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🆕 30th March 2025: Sant Pau, Verne & a chocobo {FFVII Barcelona 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-34N #JBinnacle #travel #SantPauBarcelona #SantPauRecinteModernista #VerneBarcelona #CCIB #concert #music #livemusic #FinalFantasyVIIRebirthOrchestraWorldTour #FinalFantasy
30th March 2025: Sant Pau, Verne & a chocobo {FFVII Barcelona 2025}
The Barcelona hotel charged 20 € per day and person or breakfast, and I was not willing to pay for that, and so I told my sibling. They had no option but to accept since they had decided to delegat…
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June 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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🆕 4th October 2024: Istanbul, day 2 – Bosphorus Istanbul (plus, again) {Türkiye, October 2024} wp.me/p2yJaA-2UO #Turkiye #ViajesElCorteIngles #MapaTours #OxinTravel #JBinnacle #TurquiaUnica #Istanbul #travel
4th October 2024: Istanbul, day 2 – Bosphorus Istanbul (plus, again) {Türkiye, October 2024}
It was warm in Istanbul | İstanbul when the sounds of the town woke me up. Since I was up early, I decided to find the Bozdoğan Kemeri (Aqueduct of the Grey Falcon), part of the Aqueduct of Valens …
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November 10, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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🆕 15th April 2025: Kinetic art and Egyptian replicas (Guadalajara, Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-35V #Guadalajara #GuadalajaraSpain #MuseoFranciscoSobrino #Tutankhamun #JBinnacle #travel
15th April 2025: Kinetic art and Egyptian replicas (Guadalajara, Spain)
Rain and school holidays having thwarted my hiking plans yet again, I decided to make the most of half a non rainy morning when I was going to be around Guadalajara to check out a free exhibition a…
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June 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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🆕 27th March 2025: The Raven Age at ReviLive (Madrid, Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-344 #TheRavenAge #Disconnected #Music #Concert #MetalMusic #MetalConcert #Madrid #JBinnacle
27th March 2025: The Raven Age at ReviLive (Madrid, Spain)
Sometimes one has to wonder what guides music promoters to make certain decisions. It would be interesting to be aware of factors like costs of renting a venue, fuel, ticketing and so on. Because o…
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May 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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🆕 16th July 2025: Santa Marina Palaeontological Site {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3bX #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
16th July 2025: Santa Marina Palaeontological Site {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025}
In our second morning in the Loarre course Técnicas de restauración en paleontología a través de la preparación de los huevos de dinosaurio de Loarre: Palaeontological Restoration Techniques throug…
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October 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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🆕 13th May 2025: Three free niche exhibitions (Madrid, Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-36d #travel #Madrid #MuseoONCE #FundacionTelefonica #ComicPlanet #PalacioCibeles #JBinnacle
13th May 2025: Three free niche exhibitions (Madrid, Spain)
I planned a little escapade to Madrid. There was nothing really special going on, it was just going to be a sunny day with no rain forecast and I could go to a museum and have lunch. When I say not…
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July 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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🆕 15th July 2025: The Egg Museum & the Mallos {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3bP #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
15th July 2025: The Egg Museum & the Mallos {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025}
I woke up around 7:30. After I had stressed out so much about reaching there, I almost could not believe I was really in Loarre, at the feet of the Pyrenees mountain range. I lounged around until b…
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October 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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🆕 10th October 2024: The Trojan Horse & Bursa {Türkiye, October 2024} wp.me/p2yJaA-2VJ #Turkiye #ViajesElCorteIngles #MapaTours #OxinTravel #JBinnacle #TurquiaUnica #Canakkale #Bursa #travel
10th October 2024: The Trojan Horse & Bursa {Türkiye, October 2024}
We had to leave by 5:30 to go see the Trojan Horse. The reason why I had had chosen this particular circuit was because it included “Troy”. The only thing I got to see of Troy was the Truva Heykeli…
