Category: Historic Places

Paris

Climbing up to Montemarte my favourite area in Paris and sitting in the little cafes watching life go by as the street artists making their living from drawing portraits is a wonderful way to spend your day. Sacré Coeur de Montmartre, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart looms over the area in its majesty. “The […]

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Ushuaia

  The city at the end of the world. The gateway to Antartica. The forefathers of Ushuaia battled the elements to create a beautiful city surrounded by Ice capped mountains. Cruise ships deliver the enterprising visitor of today while the ships of yore would have delivered whale blubber. Sea lions and cormorants  still claim the […]

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Buenos Aires Art and Music

  If you are lucky enough to be in Buenos Aires on a Wednesday night check out Calle Peru 576 where the band Orquestra Tipica el Afronte has a regular gig. You will be rewarded by heartfelt pulsing tango music with four bandoneons, three violins, one cello, one piano and one double bass and a […]

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Cachoeira Olinda and Recife

  Cachoeira: This riverside town was once an important port where they shipped sugar and tobacco downriver. It’s main sight is the church of Ordem Terceiro do Carmo a baroque church. It is a sleepy town full of colourful preserved buildings. It is joined by a British built bridge to the town of Sao  Felix. […]

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Salvador de Bahia 2nd Visit

  Salvador’s historic centre Pelhourinho is like an onion slowly revealing itself to you. The first layer stings your eyes with its beauty. The rusty red, yellow ochre, baby blue and stately green buildings from the seventeenth century and the Bahiana women in their white hooped lace dresses, they look enormous, delight you. The second […]

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