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I walked across Luxembourg
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#242I walked across Tokyo last weekend. Took me 20 hours. I suck at writing so all I'll say is that everyone should walk across a city. It's a magical experience. Turn off your your phone, bring a disposable camera and a compass and just walk. You'll discover so many personal insights.
I follow Craig Mod [0], who regularly walks in Japan. You might find him interesting.
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> Charles V Funnily he was also King of two different Galicias (the one in Spain and the other one in Ukraine)
Maybe one day some really successful conqueror will be king of both Georgias, the one in North America and the one in Caucasus.
Don't forget South Georgia!
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#244Many years ago I was traveling around Asia and came across a Spanish traveler called Samuel who was walking from Barcelona to Kathmandu. I don’t know if he made it, but he made a lasting impression on me.
There are parts of the world on such a trek that these days I would not want to cross by vehicle, let alone on foot. In the 70s, though, I was with my parents on the Delhi-Tehran portion of the old Kathmandu-London route. I'm only seeing recollections of the old trips, though, no indication that groups are doing it now.
Yes. Even 15-20 years ago, parts of Iran / Pakistan ( Baluchistan) were very tricky, and while on the road I met people who got kidnapped and eventually ransomed. Afghanistan was of course not a recommended path either.
I think in the 70s people went through Afghanistan, the Khyber pass and then Pakistan/Peshawar, which is a very bad idea these days.
Maybe I’ll see Khyber pass one day, I don’t know. The Hunza valley in northern Pakistan was incredible enough. Stay safe first !
Edit : this assumes you’re an obvious tourist. If you’re a local I guess things are very different
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>> Dutch law allowed the throne to pass to a female child, but the Grand Duchy was under different laws and was inherited by a claimant rather than the new Dutch queen. (Monarchy is pretty weird in practice.) Game of Thrones, with its campy portrayal of regal titles and announcements, kind of drives this point home. European aristocracy, especially those derived from germanic and other barbarian cultures, held titles…
Queen Elizabeth II had so many titles they abbreviated them: (On accession.) "Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of this Realm and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith." (At death.) "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwea…
All dutch laws start with "Wij Beatrix, bij de gratie Gods, Koningin der Nederlanden, Prinses van Oranje-Nassau, enz. enz. enz." (or equivalent for different kings/queens) which translates to "We Beatrix, by the grace of god, queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Oranje-Nassau, etc. etc. etc."
You know a title is too long if you have to resort to "etc." in official documents.
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>Basically Governor-General (the Queen's representative of a country) John Kerr did it without approval from the Queen. What does this even mean? It's not like G-Gs the world over consult with Buckingham Palace before every action. Kerr acted as he believed was the correct course. You may or may not agree, but the 1975 dismissal was not a case of that Governor-General somehow cheating to get away with a flagrant viol…
> Yet again, a Canadian (thinks he) knows more about other countries' affairs than his own. On behalf of Canadians I'm sorry about whatever it is that we did to make you feel this way.
> Yet again, a Canadian (thinks he) knows more about other countries' affairs than his own.
Yeah there's a story there.
Plus their apparent belief in having mind reading abilities is disturbing.
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#247Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Yet again, a Canadian (thinks he) knows more about other countries' affairs than his own. On behalf of Canadians I'm sorry about whatever it is that we did to make you feel this way.
> Yet again, a Canadian (thinks he) knows more about other countries' affairs than his own. Yeah there's a story there. Plus their apparent belief in having mind reading abilities is disturbing.
Sorry, not my fault that you misunderstand what Governors-Generals do (and don't do) or what happened with the 1975 dismissal.[1] Or you now pretending that you knew what had happened in the 1979 federal election (let alone the earlier cases, especially 1896) before I told you about it.
[1] Or The Dismissal, depending on who you ask
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I live in San Marino, let me chime in! The historic center, which is called San Marino Città, is a gorgeous medieval town and it's also part of UNESCO heritage. I definitely recommend a trip there, if you happen to be somewhere near. When I went to school there, I regularly missed the bus so I had the chance of doing a few walks down to my home. It's a bit steep, since the town is located at the top of mount Titano a…
BYW it had a 1500 year anniversary in 1992, yes ? I recall not reading too much about celebrations.
Maybe it was the 1700 anniversary on 2001? The official founding date is 3 September 301 AD