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German winter: Christmas Market in Cologne

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Cologne Christmas Markets - The Solivagant Soul

After I moved to Belgium a few years back, one of the things I was the happiest about was that I was on a city with a beautiful Christmas market. And not only that, but only a few hours away from many others. In every city, or capital around here, there’s at least one interesting market. You can visit the weirdly lighten one in Brussels. Or the rustic in Liege. Or maybe the lovely one in Brugge. Each one of them has something special, but none compares to the Christmas market of Cologne. Because is not one or two, they…

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Visit the Medina of Tunis, UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Visit the Medina of Tunis in Tunisia, a world heritage site by the UNESCO - The Solivagant Soul

A few years back I was lucky enough to spend a whole month in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. During that month, I enjoyed swimming in the beaches of Sidi Bou Said much as I could. And, in several occasions, I visited also the ruins of Carthage. But there was one thing I did almost daily: visit the Medina of Tunis. What’s a Medina? Being clear, the medina is the old quarter of any city in the MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa). If you have seen any Indiana Jones movie, the place where “the bad ones” always try to…

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