BADEK’S NEWS I

One. Brazilian soccer legend Pele (C) makes an Olympic pitch as a Canadian space tourist prepares to blast off in Russia. Two. On Wednesday when the Dalai Lama arrives here, Mayor Dave  Bronconnier will plant a white cowboy hat on his noggin, but the world’s famous monk won’t have to recite the white-hat oath. Three….

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Visiting the Imperial City of Vienna, Austria

It was a very hot day 33 degrees C with high humidity which makes the simplest task of walking, touring very, very uncomfortable. That was Vienna, beautiful, incomparable, cultural and a vibrant business centre. We visited it with Janko’s Slovak family’s  friend Karl, born Austrian. By profession he is a a bus driver and knew…

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Day 12: Venice, Italy

Venice, Italy is the last destination in our Mediterranean journey.             There are many islands in the Venetian lagoon? but the most famous are the Lido, Sun Michelle, Murano, Burano, and Torcello. In Venice is Piazza San Marco, bell chimes, pigeons (brave souls let the birds land on them) and violins play/ St. Marc’s Basilica, the…

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Day 11: Dubrovnik, Croatia

DUBROVNIK, CROATIA Founded in the 7-th century on a site called Ragusium by the Romans,Dubrovnik is a town in southeastern Croatia, located on the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea. A historic and picturesque town, Dubrovnik has long been known as a major tourist resort. The town faces the sea at the foot of the…

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Day 10: Corfu, Kerkira, Greece

CORFU, KERKIRA,GREECE                                                                                                                  Situated between the heel of Italy and the west coast of mainland of Greece, CORFU was one of the first Greek Islands to attract mass tourism in the 1960s. Much of the Island still consists of olive groves, mountain of woodland. It is also thought to have been the model for Prospero’s and…

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