Verona is a city in Veneto, Italy, that is mainly known for being the place where William Shakespeare set his play “Romeo and Juliet”. Located on the Adige river, it is called home by roughly 257.000 people. Even if it is unknown if William Shakespeare visited Verona at all, two […]
Fjaðrárgljúfur is a gorgeous and overwhelming canyon in the south-east of Iceland. The canyon is about 100 metres wide, 2 kilometres long and over 2 million years old. Fjaðrárgljúfur was created through progressive erosion by water flowing from surrounding glaciers. Fjaðrá is the name of the river that falls of […]
In the east of Iceland, near the city of Egilsstaðir, the forest of Hallormsstaðaskógur, which is the biggest in Iceland, and Lagarfljót lake two waterfalls can be found. Fed by the Hengifossá river the Hengifoss and Litlanesfoss waterfalls are surrounded by a magnificent landscape made of colourful rock faces and […]
One can find Makapu’u on the island of O’ahu, Hawaii, United States. The eastern tip of O’ahu is represented by the cliff at Makapu’u Point. Makapu’u means “bulging eye” in Hawaiian. It is said that its name relates to an image that was found in a cave called Keanaokeakuapololi.