Visited Spain during holiday time to warm up a bit, venturing into a new area of central Spain that I haven’t been to yet. While visiting Madrid, I took a quick daytrip to Toledo without doing any prior homework, and
Museum of World Religions : Taipei
If the Puppetry Museum and the Museum of Drinking Water didn’t convince you there are lots of great little museums across Taipei, perhaps this one will – the Museum of World Religions. In my last visit to Taipei I made
Berati–White City : Bektashism Tekke – Shabbatai Zvi
Our explorations of the Balkan religions somehow always seemed to revolve around the topic of the exotic Bektashim religion and finally brought us to a tiny hidden gem in the outskirts of Alabnia, a town called Berat (or Berati). Generally
Kruja’s Dollma Teqe : Albania
This post is a wrap up of my visit to Albania’s little town of Kruja. So far, I’ve mentioned Kruja’s old bazaar, the Kruje Castle and Skanderbeg National Museum and the terrific little National Ethnographic Museum. Still, there’s one little
Istanbul’s Blue Sultan Ahmed Mosque and Hagia Sophia Ayasofya
The Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, located at Istanbul’s old city and within walking distance from one another, are gorgeous landmarks of Turkish history and architecture. Wikipedia writes about the Blue (Sultan Ahmed) Mosque : The Sultan Ahmed Mosque
India – Day 8 – Delhi – National Museum, India Gate, Purana Qila, Humayun Tomb
Although Delhi’s Paharganj area was testing my backpacking travel skills in ways I wasn’t expecting, I sucked it all up and made my way to visit the Delhi main tourist attraction sites. There are some magnificent historical monuments in Delhi