Visiting European City

Florentine Steak September 2010 It was not our first visit to Florence. But at that time we were short of time and the weather was bad. Now we had enough time and decided to follow the route described in the "Mornings in Florence" by John Ruskin. That means that we carefully ...	Brabant Lace May 2010 Brussels, Brussels - what do you think of in saying so? Meetings, committees, resolutions et cetera. The city of the European Union and NATO. European policy. We travel to Brussels, however, not for this reason. The reason for this trip was the ...	Phocaea City September 2009 In a half of a day it is difficult to make a tour around a city like Marseille. Therefore, we decided not to hurry up and to limit our tour to the Old Port and a trip to Notre-Dame de la Garde, thus to practically remain within the novel by Dumas. Particularly, ...
The City at Sea September 2008 Just next to the old port is the old city of Genoa, which is considered to be one of the largest historical city centers in Europe. Once at this place, on the coast there were three small fisherman settlements. According to the ancient Roman legend ...	The City of Bear March 2008 Royal Palace (Palacio Real) is the main sight of old Madrid. It has been constructed in the XVIII-th century by order of Phillip V Bourbon on the place of the Habsburg's residence which was destroyed by fire in 1734. The royal family does not live ...	From Lantern to Temple September 2007 We planned to see the Casa Batlló, Casa Milà, Palau Guell, Park Guell and Sagrada Familia. But we could not only get in the Palau Guell because of the reconstruction of the building. And we could not even see it from the outside. But we did see ...
Along the Rambla September 2007 If you leave yourself enough time for the Rambla, you'll probably need a whole day for it, because in the street a hot spot itself and the city guide lures on every crossroad of the Rambla to deviate: sometimes to the Placa Reial, sometimes to the famous ...	Beauty on Water August 2007 The blue, the colour of water is present in the city arms as well as in the city emblem and reflects the dominance of the water in the city. The words "Capital of Scandinavia" can also be found on the city emblem. This has its reasons, of course. The ...	Rue de Rivoli May 2007 The Arcades of Rue de Rivoli are ideally suited to take a walk through the city in the rain. Moreover, the street itself is very interesting and its sights and history of. Napoleon, being in 1801 the First Consul of the French Republic, ordered ...
The Fall In Höchst December 2006 For more than thousand years Höchst has belonged to the archbishop province of Mainz. Even the dialect of Höchst is close to that of Mainz than to the neighbouring dialect of Frankfurt. Also, Höchst used to be a Catholic town till ...	Canal Grande September 2006 The Canal Grande is not really a channel in the strict sense of the word. It is not a digged channel, but a natural deep waterway between Venetian islands. It is 3.8 km long and between 30 and 70 metres wide. Palaces of the nobility are mainly situated ...	Viennese Coffee May 2006 To say the "Viennese coffee" is nothing to say. It proves to have many variants as it seems to be affected by its closeness to Italy and the East resulted from historical events. The Viennese Melange, the Viennese Brown (a black coffee with a drop of ...
Delft blue September 2005 The prevailing colour in "Delft Blue" is not blue, but rather a brick colour, at times rolling in the red, and the green (at least in the summer). Channels are covered with green ooze (sometimes with water lily), as if with a carpet. And, almost ...