Green Valley in the snow: A White Christmas

The name Green Valley is known in several geographical, historical and literary contexts. Close to home, the Vall?e Verte is a place with rolling hills and peaks in the region of Chablais bordering Switzerland and France situated south of Lake L?man partly in Haute-Savoie in France. Chablais covers around 993 sq. kilometres and has mountain...

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Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland

In the vicinity of Cracow, some 14 kilometres south-east of the city centre lies the "Wieliczka" Salt Mine. According to legend, this salt mines was part of the dowry of the Hungarian princess, Kinga, when she wed Boleslaw the Shy over 700 years ago. If this is true, then the Wieliczka Salt Mine is one...

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