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November 24, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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🆕 8th March 2025: Wiener Sängerknaben Spain Tour, half of a weekend’s plan (Madrid, Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-33g #Madrid #ViennaBoysChoir #WienerSängerknaben #WienerSangerknaben #music #livemusic #travel #Spain #JBinnacle
8th March 2025: Wiener Sängerknaben Spain Tour, half of a weekend’s plan (Madrid, Spain)
Where should I get to see the Vienna Boy’s choir Wiener Sängerknaben? Vienna? Of course not! Madrid, of course. We did try to see them in their home town, but it did not work out, because they sang…
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April 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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🆕 3rd October 2024: Istanbul, day 1 – Classical Istanbul (plus) {Türkiye, October 2024} wp.me/p2yJaA-2Uy #Turkiye #ViajesElCorteIngles #MapaTours #OxinTravel #JBinnacle #TurquiaUnica #travel
3rd October 2024: Istanbul, day 1 – Classical Istanbul (plus) {Türkiye, October 2024}
I spent the day in Istanbul | İstanbul, probably the most important city in Türkiye, and certainly the largest, but not the capital. It was founded as Byzantium in the 7th century BCE, straddling t…
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November 9, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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19th December 2024: Themed visits at the Madrid’s Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-30A #MuseoArqueológicoNacional #JBinnacle #IlPugilatore #EntreCaosYCosmosNaturalezaEnLaAntiguaGrecia #EntreCaosYCosmos #ExpoMAN_CaosYCosmos #archaeology #JBinnacle #travel
19th December 2024: Themed visits at the Madrid’s Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Spain)
There have been a lot of witches dripping into mainstream pop culture these last couple of months, what with Disney + / Marvel’s Agatha all Along and (half of) the musical Wicked released as a film…
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February 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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5th July 2025: Cheese, archaeology, pancakes (Madrid, Spain wp.me/p2yJaA-3b2 #Madrid #Fromaje #cheese #cheesetasting #ManArqueologico #KawaiiCafe #travel #JBinnacle
5th July 2025: Cheese, archaeology, pancakes (Madrid, Spain)
I am not completely sure how the conversation came up. My sibling said something about cheese tastings. I mentioned something about knowing about a shop in Madrid which organised them. Next thing I…
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September 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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14th June 2025: The road to Loarre {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3bI #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
14th June 2025: The road to Loarre {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025}
The closer the day came, the more nervous I got. First, there was the drive. It would be a long drive on my own, during the pre-holiday rush, and I had to go around Zaragoza (Saragossa), which has …
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October 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🆕 9th March 2025: Expominerales 2025, the other half of the weekend’s plans wp.me/p2yJaA-33m
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9th March 2025: Expominerales 2025, the other half of the weekend’s plans (Madrid, Spain)
Since I had to be in Madrid to watch the fantastic concert by the Wiener Sängerknaben, the plan had been to attend the yearly Expominerales mineral fair in the Mine and Energy Engineering School Es…
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April 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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🆕 13th October 2024: Mercado Cervantino de Alcalá de Henares (Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-2W6 #AlcaláDeHenares #MercadoCervantino #JBinnacle #travel
13th October 2024: Mercado Cervantino de Alcalá de Henares (Spain)
Alcalá de Henareswas the birthplace of writer Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, one if not the most important novel in the Spanish speaking world – often considered the first modern novel…
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November 30, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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🆕 16th October 2024: San Francisco Ballet’s Swan Lake at Teatro Real (Madrid, Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-2Wh #Jbinnacle #ballet #SanFranciscoBallet #TeatroReal #SwanLake
16th October 2024: San Francisco Ballet’s Swan Lake at Teatro Real (Madrid, Spain)
While heavy metal and hard rock concerts are my form of meditation, there is something magical about ballet in general and Swan Lake in particular. Also, in my defence, I’ve loved Swan Lake since b…
