Odessa ( Одеса, Одесса ). A voyage to Odessa, Ukraine, EuropeOdessa ( Одеса, Одесса ). A voyage to Odessa, Ukraine, Europe

   Odesa is a city straight from literature – an energetic, decadent boomtown. Its famous Potemkin Steps sweep down to the Black Sea and Ukraine’s biggest commercial port. Behind them, a cosmopolitan cast of characters makes merry among pastel neoclassical buildingslining a geometrical grid o…

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30Apr2012

island timeisland time

Well now that the mammoth range is in place I felt it was safe to move the island back into the kitchen , time to extend the island and to make it pretty . What we started out with was a standard depth base cabinet , three doors wide . A good starting point , but we found it a bit wee for this kitch…

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29Apr2012

Kirkenes. A voyage to Kirkenes, Norway (Norge), Nord Europe.Kirkenes. A voyage to Kirkenes, Norway (Norge), Nord Europe.

This is it: you’re as far east as Cairo, further east than most of Finland, a mere 15km from the border with Russia – and at the end of the line for the Hurtigruten coastal ferry.This tiny, nondescript place, anticlimactic for many, has a distinct frontier feel. You’ll see street signs in Norwegia…

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29Apr2012
 
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