tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47891656730723266312024-02-19T13:00:52.837+01:00Personal Travel BlogPersonal Travel Blog is unique travel diary where you can find my personal collection of fantastic journey pictures together with a small stories which I made over the longer period of time when I was traveling on a different spots and special places all around the world.BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-46617160259172564412017-04-21T18:57:00.001+02:002017-04-21T18:57:34.577+02:00Parc du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium)<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">B</span>ilingual</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">war<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ning<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> signs</span></span></span></span>, </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">one </span></span></span></span></span>writ<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ten in </span><b>French </b>and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">another one <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in</span> <b>Flemish</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>(</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>which <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is actually almost like<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span><b>D</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>ut</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>ch</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ith a strange <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pronouncing</span></span>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,</span></span></span> </span>had a pretty much </span>confused me while I was wait<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ng</span></span> for <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">next </span>train at the station somewhere <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ear</span></span> <b>Brussels</b>. One elderly <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">woman </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">told </span></span>me that <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I should</span> not be upset about it because <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">even</span> many locals do not know how to speak correctly both o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the</span></span> languages and that even the national television of <b>Belgium </b>has two separate newsrooms. When I arrived in <b>Brussels </b>I could<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">not</span></span> feel this language division among the younger people si<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nce probably it is the capital city<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, while in the other smaller <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">towns </span>of <b>Flanders</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">& </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Wallonia </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">there <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">are some obvious cultural </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">difference<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in all fields</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">like histor<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y,<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">architectur<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span> style </span>and language</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">At first glance, I liked</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <b>Brussels</b> so much because <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the </span>city has a similar vibe to Belgrade and<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">even<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>some hidden places like <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">cool m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">useums</span></span>, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">strange </span>club<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s</span> or <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hypster chi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ll<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ng</span></span> spot<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s</span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span>you come across by total accident. The first place I visited with </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a </span></span></span></span></span></span>company of great <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">friends </span>was <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Delirium Café</b></span> in which<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> it was possible to order a <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lot of craft beers not only from <b>Belgi</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>um </b>but also and from</span> countries all over the world. Since we were <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in </span></span>the city center area we stopped up by <b>Stock Exchange<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">building</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eat<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing a <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hot</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>chocolate waffle th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">at </span>we bought <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">right next <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the main</span> </span></span></span>square and head<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">towards bro<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ze</span></span> "</span><b>Manneken Pis<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"</span> </b>bo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y stat<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ue</span> </span>fountain. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t was<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>easy <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to move around with a public <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">metro <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s</span>o we enjoyed the rest of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">our </span>day in spacious <b>Parc du Cinquantenaire </b>having <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a great view on the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">huge</span> <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">T</span>riumphal <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A</span>rch</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> in front <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">of us and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">resting for a </span>lunch <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">at </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; 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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">E</span>vening </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">was </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f</span>allen </span></span></span></span>and instead o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f </span>go<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> out to a party we decided to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">simpl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i</span>t with others<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> in front of the<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <b>Grand Place</b></span></span></span></span> because the weather was very <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">good </span>and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">without <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span></span>rain</span></span>. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The whole plateau began to glow in the dark, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">young people<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span>tourists and locals <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">appeared from everywhere and I suddenly felt like <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">at some <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">urban </span></span>picnic <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in</span> the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">middle of <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Brussels</span></b></span>.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span>With <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">best</span> <b>Belgium </b>beer<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span>laugh and<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> talk</span> we went to sleep<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> after a while <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">because</span></span> tomorrow I should continue<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> with</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y</span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">city </span>tour again<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> just </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span>this time </span></span></span></span></span></span>al<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">one</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. Next <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">da<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y my <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">goal was to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">check </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e </span>hill of</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <b>Mont des Arts</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> which offers a beautiful view on the whole <b>Brussels </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">some <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">important mo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">numents<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span> During the road I came across man<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span></span></span></span></span>statues and each of them tells its own story about this place. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Among <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">them </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I recogni<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">zed</span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">statue of </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><b>Belgium</b></span><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> </b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><b>Queen Elizabeth </b></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">since<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>I reading that</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s</span>he was popular in the past among <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">people </span>because<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> of her </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">front </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and </span>wounded soldiers</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">visit<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>during the time of WW1. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In appreciation<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, state </span>raised beautiful <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">statu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e </span></span>which will always remind <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">locals </span>of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">who </span>she was...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Royal Library of Belgium, Protestant Church, Royal Palace of Brussels, Muse<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">um of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Fine Arts</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Saint Jacques Church</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and other buildings a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">re just some of<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">interesting</span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">wonders which <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">you <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ill be able to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">visit </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">if</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> you cl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">imb <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">at the top o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f</span> the <b>Coudenberg </b>hill</span></span></span>.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span>n m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">opinion</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; 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O<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y</span> </span>returning bac<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">k <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to the other<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> side<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">of ci<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ty</span></span></span></span></span></span> I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span>t <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in a couple of parks </span></span></span>t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">o rest <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and among them m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y favorite would be<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Petit Sablon</b> which <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is a small </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but still </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ve<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ry nice <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">park <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with interestin<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">g fountain stat<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ue<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">of<em><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></em><b>Egmont </b>and <b>Horn</b>. By the end of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that </span>day I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">succeeded </span>to visit </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; 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font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">thrilled <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">(</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; 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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Finally I got back from a well deserved vacation in </span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Italy </b><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">and city that maybe left the strongest influence on m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">yself</span> after only a two days of visit was </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Florence</b><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">! While walking among the very old busy streets, </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">you can really feel the<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">full </span>history of this </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">wonderful <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">place </span>which was <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in </span>the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">past </span>scene of centuries long war between the two aristocratic <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Strozzi <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">& </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Pazzi </span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">families</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.<b> </b>Some of the </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f</span></span>amous<b> </b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">constructors<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sculptors </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and philosophers </span>had left their m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ost</span> important <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">works </span></span></span></span>right here <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and it</span> </span>is enough to just look around <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to realize that you are surrounded by the world's heritage</span>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When I go to the famous <b>E<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">uropean </span></b>cities generally I do not like to rely on free walking tours but this time I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">give them a chan<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ce<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and its needless to say t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hat </span>I was thrilled<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">by the </span>knowledge of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">our </span>tou<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">r <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">guide</span></span>! Michelangelo's works, statues of<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> all major artists <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">edie<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">val </span></span></span></span>time</span>, squares, palaces, churches<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and stories which <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ar<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e </span></span>somehow </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">all </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>united in this<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">place</span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span>Besides the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">other </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">beauty, I can say that <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">C</span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">athedral of <b>Santa Maria del Fiore</b> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s something <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">w</span>hat can stands out </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the dome made by <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">architect </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Brunelleschi </b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in the 15th century, simply can leave everyone breathless. 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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">S</span>earch for <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">fresh </span>water has led me even to the great food! After I filled the small bottle with water from the nearby drinking fountain, I had noticed that the l<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ocals</span> and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">oth<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">er </span></span>tourists stand in <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">line </span>waiting for something. All of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">those people</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">told </span>me that <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in fact they waiting for<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a great sandwiches</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; 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I was a little b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">it</span> disappointed when the local security g<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">uys told <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">me </span></span>that it is possible to stay on <b>Forte di Belvedere </b>only till the sun comes down for <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">some<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">unknown reasons</span></span></span><b> </b>but I had enough time to enjoy on the fantas<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tic</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Florence </b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">view<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and to come back <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">straight to </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">downtown </span>while sipping wine <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which I bo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ught together with others in the local <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">supermarket</span></span></span>. My recommendation<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">you</span></span> is sitting on the wall next to </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b> </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Ponte Vecchio </b>bridge where group of young people play<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed</span> guitars and made a great public show for <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">all</span> </span>that we listened into the night laughing and remembering the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">funny moments</span>...<b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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How this place is just inspiring and how it makes you think on every
single step while passing the narrow streets full of shabby facades with
widely open windows. Only a two days in this special city is really not
so much time to spent especially if we take into account some
fascinating important historical sites, but it is really enough to
