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Eiffel Tower Paris
228 Reviews Shopping was awesome please Tour the purfumerie factory and make a purchase there as well. The effel Towel was my best spot I brought a perfect basket lunch from home in Wiesbaden Germany that...
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Sightseeing London
615 Reviews Every major city boasts a Chinatown. According to my guide book there has been a Chinatown in London since the 19th century and originally concentrated around the East End docks at Limehouse, where...
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Red Light District Amsterdam
32 Reviews In the Red Light Districts of Amsterdam you will find, on any given day, hundreds of girls offering sex for money. Nowhere else on earth are the women so straightforwardly on display, sitting...
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Tourist & Practical info, Rome pass. Rome
114 Reviews Prebook the Vatican Museum on Friday Evening, Vatican under the stars. There are no queues, not too many visitors and the light is very special. The Sixtine Chappel was not crowded and, as it was at...
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Gaudi / His Art Barcelona
95 Reviews Sagrada Familia - This is the amazing, unfinished church designed by Gaudi. From the outside, it is quite a sight to see, but if you do go to church, you must climb up to the top. The view from the...
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Canal Grande, Palazzi (Grand Canal/Palazzi) Venice
173 Reviews The Canale Grande is the most famous waterstreet in Venice. It meanders more than 3,5 km through all six districts of the historic city centre. Only three bridges cross the Canale Grande. A trip...
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museums Vienna
42 Reviews It amuses me to see the uninitiated walking in to a butterfly house. Being a slightly worldy man I had ventured into one before and the first, second and third things you notice are - it's bloody hot...
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History - World War II Berlin
24 Reviews Admiring its architecture. Visiting Treptower Park used to be a must for all Soviet citizens - this is what the hosts told us. We were taken to the memorial dedicated to the Soviet soldiers and...
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Off the beaten track Dublin
30 Reviews Visit Howth Learn how to SAY 'Howth' like a local! Do the Guinness thing (and taste the black stuff!) Talk to locals. The Abbey Tavern is, of course, the main reason anyone who is a beer drinker...
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Budapest streets and views Budapest
87 Reviews This street is located in city Center. It's maybe not the most glorious or the beautiful in Budapest, but for me its a very special street because it was the final stop of my bus from the hotel. Most...
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Prague Castle Prague
41 Reviews The Schwarzenberg Palace is a 16th century renaissance structure housing a museum with baroque bohemian art. The exterior is a painted façade with etched sgraffito patterns to simulate cut stone. The...
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Gran Via street Madrid
8 Reviews The fancy street with shops, cafés and offices. The main building what catches a person's eye is Edificio Metropolis at the corner of the street. I like the way it is designed. On the top is the...
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Chocolate, Waffles & Fries Brussels
20 Reviews Genuine Belgians use the word PRALINES for what is called "chocolates" by tourists. If outside the touristic centres you ask for chocolate you will get a bar of chocolate. The production of pralines...
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Squares & Statues Copenhagen
27 Reviews When we were trying to find the HOHO (hop on hop off) bus, we came to this square. I thought the memorial was a War Memorial. Actually it is the Liberty Memorial which is kind of the opposite. It...
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Where to find Great Views Florence
67 Reviews Situated on the hilly patches of Tuscany and bisected by the polluted-but-pretty Arno River, there is no denying that Florence is heart-achingly scenic and romantic. One of the greatest (and cheapest)...
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Marienplatz Munich
31 Reviews The most authentic thing I did in Munich was a beer tour. A guide takes a group of about 12 people to many very Bavarian pubs (Beer garden) and you get a drink for free. My tour was the "size matters...
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Views of Lisbon Lisbon
80 Reviews If you plan to visit the castle (Castelo de Sao Jorge) that sits high on the hill overlooking downtown Lisbon, then you will take a bus or tram, or you might even opt for a nice hike up the hill, that...
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Gamla Stan (The Old Town) Stockholm
61 Reviews The main features of the Stockholm royal palace is not only a unique museum of treasures, but also kept ancient tradition of changing the guard which is passing every day in a court yard of a palace...
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San Siro Stadium Milan
14 Reviews Even my reply is late for you, i think you might like to know what i'm going to say. Tickets for Inter games can be bought on line one week before the game, on the Internet: www.intern.it. You receive...
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Athens Acropolis Athens
57 Reviews It’s on all those annoying lists of ‘places you must see before you die’ but the city’s centrepiece, the Parthenon, and the Acropolis, the rocky hill on which it stands, really do live up to the hype....
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Red Square/Kremlin Moscow
161 Reviews The 70 m (230 ft) high Saviour Tower is the most magnificent of the Kremlin towers, the very symbol and emblem of Moscow. From time immemorial it has been the principal entrance to the Kremlin. The...
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The Market Square (Rynek Glowny) Krakow
39 Reviews Krakow is fabulous in any season. I have visited in holiday season, summer, and spring. The Cloth Market is the centerpiece of the historic square...untouched by wars. It's the purest part of Poland...
