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Rome On The Run.
It’s years since I’ve had a tourist trip to Rome. I visit the Eternal City on business from time to time, but as a tourist … it’s been five, maybe eight years since I last had the chance. That’s why,...
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A Very Old City.
Jerusalem, the Living City, is older than almost all others that have survived to the present day, older even than Rome, and a couple of millennia older than some of the world’s oldest cities. Only a...
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Tianjin – Moscow – Simferopol – Yalta.
The season’s traversing the globe – rather, the northern hemisphere – has begun with gusto. First up - Tianjin, China. Then we were headed for Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine ...
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Khabarovsk – the city with a bridge fetish.
The city of Khabarovsk, at least in the summer, is a most charming city – perfect for a long stroll. In the winter I imagine it’s not quite as pretty or walkable – all cold and icy and snowy; but then...
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The world’s northernmost city.
Over the last three years I’ve probably visited more cities in Russia than anywhere else. The main reason of course having been the global travel restrictions during covid (which some countries are...
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How copper is made: from the ore to the finished product.
Norilsk walkabout – done. Norilsk borsch – supped, and already yearning for more. Next up – an inspection of the industrial-technological processes upon which the city of Norilsk grew, and which still...
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