delight the view from the<b> Dom Luis I</b> bridge, eating the local <b>Portuguese </b>specialties in couple of taverns and drink sweet <b>Porto </b>wine.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>Besides that </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">its </span></span></span></span>art colonies <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">& exhibitions which </span>are often located in<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> local houses </span>ca<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n </span>rarely be seen anywhere e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lse </span>in <b>Europe</b>.</span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Our trip went from a dark <b>Braga </b>by train towards <b>Porto</b>. After the arrival <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on </span>the main <b>Porto </b>train station, murals composed of ceramic tiles already thrilled me!<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> S<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">o </span></span>much art in one place is very difficult to imagine <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">while</span> colors of the bu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">il<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">dings</span></span> are changing while we are moving from street to street. Eventually we <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">appeared </span></span>in front of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Monumento a Dom Pedro IV </b>and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pass<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed</span> </span>square that surrounding him <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from where <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e waited <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the other group o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f people to join us and to check out all nearby hostels <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">search </span>for <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">possible free<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> places</span></span>. After a <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sho<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rt </span></span>time we had lucky because one hostel in the center remained slightly <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">free </span>and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">inside of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">it tourists </span></span>watch<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed the </span><b>Eurovision</b> song contest screaming <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from </span>all their voices after <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ach</span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nonsense</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">composition</span>...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So far in my life I have seen close by myself the various well-known<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> worl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d</span></span> universities</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> but unlike the others <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Árvore Escola Artística</b> looks bril<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">liant<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> from the outside where on the wall <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">you can see <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">various paintings<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pict<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ures, slogans and artistic<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> ideas</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Students are given complete freedom of expression as it should be and possibly this is something most creative I've seen recently<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Good</span> weather has finally dawned <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a</span>nd after a <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">small</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">neighbourhood observation </span>we went to <b>"Cais da Ribeira<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"</span> </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">st<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">reet </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">next to</span></span> the river, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">across the</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Dom Luis I</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> bridge</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> sitting<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span>hav<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> a coffee<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> while seagulls </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">not afraid of anything </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>slowly walked around our tables</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Extremely <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nice scenery </span>reflects and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">almost<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>unreal cathedral </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; outline: none; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; 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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.comPorto, Portugal41.1579438 -8.62910529999999241.0623098 -8.7904667999999919 41.253577799999995 -8.467743799999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-20997843818351701642017-03-24T22:54:00.000+01:002017-04-07T20:26:17.208+02:00Large Matthias Temple (Budapest, Hungary)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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weather, then the raining storm after a long walk, then climbing all the way
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adventure in <b>Budapest, </b>capital ci<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ty of </span><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">H<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ungary</span></span> </b>but it was definitely worth it, especially after crossing the famous <b>Elisabeth Bridge</b> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">for the first time in my life and looking into the blurry <b>Danube</b> river which rem<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">inded me on m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y</span> home</span> city. However I was supposed <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">visit<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span>all the places divided <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on </span><b>Buda </b>and <b>Pest </b>sides<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> which was <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">really hard t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ask since my time was very limited but I tried m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y best <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and here ar<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e results. </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">As a reward for my <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">soppy </span>walking sport activities in the front of me at the top sprung a <b>Matthias Catholic Temple </b>which by its appearance and history can easily <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">beat and </span>some of the most famous world monuments. This <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c</span>hurch survived several reconstructions over the centuries as well as several coronations and was witness of all significant events in the history of medieval <b>Hungary</b>. From here you can also clearly see <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the </span><b>Pest </b>side of the city and enjoy in unique park environment. In fact <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">there </span>at the top behind the church is a whole little <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">town </span>full of antique buildings and each of them tells its own story<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. After watching the replacement of the guards in front of <b>Buda </b>castle (later it turned out that I was lucky because I came at the right time) I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">set </span>my attention to the other small stre<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ets on the totally opposite side of the area.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">L</span>ong <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">day </span>train ride that lasts for almost <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nine</span> hours from <b>Belgrade</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>and all these weather conditions certainly swept me for a while but I still take a pause in front of each monument</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"> and suddenly I looked up into something that I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">recogni<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ze</span>!</span> Among the other <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">things </span>I accidentally came across </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>St.</b></span></span></span><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">John Capistran </b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">m</span>onument</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which for me like a hi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">stor<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ical</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">freak </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is a</span></span></span> very interesting figu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">re</span>. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For those of you who do not know <b>St.</b></span></span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">John Capistran </b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was one of the main leaders in defense of <b>Belgrade </b>fortress from attacks by the <b>Ottoman Empire </b>during the </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">1456 year </span></span>sage. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This just reminds me of how much <b>Budapest</b>, <b>Belgrade </b>and the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">r</span>iver <b>Danube</b> are in fact historically connected </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">among them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">After <b>Bud</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>a</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the</span> time has come <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to visit </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">and </span></span></span><b>Pest </b>side of the city </span>which <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on my luck</span> was flatter a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nd more easy for walking with<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> a <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lot of shops and modern streets</span></span>. </span>It was the <b>Budapest Opera House</b> which was built in the late 19th century during the <b>Austro-Hungarian Empire<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">brings to me some </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">attention</span></span></span>. T<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hat day<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> was</span></span> possible to enter inside of the <b>Bud<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">apest </span></b></span></span><b style="font-family: "courier new","courier",monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Opera House </b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">for
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building with a tourist guide is charging with extra price. Ornaments and
paintings inside of the opera (that I will show in some of the other
posts</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">) are simply <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">stunting </span>and often a famous singers<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">have <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">prestigious </span></span></span>perform<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ances</span> here</span><b style="font-family: "courier new","courier",monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">so that </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">tickets for specific <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">concerts on the same day </span>are </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">impossible to get</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">. </span><b style="font-family: "courier new","courier",monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Hungary </b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">without a doubt </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">can certainly be proud of its cultural<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, historical<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and tourist</span></span> content in their capital!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Finally back in <b>Lisbon</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>one of my favorite cities<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">after a <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">two for me very long years</span></span></span></span> away at the same time rejoiced and saddened me because I stayed there </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">only</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for a few days but that was enough time to meet some of my friends </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and to remind myself on a good old memories. The country where I spent <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ne</span></span> year of my life stayed as it has not changed at all and I still remember almo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">st </span>every street d<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">etail </span>in the sunny <b>Portugu</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>ese </b>capital. Since nostalgia passed away I could now freely enjoy in walking towards my main me<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ting point and in talk with the company to evoke the old <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">days</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">After <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span></span>favorite <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"<b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">M</span>eia de <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">L</span>eite</b>"</span> cup of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">cheap </span></span>coffee and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">good talk wi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">th friends </span></span>at the local pastry s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tore</span> which was just near<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; 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font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Other<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s </span></span>have suggested me that we <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">can stop <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in front of the <b>Igreja de Sao Domingos, </b>which for some <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">strange </span>reason to this day I have never <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">visited </span>fro<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">m</span> the inside. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">S</span>tory of this church which dates back from the 13th century is unbelievable and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">even today <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">while you</span></span> are inside you can still smell <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">smoke</span> from the huge<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>fire that here </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; 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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Lisbon </b>ha<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ve</span> a good view <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from almost </span>all nearby hills <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span>in short we <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">should</span> describe as an breathtaking experience. 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Older people readi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ng</span> newspapers, tram station which is very close to the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">park</span> area awaits its tourists and the nearby restaurants are working at the full steam. Castle of <b>Saint George</b> is perfectly visible <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from here and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I can <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">only </span></span>wonder if there is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">anything</span> else in the world <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">comparing <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I need<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed in that <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">speci<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">al </span></span>moment</span></span></span>.</span></span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.comLisbon, Portugal38.7222524 -9.139336599999978738.6231754 -9.3006980999999787 38.8213294 -8.9779750999999788tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-81284609358870514322016-04-12T21:44:00.000+02:002017-04-10T18:55:40.191+02:00View From The Top (Madrid, Spain)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Madrid </b>is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a </span>city full of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">re </span></span>energy which meet<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s</span> different contrasts of <b>Spain<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b>and thus creating his </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">h<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ea<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">vy </span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">image</span> which </span>gains <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">full </span>weight that <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">you can feel onl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span>d<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">irect<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">l<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y in each street </span></span></span>while <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">you are inside of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">its </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">events</span></span>. I'm not sure about other parts of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">thi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s countr<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span></span></span>but here is flying hell du<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ring the summer </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">heat </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and siesta is emerging as <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the onl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y</span></span> logical solution <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">its </span>urban hot situation. While I was chasing under the street shadows<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> in the late afternoon I thought that I was actuall<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the </span></span>only fool <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in that moment </span>who is going out somewhere </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on this cra<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">zy </span>temperature</span>, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>but it definitely worth <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t</span></span> to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">check </span>all o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f </span>these places<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> that I could onl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">read in tour<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">maga<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">zines </span></span>while I was <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">kid<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">The advantage of getting to know the locals <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from</span> <b>Spain<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and their wa<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y of l<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ife</span></span>,</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but also <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">p<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eople </span></span>f<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rom </span></span></span>an<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y other country</span> is that they can take you to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the</span> different places for which you never knew that they even exist</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">! </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Since we have already walked on the streets of <b>Madrid </b>visiting many sights for more than a three hours</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">my <b>Spanish </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">colleagues </span>decided to enter into some recently constructed building. In
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<i style="outline: none !important; user-select: text !important;"><b style="outline: none !important; user-select: text !important;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; outline: none !important; user-select: text !important;">(<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; outline: none;">Building of <span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">T</span>he Instituto Cervantes</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; outline: none;">, Madrid</span></span>)</span></span></b></i></div>
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I was with a group of </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the local <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">young </span>people </span></span>as I alread<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y mentioned before </span>my movements were restricted on a
given route but I think that I still managed to visit all what I wanted
