This certifies that you have visited Cabo da Roca, in the district of Sintra, Portugal, the westernmost point of the European continent, the very edge of the world, "where the land ends and the sea begins," where the spirit of faith, love and adventure urged the Portuguese caravels to set sail in search of the New World.
In Nazaré we also noticed the arena and ticket booths for bullfights. In Portugal the corrida is not as bloody as in Spain, because the bull is not killed but stunned with colourful spears thrust into its neck, and the matador brings it to its knees. Bulls are specially bred for the fights to reach 300 kg. The original corrida can only be seen in Spain's Andalusia region. There the bull is exhausted and killed by thrusting in a sword. The crowd shouts - Veronica! - demanding the animal's death.
It turns out port wine was invented only 300 years ago, when an English merchant transporting red wine from Portugal to England had the idea of adding spirits to it. The English took so keenly to port wine that Porto became the main port city from which the produced wine was transported to Great Britain.
In translation from Catalan, Montserrat means the jagged, serrated mountain. The view is truly magnificent. The mountain peaks look as if polished by water and smoothed by the winds. The monastery, located approximately 50 km from Catalonia's capital Barcelona, is indeed embraced by jagged mountains.
Up on the hill remained ... no, no, those are not just television sets, but... "Object MUNAMUNA, accidentally fallen in Pedvāle." I thought of Latvia, but perhaps of butterflies - young, fresh and free as in Ziedonis's poetry. Well, perhaps slightly petrified...
A manifestation of contemporary culture through the length of a night. Night is able to provoke unexpected ideas, allows surprising experiments to develop, and offers a different perspective on familiar things. Darkness feeds human imagination.
The Molėtai Observatory. A 40 m tall tower with a telescope room. At the top on the footbridge, with the naked eye in good weather one can see within a 30 km radius. In the basement an ethnocosmology museum, established only in 1990. The museum's collections include ancient calendars, audio and video materials about the interaction between humanity and the Universe. Here one can also see a star being born.
The southern part of France alongside the Mediterranean Sea. Since the 19th century it has developed as a resort area. The two main jewels of the French Riviera - Nice and Cannes.
At the upper open viewing platform everyone can explore in which direction one can see, for example, the forests of Latvia, or how far Berlin is from Munamägi, etc. Riia, i.e. Riga, is 200 km from Munamägi.
The name Monaco is certainly associated with Formula 1, the Monaco Grand Prix, as the races take place on the city's streets, where people walk every day and traffic flows. The Monte Carlo Casino, visited by the world's wealthiest, most famous, and most gambling-prone people. Casino visitors should expect to hand over any photo and video equipment to the guards...