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1. At the foothills of the Carpatians
(Outings)
... reference to the architectural flourishing of Câmpulung, but I gained a deep insight into Romanian history. The cold I suffered in those unheated spaces came as a bonus. By the time I was free to go ...
Created on 29 December 2015
2. Dilijian... and hitch-hiking
(Armenia)
... good English, was an intelligent chap, very interested and knowledgeable about every subject, history, art, and culture. I went to visit Haghartsin church, in a lush forest. I walked all the way from ...
Created on 18 August 2015
3. The genocide descendant
(Armenia)
... certainties. As leaving the country that had bred him, albeit not his real homeland, had not been an act of his own choice, history was just repeating itself. That had happened three years before ...
Created on 09 August 2015
4. Urban exploration: Codigoro
(Outings)
... were the buildings of old Ferrara and the history gushing forth from every nook and cranny of the lovely centre. There, the bricks with their warm red colours and versatility of use are the omnipresent ...
Created on 27 September 2014
5. In love with Samara
(Russia)
... a visit to an open-air museum on the history of architecture. As I took a rest after many hours of uninterrupted walking my eyes tried to analyse the scene. A rationalist block painted a pale yellow ...
Created on 10 August 2014
6. Glimpses of Moscow
(Russia)
... in the middle of the Moscova river, more suited to a theme park than the elegant central districts of a capital city. Throughout its history the city planners have sought to merge the sacred and the profane, ...
Created on 04 August 2014
7. A weekend in North Germany
(Outings)
St Mary's bells WW2 tore Lübeck asunder. Its centuries-old buildings, the rich history of the Hanseatic town and the inhabitants' spirits all came down as a heap of rubble in the folly of war. It ...
Created on 22 June 2014
8. Industrial Silesia
(Poland)
... power houses, gasometers, the list was long. That architecture worked an uncanny effect on me: it talked of economic history, social implications, lifestyle, human suffering, disease, exploitation, wealth ...
Created on 03 May 2014
9. Auschwitz
(Poland)
... that is no more, but lives on in our collective memory as the horror of contemporary history. The former extermination camp is now the domain of free-willing visitors rather than a place of confinement, ...
Created on 01 May 2014
10. Contended Silesia
(Poland)
Kłodzko was formerly called Glatz – and this is not just a learned detail, because this German name gives evidence to the region's history. The town, together with swathes of Silesia, was a dominion of ...
Created on 30 April 2014
11. A castle in Silesia
(Poland)
... a bestseller: history, power, wealth, beauty, incest, Nazism, and war. I learnt about its existence at the tourist office where a brochure recommended a visit and while I was in Swidnica I decided to give ...
Created on 27 April 2014
12. Why did I ask?
(Diary)
... but certain reconstructions of events were so detailed as to sound more like gossip-mongering than history. The most interesting point was when I realised that the last 200 pages were indexes, notes and ...
Created on 14 March 2014
13. Awasa and the war veteran
(South Ethiopia)
... was a town that moved at a friendly pace, that had nature and life, but also a lot of history.  ...
Created on 18 February 2014
14. Disappointing archaeology
(South Ethiopia)
... of stelae of different shapes and decorative patterns, it marks a stage in the country's history approximately 700 years ago when Christianity had not yet taken over pagan religions in the south. I had ...
Created on 09 February 2014
15. The power of novelty
(Diary)
...  The spread of ideas and theories behaves in a similar way. Throughout history the diffusion of doctrines was made possible by man’s love for novelty. We are always after renewal, even in the field of ...
Created on 25 November 2013
16. The vegan guest
(Diary)
...  When my guest arrived we sat down in the living-room and engaged in an interesting conversation touching on a variety of topics related to the history, arts, cinema, and geography of Italy. He was ...
Created on 28 October 2013
17. Zunyi Communist sites
(Guizhou)
... that feeds on Communist principles. And here I was at the place where crucial events took place, together with enthusiastic  Chinese tourists brushing up on the official version of their history books ...
Created on 04 August 2013
18. Danxia landforms
(Guizhou)
... lines, and flowery cavities. The traces of sedimentation could recount eons of geological history. I also relished the admiration of natural rarity. The road back to town, which crossed tunnels of intertwined ...
Created on 01 August 2013
19. The Five Caves Valley
(Guizhou)
... at, where, probably on account of being the first foreigner putting up in the history of the establishment, I was treated in a particularly friendly way by the boss and his charming employee. Then I had ...
Created on 31 July 2013
20. Turin
(Outings)
... out about its history and modern life, for what it is possible to do in the limited space of one day. A quick visit doesn’t allow understanding many things, but is enough for inquisitive eyes to get ...
Created on 14 July 2013
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