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... a little bit travel guide, about great places which we visited:
Mošćenička Draga (Croatia)
Mošćenička Draga, a small fisherman's village on the west coast of the Kvarner Gulf, has become an attractive destination drawing an increasing number of turists every year. One of the longest pebble beaches on the northern Adriatic and the clean sea contribute to its irresistible charm and timeless beauty. The beautiful promenade, the diverse forrest paths and the fisherman's landing at dusk are images that remain indelibly impressed on the memory. A couple of days vacation on
18-23 August, 2011 at this beautiful place on earth.
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Herrnbaumgarten (Austria)
A small village at 212 metres altitude, just an hour’s drive from Vienna is home to some very idiosyncratic inhabitants. Here in
Herrnbaumgarten, near the Czech border and just behind the wine village of Poysdorf, we view on
7 August, 2011 the world from a novel perspective, veering happily between ironic lateral thinking, friendly professionalism and benevolent misconception. The showpiece of this quirkiness is the Nonseum, a museum full of exhibits invented by eccentrics - from a heated garden gnome to finger nail guillotines to high heel protectors.
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Bratislava (Slovakia)
Vienna and
Bratislava are the nearest located EU capitals. Only 60 kilometres are separating the two cities. At the moment, both cities move together even closer, because the Twin City Liner goes city center to city center: from Schwedenplatz there are 12 kilometres along the Donaukanal (Danube canal), therefore the only lock between Vienna and Bratislava (Danube/Freudenau) can be by-passed. Then we are skimming along the Danube at 32,5 knots or 60 km/h cruising speed for approximately 50 kilometres and are landing directly next to the Old Town of Bratislava. Bratislava visit at
22nd August, 2010 on the Danube by the Twin City Liner.
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Paris (France)
Paris is the capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the River Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region. The city within its administrative limits (unchanged since 1860) has an estimated population of 2.16 million. The Paris unité urbaine extends well beyond the administrative city limits and has a population of 9.93 million. But
Paris is also the capital of the arts, the City of Light, universally recognised as one of the world’s most beautiful cities, Paris possesses an enormous cultural richness which it owes, not only to its history, but also to its formidable heritage. With its monuments, its museums, its great buildings, its libraries, its famous characters, Paris never ceases to transport us through time and space. We walked on the streets of Paris at
19-22 December 2008. Paris, je t'aime!
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Kreuzenstein (Austria)
Castle Burg Kreuzenstein - following the footprints of Matthias Corvinus at
30-31 August 2008. The first mention of certain Dietrich von Grizanestein can be identified in a document dated 1115. In April 1645 a swedish army under Field-Marshal Thorstenson occupied Kreuzenstein. The swedish were defeated by the Emperor troops, and this sealed the castle´s fate: it was systematically levelled to the groend, all that remained being an uninhabitable pile ofrubble. In 1874, it was count Johann Nepomuk Wiczek who embarked upon the rebuilding and restoration of the castle . The new castle, which was completed in 33 years , is modelled on similar edifices dating from the time of the emperor Maximilian I. (1459-1519), The last of the knights. Castle Wiener Neustadt: we enjoyed at this castles.
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Adria (Croatia-Italy)
Istria is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner. The Kvarner Gulf is a bay in the northern
Adriatic Sea, located between the Istrian peninsula and the northern Croatian seacoast. Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto. Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area. Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Bridges", and "The City of Light". It is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. We took also a short side step on
6-13 September, 2008 to Venezia.
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Kapadokya (Türkiye)
In ancient geography, Cappadocia or Capadocia, Turkish Kapadokya (from the Greek: Καππαδοκία or Kappadokía, which in turn is from the Persian: Katpatuka meaning "the land of beautiful horses"), was the name of an extensive inland district of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). The name continued to be used in western sources and in the Christian tradition throughout history and is still widely used as an international tourism concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage. HOŞ GELDİNİZ!
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Bretagne (France)
A long planned journey to
Bretagne between
14-25 August, 2007 was a cold, windy, wide, long, but a most beautyful trip ever made ... The visit, the idea and the logistics was executed by my wife. Many thanks to her! I was again, due to time restrictions and other indifferent arguments. Just the highlights: starts with Nürnberg, then Strasbourg, Nancy, Metz, Paris, Le Havre, Mon St. Michel, St. Malo, Dinan, Trègunc, Ruat Vraz, Concarneau, Brest, Oceanopolis, Meglaliths of Carnac, Loire and during the travel Chateau's an mass. Bon Voyage in and to Bretgane!
