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Greece

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Łowiczanka

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The Greek people are the most beautiful I have ever seen. Each woman a goddess, each man an Adonis !! Continue reading →

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Uzbekistan

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Łowiczanka

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We left the fabled blue-tiled city of Samarkand, following the Silk Road through the Kara Kum desert, on our way to the holy city of Bukhara, and Khiva, the city of a thousand and one domes. Samarkand, one of the oldest cities of the world, the legendary capital of the Sogdians, the seat of Tamerlane’s empire, the city that Alexander the Great called the most beautiful he had ever seen. Continue reading →

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