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December 1, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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🆕 6th October 2024: Cappadocia {Türkiye, October 2024} wp.me/p2yJaA-2V0 #Turkiye #ViajesElCorteIngles #MapaTours #OxinTravel #JBinnacle #TurquiaUnica #Cappadocia #travel
6th October 2024: Cappadocia {Türkiye, October 2024}
I had made a thing out of two coffees for breakfast, and today was no exception. The whole group was now in the hotel so we were ready to go see the sights. The bus had barely hit the road when our…
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November 15, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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🆕 31st March 2025: More Modernisme and the way back {FFVII Barcelona 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-34S #travel #Barcelona #LaPedrera #PalauDeLaMusicaCatalana #LaBoqueria #JBinnacle
31st March 2025: More Modernisme and the way back {FFVII Barcelona 2025}
For our final day in Barcelona, I had planned some more architectural visits. I had adjusted my planning considering the underground issues the previous day, but it turned out, it had been a Sunday…
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June 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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🆕 23rd October 2024: Brussels & Charleroi Terminal 1 {Belgium October 2024} wp.me/p2yJaA-2XL #Brussels #Bruxelles #Brussel #travel #JBinnacle
23rd October 2024: Brussels & Charleroi Terminal 1 {Belgium October 2024}
Whilst part of me wanted to stay in Antwerp [Anvers | Antwerpen] and visit the chocolate museum Chocolate Factory, it opened too late for me to be comfortable with the later flight schedule. Beside…
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December 15, 2024 at 9:57 AM
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🆕 11th April 2025: Extant, extinct and extrastormy (Madrid, Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-35P #Madrid #ZooAquariumMadrid #Saurios #travel #JBinnacle
11th April 2025: Extant, extinct and extrastormy (Madrid, Spain)
Since March was extremely rainy, I hoped that April would not be so. No such luck. However, there was a dinosaur exhibit in Madrid that I was keen on seeing, and I wanted to do it before Easter, be…
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June 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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🆕 18 & 19th November 2024: Apocalyptica Played Metallica in Madrid (Spain), so there I went wp.me/p2yJaA-2YU #JBinnacle #Madrid #travel #concert #Apocalyptica #Arctis
18 & 19th November 2024: Apocalyptica Played Metallica in Madrid (Spain), so there I went
Planning for this short getaway started on the 23rd of February, when I bought my ticket for the Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2 Tour 2024 stop in La Riviera in Madrid (50.50 €). Almost immedia…
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December 23, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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Recap: 14th - 18th July 2025. Trip: Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025 jbinnacle.com/tag/trip-din... #UniversidadDeZaragoza #MuseoCienciasNaturalesZaragoza #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle #YacimientosMurero #OodinoLab
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🆕 29th December 2024 – 1st January 2015: New Year in Vienna (Austria | Österreich) {Vienna, Silvesterkonzert 2024} wp.me/p2yJaA-30G #Vienna #Wein #Silvesterkonzert #Silvesterkonzert2024 #travel #JBinnacle
29th December 2024 – 1st January 2015: New Year in Vienna (Austria | Österreich) {Vienna, Silvesterkonzert 2024}
The year 2024 marked a jubilee in my family, and my parents had always talked about doing something crazy when it came. And the time came and we did something crazy. This trip did not go as I would…
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February 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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🆕 26th May 2025: Sliema & the return {Malta, May 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-38b #Sliema #StJulians #Mediterraneran #Malta #MaltaMay2025 #JBinnacle
26th May 2025: Sliema & the return {Malta, May 2025}
It was my last day in Malta. My return plane was mid-afternoon, so I had to head towards the airport at noon the latest. For that morning, I had planned a leisure stroll along the beaches towards t…
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August 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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🆕 23rd May 2025: Valletta {Malta, May 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-37F #Valetta #Malta #MaltaMay2025 #archaeology #SalutingBattery #travel #JBinnacle
23rd May 2025: Valletta {Malta, May 2025}
Around 5:00, I was woken up by a group of guys singing, and I thought they were outside, drunk and going back to their hotel. It turns out that Saint Julian’s | San Ġiljan is a party area. I had ab…
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July 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM