Category Archive: EUROPE

Travel Perspectives: Dreaming of Viewing the Northern Lights

Travel Perspectives: Dreaming of Viewing the Northern Lights Earlier this year I wrote about my strong aversion to cold and how that’s been holding me back from visiting many places in the world and enjoying many wonderful cold-weather activities that I actually used to love as a kid. I pondered how I was ever going …

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Cave Diving Under Budapest

Cave Diving Under Budapest  As a PADI Dive Instructor, I’ve taught scuba diving around SE Asia for several years. I’ve met and dived with people from all over the world. Some are dive pros working like me and others are dive students and qualified divers. I’ve dived with people from as far away as Brazil, …

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Travel Perpsectives: Confessions of a Cold Weather Hater

Travel Perspectives: Confessions of a Cold Weather Hater Anyone who knows me or has been following LashWorldTour might already have an inkling that I’m extremely adverse to cold weather. In fact, I hate cold. My body hates cold. The mere thought of cold makes me shudder with dread. My anti-cold sentiment is one of the major …

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PHOTO GALLERY: Views of Cordoba Spain

Cordoba - Horse and carriage - Spain

PHOTO GALLERY: Views of Cordoba Spain Cordoba is an ancient city in southern Spain. It’s been home to Iberian, Roman and Islamic rulers over the centuries. Each Empire has left its mark on this charming city full of history. Cordoba is full of narrow stone roads, grand cathedrals and mosques, plazas and courtyards. I had …

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PHOTO GALLERY: La Mezquita – The Great Mosque of Cordoba – Spain

red & white double arches - La Mezquita - Great Mosque of Cordoba - Cordoba - Spain

PHOTO GALLERY: La Mezquita – The Great Mosque of Cordoba – Spain  I had the great fortune to spend 3 weeks at Spain’s Costa del Sol with my aunt and uncle, who lived there for several years. They graciously drove me all around southern Spain to marvel at many of Costa del Sol’s most famous …

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MY BIZARRE SUMMER IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND

summer in Manchester- Manchester pub- England

MY BIZARRE SUMMER IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND I arrived in Manchester one chill summer day on a train up from London. I was about to begin my new life as… (let me cough this out…) a paintball ticket sales woman. Ah-hem! The great thing, I reminded myself again at the train station, was that I could skip the …

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PHOTO GALLERY: MALAGA, SPAIN PICTURES

PHOTO GALLERY: MALAGA- SPAIN PICTURES I’ve only visited Spain once in my life thus far. It was a 3-week visit to my Aunt and Uncle’s place on the Costa del Sol, near Malaga. I quickly secured a bicycle for myself from a neighbor and set out exploring the towns, beaches, and coastline nearby. I made …

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PHOTO GALLERY: BENALMADENA CASTLE, SPAIN

Welcome! If it’s your first time here, please‘LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>>   PHOTO GALLERY: BENALMADENA CASTLE, SPAIN Eccentric Benelmadena Castle clings to the steep hillside of southern Spain, overlooking the stunning Costa del Sol near Malaga. This photo gallery presents 15 images of this quirky and charming castle. SEE FULL …

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PHOTO GALLERY: MIJAS COSTA DEL SOL SPAIN

Welcome!  If it’s your first time here, please ‘LIKE‘ LashWorldTour, if you enjoy your read here. Thank you!—–>> PHOTO GALLERY: MIJAS- COSTA DEL SOL- SPAIN Mijas, situated in the mountains of Spain’s Costa del Sol, is all you’d imagine a Spanish Med town to be: full of white shops, narrow tile alleys and stunning sea …

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