...
Madrid is a city of summer showers and unpredictable autumns and springs, a place to have an umbrella at hand at all times. Having rain falling on our perfect weekend getaway is not a nice thing, so I put together ...