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">What<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>is the capital city <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">wi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">thout</span></span> its <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">own </span>main <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">square</span>?<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> On this question </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">M</span>adrid </span></span></span></span></b>is not left behind<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the others <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">since it has one of the </span></span></span>most spacious sq<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">uare call<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed the</span></span> <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Pla<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">za Ma<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">yor </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which is due to various circumstances here since ancient 16th century. Of course look of the whole plateau, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">all surrounding </span>objects and the <b>Madrid </b>itself<b> </b>has since then changed several times but it<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> is still</span> incredible how many buildings, churches and historically important <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">places </span></span>are <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">preserved in almost perfect condition.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Till <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the end of the day I also succeeded to visit <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">stuffs</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> like</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Te<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">atro Real, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; 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maybe not the most beautiful city in the whole world but it is a <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">place</span>
that has the most beautiful soul and this fact can confirm all of those
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tourists </span>who have passed </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">through </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the <b>Serbian </b></span></span>capital </span></span>even once</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">The day I came back to my hometown and <b>Serbia </b>after
a long journey for me has remained special. The first thing I wanted to
do is to re-visit some of my favorite places including the </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Repu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">blic Square</span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, Knez Mihailova <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">street,<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Uš<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">će </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and</span></span></span> of course Belgrade Fortres<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">(Klemegdan)</span><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. </span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">T</span>o find out and discover <b>Belgrade </b>its<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">elf you</span> will probably need to stay at least a few days </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">exploring the rich history monuments<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span>buildings, museums, bars, cafes and<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>cool party places that are among the bests<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> in <b>Eur<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ope</span></b></span> with <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">choice of music for everyo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ne</span></span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Belgrade Fortress</b> is a huge park full of history and with plenty of space for different activities especiall<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for </span>sport</span>. I could not resist not to go there again and buy <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">popcorns<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">when</span> the</span></span> lights in these late autumn hours are slowly turn<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed</span> on one b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y one.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b> Victo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">r </span></b></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Statue </b>that protects <b>Belgrade</b> from future invaders<b> </b>standing upright in the fog and fortress receive<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d</span> special look that can bring you back in old medi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eval </span>times when here passed various <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">knigh<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ts</span></span>, nations, empires, kingdoms</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">... <b>Belgrade </b>is also well known because it has been first founded <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and</span> settle<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d</span> by the <b>Celtic</b> tribes <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">where the<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y</span></span> called him "<b>Singidunum</b>"<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> wh<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ile <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Slav</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>s </b>a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">fter their arriv<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">al</span> here <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">gi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ve </span></span>him <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">today's name w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hich in translation l<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">iterall<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y mean<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">w</span>hite <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t</span>own.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i style="outline: none !important; user-select: text !important;"><b style="outline: none !important; user-select: text !important;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; outline: none !important; user-select: text !important;">(<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">WW1 Cannons on Kalemegdan</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; outline: none;">, Belgrade</span></span>)</span></span></b></i></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">More time separated <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">just </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tress I had left for the </span></span>next</span> few days because of my job<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and other obligations. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Ne<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">xt weekend </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">S</span>un was shining<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, weather was perf<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ect</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span>gives me<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> even more </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">reasons to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bring m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">camera </span></span></span>once again <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to </span>the old destination. This time, the victim of my lens was a <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">M</span>ilitary <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">M</span>useum</b> and cannons <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from</span> the<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> mostl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>WW1 </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">era b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ut there <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">are </span>also<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and some other <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tuffs </span>from <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Balkan Wars</b>,</span> </span><b>WW2</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">O</span>pen air </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">m</span>useum <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">have a g</span></span>reat exposition of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">mi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">litar<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y equipment </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">next to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the main museum building</span>, which is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pure gold for all histor<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y lovers</span></span>.<b> </b>This
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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.com0Belgrade, Serbia44.786568 20.44892159999994944.426118 19.803474599999948 45.147018 21.09436859999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-32688728695552541702016-02-23T22:45:00.001+01:002017-04-09T15:05:09.039+02:00Madame Tussaud (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It was </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">late </span></span></span>autumn evening when I arrived </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">by the train </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">in </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><b>Amsterdam, </b>capital city of <b>The Netherlands </b>and since b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ack </span>then <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I was </span>very young <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">& </span>naive, I went <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">directly <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">after the main station to </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">look up </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">some accommodation</span> aroun<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">city </span>center</span> wi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">thout a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ny </span>internet reservation, </span>thinking that <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">it would be just </span>an easy mission<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">! </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Of course I
was totally wrong, welcomed by unpleasant surprise <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">when I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">discovered<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> that there were</span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">literally no free rooms, host<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">els <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">or</span></span></span> even ho<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tels</span></span> left since <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">all of them <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">were full of tourists!<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span>After visiting several <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">places </span>I almost gi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ve up, when </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">I </span></span></span></span>finally got
luck and find a free bed <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in the one recently opened guestroom<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>so I used the rest of my time<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>to sleep <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in not so luxurious environment </span>and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">try to </span>woke up in the early morning hoping to visit <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as much as I can<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for day after</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">W</span>hen </span>the new day <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">start<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s</span></span></span>,<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>I was more then ready for a short <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Am<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sterdam</span></span> </b>tour trip created by myself<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. </span>I always liked <b>Wax Figures</b> because they represent a mirror of our world in a funny and interactive way. After I visited several museums of this <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">type </span>all around the <b>Europe, </b></span></span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Madame Tussaud</b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">proved to be</span> certainly one of the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">finest</span>,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> which shows exceptional faithful replicas of a different </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">famous</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">people but also and those who<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> are </span>less<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>famous <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span>are </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">made </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with stunning</span> accurately. Since outside was <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">heavy rain</span>, </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">at given moment</span></span></span> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">I </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">could not find </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">more funny thing <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to do</span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> </span>than visiting of the <b>Madame Tussaud</b></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> museum and I can only </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">warmly </span>sugges<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">its</span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> exhibition<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to </span></span>everyone<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> who finds i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tself <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">near</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> here.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Several times<b> </b>I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was </span>in a very <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">dangerous situation</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in which </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">bicycles<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">almost run<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>over me.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">B</span>ecause <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in my country</span> I'm not used to that kind of busy bicycle traffic I was trying to stay away from these <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">haunts <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ut </span></span></span>somehow <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">they </span>will appear <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">out of</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> nowhere </span>usually faster the<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">me <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and around </span></span></span>every <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">single </span>corner<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">! P</span>arking for bicycles in <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">al<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">l </span></span>streets is a completely normal thing, and when <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">it already </span></span>comes to the <b>Amsterdam </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">streets soul <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">can s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ay that I </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>really like <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">their <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">vintag<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e </span></span>style</span>. I spent </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t</span></span>he rest of foggy day </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>by visiting<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> some nice </span>parts of<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Amsterdam</b> </span></span>including <b>Dam Square</b>,<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <b>R</b></span><b>ed <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">L</span>ight <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">D</span>istrict<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>De Negen Straatjes, Bri<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">dges,</span> Leiden Square </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">others..</span>. The prices are really high and it's one of the things <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which I</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">didn't like</span></span>d (<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sorry but 4,5 euro<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> for beer is just a way too much</span></span>)<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> but <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">except that and couple of </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">drunk </span></span>tourists<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> I really enjoyed walking in the area.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This picture of </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a typical <b>Dutch </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">neighborhood </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is made right after my departure from </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">guestroom<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s where I have stayed for a two days</span></span></span></span></span></span>. Unfortunately I did not ha<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d</span> more time to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">spen<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d</span></span> in <b>Amsterdam </b>and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">trip </span>to <b>Germany</b> was waiting for me but I promised that I<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> will</span> be back as soon as possible a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nd that </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the </span>next time <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span> w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ill <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sure take </span></span>some more days off <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">or</span></span> this <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">great country!</span> General a</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">tmosphere would make </span><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Amsterdam </b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">one of my favorite cities in <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">all </span><b>Europe<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which is not strange si<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nce it is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a real </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">heaven</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for many </span></span></span></span></span>world artists. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span>f there is not such a many <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">visitors <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that are </span></span>destroying good old spirit which this place used to have </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; 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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.com0Amsterdam, Netherlands52.3702157 4.895167899999933152.2151137 4.5724443999999327 52.5253177 5.2178913999999335tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-67330033165666271912016-02-02T01:24:00.000+01:002017-04-06T01:20:56.446+02:00Magnificent Bosphorus (Istanbul, Turkey)<div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My trip to <b>Istanbul </b>started with a landing at the <b>Ataturk</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b> </b>airport</span></span></span></span></span></span>.</span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">At first I was very surprised by the size of the airport because I did not presumed that this is literally one <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">huge </span>hub between East and West and I noticed<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> so many people with a different passports around me <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rus<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hing o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n their flight<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s. I was going on t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">h<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e </span></span>totally op<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">posite <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">si<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">de </span></span>t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">r<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ying </span></span>to find right <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">exit which will le<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ad me to the<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>metro<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> stat<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ion</span></span> which <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eventually </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>succeed to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">discover</span></span></span>. After wandering through the narrow streets full of small shops, exch<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">anging<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <b>Euro </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">into </span><b>Tur</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>kish Lira</b> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">next to the <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">B</span>lue Mosque,</b> </span>and little help from the local <b>Turkish </b>people I finally came to<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> small</span> hostel<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> which<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> looked more like</span></span> family house.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Night had fallen, str<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">et </span>ligh<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ts are turned on</span></span> along with the calls <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for </span>praying from all nearby mosques and for me it was the perfect <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">moment </span>f<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">or </span>a short walk between </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Hagia Sophia</b> and the <b>Blue Mosque</b> </span>be<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">fore sleeping</span>.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">As someone who</span> just
