Turku was my final stop in Finland, before heading back to Helsinki to catch my flight back. When I was visiting there was some major event with a big music festival, and the city was very lively. Didn’t have much
Technion campus tour : Haifa, Israel
Technion is a university in northern Israel at the city of Haifa. It’s considered the regional MIT, of sorts, focusing mainly on engineering, technology, and exact sciences, though also accommodating other fields, like business/economics. I recently visited the Technion for
Old Melbourne Gaol
In my last visit to Melbourne I tried to see some of the local attractions, and one of the more interesting ones was the Old Melbourne Gaol, built in 19th century and active until 1929, holding some of Australia’s most
Chitwan National Park & Bharatpur : Nepal
I flew in to Nepal on a last minute unplanned Christmas getaway from Hong Kong, without any planned. Winged it, completely, so wasn’t really sure what I’d find, and how things would work out. From Kathmandu, I made my way
Andre Reiu live performance 2017 : Lodz
If you tell someone you’re from Maastricht and they’ve heard of Maastricht before, then it’s probably because of Andre Reiu, Maastricht’ local export and pride, roaming around the world with his orchestra bringing popular folk and classical music to the
Walking tour around Bristol : England
Had the pleasure of visiting the Bristol area twice briefly in the past year, and each time was a different time of year showing different aspects of the Bristol charm. The first time, it was autumn-winter, the next spring-summer. I
Mount Etna : Sicily
Visible from almost every corner or Sicily is the impressive active volcano mountain – Etna. Occasionally it erupts and has a devastating impact on the area, but most time it’s on fair low heat and visitors can hike up all
Zonneberg tunnels Maastricht & Fluweelengrot tunnels Valkenburg
Lots of funky underground tunnels all over the Limburg area around Maastricht. I previously wrote about the remarkable Roman Catacombs in Valkenburg and the Fort Sint Pieter and underground tunnels Maastricht, and today I’ll mention two more, and there’s another that I’ll write about
Sapporo & Asahi beer factories : Hokkaido
I spent most of the last summer in Japan, and most of that was spent in Sapporo of the northern region of Hokkaido. Hokkaido is famous for its natural scenery, skiing in the winter, and the relatively cooler chilled out
Finca La Milagrosa Coffee Plantation Tour : Boquete
In my short stop in Boquete up on the central mountains of Panama I did a couple of tours. The first was a horseback riding hotsprings tour I wrote about before, and in the rainy afternoon we were taken to
