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80The Holy Blood of Bruges, a New Jerusalem
The Holy Blood of Christ seems to have turned medieval Bruges (in Flanders, Belgium) into a Holy City. It's what, since the 19th century, made tourism popular in Bruges. But maybe this Holy City is not as holy as it seems...
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77The Top 5 European Destinations (With Legal Prostitution)
I've been watching a lot of The Travel Channel lately, and every time I go through these phases, I feel the urge to get off my couch and see the world. So it usually starts with me sitting up, then moving...
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80Bruges-la-Morte, by Georges Rodenbach
In 1892 Georges Rodenbach published his masterpiece Bruges-la-Morte. The short novel immediately was acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of the "decadent movement" in French literature, a vision...
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84World War 2 Dunkirk
Dunkirk World War 2, The Second world war was almost over before it really started, the German Army had the Allies on the run and the succesful evacuation (operation Dynamo) of the British soldiers meant that they would live on to fight the rest of the war.
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79Best places to travel in Europe: A Journey
I would like to share some of my experiences when I traveled to Europe. When I go to a place I have never been before, I love to walk, just walk and walk so I can have a good grasp of the area. Whew, I...
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72In Flanders Fields
The last entry of the First World War poetry series "Shell Shocked Isabel Shrapnel" is a Special about the most famous poem from the First World War: In Flanders Fields, by John McCrae.
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77Moving to Tenerife was a life-changing experience
Until 2002 I had a real fear of flying and had never been in a plane. This meant I had spent nearly all of my life in Britain and most of it in Ely, in Cardiff in Wales where I was born, apart from travelling...
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72Where are the Just Judges?
Located in the part of Belgium that is known as Flanders, the Cathedral of Ghent - St. Bavo's - is something like Loch Ness, or the castle where the legendary Holy Grail or the Treasure of the Templars was...
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68world's most bizarre Statues
Here are some of the world's most bizarre statues and sculptures. The magic tap in Aqualand,Spain.The tap appears to float in the sky with an endless supply of water. Actually, there is a pipe hidden in...
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67How To Make The Real Belgian Waffles?The Recipe:
Belgian waffles are a type of waffle identified by their larger size, lighter batter and higher grid pattern which forms deep pockets. As opposed to a traditional waffle, the Belgian waffle attributes it...
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