From making Linzer Torte and listening to opera to going on a river cruise and wearing the soles of shoes thin from all the walking:

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Linz is a vibrant city, which looks forward to a bright future. It has a lot to offer to visitors from history to art, music and nature.

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I arrived in Austria for the first time to visit the city of Linz. I had heard about the beauty and peacefulness of Austria and Vienna, its association with art and music, being well known all over the world for its artists and composers. I did not know what to expect to see in Linz. I knew that Linz was the European Capital of Culture in 2009, a future city that thinks forward. Thanks to this accolade, the city has received a boost, with many new museums which has resulted in many more tourists visiting.

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Puglia, positioned in the heel of Italy’s boot, is a lesser known region to tourists. Puglia or Apulia, which was the Latin name for the region, Italy’s southernmost peninsula, has remained almost untouched by visitors. Its beautiful coastlines, countryside and vast number of historical monuments from the ancient to the medieval period lay waiting for discerning visitors.

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The Azadi Airport is one of the largest private aviation centres in Iran and the Middle East, which also aim to work in research and other industrial activities. This privately owned airport provides facilities for pilot training and pleasurable flights for individuals and organizations. Men and women can attend theory classes and experience flights before being given internationally recognized certificates from the Civil Aviation Organization that would enable them to fly independently. The trainee pilots would also learn advanced manoeuvering and can fly to nearby cities in all directions in Iran. It is particularly favorable among enthusiasts flying to the seaside cities of Chalous, Noshahr and Ramsar by the Caspian Sea.

The mountainous Chalous road near the city of Karaj which leads to the city of Chalous offers one of the most picturesque places in Iran. There are many cafes, kebab houses and restaurants along the road and beside the river.

The house of the late Dr Mohammad Mosadegh and his tomb is located in the village of Ahmad Abad near the city of Karaj.

Mosaddegh was a prominent Iranian politician and Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953. His democratically elected government was overthrown in a coup coordinated by American CIA and British MI6 agents. He was renown because of his policy against foreign domination and support for nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, revoking the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which was imposed on Iran since 1913, exploiting cheap oil and profiting for nearly 40 years.

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Waterloo, in Belgium, is a small town located seventeen kilometres south of Brussels. The town is very close to forests and its name may have originated from the Latin words for ‘water” and “loo”, which literally means wet forest. This unknown, small hamlet in the province of Walloon became a well-known landmark on the world map as a result of the famed battle between Napoleon Bonaparte and the Alliance of the Seventh Coalition formed by the most powerful monarchs of Europe under the command of the Duke of Wellington on 18th June 1815.

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I arrived in Mons in May to witness how the city transforms itself into a mass celebratory ritual on the weekend of Trinity Sunday during the Doudou festival.

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The city of Mons transforms into a mass ritual of joy on the weekend of Trinity Sunday during the Doudou festival. The whole city partakes in celebrating Ducasse de Mons. Every corner of the old medieval town leading to the main square is decorated and food and drink stalls are set up to serve the large crowd. The locals, young and old, children and all family members gather in cobbled streets, joined by tourists and people from nearby villages and larger cities such as Brussels. Modern and traditional Belgian music plays loudly from every street. I had never witnessed such a huge celebration in one city.

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