arrived for the first time in busy <b>Istanbul, </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">this </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">night seem<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed</span></span> totally magical <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">along</span> the whole <b>Sultanahmet </b>area. Accidentally I had pressed the button
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">If you've ever read some fairy tale story from 1001 Nights book than you can surely imagine those colorful </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Middle Eastern</b> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bazaars </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">where it is possible to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hop</span></span> almost everything </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from needle to locomotive</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">I felt exactly like that<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> when </span>I was heading in one of such places, </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hile</span> I </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">walked down</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> the street <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">at </span><b>Istanbul Arasta Bazaa<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">r </span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">way back to my hostel</span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Probably I would have stayed there even a few <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hou<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rs<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span>just choosing between the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tasty </span><b>Turkish<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b>delights, </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; 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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.comIstanbul, İstanbul, Turkey41.0082376 28.97835889999998940.6247881 28.332911899999988 41.3916871 29.62380589999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-68700736547261740122015-12-14T18:37:00.003+01:002017-05-14T20:01:02.776+02:00New Year Atmosphere (Óbidos, Portugal)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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around this time a few years ago. Perhaps my favorite spot in the whole <b>Portugal </b>is a small village named <b>Óbidos </b>that each year have so-called <b>Christmas</b> festival. This was of course perfect opportunity for me to drink </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Ginjinha Liquor</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from a sweet chocolate cup</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b>, </b>warm red wine,<b> </b>trying some nice food in the local restaurant</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> with friends and to enjoy in the magic of small streets covered with colorful decorations.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">At the entrance of this </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">unique </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>beautiful village, you </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span>can suddenly feel some special positive energy that radiates happiness from fortification. Passing by the structures that have remained here since the time of the <b>Roman Empire</b> all seemed cheerful and ready for the festival program in which apparently</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">children </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>enjoyed the most jumping around happy because for the first time in life they are able to see a snow (fake snow from the machine). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Walking along the main street of<b> Óbidos,</b> local sellers have tried to present some of their traditional manufactured products such as soaps, towels, drinks, sweets and souvenirs set within the very nice small shopping houses. At one point the water bubbles started flying in the air and a bunch of people dressed as <b>Santa Clauses</b> began parade through the village.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Enchanted by the scenes that we have seen so far which already brought us back to the childhood, (with a little bit of help from the <b>Portuguese </b>warm wine)<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> we went to the place where the main event was held. It was a <b>Puppet Show</b> that is more reminiscent of a musical with fantastic authors who have made the great effort to entertain the crowd that gathered to see this unusual theater. Right next, there was a house of laughter, then the girl who was dressed as a witch and was making variety of chemical experiments and finally my favorite <b>Planetarium</b>! We waited in the line for a while but it was worth it since within half hour of video presentation in circle we could see the stars, their constellations and detailed explanations.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Nevertheless, I took the opportunity to see also and other historically important things while I was already in the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Óbidos</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Certainly of all the attractions in the village somehow the most highlighted was for sure <b>Igreja de Santa Maria</b> and its gates where is write year 1890. Inside of the cathedral you can feel serenity with altar which is decorated with beautiful icons and stunting paintings. From the external walls of the </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Óbidos</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> fortification with a great view on the valley with the <b>Roman Aqueduck</b> </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i data-select-like-a-boss="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; outline: none !important; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; user-select: text !important; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></i>someone could only guessed how old this structure is while upon our returning back to home my eyes simply can not took out the look from <b>Porta da Senhora da Graca </b>which was painted in blue-white color with a precise details<b>. </b></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Óbidos</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> will always remain in my memory as a place where is worth to go back and later on I will have a chance to visit it again. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">If I need to describe something more about my own </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">personal experience in </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"></span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">Coimbra </b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">then the first association for this </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">small</span> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><b>Portuguese </b>town will be</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"> the long tradition, student parties, old medieval buildings, churches, </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">Harry Potter</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"> dresses style and never ending line of young people who are rushing to their early morning university lectures. <b>Coimbra </b>is hilly and in some places you can have a nice view on the whole town area from totally different angles. I discovered so many interesting shortcuts with </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">the stairs and several old cafes</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span class="" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; outline: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span> around where you can see locals who are enjoying in <b>Sagres</b> while watching the football</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"> on TV.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">Coimbra University </b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">is </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">probably one of the most famous universities in </span><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">Europe </b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">and one of the oldest in the whole world! It is separated on many faculties but main building keep a significant part of history from which particularly the most interesting for me to see was the <b>Joanina Library </b>built somewhere around 18th century. Except some very old books in the main Library part, this building contains and small cathedral, rooms with paintings, museums, classrooms and statues of <b>Portuguese</b> heroes-kings. During the visit I learned lot about this mansion and especially interesting part was the basement where was detained a prison for "bad" students of that time as penalty for their behavior.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">Passing by the unique store in which were exposed student cloaks for really high prices I could not understand why they were so important to the some young people in this country. <b>Portuguese </b>friend of mine explained to me that not all the students wearing cloaks, especially not all day but that many of them look on cloaks as a status symbols, others as great fun and some as a good tradition which should be saved. Thinking about the cloaks and graduation hats I suddenly found myself in front of the statue <b>Mortos da Grande Guerra</b> that in the past I already saw in some colorful book! <b>Portugal </b>also participated in the <b>WW1 </b>on the allies side (the same as my country) and that is one part of the history for which I have specific respect since and my family had participants through <b>WW1</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">During the night, <b>Coimbra </b></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">becomes a town </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"></span></span>full of great </span></span>fun with different content for mostly young people but also and for those little bit older who are enjoying in a good <b>Fado </b>music right next to the main <b>Old Cathedral</b>. I still preferred to saw myself listening to the Jazz performance and sipping wine until the late hours which I did meeting some fantastic people around. </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"> Before I returned back to the bus station I succeeded to see from the inside and <b>Igreja de Santa Justa</b>, which is simply outstanding </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">and although it may not be comparable</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"> with <b>Old Cathedral</b> in the town center, I find it very beautiful on its own way. </span></span>Generally speaking, all churches in <b>Coimbra </b>are the real treasures full of artistic and spiritual powers that is worth to see and visit if you ever have a chance to do it.</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.com0Coimbra, Portugal40.2033145 -8.41025730000001240.009347999999996 -8.7329808000000124 40.397281 -8.0875338000000117tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-43566577240419242662015-07-10T17:08:00.000+02:002017-04-21T14:01:38.794+02:00View From Citadel (Namur, Belgium)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Onl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y a </span>f</span>ew days before t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"</span></span></b></span><b>Esperanzah<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">!</span></b>"<b> </b>festival <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">at </span>the </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Belgium </b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">countryside<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span>village <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">called </span><b>Floreff<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span></b> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I had a chance to see how the whole <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">area </span>looks like without any annoying tourists and regular </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">guitar </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">dreadlocks</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hippies </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which will soon start to arrive </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">completely </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">flood the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">site</span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> with their tents. Apart from a few cool streets with shops and a very beautiful old </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">baroque </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">houses, its looked to me that the whole </span><b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Floreffe </b><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">village slept in a vintage dream and</span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> just waited to be waken </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">up by </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">some</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">special occasion</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> once in a while. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The view from the old monastery (fortress) is also specific with</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> all meadows of this region which are so green </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">like nowhere else</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">B</span>efore the festival I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">grab my chance and </span>took the train to visit nearby <b>Namur </b>town wh<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ich </span>promised more fun at the moment then village itself...</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Unlike th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e </span>other <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">places all <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">across </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the </span></span> </span></span><b>Belgium, Namur </b>town has some prett<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">vintage </span>and dark atmosphere <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but compering to the some other town<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s here <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">you <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">are stil<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">l</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">able to</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">feel </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ver<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y</span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pos<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">itive </span></span>energy<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and mix <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">of<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> white, brown, gre<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>and red</span></span></span> colors somehow connected together</span>.</span></span></span></span> </span></span>Walk through the town<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>would not be completed if we do not visited its central attraction<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> -</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">medieval</span> fortress called <b>Cidatel of Namur<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">! </span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Walls <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from </span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Namur<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></b></span></span>C<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">itadel</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">can </span></span></span></span>classified among the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">best </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">preserved </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">around the <b>Europe </b>and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">some </span>parts dates back<b> </b>even <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to </span><b>10th</b> century <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">simple</span> fascinating</span></span>. Surrounded by the river, and with a nice long walking path, town itself can</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> be seen perfectly from the top of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the whole </span>medieval structure. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">At <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that </span>point, it is almost impossible to make a bad picture because wherever you turn you will be amazed by look of this place and its unique environment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Back <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to </span>the festival site z<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">one</span> (<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bout which</span></span> I will write something more <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in </span>the other <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">posts</span>) I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pent </span>a </span>really go<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">od time listening to alternative music and meeting with great people but after everything was done <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the </span>whole place goes back into <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">its normal life. </span></span></span>Who can even imagine that </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; 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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.com0Namur, Belgium50.4673883 4.871985399999971450.3056478 4.549261899999971 50.629128800000004 5.1947088999999718tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-59903803239893844222015-05-25T01:34:00.001+02:002017-04-25T00:06:57.835+02:00Ataturk Mausoleum (Ankara, Turkey)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">While leaving the train waggon<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> from <b>Izmir</b></span> on his last <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">st<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">op </span>in <b>Ankara</b></span>, the first thing I noticed were some very tall buildings, skyscrapers, wide roads<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and vast of asphalt all around the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ity</span></span>!</span> I thought to myself that<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>I never imagined <b>Ankara </b>on this way<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">while</span></span> I was mov<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in direction of </span>the nearest <b>Ul<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">us </span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">metro </span></span></span>station from where I should go to the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">next </span>hostel pl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ce</span></span> near<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span><b>Kizilay</b>. Wherever you <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">are </span>in <b>Turkey </b>it is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">almost </span>impossible to skip observation how people are grateful to </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Atatürk </b></span></span></span></b>(father of the modern <b>Turkish </b>nation). Perhaps this pride <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">can be <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the best </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">seen here in </span></span><b>Ankara </b>as every <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">second</span> skyscraper, ho<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">use</span> o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">r </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">regular</span> building<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>wearing the flag with <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Atatürk's</b> </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">p<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ict<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ure and <b>Turkish </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sym<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bols on it</span></span></span></span></span>.</span></span><br />
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was early in the morning), <b>Asian </b>tourists have already flooded the whole plateau
in front o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f the central <b>Santa Lu</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>c</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>ia </b>train station.</span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">T</span>hey seemed to rush for making as much photos as possible
with their huge cameras<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">elfie sticks</span></span> which al<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ready <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">went </span>to my nerves</span> since I am not a huge<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">elfie fan</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but at this point I have no other <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">cho<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ice<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s except</span></span></span> to accept <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my destiny. </span></span>I did not had lot of time, may<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">be </span>just a few hours
until my departure for </span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">Bologna </b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">and because of that I went through the different </span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">Venice </b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">streets to enjoy sunny morning but also and to check <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ou<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t</span> the c<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ouple of<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span>small <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nice </span>shops<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> important<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>cathe<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">drals<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and eventually some museums</span></span></span>.</span></span></div>
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and I even managed to find a good <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">P</span>izza place next to it<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">!</span> In this ancient <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">town </span>everything is so expensive but if you go into the little remoter parts
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Among the other things, main reason why I decided to first <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">stop </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">into the</span> <b>Venice</b>, except the </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">famous </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">water channels and other attractions is that I </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">was</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">previously be<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">en </span>able to </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">often </span></span></span>see </span><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Santa Maria Della Salute</b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c</span>athedral </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">on a variety of images, postcards as well as to read about it in some prospects but also and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in </span>one very popular poetry <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from </span>my country that deeply engraved into my memory from a young age. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Plan </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">was to go directly to the place where <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">athedral is, so after a little bit of walking and getting lo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">st<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> on the opposite side</span></span> of the channel </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">I was finally in front of the </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Santa Maria Della Salute</b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> where I took this great photo of </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sculptures at the front gate entrance<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">!</span> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Cathedral </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">was unfortunately closed<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and </span>my disappointment was huge...</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Since I did not succeed in <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my </span>primary attempt to get into the </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Santa Maria Della Salute </b></span></span>cathedral, I was very sad and went back to the plateau of <b>S<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">aint</span> Mark's</b> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">where I </span>spent some time around tog<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ether with </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; 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Back in the summer, I bought <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my</span> cheap airline tickets much earlier th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">en us<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">uall<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span>and I gave to myself <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">more </span>free </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">space </span></span></span>and time <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">discovering </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">whole</span></span> <b>Belgium</b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">be<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">fore fe<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sti<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">val <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to which I had planned to</span></span></span></span></span> go.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Maybe it's weird but immediately after m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>landing in <b>Brussels </b>airpo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rt</span> I </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; 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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">One super clever thing which I've done this time is that I </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bought <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span></span></span></span>train tickets on the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i</span>nternet<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and the<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y works just great around the <b>Belgium </b>+ I got student <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">discount on each ride <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">(<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">so </span>bu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y the ticket<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s online</span></span>)</span></span>!<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Back to <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Ghent</span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, when I arrived on i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ts </span>tr<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ain station<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span></span>first thing I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">had notice was how </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; 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From my friends in <b>Belgium </b>I learned a lot about ecology, although I'm after <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">convinced</span> that everything is not quite as perfect as I tough<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in m<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">first impression</span></span></span>. Anyway parks and nature are very well preserved and <b>Ghent </b>although<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> small</span> even has its own lake where people are swimming <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">njo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">yin<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">g <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on rare sunny da<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ys </span></span></span></span></span></span>which you can see in the picture above.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Old cathedral bells <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">are ringing while <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I </span></span>walked down the street and the <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">S</span>un </b>also </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">smiled </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to me </span></span></span></span></span></span>t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">h<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">at day </span></span>which is </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">not a very common <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">weather phenomenon </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">comparing to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the standard rain <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with dark </span>c<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">l<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ouds</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. Students, universities, beer, young people, bicycles, parks<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>and trams are everywhere! An<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">other f</span>ortunate
situation for me was that in the town at that moment was held some kind of festival for
which I even did not know that it would <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">happen</span>, so in addition to already positive <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">groove </span>there
were a lot of<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> other activities</span> and of course lots of fun with
a good live music and local <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">people that I meet</span>. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Ghent Belfry </b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was
decorated with flags, so the next morning I took great opportunity to
photograph this building that is now under the protection of <b>UNESCO</b> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and which,</span> believe it or not dates back to the ancient 14th century when construction was finally completed.</span></span></span></div>
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Although during </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sun<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">shine </span></span></span></span></span>day, <b>Gravensteen </b>castle<b> </b>can look like a </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">front side </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">picture from some <b>Disney </b>park, at the night this become strange building in a whole new dimension and it <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">can </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">be </span></span></span></span>reall<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span>considered </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a great place for <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a</span> horror movie <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">scenery</span>. The original medieval castle of <b>Gravensteen </b>dates
back all the wa<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to</span> the 12th century, but over the man<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span>years it was built<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">damaged </span></span>upon again
and again while eventually it passed with a complete reconstruction process in the late 19th
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After trying t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">r<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ying to<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span>communicate with some people <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ho I</span></span> meet on the station<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, one girl hear<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d my question</span></span></span> and with a smile t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">old</span> me <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that </span>she lives </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">just </span></span></span>in the street</span> next to the one I needed<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and that<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">she will bring me there s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ince she anyway go<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> back<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">!</span></span> Desperate situation has now become pure luck, and thanks <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">her</span> I came without <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>problems to the house where my friend lived in <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Paris</span> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ty </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>center<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The next day I was rested and ready for a tour <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in </span>the most important parts of the city<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> with a possible stop for <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">coup of a </span>coffee. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">O</span></span></span>n the busy streets of </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Paris</b></span> that day ruled some specially <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">good </span>atmosphere and I was not </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">exactly</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">sure what <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was</span> happening on that time</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">, but I presumed that this is probably some very important <b>French </b>national holiday. Suddenly from the middle of nowhere, from the opposite street side appeared </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Cavalry of Republican Guard </b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and the </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">local </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">public </span></span></span></span>greeted them with a huge applause before they star<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to </span>per<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">form </span></span></span></span></span></span>military marches. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Sound of trumpets really seemed unbelievable </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and every tone was on its place which just show how many practice those people needed to have to be able <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in mak<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> </span>performances without mistake.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Eiffel Tower</b> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is without any doubt</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the </span>main symbol of <b>Paris </b>and <b>France</b>. I had some more <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">extra </span>time <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">after I watched<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">performances o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Republican Guard</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> to go around <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the c<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ity</span></span> center and to see all of those amazing <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">things like Louvre, Cathédrale Notre-Dame<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span>Sainte Chapelle, Sorbonne and many others </span>but on the very first place for me was of course the <b>Eiffel Tower</b>. It was <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">re<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">al<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ly </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">cloudy </span>situation and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">windy day </span>so I waited for <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the</span> perfect moment and took the best <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">photography </span>which I can get. Around <b>Eiffel Tower</b>, there <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">were </span>many different people sitting on the grass, selling toys, souvenirs, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rings,</span> taking selfi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">es </span>and of course<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> some </span>lovely couples which <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">enjoy<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed</span></span> in their romantic walk</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">B</span>ridges over river <b>Seine </b>are surely just one more<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>thing that I was particularly intere<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sted to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">che<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ck </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">while I was <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lread<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y located in </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Paris </b>since each of them <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bears the name<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>of another ruler but also <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">each of them <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s </span></span></span>unique on its o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">wn </span>artistic way</span>. Bridge <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span>I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">will especially like to mention<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">here </span>is<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the brid<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ge of <b>Alexandre III</b> right <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">across </span>the <b>Grand Palais </b>dominated by four bronze/golden "Fames" statues <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">appear</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> totally bizarre while <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">you</span> </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pass<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> </span>by <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">them.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Perhaps even the Churchill's statue found a g<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ood </span>place for itself in this w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eird </span>sculpture and abstract art area. 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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.com0Paris, France48.856614 2.352221900000017748.6894645 2.0294984000000178 49.0237635 2.6749454000000177tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-63889400119912975692015-04-13T02:14:00.003+02:002017-04-13T19:17:01.878+02:00Road To Nevşehir (Uçhisar, Turkey)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span>n the past </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y</span>ou<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>probably had the opportunity to meet with the postcard pictures or posters of<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> f<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lying </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">multicolored </span></span></span></span></span>balloons which are usual<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ly</span> right <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">above the<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>some<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>unusually <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">strange</span> shaped d<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">esert</span> landscapes</span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. </span>In 90% <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">of</span> cases <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ose</span> pic<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tures <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">you probably saw th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span></span></span></span> <b>Cappadocia</b>,<b> Turkish </b>reg<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ion in <b>Anatolia </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">famous for its caves, old medieval monasteries from Byzantine<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> times</span> and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">old artistic </span>pottery. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A</span>ctually to arrive <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in today's </span>central<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <b>Anat<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">olia</span></b></span><b> </b>is not such a difficult task and you only need <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">direct b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">us from <b>Istanbul</b> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">or any major <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">city. Alternative there is</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> direct train<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> from <b>Ankara </b>to <b>Kayseri</b> and then <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from <b>Kayseri </b>you should catch </span></span>t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he bus</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I </span></span>can now freely say <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Göreme</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span>is</span></span> the capital <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">village of central <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Anat<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">olia<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n </span></span></span></b>region w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hich</span></span> serves as a good starting base for<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">trip </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">o</span></span> whole <b>Cappadocia </b>area and its surrounding historical villages</span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Besides
