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Although I arrived at İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) using a multi-vehicle route that took nearly two hours, I secured a shuttle to return from the historic European side to SAW for only €10. I had read about the terrible traffic...

CENTRAL EUROPE from Berlin to Zagreb - Leipzig, Germany Leipzig, Germany CENTRAL EUROPE First part: DRESDEN and LEIPZIG This has been my seventh journey in Europe during the last 16th months. I took a low cost flight with Ryanair from Milan to Prague...

Recently, an ancient wooden wheel and axle were discovered near Ljubljana, Slovenia, which carbon dating revealed to be 5,200 years old. Now on display at a local museum, the Kolo Wheel is evidence that transportation has been a major concern and preoccupation...

On this day in history… December 27 1825 – 1st public railway using steam locomotive completed in England between Stockton and Darlington 1831 – HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs England for South America 1871 – World’s first cat show (Crystal Palace...

I first went to Prague ages ago, in 1977, motivated by a desire to see the birthplace of the first serious writers whose work meant the world to me as a young adult.  Although Franz Kafka and Rainer Maria Rilke never wrote explicitly about Prague...