Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Santa Catalina Monastery
Tour in pictures A couple of days ago during my stay in Arequipa I visited the Santa Catalina Monastery. It covers an area of 20 thousand square meters in the historical part of the city and is called often – „a city within the city“. Amazing is the fact that the monastery was built in…
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Lake Titicaca and its communities – a story about status symbols
A couple of days ago a short trip took us to some small islands in the Titicaca lake. The lake Titicaca is really magnificent – situated at 3800 meters above the sea level one have the feeling of being at the Mediterranean Sea. The surrounding mountains despite of their height of around 6000 meters…
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Colca Canyon – High, so high!
Hi guys, today it was the first day from our tour through the Colca Canyon. And the first time for me going on such high – almost 5000 meters above the sea level. Until now everything is going fine. Maybe its because of the Coca tea and the helpfull tips from our guide – however…
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Arequipa – the local market
After twelve hours KLM flight we landed at the early evening in Lima. Our intention was to take the last flight on that day to Arequipa. Unfortunately we did not made it. The plan was too tight and the South American people do not really like to urge. So we were stuck on the airport…
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Culinary Easter in Stockholm
Stockholm is one of my favorite European capitals besides Paris and Rome. It‘s calm and tidy. Everyone is friendly and smiling. Even the sound of the Swedish „Hej“ makes you feel familiar with the people. This year I spent lovely Easter holidays visiting friends in Stockholm. It was interesting to see how native Swedish…
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