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87Visiting Heilbronn, Germany - Where to Stay and What to Do
Heilbronn is a medium-sized town in south-western Germany, sitting on the Neckar River midway between Heidelberg and Stuttgart. It might not be famous as a tourist magnet, but if you want to experience a...
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88Germany’s Most Famous Castle: Schloss Neuschwanstein
Ask a tourist – especially some of my Japanese students when they turn into snap-happy tourists – and they’ll likely tell you that the most famous landmark in Germany is Schloss...
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74Hokkaido’s Mount Usu Volcano is Smoking
Perhaps the least visited large island of Japan is Hokkaido in the north, since it's relatively far away from the main cities of Tokyo or Osaka, and doesn't have the fame of places like Hiroshima or Okinawa....
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74The Tulips of the Keukenhof Gardens
If you're asked to name three things associated with the Netherlands, the chances are good that tulips will be one of them. When I was planning a trip to the Netherlands, I planned the entire holiday around...
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78Ice Fishing Near the Finnish Arctic Circle
I've been fishing a few times before, but usually from a boat, or water I could stand in, or using a huge fishermen's net. So heading out to go ice fishing in Finnish Lapland, just shy of the Arctic Circle, in...
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78Highlights of Luxembourg, a Tiny Country
There are a bunch of tiny countries in Europe that many people visit just for the passport stamp: Liechtenstein, San Marino and Andorra to name a few. But my favourite, and one I can recommend visiting for...
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75A Three Day Itinerary for Osaka, Japan
Osaka, Japan’s “second city”, often gets overlooked in favour of its more glamorous capital, Tokyo, or the more historically well-known cities like Kyoto or Hiroshima. But this exciting...
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75Sainte Chapelle’s Stained Glass, Paris
To say Paris is a romantic city is really not just a cliche: I could take holidays there every year (if only a fairy godmother would pay!). And while everybody gets to famous spots like the Eiffel Tower there...
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77Sailing on the Leeuwin in Perth, Western Australia
Since I was a teenager, I've known about the Sail Training Ship Leeuwin, a replica three-masted barquentine built in Western Australia. In fact, I remember going to the grand unveiling with my father, and...
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76Berlin's moving Jewish Museum
Jewish history is a whole lot more than just the distress of the Holocaust, and Berlin’s Jewish Museum makes sure that visitors remember this. One of the best museums I’ve ever visited, the...
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