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June 28, 2013
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This is the Central Post Office Building in Stockholm, Sweden. It is an historical building located at Vasagatan. It has massive volumes and elaborate carvings with tower-like volumes with surrounding bricks in red övedskloster sandstone and red höganäs bricks and slate covered roof.
June 10, 2013
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In Tallinn Old Town, we enjoyed the dinner in one of the many Medieval restaurants. From tapestries, the programme, musicians, rich tasty food, candles, and most of all BEER. I love the ambience of the Old Town - historic is not enough to describe it because Tallinn has an added edge of being one of the top ten digital cities in the world. So the feeling of being there is simply - eclectic!
June 09, 2013
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Trolleys in Tallinn Estonia, a photo by zannnielim on Flickr.
Opposite the street of Balti Jaam, the Russian market Balti Jaama Turg is a must see, the 12th century Saint Olav's Church, the Kiek in de Kok museum in the great artilery tower. I was mostly at the Old Town, seeing the St Catherine's Passage. We will definitely check out the Von Krahl Theatre, the Kumu Art Museum that is housed in the limestone and glass building. Also the Open Air Museum seeing the old Estonian life, the 12 farms, watermills, windmills, forestation, church, schoolhouse and tavern. I was told by our friend Triin that their Song Festival is an amazing event to join, the Kadriorg Park and the Katusekino which is a 300 pax rooftop cinema right on the top of the Viru shopping centre.
June 08, 2013
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The gothic spires of the Cathedral in Zagreb leads you to this cathedral in Kaptol, Zagreb. It is the most famous building in Croatia as well as the tallest. The tapering conical structure on top of this church can be seen from many locations in the city. Instinctively, I walked closer and closer to the cathedral discovering its history and beauty. After which you should also check out the Dolac farmer's market which is in walking distance from the city main square.
The tram ride services within the square is for free*.
*post-post: Not any more when I revisited Zagreb in July 2013. Croatia just joined the European Union yesterday. The same sights in the Center which are still so in-tact and beautiful. This time we stayed in a hotel outside the city centre and even so the rides on the public trams (at 12 Kuna, approximately 1.61 Eur based on todays' rate) is still not too expensive. It takes about 20minutes to get to the city centre, by car would have been 10minutes.
The new tram services map:
So you can take these blue trams to visit the Museum and other places of interest of the city.
If you cross over to the other side, you will see the Gornji grad (Upper Town).
It is a cobblestoned street and you can enjoy a very nice scenic walk (up) to smoke into the cultural parts of the Croatians.
If you are going to be in Zagreb, it is worth to see the Bana Jelacica Square in the old town of Zagreb. The sporting and recreational centre is in Jarun where you can rollerblade, cycle and walk along the tracks that surround the lakes. For me, I also walked a little further up to the St Mark's Church which has a 300+ feet tower.
This church is also recognized as the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Stephen and Ladislav. Very interestingly, it is a neo-Gothic 13th century building and it has this eccentric red-white-blue tiled roof with coats of arms for Zagreb and the Kingdom of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia.
As for me, I enjoy taking photos of the details on the architectures and buildings. At least that is what I love to do, to observe what the city has to offer besides their people, listening to the sounds of their language and trying out their local food/snacks and many other small details about their kind of lifestyle.
Very funnily, I noticed that all along the way in the upper town or better known as Gornji Grad, the entire street was empty and almost no one was walking on the street.
Very funnily, I noticed that all along the way in the upper town or better known as Gornji Grad, the entire street was empty and almost no one was walking on the street.
Then much later and walking further, I spotted a few people there and they were actually filming.
I guess these few people are reporters and maybe there were some important news or having some VIPs visiting then.
There is another sculpture in the outdoor next to the Gradec Stone Gate.
June 02, 2013
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Tallinn has a special mood when you enter the Old Town. This is right before we arrived at the Old Town. We spotted this sculpture that belongs to the Soviet era, it has a mode of sophistication that is difficult to describe, that makes it interesting to look at. This sculpture in the Tammsaare Park is named Merineid which means 'Sea Maiden'
May 29, 2013
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Statue of Liberty, Muesum of Modern Art, Times Square and how not to miss the Central Park?
May 29, 2013
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Hagia Sophia by Zannnie (Istanbul, Turkey) - Many are fascinated by the Islamic Calligraphy inscriptions inside the Hagia Sophia.
May 02, 2013
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Landscape paintings usually centered on mountains. The exquisite Chinese painting--Mountain and river, belongs to Chinese landscape painting. Mountains are sacred places in China--the homes of immortals, close to the heavens. Philosophical interest in nature could also have contributed to the rise of landscape painting, including both Daoist stress on how minor the human presence is in the vastness of the cosmos and Neo-Confucian interest in the patterns or principles that underlie all phenomena, natural and social.
April 27, 2013
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Dubai Airport is ranked the third busiest airport in the world in terms of international passengers according to Airports Council International’s latest figures. The airport serves more than 145 airlines flying to more than 260 destinations across six continents.
The annual passenger traffic in 2011 reached 50.98 million, a year-on-year increase of 8 per cent compared to 47.2 million recorded in 2010. Passenger numbers are projected to reach 56.5 million in 2012 and 98 million by 2020. Dubai International has the capacity to handle 2.5 million tonnes of cargo per year.
Dubai Airport is designed to support aviation, tourism, and logistics well into the future. The airport will have a total of five parallel runways, 4.5km long, each separated by a minimum of 800m.
March 15, 2013
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Tripcierge is a concierge desk in your pocket. It provides an intuitive and delightful way for people to plan and research things to do on their trip, seek ideas from friends and family, receive and book relevant, personalized offers at the right time and place; and create trip journals in a snap.
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February 13, 2013
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fosta baza de tratament in moneasa, judetul arad, romania
poza realizata de robi, editata de mine!
January 16, 2013
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