May 22, 2018The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution of Israel, housing encyclopedic collections of works dating from prehistory to the present day in archaeology, the fine arts, and Jewish life. Since opening in 1965, the Museum has built a collection of half a million objects at permanent and temporary displays and it keeps upgrading. The museum is open for visitors…
May 11, 2018Guides on the Internet usually recommend seeing Stockholm, Uppsala, and Abisko National Park in Sweden, but the more we travel here, the more we admire the number of other absolutely amazing attractions. Last weekend, we travelled from Stockholm to Gothenburg by car, and, by the recommendation of a colleague, visited several attractions on the way. We did not expect these…
May 1, 2018Taltsy is similar to Open-Air Museum in Tallinn or Skansen in Stockholm. Taltsy is called architectural and ethnographic museum: it tells a about everyday life of Baikal region inhabitants via the display of Baikal architecture from indigenous huts to the estates of the 20th century.
April 21, 2018It is not so easy to decide on the route around Central America: there is too much to see. This is why we were not sure about the Bocas del Toro archipelago when planning the itinerary, but it was a totally right decision to go there. The island is great not just due to its beaches, but also because of…
April 11, 2018As we have already written, many museums in Sweden do not have entrance fee. On the way to IKEA birthplace, Älmhult, we used this advantage again and visited the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping. Here we spent more than three hours and had a lot of fun.
March 31, 2018We have just returned from Cyprus: there we spent a wonderful week. To be honest, after the January trip to Malta, we did not expect much from Cyprus, but we should have. We really want to go back to Cyprus now, and this is why.