Christmas Market – Prague, Czech Republic – Daily Photo

Christmas Market – Prague, Czech Republic – Daily Photo

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This is a picture of the Christmas Market in Prague that is held in the city square. What this photo does not show is how cold it was. What drives Czechs, who [...]

Museum of Communism – Prague, Czech Republic – Daily Photo

Museum of Communism – Prague, Czech Republic – Daily Photo

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One of the most interesting museums that we visited on our trip to Prague was the Museum of Communism. This well laid out but small museum shows a peak behind the iron [...]

DropBox and 7 Ways It Makes My Life Better

DropBox and 7 Ways It Makes My Life Better

DropBox is a tool that I have been using more and more these days. It has become a central tool to my online strategy… and it is free. What is DropBox? DropBox [...]

Old Jewish Cemetery – Prague, Czech Republic – Daily Photo

Old Jewish Cemetery – Prague, Czech Republic – Daily Photo

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This old graveyard in Prague is part of a larger memorial to the Jewish population of this country that was all but wiped out by the Nazis in World War II. The [...]

St Nicholas Church – Prague, Czech Republic – Daily Photo

St Nicholas Church – Prague, Czech Republic – Daily Photo

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We normally think of St Nick as jolly but this statue from St Nicholas Church in Prague has more of a coal in the stocking feel because clearly this churchman (Pope Alexander [...]

Charles Bridge – Prague, Czech Republic – Daily Photo

Charles Bridge – Prague, Czech Republic – Daily Photo

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With the Northeast United States slammed with winter weather it seemed cruel today to post some picture of a tropical paradise, so instead is one of Prague in December. Prague is very [...]

Biking Spain’s Camino de Santiago – Episode 260

Biking Spain’s Camino de Santiago – Episode 260

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The Amateur Traveler talks to Ben Dixon about biking the route of the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. The Camino de Santiago is a an ancient pilgrim trail that runs across [...]

What’s a Minoan Urn? – Heraklion, Crete – Daily Photo

What’s a Minoan Urn? – Heraklion, Crete – Daily Photo

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The archeological dig at Knossos on Crete was done in a fashion that current archeologist would not approve. Englishman Arthur Evans sometimes reconstructed parts of the ruins based more on his imagination [...]

Christmas Markets in London

Christmas Markets in London

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London, England, one of the oldest major metropolitan capitals in the history of the world, hosts thousands of international and domestic travellers each holiday season. Home to over 7.5 million local residents, [...]

Hot Water Beach – Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand – Daily Photo

Hot Water Beach – Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand – Daily Photo

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This is the second photo I have posted of Hot Water Beach on New Zealand’s North Island. This is a beach above a natural hot spring. At high tide you dig yourself [...]