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  • Random Moment #25 – Groovy Feeling at 120+ bpm

    Random Moment #25 – Groovy Feeling at 120+ bpm

    Groovy Feeling … a specialist selection of electronic dance music (EDM), at 120+ bpm, all tracks feature a steady, driving pulsating beat and catchy synths, generating an uplifting energy. 1 – Dancer by Gino Soccio @ 122 bpm2 – Groovy Feeling (Make Mine A 99) by Fluke @ 123 bpm3 – Always Loved A Film

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  • Borrowing books from Bibliothèque Forney, Paris

    Borrowing books from Bibliothèque Forney, Paris

    This is the last of a series of 4 posts on public libraries, three of which are situated in Europe and one in Australia. Click to read the earlier posts, here, here and here. Enjoy a secular song from the late Medieval period, while browsing. While staying in Paris for an extended period, we stumbled

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  • Wandering into The Biennale Library in Venice

    Wandering into The Biennale Library in Venice

    This is the third post in a series on public libraries that we came across during our travels. The public libraries in the earlier posts are in Stuttgart and Melbourne. Let’s start with some music. We and IT visited Venice for the 60th Biennale Arte, which runs from April to November 2024 (since its inception

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  • Exploring the State Library of Victoria: A Melbourne Institute

    Exploring the State Library of Victoria: A Melbourne Institute

    This is the second of a series of 4 posts on public libraries, three of the libraries are situated in Europe and this one is in Australia. Like some music to accompany you ? During our 10-day stay in Melbourne, we often found ourselves drawn to the State Library of Victoria, just a short two-block

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Jungfrau, a must-see in Switzerland

Art and Architecture on Naoshima 直島, Japan

Morocco Adventure: Sand, Sea and Souks

Venice, its canals and carriers

Small Bookstores of the World – Series 1

Familiar food we (as travelers) ate while in Tokyo

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