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27th & 28th July 2013: Segovia (Spain)
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27th July 2013: Echoes of a Roman Past We took the train early on Saturday and arrived in Segovia in mid-morning. Segovia is a Spanish city of the Inner Plateau, located in the autonomous community…
#castle #alcazar #aqueduct #acueducto #cathedral #romanaqueduct #alcazarsegovia #catedralsegovia #acueductosegovia #alcazardesegovia
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5th July 2013: Enoshima {Japan, summer 2013}
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Enoshima [江の島] is a bridged island not far from Tokyo where there are three shrines that have been merged into one for convenience, a local dragon legend and an asphyxiating hot and humid weather. …
#trip #japan #ocean #waves #travel #日本 #tourism #enoshima #blackkite #jbinnacle
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1st July 2013: Wandering on a Monday {Japan, summer 2013}
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Many national places like museums are closed in Japan on Mondays, so I thought I would visit the Imperial Palace East Gardens, Kōkyo Higashi Gyoen [皇居東御苑], which are considered a public park and sh…
#trip #japan #tokyo #sunset #travel #日本 #東京 #skyline #tourism #cityscape
on Tue, 10PM
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22nd & 23rd June 2013: Odawara and Hakone {Japan, summer 2013}
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One of the few perks about a tectonically-active area is the volcanic landscapes, and Hakone has plenty of those. We headed off to Odawara [小田原] early on Saturday morning to visit the local Castle,…
on Thu, 8PM
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21st June 2013: Ueno and Ebisu {Japan, summer 2013}
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As last year, 2013 visiting started on Ueno Kōen [上野公園], as it is an easy-enough place to reach and has a few museums that offer indoors entertainment. It was raining cats and dogs, which should ha…
on Thu, 12PM
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29th May – 2nd June 2013: San Juan & Alicante (Spain)
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San Juan de Alicante is a small village in the east of Spain. It does not really have much by my parents use it as a base for my father’s diving trips. I sometimes tag along. We usually drive there…
on Mar 26
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4th January 2025: Bye Bye, Murderbird. MARPA, Alcalá de Henares (Spain)
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While it was great to have the Concavenator fossil (a.k.a. Murderbird in my headspace) in the Dragon Hunters exhibit in Alcalá de Henares close enough to visit at will, the time had come to see it …
on Mar 22
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1st January 2025: The Return {Vienna, Silvesterkonzert 2024}
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We got up for breakfast at around 7:30, but the cafeteria wasn’t open yet, so I had to (gasp) pack before I had coffee. That was not fun. The breakfast room opened around 8:05, and I could finally …
on Mar 8
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When we walked out of the rooms to go down and have breakfast, my parent’s alarmed face made me worried. They informed my sibling and myself that “it had snowed”. That was spooky for a second – unt…
on Mar 1
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30th December 2024: A planned and packed day {Vienna, Silvesterkonzert 2024}
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It was a crisp morning in Vienna when we got up. We went down for breakfast and it was not particularly well stocked. The coffee was… weak, so I decided to mix a cappuccino and a black coffee to ge…
on Feb 22
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29th December 2024: Arrival, Karlskirche & Prater {Vienna, Silvesterkonzert 2024}
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With our plane boarding at 8:10, we aimed to be at the airport around 6:30, which was a successful endeavour. We had our boarding passes but we needed to drop off some luggage. As we needed formal …
on Feb 15
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12th & 13th February 2023. The Epic Apocalypse Tour in Madrid (Spain)
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The year 2020 was going to be so amazing that I actually would have had to choose the things I wanted to do and sacrifice others. It didn’t turn out that great in the end, with lots of rescheduling…
on Feb 2
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11th December 2024: CBA, hotpot and lights (Madrid, Spain)
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Since I was meeting my sibling for the yearly event of Naturaleza Encendida in Madrid in the evening, I decided get there early and make the most out of the day. As I arrived, I headed to the Círcu…
on Jan 25
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6th December 2024: Knowing people gets you places – Church of the Virgin Mary, Guadalajara (Spain)
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Knowing people who know people is cool. It opens doors, too. I was in Guadalajara for personal reasons and an acquaintance of an acquaintance offered to show us around the co-cathedral of the Virgi…
on Jan 18
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24th January 2024: Williams & Zimmer by the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra (Guadalajara, Spain)
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I had a good day planned, but it turns out that life sometimes does not go as one wants, so in the end the fun part of it was reduced to attending a concert in the theatre Auditorio Buero Vallejo i…
on Jan 12
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28th November 2024: Parallel Universes (Madrid, Spain)
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Whenever a Marvel film comes out, my parent always comments on how they used to read the comics when they were young – probably they belonged to the first generation of comic readers in this countr…
on Jan 11
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26th November 2024: Another Concavenator visit (Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
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I had to run some errands in Alcalá de Henares in the afternoon, so I decided I would get there in the morning, and walk to the Archaeology and Palaeontology museum Museo Arqueológico y Paleontológ…
on Jan 4
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22nd November 2024: “Wicked” (film) on opening day (Madrid, Spain)
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There was a time when you could mute words on social media to avoid spoilers. Since the algorithms have taken over and you can’t curate what you see any more, I decided that the best way to avoid W…
on Dec 28
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18 & 19th November 2024: Apocalyptica Played Metallica in Madrid (Spain), so there I went
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Planning for this short getaway started on the 23rd of February, when I bought my ticket for the Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2 Tour 2024 stop in La Riviera in Madrid (50.50 €). Almost immedia…
on Dec 23
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17th November 2024: Ha·Ya·To Drum Masters in Guadalajara (Spain)
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A while back, I read on Keita Kanazashi’s Instagram that Ha·Ya·To Project was going to come back to Spain for a small tour with their show Ha·Ya·To: Drum Masters. The most convenient place for me t…
on Dec 22
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7th November 2024: The Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute (Madrid, Spain)
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I know you do not believe me when I say I don’t like guided visits, but they are the only way to do some stuff – such as stepping into the Stonehenge circle, or basically anything managed by the Ma…
on Dec 21
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23rd October 2024: Brussels & Charleroi Terminal 1 {Belgium October 2024}
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Whilst part of me wanted to stay in Antwerp [Anvers | Antwerpen] and visit the chocolate museum Chocolate Factory, it opened too late for me to be comfortable with the later flight schedule. Beside…
on Dec 15
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21st October 2024: Bruges & Antwerp {Belgium October 2024}
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It was raining in Bruges [Bruges | Brugge] when I woke up, but it was supposed to stop by the time the monuments started opening. I asked reception to take care of my bag and I left around 9:30. I …
on Dec 14
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22nd October 2024: Antwerp & Starset’s Immersion {Belgium October 2024}
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The weather was clear but crisp in Antwerp [Anvers | Antwerpen] when I left the hotel to grab a coffee at a small supermarket at the station. I walked right up to the Cathedral of Our Lady Onze-Lie…
on Dec 14
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Just before going to bed to grab a couple of hours’ sleep on the 19th, I did a last check that I had everything ready, and I realised that my parking reservation at the airport had not been process…
on Dec 14