Cities
Hello from New York City (4) - Staten Island and a Random Act of Violence
The Staten Island Ferry is a fabulous institution. It is a huge ferry that departs from a very modern, glass enclosed terminal, holds several thousand people and in just about 20 minutes whisks you over to Staten Island, very close to the Statue of Liberty, and all this for free! Read more →Hello from New York City (5) - A Local Expert Takes Us Through Queens
Yesterday was a pretty interesting day, the weather was cool and overcast, with rain coming in during the latter part of the afternoon. A few weeks ago I had booked a meeting with one of the Big Apple Greeters, an organization of local NYC volunteers that takes out-of-town visitors around the city and shows them local sights and shares local information. Read more →Hello from New York City (6) - Checking out Coney Island and (amazingly Clean) Harlem
So I am sitting here back in my office and I want to bring our last 2 days in New York City to paper. Considering that the weather forecast for Saturday was pretty bad (rain and maximum temperatures of 13 degrees C), the day turned out much nicer than expected. Read more →Hello from New York City - Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, Exploring Downtown Manhattan
What a full day we had yesterday. We had a delightful breakfast in our bed and breakfast at about 8:30 am and shared some nice conversations with a young couple from Sweden and an older couple from Holland, the hostess was participating as well. Read more →Hello from New York City - Exploring Mid-Town Manhattan
Since our plane landed nice and early we had virtually a whole day left to explore yesterday. The weather was pretty nice, quite sunny when we started, although it clouded over a little and was a little on the cool side, it never got much above 15 degrees Celsius. Read more →Hello from Toronto: The City Viewed Through the Eyes of First-Time Visitors
So my brother is in town, together with his wife and 2 friends from my little home town in Austria. It is everybody's first time in North America and their initiation to Toronto. Read more →Insights About the City of Denia in Spain
Denia is located just north of Javea. It is on the northern part of the Costa Blanca coast line, which runs from this city to Torrevieja in the southern part of the region. Read more →Italy's Magical City of Florence - the Capital of the Exquisite Tuscan Region
Italy?s ideal climate, animated people and passion for cuisine make it a perfect destination for independent travellers seeking much more than a one dimensional package holiday. Read more →Johannesburg ? The Fastest Paced City in Africa
Contrary to popular belief Johannesburg has a lot to offer the vacationer/traveller. Being historically and currently the Gold Mining capital of Africa there is much more to do than visit the mining museums although they are very interesting. Read more →Jubilant City of Jubilant Country
Historical, cozy and sumptuous, all three words nicely define the Belgium?s capital, Brussels. Eurocrats choose this city as their first option. Plethora of artistic excellence, architectural evidences and mouth-watering cuisines are the hallmarks of this jubilant city. Read more →Aphorism
The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds.