Creating an Online Travel Journal

Creating an Online Travel Journal

Because of how technology has developed through the years, it has already helped a lot of people to really capture and record all the places they have been to using the internet as his/her primary medium. This is primarily the reason why it is very important for you to choose the appropriate online travel journal provider for your preferences and needs, which is why this article will give you some tips on the specific things that you can look for.

To make the decision easier for you, it is advisable that you directly look at the features that each online travel journal provider will be able to give you. Some of the features that should always be given to you by an online travel journal provider are the following: it should be able to let you enjoy a free account with them; their service or site must always be available for access by just having an internet connection wherever you are in the entire world; the journal should be very easy to use and should not require you to have any skills related to programming or coding; a good journal provider always allows their users to upload pictures that they can share to other people, the pictures should also be in a compressed format; and most importantly, you should be given the liberty to make your journal entries private whenever you want to since it is your journal after all.

In addition to the must-have features in an online travel …

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Assisi is One of the Best Places in Italy to Visit

Assisi is One of the Best Places in Italy to Visit

When you look up from the valley floor to the hill town of Assisi, perched on Mt Subasio, the first impressions are lasting and impressive. The towering walls at the north end of town, the Rocca Maggiore, The spires of the basilicas all stand above the valley harkening back to the thirteenth century. Assisi is one of the Best Places in Italy to Visit.

Assisi is one of the most beautiful of the hill towns in Umbria, and sacred ground for tens to hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Famous for figures like St Francis and St Clare as well as painters and poets Assisi has a history going way back into antiquity. Settled in the iron age and influenced by the Etruscans Assisi became a Roman Municipium in 69 A.D., was conquered by the Goths (c. 545A.D.) and finally falling under the influence of the Lombard Dukes of Spoleto. Assisi formed an independent (Ghibelline) commune early in the 12th century and fought with Perugia as well as the Hohenstaufen Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa. At the end of the 12th century St Francis was born (c.1198 A.D.) and from the 13th century Assisi fell under Papal protection. Much of the look and feel of Assisi comes from this period of Church rule and you can easily visualize life here in the high medieval and renaissance periods.

Today, Assisi maintains its vast boundary walls, the powerful castles of Rocca Maggiore and Minore, as well as the beautiful Basilica Di San Francesco, the …

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