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Las Vegas (USA)
By the early 1940s, downtown
Las Vegas had several luxury hotels and a dozen small but successful gambling clubs. In 1941 a businessman by the name of Thomas Hull, who owned a string of motor inns in California, decided to open the El Rancho Las Vegas, just outside the city limits right off the highway from Los Angeles. The El Rancho had 100 motel rooms, a western styled casino, it was located right off the highway and had a large parking lot with an inviting swimming pool in the middle. The El Rancho's quick success led to the building of another property down the road called the Last Frontier Hotel. Thus the Las Vegas Strip - visited on
18-22 June, 2007 - was born.
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Grand Canyon (USA)
The
Grand Canyon is more than a great chasm carved over millennia through the rocks of the Colorado Plateau. It is more than an awe-inspiring view. It is more than a pleasuring ground for those that explore the roads, hike the trails, or float the currents of the turbulent Colorado River. This canyon is a gift that transcends what we experience. Its beauty and size humbles us. Its timelessness provokes a comparison to our short existence. In its vast spaces we may find solace from our hectic lives. Here our photo gallery about the flight on over the Cayon on
20 June, 2007.
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Brussels (Belgium)
Galleries and museums, arcades and boulevards sprang up everywhere, not to mention the Palais of Justice, and the Cinquantenaire Park on
25-28 May, 2007. Somehow one is not totally amazed by the fact that these grand schemes all benefited the French speaking aristocratic Upper Town. Another revolution was probably prevented by the energetic lobbying of the Mayor of
Brussels, Charles Buls, who kept the old Flemish areas in one piece and attracted a huge number of writers and artists who gave the city its own little Belle Epoque, déjà vu of Paris or Vienna.
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Antwerpen (Belgium)
Antwerpen has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux both economically and culturally. It is on the right bank of the river Scheldt which is linked to the North Sea by the Westerschelde. Antwerp's seaport, one of the world's largest and after the port of Rotterdam the second largest in Europe, has a high level of cargo shipping and oil refineries traffic. Families of the large Hasidic Jewish community have traditionally controlled Antwerp's global centre of the diamond trading industry, although the last two decades have seen Indian and Armenian traders become increasingly important. We share our visit on
25th-28th May, 2007.
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Prague (Czech Republic)
Prague , the Czech capital, is one of the most beautiful cities in the world with an inimitable atmosphere created by its millennium of history. Countless museums, galleries and other sights can also be found in the regions of the Czech Republic. Typical for
Prague city centre are its winding lanes and buildings in every possible architectural style: Romanesque rotundas, Gothic cathedrals, Baroque and Renaissance palaces, art nouveau, neo-classical, cubist and functionalist houses and contemporary structures. Srdechne vitam to our visit on
16-18 March, 2007.
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Maria Taferl (Austria)
Maria Taferl is an Austrian market municipality of 872 people in the District of Melk and the most important pilgrimage site in all of Lower Austria. After Mariazell, Maria Taferl is the most important pilgrimage destination in all of Austria. Melk is a city of Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria, next to the Wachau valley along the Danube. The area around Melk was given to Margrave Leopold I in the year 976 to serve as a buffer between the Turks and Huns to east and Bavaria to the west. In 996 mention was first made of an area known as Ostarichi - which is recognized as the origin of the word Oesterreich (German for Austria). The bluff which holds the current monastery held a Babenberger castle until the site was given to Benedictine monks from nearby Lambach by Margrave Leopold II in 1089. Melk received market rights in 1227 and became a municipality in 1898. In a very small area, Melk presents a great deal of architectural variety from many centuries. Enjoy what we see on
Silvester 2006-2007.
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Bratislava (Slovakia)
Bratislava’s location on the banks of the River Danube and at the crossroads of ancient trading routes right at the heart of Europe predestined it to become a meeting point of various cultures. It was the home of the Celts, the Romans, and the Slavs ... The reign of Maria Theresa is regarded as a golden era in the city’s history. She was crowned Queen of Hungary in St. Martin’s cathedral in
Pozsony, just like the 10 other kings and 8 royal partners over the course of 300 years when
Pressburg was in fact the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary. The
20th August, 2006 in the former capital of three nations and with three different names.
