Oct12
Published by Asya in Arts, Cultural, Europe, History, Hungary, Museums, Urban Tourism, Walking
The Museum of Applied Arts contains one of Budapest’s most interesting art collections. The
Museum was the third museum to be built in Europe after fellow institutions in
London (1857) and
Vienna (1864). This beautiful building was designed by Odön Lechner and completed in 1896. It houses a number of interesting exhibitions with a permanent display of arts and crafts and furniture in the upstairs area.
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Oct11
Published by Asya in Asia, Cultural, History, Japan, Parks, Relaxing, Walking
“Hida Folk Village” is an open air museum and site area is an approximately 99,000 sq. m. It exhibits about 30 typical farmhouses and buildings, including a few “
gassho-zukuri” traditional Japanese homes built with steeply pitched thatched roofs, from the Hida region, the mountainous district of Gifu Prefecture around Takayama. About 30 old private houses with sloped- and thatched-roof houses which bore the heavy snowfall were reconstructed in the village. This village was created by moving old folk and farming homes from various villages and the nearby
Shirakawa-Go region to one particular place.
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Oct11
Published by Asya in Bulgaria, Europe, Hiking, History, Monuments, Walking
Aladzha monastery is the most famous medieval rock monastery on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The archeological finds and dating of the murals survived in the chapel show that the monastery flourished in the period of the
Second Bulgarian State, 13th-14th C. The monastery has been attracting many explorers and visitors due to its beautiful woodland location 14 km from
Varna.
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Oct04
Published by misha in Adventure, Africa, Eritrea, History, Photos, Sightseeings, Swimming, Walking

Eritrea is a country once been an Italian colony, isolated for years because of the history bloody conflict. If you have plans to spend your vacation there, remember it will be like a vintage shop.
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Sep27
Published by Asya in Arts, Bulgaria, Cultural, Europe, History, Monuments, Museums, Relaxing, Urban Tourism, Walking
Djumaya (Friday) Mosque
Is an active Muslim temple, known also as Ulu (”main”) Djumaya Mosque. As legend goes, the last name is dated back to the time when the Ottomans conquered Plovdiv in 1371. The Muslim temple was built in the place of an Orthodox cathedral from the 13th c., dedicated to Saint Petka ( Paraskeva). Djumaya Mosque is the second biggest Muslim building within the boundaries of today’s Bulgaria, having build-up area of about 1500 sq.m.
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Sep25
Published by misha in Events, History, Museums, North America, Parks, Photos, United States of America

If you want to examine the human history into upward spiral, head to the new California Academy of Science located in Golden Gate Park. Designed by Mr. Piano, the academy has astonishing floating green roof of undulating mounds of plants.
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Sep14
Published by Asya in Arts, Chillin, Cultural, Europe, France, History, Netherlands, Parks, Relaxing, United Kingdom, Walking
We present you a four of free access gardens in Europe - in Scotland, Netherlands and of course France. Rest awhile!
We start with a Villandy Gardens, France - a voyage into the symbolism and romance. The unique gardens of Villandry are among the most fascinating gardens of France and of the World. Villandry’s Ornamental Gardens, water Garden, Herb Garden, and kitchen Garden have an international fame…

The gardens of Villandry comprise three tiers of terracing. The lowest level, in the Louis XIV style, takes the form of a rectangle of slightly irregular shape surrounding on three sides the two higher tiers of gardens. It is devoted to vegetables and has 9 square sections divided into beds of various colored plants, surrounded by box hedges and hardy plants.
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