being a well connected <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with</span> t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he</span> bus transport and its offering of a multitude cheap
accommodation, </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Göreme </b></span></span></span></span>is also relatively very close to the rose, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">red<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, pigeon</span></span> and love valleys
where you can go <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for </span>long <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">walks by the </span>foot passing <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">right </span>next to the caves and ex Orth<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">odox </span>monastic<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> cells</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Since I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was </span>not <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">trained <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in </span></span>hiking </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for me <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">it w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as</span></span> extraordinary challeng<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to walk </span>the whole day from morning to the night through the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sometime confusing roads </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but the </span>scenes of natural rocks at the sunset is something <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which</span> will <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">be </span>remembered all <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my</span> life.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Because in the meantime, during the day while I walking I met many new people from a different parts of the world, our deal was <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to </span>during the night we all go together up the hill above </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Göreme</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>and from there <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">njoy in the night</span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">view</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span> I brought my tourist map which I had with me dur<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e whole trip</span></span>, and I was stunned when we reached near the top! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Just <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">l</span></span>ike a star constellations only on the earth f<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rom here you can </span>clearly recognize which is which village in the night lights and even some of the cit<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">es if you <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">serv<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span></span> horizon</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">carefull<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The evening ended with talk and drink <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">of a</span> black tea <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n</span></span> local <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bar </span>that was fortunately at that time still opened.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">N</span>ext morning I headed to the local bus <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">stop <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from where I cho<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">se my new de<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">stination<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">S</span>mall road on the picture leads directly to </span><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Nevşehir </b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">is<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">main </span></span>town of </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><b>Cappadocia </b>region</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">, however, at slightly less than a half way to my final <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">goa<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">l </span></span>I noticed a little place called <b>Uçhisar </b>and I decided to get out of the bus on this <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">stop<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>just to visit it. Except the long walking pa<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">th</span>s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> uphill </span>that I needed to take agai<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n</span>, and classical view on old caves<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> with <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">frescoes </span></span>inside of the rocks which can be seen throughout the whole <b>Cappadocia, </b>there is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and </span>one thing that I really liked about<b> </b></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">this <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">village </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">and that is a small manufacturing shops where you can find </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">great souvenirs for smaller prices if you know how to </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">negotiate with a local <b>Turkish </b>sellers</span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">.</span></div>
BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.com0Uçhisar/Nevşehir, Turkey38.628916 34.80388300000004238.616511499999994 34.783713000000041 38.6413205 34.824053000000042tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-34569433493865214472015-03-24T19:57:00.001+01:002017-04-09T18:46:29.752+02:00View on Lycabettus (Athens, Greece)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Athens </b>is a huge city where in the summer</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">time</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">all around the streets </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">you can find only </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">a </span></span></span></span>big chaos connected with a heat from the Sun above. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Those <b>Greeks </b>which
still not gone anywhere at the country sea side to swim or islands
where they can rest and have business <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in tou<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ris<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">m</span></span></span> are forced to liv<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> in this almost
impossible hot weather conditions. I was especially surprised by the number
of scooters and motorcycles on the </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Athens </b></span></span></span>streets who ha<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d</span> no respect at all for the basic traffic l<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ight </span>rules so it's better to be careful <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">while you </span>crossing the road<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. Since I have a lot of <b>Greek </b>friends it was not so hard for me to adapt <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n </span></span>this <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">temperature </span>situatio<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n and enjoy <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Athens </b>to the maximum</span></span>.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Before any hike adv<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span>ntures we first sat in<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>nearby cafe <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for </span>a little refreshment brake where we <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ordered classica<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">l </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">cold </span></span></span></span>Frappe</span></span></span></span>. To be fully honest Frappe <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was a bit more expensive <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but without a doubt </span>the best one I have <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ever tried</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> in my life <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">so I </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">forgive </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>them price a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nd</span> </span>we were </span></span>no<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">w absolutely </span>ready <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for </span>climb<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> all the way </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">to the <b>Acropolis</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When we were <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s</span></span></span>omewhere very near to the top I took this beautiful</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> photo of </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Lycabettus </b></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">mountain </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span>and its surrounding <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was standing <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">straight </span>in front of us. Unfortunately </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><b>Acropolis</b> </span></span></span></span>museum at the top of the hill on that time was closed due to general <span style="line-height: 19.6px;">reconstruction </span>works but it's all <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">worth it<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>by seeing the <b>Athens </b>from <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">some</span> totally different angle.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">After <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">went to all major sights of <b>Athens</b> on the next step I was going just by myself directly to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he</span></span> famous <b>Greek </b>(Hellenic)<b> Parliament</b>,
which is very well known for its numerous protests in front of it (that
by the way did not miss out even on a day when I was passing by). </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Since
it was very sunny and warm, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for me</span> was very hard to look at the
things <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">wh<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ich <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">are </span></span></span>glowing all around the place but I was able to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">stand </span>outside of the <b>Parliament </b>for a couple of minutes and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">watch guard march</span>. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span>t turned out to be an really interesting building<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> which </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">roots dates back from the 19th century</span></span></span>, full of history and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">different <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">coups </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">like a whole <b>Gree</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>k </b>history</span> anyway. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">J</span>ust across the street<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> there is</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>the city's </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">main </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Syntagma Square</b> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">where I went <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">right </span></span>after taking this nice </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">photography</span></span> of the </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Parliament</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Architecture in <b>Athens </b>and all over the <b>Greece </b>in general deserves a special <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">attention and when I say that </span>I do not only </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">mean </span></span></span></span>on <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the </span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">well known</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>UNESCO </b>site<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s</span></span> from the time of ancient <b>Greece</b> </span>but also and on the buildings in the local villages which are <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ignorantly </span>underestimated. I especially liked the old <b>Greek </b>houses<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">at </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the sea side <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and islands</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span>are mostly<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> small,</span> colored with <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">white<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span></span></span>s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ome strip<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">es of blu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span> color a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nd </span>in <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">certain <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pla<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ces </span></span></span>you<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> can still see that </span>people liv<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">their </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">traditional w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ay </span></span>of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">life </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">inherited from the past<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. 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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.com0Athens, Greece37.983917 23.72935989999996337.883804 23.567998399999961 38.08403 23.890721399999965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-13897508088648856682015-03-21T21:59:00.001+01:002016-04-26T11:20:33.429+02:00Old Cobblestone Street (Eskisehir, Turkey)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">My long trip in </span><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Turkey </b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">was almost come to an end and I was debated whether to visit town </span></span></span><b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Eskisehir </b><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">or to skip this area and extend my journey directly to the <b>Istanbul</b>. Luckily I decided to stay, and </span></span></span><b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Eskisehir</b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> for me was a very pleasant surprise! This town that totally stands out of all other <b>Turkish </b>places which I already visited with cobblestone streets and beautiful small seating places where you can drink cup of black tea and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">enjoy in the old <b>Ottoman </b>style house architecture of the 19th century</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">.</span></div>
BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.com0Eskişehir/Eskişehir Province, Turkey39.776667 30.52055599999994239.581379500000004 30.197832499999944 39.9719545 30.843279499999941tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-40922450027367327692015-03-17T20:40:00.001+01:002017-04-08T01:14:15.515+02:00Carl's Bridge in Autumn (Prague, Czech Republic)<div style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial","tahoma","helvetica","freesans",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">People </span>do not call </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><b>Prague </b>th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> golden city without <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">any </span>good reason<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. S</span>treets <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">of this </span>old <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">historically import<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ant </span>place s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">imply</span> </span>can not leave <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">anyone <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">disinterested </span></span>or without <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">some </span></span></span>emotions.</span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In addition to topic</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e whol<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span></span></span> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Czech Republic</b> (t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">oday<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> called </span></span><b>Czechia<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lazy</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hipsters</span></span>) is s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">imply </span>full of beautiful a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nd</span> small towns which takes you back in some good (or bad) old <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">medieval <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">times </span></span>but only </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Prague </b>among <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the others </span>ha<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">v<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e that </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">unique<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">specific </span></span></span>flavor in the air </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and of course the best beer pubs in the whole world<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which can only eventually be compared with </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">those from <b>Belgium</b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">.</span></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">(</span></span></b></i><i><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">Sai<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">nt Vitus Cathe<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">dral, </span></span></span>Prague</span></span>)</span></span></b></i></div>
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Photo taken by Igor L.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">The next morning, I already knew my new path <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that will </span>led <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">me </span>back across the </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><b>Carl's Bridge </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">after <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a </span>hot <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">breakfast</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b>. </b></span></span></span></span>If you have already come to <b>Prague</b><b> </b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">then except drinking a good beer, visiting places like <b>Saint Vitus Cathedral </b>and<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <b>Old Town Square</b></span> is simply the must</span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">! On the very first look I was fascinated by <b>Carl's Bridge</b>
and its statues on sides around which tourists are gathering and making
photos but after I stood there for almost half an hour watching the
hill in front of me and on its top the large Cathedral, I could not
resist to take some picture<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> of it</span> and by myself.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span>t's time to move on and </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to </span>check in person what is going on <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">at </span>the top o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f the </span>hill and
