In our household, football (and that means European and international with the round ball that you kick with your feet and not throw with your arm) is massive. To wit: The FIFA Men's World Cup holds the record for the highest attendance of any world championship. The tournament in North America has shattered all…
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Are you worried? Afraid of heights? For Europe lovers, or adventurers in general, one of the biggest thrills there has to be The Matterhorn. The Matterhorn is one of the most iconic yet unforgiving peaks in the world. As of 2026, it remains the "deadliest mountain in Switzerland," with a reputation that often…
Calling all of you rabid sports addicts. We here at Matouring are not only about statues and history. We love sport just as much as anybody else. So why is it that one of the absolute best games is rugby. The players are built like statues: they're huge and scary looking, for sure,…
“My hovercraft is full of eels!” line from Monty Python
No matter where you go, there you are. Take care!
“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax
There is no such thing as a low risk lap in Monaco. It doesn’t exist if you want to be fast, because you have to be on the limit. Lewis Hamilton
You’ll go goo goo gaga when you see this place.
So . . . .you've got to please yourself. Le Corbusier, like most artists, was simultaneously a prophet and a pariah of sorts of the architectural world, a figure whose influence was as immense as the controversy he inspired. He was admired for his revolutionary vision of a new, functionalist architecture and criticized for his…
“Never in my life have I stayed in a place lit by so many stars as Ulcinj.” — Professor Nolt. “The Gulf of Kotor is one of the most remarkabl.e
Canada: where the women are strong the men are good looking.
“The Ocean is Calling, Dive Deep.”
There are things in Russia which are not as they seem. ~ Georgy Zhukov
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” –Aristotle
You only live once. Make it a good one.
Maui Wowwee!
A bad day skiing is better than a good day working.
You’re all wet!
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Yes, it probably seems like an odd title for a post, because we, too, wondered about how many beaches there are in Riga. From our fuzzy memories, we seem to recall Riga as being landlocked and in some ways, forlorn and forgotten. But, as you'll - and as we discovered, Latvia offers way…