If you’re from the UK, you’ll know that this Sunday 8 November 2009 is Remembrance Sunday, when we honour and remember the living and dead who fought for Britain in both the First and Second world wars as well as more recent conflicts such as Korea, The Falklands, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq. Because the First [...]
Concentration camps are not fun places to visit while on vacation. They are interesting. They are educational. They are depressing. They are not fun. And I have now visited two of them since moving to Europe. Gross-Rosen in Poland, and now Dachau in Germany. I was prepared this time. I was prepared for the “ARBEIT [...]
The beautiful Estonian capital of Tallinn has long been one of my favourite cities, and I’ve just come across a reason to return for my third visit: the Kalev Chocolate Museum. Open in the inner city since 2003, the museum documents the history of the Kalev sweets manufacturers since 1806, and since that time includes [...]
Last week I wrote about the Lotrščak Tower in Zagreb. Today, I’m writing about another local landmark situated just a few paces from the tower, the Stone Gate. Locally known as Kamenita Vrata, this is the only surviving medieval town gate in Zagreb. It was once part of the old city walls, connecting the Upper [...]
