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Pantheon, Rome

Ancient Roman temple, free and easily accessible in the centre of the city of Rome. The Pantheon dates back to 27BC and is the only temple of its kind and size. The pagan temple was converted to a Roman Catholic church in the seventh centrury, Santa Maria dei Martiri (informally known today as Santa Maria Rotonda) and has been in continuous use for mass on Sundays and on holy days of significance. Visiting on church service days it is best to wear the right attire and cover up to show respect. The Pantheon is a very popular attraction. I’ve been there several times and would recommend visiting in the off-season when you can expect smaller sized crowds. It will give you more time to...

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Zaanse Schans, Netherlands

An afternoon trip to Zaanse Schans to see the windmills. Not the best day for us as it was grey and windy, not unusual for the Netherlands at the time of year, autumn. It would’ve been nice if we had blue skies with the wind to run the windmills. Best time to visit is in spring (April) when the tulips are normally in bloom. This will add colour to any view. Getting to Zaanse Schans is easy from Amsterdam. We caught the train from Amsterdam Sloterdijk where we were staying but you could easily do it from Amsterdam Centraal. It takes approximately 15 minutes from Sloterdijk to the Zaandijk Zaanse Schans railway station. Then a short walk of approximately 20 minutes to the historical...

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Watch your homonyms and homophones when travelling

Ended up in the wrong town, city or country? Did you check the name and spelling of the place where you were suppose to go to? Did you board the wrong flight? Well this can easily happen if you don’t research your travels as you should and check (possibly double check) your airticket/boarding pass. There have been many cases of travellers ending up at the wrong destination because placenames are either identical or sound the same but spelt differently. Sometimes at no fault of their own. Airlines and travel agents have also been known to make the mistake. In one case a couple ended up on the wrong continent over confusing airport codes. In other mix-ups people book same sounding place names like Guyana...