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The ‘Two Ukraines’
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If you walk down the long boulevard of Chernivetska Street from the grand Lviv Railway Station, you reach a chaotic roundabout. Avoiding the trams, cars, buses and motorbikes which duel at this intersection, a left turn will bring you onto busy Horodotska Street. If you head down the hill and…
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Bébé Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk, France
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Like many I suspect, I thought denim originated in the USA. Like many I suspect, I was wrong. My sister suggested that as we happened to be visiting the actual birthplace of denim in the south of France, we should try and seek out some of the history of the…
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Yellow and Blue, Green and Gold
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At the Paris Olympic Games, four athletes stood side by side on the high jump mat. Their faces beaming, they held the flags of Ukraine and Australia in their outstretched hands.
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Motor Valley, Italy Part II
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Modena was gloomy and drizzly as I made my way back to the Museo Enzo Ferrari. It was from there I would catch the shuttle bus to nearby Maranello for part two of my Prancing Horse experience: Museo Ferrari.
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Motor Valley, Italy Part I
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The Emilia Romagna district in Northern Italy is home to a disproportionately large number of iconic car and motorcycle manufacturers. It was here in the Valley of Speed that Enzo Ferrari was born…
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Juventus Versus Genoa, Italy
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The last soccer game I went to was a suburban league game years ago in Melbourne. Now I was queueing up to enter Juventus’ home ground in Turin, Italy
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Inside the Trabant, Germany
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Whilst visiting Berlin’s Trabi Museum, I got the chance to sit inside the DDR’s little Duroplast battler.
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Wreck of B-17 42-5769 Cotton-Eyed Joe II, Corsica, France
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On 8th November 1943, B-17 42-5769 ‘Cotton Eyed Joe II’ ditched in the sea 100 metres off the beach in front of what is now Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport, Corsica. The wreck lies in 9 metres of water.
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Exploring Paradise Valley, Morocco
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Paradise Valley, an hour’s drive north-east of the Atlantic coast city of Agadir, Morocco, offers some stunning views amongst the foothills of the Atlas Mountains
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Paradise Valley? Morocco
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The photos of Paradise Valley, an hour’s drive north-east of the Atlantic coast city of Agadir, Morocco, looked spectacular. I set off to discover if it really was the ‘breathtaking oasis’ of ‘stunning natural beauty’ described on the tourist websites…