Category: Europe

Hat-Tricking The SMOOM: Backpacking To Every Part Of Sovereign Military Order Of Malta🪖🗝🟥⬜️⬛️

Hat-Tricking The SMOOM: Backpacking To Every Part Of Sovereign Military Order Of Malta🪖🗝🟥⬜️⬛️

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“I’d like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand” – The New Seekers. In my ongoing World Borders Series, the SMOOM – The Sovereign Military Order Of Malta was a peculiar and welcome addition. Way back in 2017, this was counted as country 156 on my wacaday tourist journey on planet earth. Read more about Hat-Tricking The SMOOM: Backpacking To Every Part Of Sovereign Military Order Of Malta🪖🗝🟥⬜️⬛️[…]

Friday's Featured Food: Lunch At The New Quays, Portavogie, Northern Ireland (The Most Easterly Pub in Ireland)

Friday’s Featured Food: Seafood Lunch At The New Quays, Portavogie, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️(The Most Easterly Pub in Ireland)

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“Take me back to the town where I was born, because I’m tired of being a stranger and I’m miles from home” – Noel Gallagher. I grew up in North Down, County Down, Northern Ireland. It’s my homeland and I’m a beach boy and a seaside city boy at heart. I spent most of my Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Seafood Lunch At The New Quays, Portavogie, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️(The Most Easterly Pub in Ireland)[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Visiting The Oldest Irish Pub In The World, Grace Neill’s Donaghade, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️

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Thirsty Thursdays: Visiting The Oldest Irish Pub In The World, Grace Neill’s Donaghade, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️ Grace Neill’s, located in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland, is often cited as the oldest pub in Ireland, and as you can see on its website, it claims the title of the oldest, although this is often disputed. The history of Grace Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Visiting The Oldest Irish Pub In The World, Grace Neill’s Donaghade, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Drinkpacking A WHOLE Country – I Pub Crawled EVERY Bar In Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸

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Thirsty Thursdays: I Pub Crawled EVERY Bar In Seborga Back in 2022, I thought I was hardcore by visiting over 50% of the bars in Alderney in one weekend. On Rathlin Island in the same year, I did 1 out of the 2 bars there (the other was shut) and on Sark in 2009, I Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Drinkpacking A WHOLE Country – I Pub Crawled EVERY Bar In Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸[…]

Backpacking In The Principality Of Seborga💙🩵🤍👑: Top 33 Sights

Backpacking In The Principality Of Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸: Top 33 Sights

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“I get so high, I just can’t feel it” – Noel Gallagher. The news you need to hear firstly is that lofty wee Seborga is a pure fire charmigator. Anyone who disputes this, can come and see me and I’ll tell them in true Alan Mcdonald style. This high one kicks lowly Milan and Genoa Read more about Backpacking In The Principality Of Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸: Top 33 Sights[…]

World Borders: Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️ To Republic Of Ireland 🇮🇪 At Liberty Bridge, Muff, Donegal

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“Illusion never changed into something real” – NI *. There are obviously loads of roads and border crossings between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and I’ve crossed that border about 100 times I’d say, given my list of visits to each country. I’ve crossed by bus, train, foot and car. This includes the Read more about World Borders: Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️ To Republic Of Ireland 🇮🇪 At Liberty Bridge, Muff, Donegal[…]

Backpacking in Uzupis: Some Facts and Information on this Crazy Self Declared Republic

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I have thrice backpacked Uzupis. In 2015 once and in 2021 twice. It is a fully separate republic that borders Lithuania in the city of Vilnius, where Iain “Iain Dowie” Dowie Dowied back in 1993. The Republic of Užupis is quite small and isolated, being only about 148 acres (0.60 km2) in size; it has Read more about Backpacking in Uzupis: Some Facts and Information on this Crazy Self Declared Republic[…]

Friday's Featured Food: Ravioli Di Boreghine And Wine in Seborga

Friday’s Featured Food: Ravioli Di Borragine And Wine in Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸

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  After my incredibly inspiring border crossing from Bordighera in Italy to Seborga, I had a hat-trick of days to explore this small country. Seborga on my visit had only two restaurants that were open, so naturally I had to dine in all of them. The two open ones were Trattoria San Bernardo and Restaurante Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Ravioli Di Borragine And Wine in Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸[…]