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http://tocologne.wordpress.com
- Author: tocologne
- Listed in: Personal Travel
- Tags: art travel Culture food observation zeitgeist
- Added on: May 13th, 2008
- Country: Germany
- Language: English
My blog contains things I notice "on the way". I travel quite a bit and have lived in many different cities and countries. I enjoy meeting people from different cultures and seeing as much of the world as possible.
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Spanish art circles
Traffic planners in Spain love roundabouts. They build them everywhere. So if you’re going from A to B in Spain, chances are you’ll be “going around in circles” pretty often. The one problem with all these roundabouts that Spa...
Fly your flag
Germans really went wild during the past weeks of the European Soccer Championship. They’re a soccer-crazy nation. And they showed it by proudly displaying the colors of the German flag: black, red, gold. It was their way to show their support ...
Dresden goes Disneyland
I felt uncomfortable when I visited Dresden this past weekend. It was the first time I’d been to the city in almost 15 years and a lot had changed since my last visit. The most obvious change was that the central parts of the city around the Church...
Lunch at the palace
Lunch at a royal palace is something pretty unusual for me. But on my last day in Bangkok, Dusit Palace is really where I had my lunch. O.K. – so it wasn’t exactly a 15 course state lunch with the Royals at one of the palace’s banquet halls. It...
Lost in transportation
Taking a taxi in Thailand isn’t easy if you’re a foreigner who doesn’t speak the language. This morning, I wanted to take a taxi to Vimanmek Mansion for some sightseeing. The place was recommended in Thai Airways’ in-flight magazine as one of...