why </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>Saint Vitus Cathedral </b></span></span></span>is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">appointed </span>among the most beautiful one<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n <b>Eur<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ope</span></b></span>.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Besides the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">famouse<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><b>St.Vitus Cathedral</b></span></span></span></span></span></span>, which is without a doubt the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rue</span></span> medieval artistic masterpiece<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and somehow <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t</span></span>oday's </span>sy<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">mbol of the <b>Prague</b></span> city, on the top o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f the hill </span></span>wait<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed</span> for me and more surprises<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> like : <b>Ob</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>elisk</b>,<b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Old </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Royal Palace</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <b>Gol</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>den Gate</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, <b>Empress Maria Theresa Entrance </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and what particularly attracted my <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">all </span>attention </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b>St.Geo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rge Basilica </span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; 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font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">inside </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>actually </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>very small but also very unusual<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> lined with a stone blocks and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">peaceful </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; 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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">started to </span>think <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">about <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the</span> </span>cold <b>Ocean </b>water in the </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">beaches <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">wh<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ch </span></span>are <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">near</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Lisbon </b>area <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and</span> not even to mention <b>Porto</b> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with </span>whole north of <b>Portu</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>gal</b>, </span>I wanted automatically </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>move <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">away somewhere <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">else more to the </span></span>south<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> of country </span>and to<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> see</span> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the region o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f</span> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Algarve </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">where I can </span>really enjoy<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> in</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sunny coast<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">old</span> medieval towns, nice <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ars</span></span>, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">relatively <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">good </span>water f<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">or swimming</span></span></span> </span>and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">interesting <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">local </span>festival<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> U</span></span></span>s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>short </span>break from <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">volunteering </span>obligations <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">smart <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pa<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">th </span></span></span>was <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in fact a very hard, </span></span>since I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">had no<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> plans<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> but I eventual<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ly</span> bought <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my </span>ticket <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for</span> <b>Lagos</b></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and </span>let <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he</span></span> fort<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">une<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"></span></span>.</span></span></span></span><b><span style="background-color: transparent; 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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">P</span>assengers <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">enter </span>inside<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span>bus was on its <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">wa<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y </span></span>heading to the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">highway <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">trac<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">k </span></span></span>and I fell asleep exhausted <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from afternoon </span>sun. I woke up <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">somewhere </span>in the middle of driving noticing that something was wrong. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">F</span>irst road <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sign </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">table</span> showed me that <b>Tavira </b>is<b> </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">only <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">20</span></span>km<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> away,</span> the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">next one</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that</span> <b>Tavira </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is </span>1<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">0km away</span> when I realized that <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we are</span> not going towards <b>Lagos</b> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ut instead </span></span>in the total<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ly</span> opposite direction! The driver told me that change for <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Lagos </b>was at <b>Faro </b>town but that he did not wanted to wake me up <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">while I was sleeping! I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">as <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">both</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ang<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ry and </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sho<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">cked </span></span></span></span>but then I saw <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a good </span>ch<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nce to </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; 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font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Tavira</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> du<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ring the couple of hou<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">r<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> which <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">turn out to be</span> nice <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">place </span>but at that <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">day it <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was </span></span>full of hungry mosquitoes</span></span> so I d<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ec<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ided </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ake</span> last </span>train <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">for</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <b>Faro </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and to sleep there before cont<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">inu<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span> of<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">journey <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">& </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; 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After I found out on the Internet and from people in the hostel that in <b>Silves<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b>is currently <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">he<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ld <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">an<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> fun<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ny </span></span></span></span></span>medieval festival, I sat on the train next <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">day and get out in the <b>Silves </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; 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line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Before I went to the station to buy my back b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">us </span>tickets I found an excellent coffee <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">shop </span>where I sat during </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">the</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pause </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">and drink famous <b>Delta <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">C</span>offee</b> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with milk. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; 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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.com0Faro, Portugal37.0193548 -7.930439699999965336.9179283 -8.0918011999999653 37.120781300000004 -7.7690781999999654tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-75982203471961536592015-03-14T16:59:00.001+01:002017-04-14T00:37:59.762+02:00Ship From the Past (Funchal, Portugal)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Lonely island which is far away from the eyes of everyday life,</span></span> tropical oasis located in the middle<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nowhere<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span>full of sweet fruit trees that you've never heard of, where the climate is mild throughout the whole year, not too hot nor too cold<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Sounds like a fairy tale island that is </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">actually </span></span></span></span></span></span>not <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">real</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> however th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ose kind of</span> islands still exists and<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span>we can easily say that
</span><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Madeira<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">is one of them</span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Capital<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">town and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">important </span>port of this <b>Portuguese </b>colonial island is <b>Funchal </b>(</span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">by the way </span></span></span></span>not such a large <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">place as it seems</span>) with a beautiful coffee-bar area, palm<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s, marina </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and rocky beaches.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">With a </span></span>cheap flight fr<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">om <b>Lisbon</b></span><b> </b>to the very small <b>Madeira </b>airport we <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">headed </span>directly with a bus to the place about we know <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">literally </span>nothing and now we are <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">enthralled <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span>the tropical flowers and oce<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">an </span>everywhere around us.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Perhaps the beginning of our <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">trav<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">el </span></span>seemed unrealistic<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">al<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ly good</span></span> but <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">last </span>night quickly <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">taught us</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">even </span></span></span>paradise islands have their own disadvantages. After the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ng <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">night that<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> we spent </span></span></span></span>fighting with mosquitoes, we went <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">out in <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the main <b>Funchal</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b> </b>street</span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">next </span>morning for</span> breakfast <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nd <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on our faces you can <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">now obvious<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ly</span> se<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e</span> </span></span></span></span>lack of sleeping. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Soon </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we were <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">brighten with </span>colorful <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">area</span> and fruit aromas, while </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">next to us </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>pass<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed</span> guy with a parrot on his shoulder. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">That </span>day we used to visit <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nice </span>local market filled with spices, vegetables<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span>exotic fruits<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">,</span> visiting various places by the ocean and of course <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">checking out <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">fantastic <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Botanic Garden</span></b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Except an </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; 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line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t</span>his park is also unique for its weird looking rare natural plant species that you will probably not <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">find almost anywhere</span></span> else in the world. In addition to flowers, trees and all kinds of greenery there are also and some birds such as parrots<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>+ even o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ne extra la<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">r<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">g</span>e turtle<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Day aft<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">er, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we were filled with positive energy</span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and </span>finally went to swim in not so clear water on the </span></span><b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Funchal</b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> beach which on that time was under renovation<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> S</span>hip from the past like a ghost just passed next to us<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> so</span> I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">try </span>not to wa<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ste</span> any moment,</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> somehow I </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">managed to get out of water and </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">took picture <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to memory </span>this unique scene.</span></span><br />
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This is also the case with all the plateaus, markets, buildings or <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">even</span> churches <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span>are here especially beautiful <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">while </span>inside of them you can <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">sta<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nd</span> and</span> feel some hidden island energy of peace. The <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c</span>hurch </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Funchal </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>that I <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">would like to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">mention is <b>São João Evangelista </b>which looks very simple but captivating<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and unusually<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>decorated <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from the inside</span>.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>I stayed there for a very short time <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and the next day we <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">were <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">already moving to the other side of the isl<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.comFunchal, Portugal32.6669328 -16.92405540000004332.6134608 -17.004736400000041 32.7204048 -16.843374400000044tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-52751898304483986972015-03-13T14:28:00.001+01:002017-04-11T15:24:53.407+02:00Albertina and Emperor Joseph II (Vienna, Austria)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;">What would my fast way </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;">with the train</span></span></span></span></span> and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">interrail ticket<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>across <b>Europe </b>looked like if I<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">had </span></span>not visi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ted</span> <b>Vienna</b>, the capital cit<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y</span> of <b>Austria </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is </span></span>also<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> in my opinion </span>and <b>E<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">urope </span></b>capital of culture, good classical music, h<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ist<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ory,</span> sculptures<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span>universities..</span>. It is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">just<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>incredible </span>how <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">many </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;">people </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;">from the <b>Balkans</b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> living in<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;">todays <b>Vienna</b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>and it is no wonder that I<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>fe<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lt almost</span> like in <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">my </span>stree<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t wh<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">le I was <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">walk<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ing</span> around the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">city<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> hearing <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Serbian </span></b>language literally <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">everywhere from the metro station to the local caffees</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">M</span>onuments<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> here,<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> mon<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ument<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s there<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">monuments <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on ever<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">y<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> si<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ngle <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">step</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">!</span> Walking down alone in <b>Austrian </b>capital made me think about all those important persons that now deserved their own </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">statue with</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">places in a different parks, squares and plateaus... To be honest even if I am history lover I really d<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">id</span> not know much about</span></span></span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> Emperor Joseph II </b><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">(before I looked something more about him on the Wikipedia) and </span></span><b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Albertina </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">building </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">behind the monument is actually </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">famous Museum of Graphics with great and interesting collection but this time </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">unfortunately</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> I did not ha<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d the</span> opportunity to visit it since<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">it </span></span></span>was a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">lready </span>closed and I was headed to another places in order to see as much as possible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Next attraction in <b>Vienna </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that </span>I had <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a chance to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">visit </span></span>was the <b>Austrian </b>national
parliament <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span>is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">specific </span>unique building with <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a special </span>antique look.
