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Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Mostar is known for its Old Bridge (Stari Most) – a gorgeous 400-plus year old bridge that was destroyed during the war, but reconstructed later and re-opened in 2004.  My sister and I have only 1 day here and I’m please we made time for it as we absolutely loved Sarajevo and were keen to […]

Kotor

Dubrovnik Old Town

We are about half way through our tour of Eastern Europe and Dubrovnik was definitely one of the highlights I had been looking forward to.  It’s absolutely stunning. It’s hard to imagine anyone becoming jaded by the city’s marble streets, baroque buildings and the endless shimmer of the Adriatic sea, or failing to be inspired […]

Kaş, Turkey

After a long bus journey from Gallipoli, we finally arrived in Kaş.  We checked into our accomodation and head out for some dinner.  We found what looked like a nice little local restaurant and ate Kofta and Meze.  We’ve really been enjoying the people in Turkey, all so friendly and want to have a laugh […]

Archaeological Site of Troy

Troy, with its 4,000 years of history, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. We stopped here on route to Gallipolli, there is not much else around apart from this archaeological site but it has been interesting to see. The first excavations at the site were undertaken by the famous archaeologist […]

Gallipoli

The History  On the dawn of April 25, 1915, such was the destiny for Brighton Beach, as a force of allied soldiers from the United Kingdom, France, India, Canada, Australian and New Zealand were to storm Brighton with the ultimate goal of capturing the Gallipoli Peninsular and the Ottoman Capitol of Constantinople, resulting in the removal […]

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