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The Hague: Peace Central

“We’re the greenest city in The Netherlands, with one third of our space being parks and gardens.”

Posted byKieranJune 21, 2019June 27, 2021Posted inEuropeTags:Andrew Carnegie, art nouveau, Binnenhof, Featured, Frederik Hendriklaan, Girl with the Pearl Earring, Hofkwartier, International Criminal Court, Mauritshuis, Mesdag Panorama, Noordeinde Palace, Peace Palace, Ridderzaal, The Hague, The Netherlands2 Comments on The Hague: Peace Central

Rome: Hidden History

In Rome, even history has a history.

Posted byKieranJune 8, 2019June 27, 2021Posted inEuropeTags:Appian Way, aqueducts, archaeology, Bath of Neptune, Baths of Caracalla, Catacombs, Ostia Antica, Parco dei Acquedotti, Rome, San Nicola in Carcere, Tiber

Zanzibar: Island Life

“We have always been middlemen – between the land and the sea, the producers and the buyers, the African and the Arabian,” says historian Professor Abdul Sheriff. “That is not a concern; it is our strength.”

Posted byKieranMarch 14, 2019June 27, 2021Posted inAfricaTags:Africa, handcrafts, Indian Ocean, Inherit The Earth, islands, Stone Town, Tanzania, travel, ZanzibarLeave a comment on Zanzibar: Island Life

Morocco: Imperial Cities

“If I didn’t try to sell a carpet to everyone who says they do not want one, I would never sell a carpet,” as one salesman says.

Posted byKieranFebruary 16, 2019June 27, 2021Posted inAfricaTags:Djema el-Fna, Featured, Fes, Inherit The Earth, Marrakech, medina, Mediterranean, Meknes, Morocco, Rabat, travelLeave a comment on Morocco: Imperial Cities

Amsterdam: Life Cycle

The Dutch are enjoying health, wealth and quality of life. If they think bicycles are the way to go, maybe we should be listening?

Posted byKieranFebruary 8, 2019February 2, 2021Posted inEuropeTags:Amsterdam, bikes, Café De Dokter, Café de Druif, Centraal Station, cycling, gezellig, gin, Holland, Kalverstraat, Netherlands, Rembrandt, StationspleinLeave a comment on Amsterdam: Life Cycle

Northern Ireland: Coast Road

The story of Belfast industry starts off the galleries in Titanic Belfast, a massive visitor experience that stands near where Titanic was built.

Posted byKieranJanuary 17, 2019April 25, 2019Posted inEuropeTags:Ballintoy, Belfast, Game of Thrones, Harland and Wolff, Northern Ireland, Rathlin, Rathlin Island, Red Bay, River Lagan, SS Nomadic, Titanic, Ulster

Dublin: Irish Pubs

“I love the view from the Dublin Mountains. Table Mountain, eat your heart out. The Bay of Naples, eat your heart out.”

Posted byKieranSeptember 10, 2018April 25, 2019Posted inEuropeTags:Dublin, Dublin Literary Pub Crawl, Featured, Inherit The Earth, Ireland, Jeanie Johnston, Palace Bar, Patrick Kavanagh, pubs, River Liffey, Samuel Beckett, travel, W.B. Yeats1 Comment on Dublin: Irish Pubs

Iceland – Cold Blast

Thingvellir is also where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates meet and you can see a literal crack in the earth.

Posted byKieranJuly 11, 2018July 3, 2018Posted inEuropeTags:Eyjafjallajökull, Geysir, Golden Circle, Gullfoss, horses, Iceland, Reykjavík, tölt, Threttándinn, VatnavinirLeave a comment on Iceland – Cold Blast

Botswana: Okavanga Delta

We run aground in narrow channels, then skirt the edges of deep ponds, keeping a wary eye out as a pod of hippos bellow their anger at us.

Posted byKieranJune 22, 2018June 27, 2021Posted inAfricaTags:Africa, Botswana, Featured, Inherit The Earth, Makgadikgadi Pans, Okavanga Delta, travel, wildlifeLeave a comment on Botswana: Okavanga Delta

Malta: Knights’ Treasure

“Here in Malta we are at the center of the Mediterranean, with three important harbors, and whoever controlled Malta controlled the central Mediterranean.”

Posted byKieranJune 15, 2018June 27, 2021Posted inEuropeTags:Great Siege 1565, Inherit The Earth, Knights of St. John, Malta, Mediterranean, Ottoman Empire, travel, Valletta

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