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Znojmo (Chech Republic)
Znojmo (German: Znaim) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, near the border with Lower Austria. The city is situated on a rock outcropping on the steep left bank of the Dyje River, and retains a number of examples of its medieval architecture. The Gothic Church of St. Nicholas and the Late Gothic Town Hall tower are the most recognizable landmarks. St Nicolas` Church was built in 1348 by Emperor Charles IV, and the town hall, with its 75 m (250 ft) tower, dates from around 1446. Overlooking the Dyje River valley, on the edge of the medieval city, there is Znojmo Castle, dating back to 11th century, founded by Přemyslid dukes. The royal city of Znojmo was founded shortly before 1226 by King Ottokar I on the plains lying in front of Znojmo Castle. In terms of world history, Znojmo is best known for the armistice concluded here in 1809 after the Battle of Wagram between Napoleon and the archduke Charles.
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San Jose (USA)
Silicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the USA. The term originally referred to the region's large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high-tech businesses in the area. Geographically, "Silicon Valley" encompasses the northern part of Santa Clara Valley and adjacent communities in the southern parts of the San Francisco Peninsula and East Bay. It now reaches approximately from San Mateo (on the Peninsula) and the Fremont/Newark area in the East Bay down through San José (Pictures from the
21th, 24th and 27th of October 2005), centered roughly on Sunnyvale.
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The Island of Rab II. (Croatia)
Our return to the island of
Rab was not planned, but absolutely neccessary. We visit on
3-7 September, 2005 that parts of the Island, which we was not able see during the first visit. Goli Otok (a modern Yugoslavian Gulag) was just one of the object's we do not see previously. We walk and ship around the Island, become more and more from this controversal and beautiful place.
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The Island of Rab I. (Croatia)
The island
Rab is part of arhipelago located in the Kvarner Bay of Adriatic Sea in the northern of Croatia. Beside the little town with the same name as the Island there are seven other idyllic places which are situated in different corners of the island: Barbat, Banjol, Palit, Kampor, Mundanije, Supetarska Draga and Lopar. Get some impressions of our days between
21-28 Mai, 2005 on the island.
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Carnvntvm (Austria)
Archaeological Park
Carnvntvm - Carnuntum, the capital of the Roman province Upper Pannonia, extended over the present-day towns of Petronell-Carnuntum and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg. The impressive witnesses of the former civilian city and military camp can be seen today in the Archaeological Park Carnuntum. Austria's largest archaeological region lies within easy reach of Vienna and Bratislava and invites you to an exciting journey back in time to the Romans: unique historical relics, expert guided tours bringing history to life, authentic reconstructions, spectacular Roman festivals, archaeology at first hand...
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Belvedere (Austria)
Belvedere - is the former garden palaces of prince Eugen von Savoyen, general of three Habsburger emperor and the Turk's conqueror. It served him as a summer residence before the gates of Vienna. It is one of the biggest palace complexes from the time of the Barocque. The
Belvedere we visited on
25 December, 2003, consists of two parts. To the main castle, this is the Lower Belvedere which was built in 1714-16. Approximately 1 km behind the pleasure palace lies, the High Belvedere, which was built 1721-23. In between is a park with stairs and cascades (1717). The Lower Belvedere served as a domicile, the High Belvedere was used for festive and representative occasions. In the High Belvedere, as well as in the orangery is the collections of the Austrian gallery, the most important works of the 19th and 20th century. In the Lower Belvedere we find the baroque museum and the museum of medieval art.
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Bordighera (Italy)
In
June 2001 we made a short journey to Italy. We visited a small mediterrain city called
Bordighera, to see, smell and taste Mediterrean Sea, the sun and red wine. This city is placed very close to Principality of Monaco and to the French border. Enjoy our impresions from this region.
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Conquest of Pilatus (Lucerne, Swiss)
The very top of Lucerne is the
Mountain Pilatus, with an altitude over than 2000 meters. I was two days ill - curing my muscle ache - after conquesting the top with Ursi, Andi and Franky, but it was wonderfull trip for me. Born in a relative flat country in low-pannonia, I have very first time understood the words mountain, wideness and panorama. Take a look on the pictures of this challenge and enjoy.
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Berlin (Germany)
Germany capital
Berlin in the year zero, the whole city is under construction and building lot. East and West where merging together, but this process is unlikely very slow. In the millemuim year in
May 2000 we may see the last steps merging, renewing and moving capital.
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