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Monthly Archives: June 2012

Termessos – a mountain idyll

June 29, 2012by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Termessos is about the most spectacular ancient city in Turkey that I’ve been to. Not only does it have a remote and romantic mountain setting with some of the finest […]

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Turkey

A Peasant at the Heart of Power

June 28, 2012by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

After living in London since 1983 I finally paid a visit to the Guildhall this week. The main hall was being laid out for a banquet for some City toffs, […]

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England, London

Jubilee Hell

June 27, 2012by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

On the day of the Jubilee River Pageant the other week I found myself herded along with other cattle to a bridge I couldn’t even identify because of the crowds. […]

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England, London

Cosmopolitan Antioch

June 26, 2012by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

This is a view from my hotel window in Antakya, ancient Antioch of SS Paul and Peter fame. The word ‘Christian’ was first used here apparently and St Peter’s Grotto […]

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Antioch, Turkey

Antalya Archaeological Museum

June 25, 2012by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

This museum used to be a bit of a dump, one of those monolithic Turkish state-controlled institutions where none of the exhibit labels were written in English, in fact many […]

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Antalya, Turkey

Mezquita of Cordoba

June 24, 2012by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Cordoba’s great mosque, the Mezquita, was built in 786 and personifies the power of Islam on the peninsula at that time. Many different architectural forms were embodied in the mosque […]

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Cordoba, Spain

A romantic Turkish castle

June 23, 2012by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Alara Castle is just a few miles along the coast road from Alanya on the Pamphylian coast of Mediterranean Turkey, then inland a bit. The roads become dirst tracks pretty […]

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Antalya, Turkey

Most relaxed shark

June 22, 2012by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Occasionally you hear something on the radio during the interminable school run that really lifts your spirits. Oblomov, the famous 19th century Russian novel by Goncharov, has as its hero […]

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Great day out at Woodhorn Colliery near Newcastle

June 21, 2012by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

I had the great pleasure of visiting Woodhorn a couple of weeks ago. It’s an award winning, beautifully preserved colliery that closed in 1981 and is now a great visitor […]

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England

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