• Château de Versailles casts a royal spell

    Tweet The Palace of Versailles (Château de Versailles) is a royal and magnificent hulk of building with Alice in Wonderland gardens in the Île-de-France region. Les jardins du château de Versailles (the gardens) cover some 800,000 square meters of land perfected in a classic French garden style based on symmetry and a vast landscape of …

  • Jones Beach, New York passes for the Wild West

    Tweet I photographed what resembles a simulation of a Western movie scene or a desolate mirage-like effect where you almost expect a tumbleweed to roll past and John Wayne to follow suit. This is Jones Beach in New York located in the region of Long Island. Known to be heavily crowded during the summer’s high …

  • Lisbon: Top 5 neighborhoods to explore

    Tweet Even with its struggling economy evidently weighing down the Portuguese, Lisbon radiates with unpretentious charm, a medley of old and new aspects, and a bustling social scene. In the shadows of the modern buildings, and shopping malls located in medieval districts, you will find glimpses of old Lisbon everywhere; crumbling mansions and streets, rattling …

  • Sanctuary of Sorrows of the Blessed Mary in Castelpetroso, Italy

    Tweet With my distinct Italian roots, it’s about time I posted a piece on my mother country. During my 2-hour ride on a voyager bus getting the hell out of my unforeseen predicament in Naples and in to Molise, I spotted from a distance a magnificent, Gothic cathedral nestled on a towering mountain. Any architectural …

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