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Movie locations around the world part 6
This is part 6 of my quest for finding movie locations around the world. Contents: Before Sunset, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Doctor Who, Match Point, Hannibal, Superman 2, In The Line Of Fire, Red Heat, Roman Holiday, Once Upon a Time in the West, Assassin’s Creed.
Movie locations around the world part 4
This is part 4 of my quest for finding movie locations around the world. Contents: Star Wars Episode 2, The World Is Not Enough, Sound of Music, In Bruges, Love Actually, Lola Rennt, Stagecoach, Rebel Without a Cause, Star Trek 4, Cast Away, Sex & The City, Entrapment.
Movie locations around the world part 2
This is part 2 of my quest for finding movie locations around the world. Contents: Blade Runner, Star Wars Episode 4, Skyfall, The Living Daylights, The Third Man, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Voyager, Before Sunrise, Easy Rider, Russian House, North by Northwest, Escape from Alcatraz, Californication.
Review: Long Way Round
In 2004 the actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman went on a four-month trip from London to New York. But to make things interesting they decided to go eastward on motorbikes.
Review: Imperium
Ryszard Kapuscinski passed away some years ago but his legacy stays with us. He is perhaps better known for The Soccer War, an account of tensions in Central America. That book is also a good read, but in my opinion not as inspiring for traveling as Imperium.
A virtual trip with the Trans-Siberian railway
Have you ever dreamed of going on the Trans-Siberian railway across Russia? Google has cooperated with Russian Railways to create a video of the entire trip.
From Gothenburg to Tokyo by train
It was a magnificent day for departure with clear skies and 11 degrees Celsius. Me and Frida donned our heavy backpacks at the Central Station in Gothenburg and boarded the first train of many to come.
Isolation on Trans-Siberian railway
I shared cabin with a Russian couple on a night train from Helsinki to Moscow earlier this week. They told me that a plane had crashed near Perm with 80 dead and some damage done to the Trans-Siberian railway.
Red Square of Moscow
There are places that smack you in the face the moment you set foot in them. Red Square is one of those places. Less a tourist attraction, more a stone colossus of history staring you down. Welcome to Moscow, comrade. This isn’t Paris, and it sure as hell isn’t Disneyland.