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Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh
98 Reviews I think that edinburgh's castle is just amazing:his position is great and you can have a great view of all the city.You can walk inside it and return back of centuries thinking at the Bravehearth...
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Meir area Antwerp
21 Reviews Antwerp is known as the diamonds capital of the world. But not always it had this title. In fact, the city of Brugge was the first to discover diamonds' polish technique. Lodewyk van Bercken, native...
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City Square/ Grote Markt Brugge
27 Reviews This large square is teeming with many restaurants, pubs/bars, hotels and of course shops selling all sorts of goodies. We decided to have a great meal here at one of the many restaurants. Its also...
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The following day we waved farewell to my friend Jera and headed over to Trieste. We spent the afternoon enjoying the magnificent sites of the city before catching an overnight train to Rome. They say all roads lead to Rome … well so do the trains!
The following day was spent trying to see as much of Rome as possible of the city. My feet have never ached so much and that evening we could walk no further than the restaurant across the road. It happened to be a Chinese but there weren’t any Italian ones close by.The following morning we left our hotel and headed to catch a train to Brindisi (changing in Pescara en route). Unfortunately because our feet were in such a bad state we didn’t see much of Pescara. I actually saw a little more than my brother as I lost the toss to go and buy some food from a local supermarket. Kev didn’t go out of the station! In Brinidisi I managed to get a few drinks for the ferry!
When walking around Europe, watch out for doo-doo from any kind of animal. I know it is the law in many places in the U.S.A. to clean up your animals stuff, but not such the case in Europe, so beware. Never getting any on my shoe! Certainly not the sight of it all over the place.
If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail. Our vacations to London, Paris, and Brussels could have been much better if I had planned as I did for the rest of our trips. I have heard from several people that planning is half the fun, and I would agree because anticipation is the same thing as hunger. Hunger makes the food taste better, and anticipation makes the vacation better also. When you plan well that makes your time more pleasant with less worries, less trouble, and less confusion, and maybe less problems. It makes the time you are in a certain city or area more effective and efficient, you can do MORE and see MORE, how wonderful.
Prague is really cool; it is inexpensive, and has amazing beautiful buildings which sit above a river that evokes the middle ages. See the Prague page i've made for more pictures and info. Everyone says it, i know, but this place is beautiful, and so deadly cheap! One of my favourite European cities. Karluv Most at sunset is still quite breathtaking (especially if you're chasing after a pickpocket...)
Visit London. It's the biggest and perhaps most expensive European city, the nightlife is questionably uncheap and draconian drinking laws hamper any sense of enjoyment experienced in say, Brussels, the transport system ranks among the worst in pretty much any city, and the crowds of people ignoring you as you struggle across any central road will make you want to tear your hair out from day one...but it's the best city there is. I of course am from here, so I know whereof I speak. There is always something open somewhere nearby, and it's hard to get bored. You can get fed up, especially with the Northern Line, but you can never be overfed. Go to London, it's the greatest.
The Hungarian capital is a real surprise. It is a little like Prgue in form, but much bigger, and the architecture much grander. It can get hot here in the summer, but you can cool off in one of many open-air pools, like the ones on Margitsziged.
There is no single activity that would do justice to travel in Europe. One must "do it all"..I think the most satisfying way to enjoy the countries of Europe is by renting a car and travelling the "back roads" to the smaller villages. I miss the many friends I have made on my trips there. I miss the adventure.
Venice is certainly the most incredible place in Europe. After a while, all european cities start to feel the same, but Venice is totally different. There are no cars, or bicycles. The whole place is built on a lagoon, and canals abound. Everyone boats it, everywhere - it's the only way. Try to imagine if Oxford Street got flooded - that's Venice. But it is magical, beautiful, the streets are narrow and the food is GOOD. But it's sinking. You know, into the water. The high waters - acqui alti - are threatening the place's existence. SO! Why not go during Carnevale, and live it up while you can?! It is freezing and foggy, but the costumes and tradition and music and show are great!
Provence is one of the more beautiful areas of Europe, if that is not enough of a cliche. But since I lived in Aix for a year I know I can give a pretty good account of the place (see my Aix page)! So the picture is of the Hotel de Ville.
Four Seasons George V Paris Paris
5 Reviews and 551 Opinions The Four Seasons George V is truly one of the world's great hotels. I really, really love to stay...
The Montague On The Gardens London
5 Reviews and 1062 Opinions The concierge was fabulous, the hotel very grand, and despite the rooms being small they were...
Albergo Del Senato Rome
5 Reviews and 1076 Opinions The Pantheon is my favorite building in Rome and might be my favorite building in the world. The...
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Q: Hi again.....Once going to eastern europe very soon and being very fan of WW-II, maybe Vtrs. could help with information about...
A: Sorry, can't help you there, as I'm not a "fan of WWII". Last time (and the only time so far) I was in Sarajevo in 2000 there was much more "things" being related to the...
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