Walking Dict

Travel Dictionary
This account tells the stories of places and things that will never end.

[Lonely Planet Kids @lpkids]

Landing in a bookshop near you in September.... ✈️

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Happy #BookLoversDay
Photo: Alpgiray Kelem Izmir, Turkey 2017

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Micro Theatre: Miguel Alcantud discovered that a brothel around the corner was for rent.Enlisting help from different theatre companies, he arranged for a series of plays to be performed in each room.
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#travel #art #madrid #spain #theatre #microtheatre

[National Geographic History @NatGeoHistory]

It’s difficult to picture Bulgaria as a whole without the iconic flowers that symbolize its national identity. But economic and climate pressures are making their future unclear. https://t.co/b83YIHcvbs

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Faro de Cabo Mayor-Pausa: The Lighthouse, rising on cliffs formed by hard waves in the north of Spain, leads the mariners for 200 years and reminds to the people their stories
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#travel #experience #history #spain #santander #lighthouse #atlanticocean

[Lonely Planet Magazine India @LPMagIn]

With their fantastic atchitecture and sculpture finesse, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed temples of Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, draw tourists from all over the world. p: Dmitry Rukhlenko /123RF

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

The world looks poised to get a lot hotter before it decarbonises https://t.co/pVHGDwQI3y

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Los Churros: According to a rumor about churro, the churro was made by Spanish shepherds, to substitute for fresh bakery goods.
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#travel #foodanddrink #walkingdictionary #worldwide #experience #voyage #spain #churros #culture #loschurros #deserts

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Bremen Squares: During the Second World War, the historic buildings of Marktplatz and Rathaus were dismantled against the risk of bombing, and after the war they were turned into the old.
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#bremen #germany #wwii #secondwar #architecture #europe

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Paella: It is one of the most famous dishes of Spanish cuisine.
A Spanish proverb says : "Paella, must be prepared in 19 minutes, it should be eaten in 20 minutes while is hot."
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#travel #culture #food #foodanddrink #paella #spain #paellatime #seafood

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Halfeti: Part of the town of Halfeti remained underwater as the Birecik Dam started to fill up in 2000.
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#travel #walkingdict #experience #history #turkey #halfeti #Urfa #culturalheritage

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Zygmunt Gorgolewski begins construction of the Opera House in 1897, but nobody trusts the structure during the construction process, and he himself dies in 1900 without seeing the completion of the construction.
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#lviv #ukraine #zygmuntgorgolewski

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Charles Joukin, one of the survivors of Titanic and the chief baker of Titanic, drank his 45-year-old cognac when the ship went down, thus getting rid of freezing.
#charlesjoukin #Titanic #walkingdict #titanicartefacts #history #story

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Statue of Philip IV: This equestrian statue of Philip IV, was made by Pietro Tacca in 1640, based on 2 portraits of the monarch, created by Velazquez.
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#travel #walkingdict #ontheroad #voyage #history #culture #spain #madrid #statue #kingphilip #art

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Vondelpark: The poet Joost van den Vondel is named. In the 1960s and 1970s it became a meeting place for hippies.
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#travel #adventure #walkingdict #voyage #vondelpark #holland #amsterdam #publicpark

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Porrón: It starts to pour out of the mouth and is slowly held up and poured from the height.
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#travel #vacation #walkingdict #culture #spain #catalan #drink #porron #wine

[Walking Dict @DictWalking]

Drunken Cherry: Located on the corner of Rynok Square in Lviv, this place only offers cherry liqueur. They put a cherry in the liquor served in crystal cups and called "Drunk Cherry"
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#travel #walkingdict #voyage #ukraine #lviv #cherry #drunkencherry

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Clock Tower: The clock is the last German Emperor II. Wilhelm's gift. It is said that this clock has only been stopped once since the year it was founded (1901).
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#travel #passenger #walkingdict #voyage #turkey #izmir #clocktower #sunset #evening

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Hungarian Parliament Building: The building, at the same height as Saint Stephen's Basilica, symbolizes the balance between this equality and the state affairs...
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#travel #walkingdict #voyage #hungary #budapest #architecture #parliamentbuilding

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Merry Cemetery: This cemetery in the village of Săpânța, Maramureş county, Romania...
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#trave #walkingdict #voyage #romania #maramures #cemetery #merrycemetery