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  • Paranal Observatory in Chile
    Science,  The quarantine stories

    The Paranal observatory in Chile:
    Dr. Johanna Hartke takes us to the frontier of astronomical observations

    December 21, 2020 / 1 Comment

    21st of December 2020 is an extremely interesting astronomical day, so in order to celebrate it, I have interviewed Dr. Johanna Hartke – an outstanding astronomer who works for the European Southern Observatory at the Paranal observatory in Chile. What makes 21st of December so special? In addition to the winter solstice – when we mark the shortest day in the year and the official start of the winter - this year we also enjoy two other exciting astronomical events: the peak of the Ursids meteor shower and the so-called “great conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn.

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    July 19, 2020
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    Is Rügen – Germany’s biggest island – a good choice for a summer vacation?

    September 24, 2020 / 3 Comments

    Rügen - Germany's biggest island. The pearl of the Baltic sea. "Island" and "sea" sound wonderful, but is the Baltic, with its relatively cold water, wonderful enough to spend your summer vacation there? The short answer, definitely yes; the long one: keep on reading, it will be worth it. I promise.

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    December 24, 2019

    The most touristic destination is, very likely, not your dream-holiday destination.

    September 6, 2019

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    August 25, 2019
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    Top sights in Delhi through pictures

    February 2, 2020 / 0 Comments

    If I need to choose the top sights in Delhi, then I would definitely opt for the four architectural masterpieces: Red Fort, Humayun's Tomb, Jama Masjid Mosque, and Qutub Minar. Focusing on these four monuments does not mean that Delhi fails to provide its visitors with sights to admire. Nevertheless, I am choosing these four monuments as my top sites in Delhi since they truly are architecturally stunning.

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    September 6, 2019

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    August 30, 2019
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    A whole world in one city: Delhi, India

    January 12, 2020 / 2 Comments

    As you walk by the colorful shops and busy markets and narrow streets and lavish temples - you realize that the crowd has its own language. I do not mean language like English, or German, or Hindi. It is more like a distant echo in the mountains, or a mixture of music beats from bars on a beach. The streets are filed with some kind of whispers - angry ones, happy ones, inviting ones - but together they remind me of humming birds or buzzing bees. All the words vanish in the air. We are left with a cocktail of sounds and letters, while all the individual emotions and messages…

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    December 24, 2019

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    The New Year’s Eve Mystery Revealed

    January 4, 2020 / 1 Comment

    We set our New Year's resolutions for hopes of better us and better tomorrow. It does not matter that by the 10th of January we forget them, because at that moment, all that matters is that we realize what we want to be, where we want to be, how we want to be. And when the clock ticks midnight, a certain warmth in our souls whispers that maybe - just maybe - these dreams can become part of our reality in the upcoming year.

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    August 25, 2019
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    December 28, 2019
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    The Taj Mahal – a masterpiece that gives shape to love

    December 28, 2019 / 0 Comments

    The stillness of the vast whiteness is interrupted only by carved in floral patterns from semi-precious stones. They are so delicate, yet so sophisticated and beautiful. I like to think that his is how Shah Jahan perceived Mumtaz. No human is one-sided or one-colored, but we need to get close enough to them and pay attention to the details in order to cherish them in all of their beauty and existence.

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    Welcome to Agra – the home of the great Taj Mahal

    December 24, 2019 / 2 Comments

    The first rule of visiting a foreign country is: do not assume that your standards hold wherever you are going. Let yourself to become a cultural river - flow into the new environment by avoiding the barriers in your mind set by stereotypes and prejudice and surrender yourself to the rich sea of the new culture.

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    September 6, 2019 / 1 Comment

    She said: "the war took everything from me, but it did not take my skill, my talent, and my wish to live an honest and fulfilled life. I am grateful each day for everything that I have: for my neighbors who help me, for God that keeps me safe, and for all the love in my life that enables me to grow. I need nothing more."

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    August 30, 2019 / 3 Comments

    "RESPICE QUOD SALVANT NEC OPES NEC GLORIA MUNDI NON DECOR AUT AETAS MORS QUIA CUNCTA RAPIT" - "Remember that neither riches nor fame, beauty nor age can save you from death, that takes all." by Petar Hektorović

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    August 25, 2019 / 3 Comments

    Summer has always been my most favorite season of the year. Even as these three months seemingly get shorter (because I am a responsible adult now duhhh) and hotter, one fragment of this season remains everlastingly sacred to me: visiting the sea. Ever since I was a kid, the salty water was the place where I managed to reach meditative-like serenity and to calm my overthinking mind and over-tensed body just by listening to the sound of the waves. The Earth would roar; I would listen. At this oasis of life, I would wait patiently for the sun to kiss the horizon and blend the sky with the most outstanding…

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