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front of me<b>, </b>since it would be much more logical for this building to be somehow <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">p</span>arliament of <b>Greece </b>instead of <b>Austria<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but obviously the old <b>Greeks </b>had left </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">their st<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">yle </span></span></span></span></span>roots in all places</span>. You could say that the imposing appearance of the building itself can leave <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">every tourist </span>with some <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">glorious </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">impression</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. On the first look people will probably notice <b>Pallas Athene Statue </b>which standing on that spot from a far aw<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ay</span> 1902 <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">year </span>while parliament was build in </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">1883</span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Like any major capital<b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">V</span>ienna </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">also </span></span></span></span>has many stores that are widely open for all customers with a deep pockets. Since I'm still not one of them I<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>walking toward</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> <b>St.Peter Cathe</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>dral</b> avoiding windows with discounts <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and in one of the main streets I encounter on this beautiful <b>Column of Plague</b> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">mo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nument</span></span></span></span>. The <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">g</span>reat plague in the late 17th century took plenty of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">victims </span>in <b>Vienna </b>and its surroundings and in the memory of this terrible event <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Leopold I</span> </b>appointed this monument as a reminder of the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ci<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tizens </span></span>tragic fate. The monument looks like jus<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">t</span> bee<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n</span> sculpted </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">yesterday when</span></span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in the fact it standing there for <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">so</span></span> many years <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which</span> is the case with the most of <b>Vienna</b>'s cultural heritage.</span></span></div>
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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.com0Vienna, Austria48.2081743 16.3738189000000647.8696338 15.728371900000059 48.546714800000004 17.019265900000061tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-40100250229792294492015-03-11T12:01:00.002+01:002017-04-10T16:17:14.259+02:00Golden Sea Sunset (Evia, Greece)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">My opinion is that <b>Greece </b>have some of the most beautiful islands in the w<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">hole </span>world <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">nd </span></span>simply </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">whic</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">hever island you choose for your holiday</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> in this country you will not make a mistake.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>Couple of years ago I had a <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">p<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">erfect </span></span>chance <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to </span>visit <b>Evia, </b>the second largest <b>Greek </b>island
and <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to</span> spent t<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">here one </span>great day discovering the old historical ruins, drinking
local coffee with my friends and swimming on the massive waves. After<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">short</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span><b>Athens</b> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">adventure</span>, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the next stop was <b>Oropos,</b> a <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">small </span>village on the coast of the <b>Aegean Sea<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that contrary to<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> the </span>some <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">other</span> more popular destinations i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n its surrounding still </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">has</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>not developed <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">luxury</span> tourism</span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">R<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">eason <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">why I</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>stayed </span>there was a </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">three weeks long </span></span></span></span></span></span>summer camp where I h<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ad </span>learned<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>about the environmental problems of the region and their future eco <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">projects <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Oropos</span></b></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">The good thing <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bout </span></span><b>Oropos </b>itself is that this <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">village is </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">actually </span></span></span></span>located just across <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Evi</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>a </b>island</span></span> and from there it is possible<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> to take <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">F</span>erry </b>boat<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> for</span></span></span></span> different destinations </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; 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nice memory from a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>great </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">summer</span></span></span> time.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n</span>ext early </span>morning we went </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> by the foot </span></span></span></span></span></span>direct<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ly</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to a </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">village called </span><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Chalkoutsi</b><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">which is located very close to the <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">O<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ropos</span></span>, </b>place where we had stayed</span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><b> </b>i<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n camp</span>.<b> </b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Somewhere
on the halfway to our final destination we were met by a rather swampy
atmosphere which is blended in vicinity of the river, sea and dry grass
that was swinging all around the place. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">From
the stories of the local people, we found out that this place is rich with
various protected species of birds and some of them are even originating <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the</span> </span><b>African </b>continent.</span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">M</span>ain problem for this region arose as the wastewater </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">continuously discharged </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">during </span>the many years </span></span></span></span>into the inflows <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">wh<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ich</span></span> go direct<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ly to </span>the sea<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. This created environmental <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">haos</span></span> and now local authorities <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">try </span>to displace what <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">it was </span>being built for a many years.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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BG_39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08597129291158561964noreply@blogger.comEuboea, Greece38.5236036 23.8584736999999936.9328486 21.276686699999992 40.1143586 26.440260699999989tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789165673072326631.post-30211235219404864282015-03-10T14:40:00.001+01:002017-04-19T20:36:18.940+02:00Holy Ghost Cathedral (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Hradec Kralove</b> is a very small town in </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Czech Republic </b>but its </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">architecture style
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here is somehow <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">vin<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tage</span></span>, full of interesting monument details, interwoven with cobblestones and I heard
that in the past </span></span></span><b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Hradec Kralove</b><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">was famous for its own manufactured production of pianos. The main <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">square</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">takes </span>large area and most of the stuffs <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">that you need are located there<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">while the whole <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">town </span>is made by the system o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f</span> circle roads<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">R</span>eason for my visit to this place was the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Hi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">p<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-</span>Hop <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">C</span>amp festival <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">wh<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ich </span></span></span></span>was held in abandoned military aircraft hangar, wide field zone right next to the town<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<i style="outline: none !important; user-select: text !important;"><b style="outline: none !important; user-select: text !important;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px; outline: none !important; user-select: text !important;">(Holy Ghost Cathedral<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; outline: none;">, Hradec Kralove</span></span>)</span></span></b></i></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Constru<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ction</span></span> which definitely dominates among th<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ose <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">super </span></span>colorful facades <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on </span>the ce<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ntral </span>town square is </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Holy Ghost</b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">athedral</span></span></span></span> with a large time clock mounted on <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">its </span>tower<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and faded red<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">-</span>b<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rown</span> bricks combination in <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a </span>Baroque</span> s<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">tyle</span>.<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I</span>n front of </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Holy Ghost</b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">athedral is probably <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">located </span>the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>most <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">beautiful </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Hradec </b></span></span></span>street called <b>Karla Tomana</b> </span></span></span>and even if I was not able to <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">go </span>inside o<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">f ch<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">urch</span></span> since it was closed, I can <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">probably </span>say that this building played some important role in the town history (since it dates back all the way to 15th century and <b>Pope Alexander VII</b> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">blessed </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">athedral</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>). After buying <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">of</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">festival tickets </span></span>we went <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">back</span> to our hotel which <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">was </span>near<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">by to prepare for tonight's </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">show</span> & </span></span></span></span></span></span>concert<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Hradec Kralove </b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">separated <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">with </span>the river <b>Elbe </b>on<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">o</span>ld <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n</span></span>ew part</span></span></span></span></span></span>, which is admittedly<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">very </span></span>small <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">during the </span>summer <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">season </span>so it's more look like a<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">n </span>sizable channel</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> instea<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">d of<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>a r<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">iver</span></span>. Crossing <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">over the <b>Pražský <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Most </span></b></span>bridge, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">which </span>is <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">by the way al<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">so short</span></span></span>, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">its like</span> a moving from one ag<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e </span>trough the another<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">W</span></span>e already pass<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ed <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">by </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">several schools, shops, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">universities,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>markets, posts and banks that are located <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on the new </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">side<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> of the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Hradec Kralove </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">where <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we </span>can <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">recognize </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">direct </span>influences <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">from </span>the <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c</span>ommunist<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">time </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">plans</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span>urbani<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">z</span>ation</span>, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">filled of <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">blo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">c<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">k<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span></span></span>buildings</span></span>. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Although probably yo<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ung </span>people in this <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">town are somet<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">imes</span></span> bored due to lack of content <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">whi<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ch for example <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">they can find in capital<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> ci<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ty of</span></span> <b>Prague, </b>I still think that </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Hradec </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> deserv<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">s </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">better <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">rate</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; 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