Posts in Tag: Game of Thrones
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Clapham Junction – Malta’s Mysterious Cart Tracks
In the last post from my recent Adventures Abroad trip to Malta led by Victor Romagnoli we began our exploration of the country’s famed Megalithic temples at Hagar Qim. During this visit and later in conducting my own research before writing the post, I learned that there is no archaeological consensus as to the purpose […]
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Game of Thrones Tour in Dubrovnik
This is the final post on what has been a fantastic trip to the Dalmatian coast of Croatia and I am going to end with a bang and not a whimper as Alison and I go on a guided tour in Dubrovnik to visit sites where Game of Thrones was filmed. For the very view […]
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Sibenik Croatia – Visiting St. James Cathedral and Its Amazing Faces
Earlier on this day trip from Split, Croatia we visited the water wonderland that is Krka National Park and now we are headed for the coastal city of Sibenik, Croatia, not far away. The idea of visiting Sibenik (pronounced Shi-ben-ick) came from our guide Dino Ivancic who wanted to know if we were interested in seeing a […]
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Royal County Down – Playing the # 1 Course on the Planet
Yesterday we played Rory McIlroy’s home course Holywood, just outside Belfast and afterwards we headed for the resort town of Newcastle, not far from the Irish border. It has a lovely location on the Irish Sea at the base of the Mourne Mountains, the highest in Northern Ireland, and the place where many of the […]