Author Archive: Dushan Stojchev

World’s Most Famous Medieval Castles – Middle East and Asia

10 November 2010 If you thought castles were only to be found in Europe, you thought wrong. Castles were built all across Europe and well into western Russia, as well as Middle East ... read more

World’s Most Famous Medieval Castles – Europe (III)

9 November 2010 In part three of this series we focus on England’s most notorious haunted castles. The previous batch of haunted castles, covered here, were from various European countries. You can start ... read more

Popular Snowboarding Parks and Locations in Europe (I)

8 November 2010 With the winter season just around the corner, many of us are getting ready for a new snowboarding holiday. If you’re anything like me it means you’re already in search ... read more

World’s Most Famous Medieval Castles – Europe (II)

8 November 2010 In part one of this series we showed you how castles came into being, and their evolution from wooden structures to stone, plus the motivation regarding their constant change in ... read more

2000-year-old House of the Gladiators in Pompeii Collapsed

8 November 2010 Today is a dark day for European historic tourism as news of the ancient House of Gladiators in the famous city of Pompeii has collapsed on Sunday reaches travelers around ... read more

On Sunday, the Pope Celebrates the First Mass of Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

6 November 2010 A major Barcelona tourist attraction, Sagrada Familia has been in the works for the past 128 years. Although technically a church, it will only host its first Catholic worship ceremony ... read more

Museum Dedicated to the Life of Jewish Americans to Open in Philadelphia

5 November 2010 A new museum dedicated to Jewish life in America will be opened on November 26. It holds Albert Einstein’s pipe, Irving Berlin’s piano, Jonas Salk’s test tubes and many other ... read more