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  • Magic Christmas: Christmas in Catalunya

    Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 12:14 in spain, religion, europe, languages, catalunya, christmas, celebrations

    Catalunya is in the north-east part of Spain and has a distinct language, culture and traditions of its own. Whereas in Spain Christmas is celebrated with a big family meal on the evening of 24th December, in Catalunya Christmas is celebrated on the ...

  • The perfect Belgian lunch

    Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 12:16 in food, europe, belgium, food of the world

    ‘A perfect lunch’ from seikinsou, from the Cercle des Voyageurs cafe in Brussels. Thanks for sharing it! Seikinsou writes: “I enjoyed my tagliatelle with a creamy and delicious Madras curry sauce (very mild… it could have been a lot hotter f...

  • Yaroslavl: provincial Russia

    Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 10:43 in europe, russia

    Look at Yarfor.me to visit the Russian city of Yaroslavl, a town in North-West Russia. Yaroslavl is a provincial town with a lively social life including street poetry, rock bands and free wi-fi. September 1st is a holiday in Russia and also the fir...

  • Street fashion on 5 continents

    Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 13:49 in africa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, japan, asia, europe, people, new york, south africa, clothing, tokyo, poland

    Thanks to the internet you don’t need to travel to see what people are wearing in other parts of the world. Here are five sites to take in the different street styles on five continents. North America: New York, USA The king of street fashion blog...

  • Madrid street food

    Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 09:07 in spain, food, europe, friday food of the world

    Last week we saw street food from Italy, and this week’s Food of the World photo is of street food in Madrid, Spain. Thanks to cassell_chris for sharing this photo. If you have photos to share please join our Food of the World photo group on Flic...