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-THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE-
Statue in Finland entitled:
"Read even if you're drowning"
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Statue in Finland entitled:
"Read even if you're drowning"
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Socotra, Yemen 🇾🇪 That swollen, bottle-shaped trunk crowned with pink is a desert rose, and it grows almost nowhere on Earth except Socotra, an island so isolated that a third of its plant species exist here and nowhere else 🌸.
Marooned in the Arabian Sea between Yemen and Somalia, it reads less like a destination and more like a planet that drifted off course 🪐.
Getting in means a charter flight and some paperwork patience, and the desert roses flower for only a short window, so timing is the whole game ⏳.
📷: @primpaul
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🏺✨ There is exactly one staircase in the world like this.
The Scala di Santa Maria del Monte in Caltagirone climbs 142 steps up the hillside of this UNESCO-listed baroque town — and every single step is faced with its own individually hand-painted ceramic tile, no two patterns alike, each one a small masterpiece of Sicilian maiolica.
Caltagirone has been a center of ceramic artistry since antiquity, and this staircase is its grandest love letter to that craft. Once a year, during the Festa di San Giacomo in late July, the entire staircase is illuminated with thousands of small oil lamps arranged into elaborate seasonal designs — and for one unforgettable night, 142 steps of painted clay become a glowing river of light running straight up the mountainside. It is one of the most beautiful sights in all of Sicily, and most travelers have never even heard of it.
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Wow ....Beautiful Boracay!
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Today we remember Stephen Hawking, whose ashes were interred in the Abbey #onthisday in 2018.
A renowned physicist, his best known work is 'A brief history of time.'
His memorial lies next to the graves of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, and his Caithness slate gravestone is inscribed with his most famous equation, describing the entropy of a black hole.
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Franz Kafka
"No matter how much you keep encouraging someone who is blindfolded to stare through the cloth, he still won’t see a thing."
"Franz Kafka, (born July 3, 1883, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary—died June 3, 1924, Kierling, near Vienna, Austria), German-language writer.
Born into a middle-class Jewish family in what is today the Czech Republic, he earned a doctorate at the University of Prague and then worked successfully but unhappily at an insurance company from 1907 until he was forced by a case of tuberculosis to retire in 1922.
The disease caused his death two years later. Kafka published only a few works in his lifetime, including the novellas The Metamorphosis (1915) and In the Penal Colony (1919) and the story collection A Country Doctor (1919). His unfinished novels The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926), and Amerika (1927), published posthumously against Kafka’s wishes by his friend Max Brod, express the anxieties and alienation of 20th-century humanity.
His visionary tales, with their mixture of the normal and the fantastic, have provoked a wealth of interpretations. Kafka’s posthumous reputation and influence have been enormous, and he is regarded as one of the great European writers of the 20th century." (Britannica)
Franz Kafka (2012). “The Castle: A New Translation Based on the Restored Text”, p.184, Schocken
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The Duke's Castle of Isola del Liri, also known as Boncompagni-Viscogliosi Castle, is located in Isola del Liri, Italy.
📷 : @blu_oltre_mare
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The Ancient Crypt Where Goldfish Swim Above a 1,000-Year-Old Mosaic Floor
Hidden beneath the Basilica of San Francesco in Ravenna, Italy, lies one of the world's most unusual historic sites—a 10th-century crypt permanently filled with crystal-clear water.
At first glance, it appears as though the chamber has been accidentally flooded. In reality, the water is a result of Ravenna's unique geography. Because the city sits at a very low elevation and close to the Adriatic Sea, groundwater naturally seeps into the crypt, submerging its ancient mosaic floor beneath a shallow layer of water.
What makes the scene even more extraordinary is the presence of goldfish.
Swimming peacefully above the centuries-old mosaics, the fish transform the historic burial chamber into a surreal blend of archaeology and nature. Through the clear water, visitors can still admire portions of the intricate mosaic pavement that has survived for nearly a millennium.
The crypt lies beneath the historic Basilica of San Francesco, one of Ravenna's most important religious monuments. The site is also closely connected to Dante Alighieri, whose tomb is located nearby.
After his death in 1321, funeral rites for the celebrated poet were held at this church, forever linking the basilica to one of Italy's greatest literary figures.
Today, the flooded crypt remains one of Ravenna's most fascinating attractions, drawing visitors from around the world who come to witness this remarkable intersection of history, architecture, and nature.
What makes it so unforgettable is the contrast.
A medieval crypt submerged beneath groundwater—
where goldfish glide silently above a mosaic floor laid nearly 1,000 years ago.
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This masterfully reimagined 1950 Jaguar XK120 by Rob Ida...
... is a breathtaking tribute to the golden age of motorsport.
With its custom-made domed roof that evokes an authentic racing atmosphere, the "Black Cat" embodies power, precision, and timeless elegance.
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The historic town of Vieste on the Gargano Peninsula in Puglia, Italy, at night. 🇮🇹
The scene highlights the illuminated medieval center, which is built on a rocky cliff overlooking the Adriatic Sea. The town is famous for its narrow winding streets, whitewashed buildings, and scenic coastal location.
Photographer: Massimiliano Lazzi - @maxlazzi [IG]
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