Euro Travel & More

When you are in the hotel industry.. and you are staying in another in another country.. it is a unspoken courtesy to fellow hoteliers .. to extend what we call a hotel site inspection.  Especially with new hotels.. it’s always fun.. to bring the Sales and Marketing team with you .. and check out all their hotel’s furnishing.. and what they have to offer .. that we don’t have.  We even check out the bathroom.. and some hotels uses Kohler faucets that we ourselves uses.   Checking out the restaurants and the concierge services is a must too. Hoteliers welcome others like them.. for these inspections.. that way.. if they are overbooked.. they can farm them out to them.  Common courtesy goes a long way.

Long haul on flights.. can make one hate in flight food.. but what can you do.. when you have to eat.. and at the mercy of the airlines.  Some carrier does have not too bad food.. esepcially when you are on business class… but those who takes.. the economy class .. well.. i wouldn’t say it is a JOY.  With the food that we eat.. you can imagine .. what i need with so much traveling.  Anoretix is said to be very effective, so for those who travels as much as I did.. you may wanna try that.

This must be one of the prettiest streets in Copenhagen! Known also as the New Habour, this is definitely very popular not only for the tourist but locals as well. Lined with many restaurants.. and bars.. facing the habour.. it is definitely a great spot .. either to rest or to have lunch or dinner here. Summer sees lots of patio.. and seats outdoors. Having a beer.. and relaxing and taking in the scenery ..and watching people walk by .. was fun. The restaurants and bistros ain’t cheap… but affordable. You can also find alot of canal tour excursion here. I was told that famous author, Hans Christian Anderson used to lived here for a good 18 yrs.

Fountain Abbey also known as the the Rustic Bridge here. Britain’s largest monastic ruin and said to be founded in 1132 by 13 Benedictine monks. Sold in the year 1540 to a merchant following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 by Henry VIII. It is sad to see so many of the beautiful abbeys destroyed. It took us alot of walking.. as the place was huge. But exploring was fun. .and we took alot of pictures. The air was warm.. and humid.

Temple of Piety

When one is very young.. one is very idealistic.. hahha!! i remembered those days.. and wonder how we were so gutsy . .to think that we could travel around Europe.. and driving around by ourselves.. to see Europe.. one place at a time.. and at our own time.. without any tour guide.  Luckily, we had car insurance else we would have been in big trouble..!  Those were the days.. where young minds just don’t really think very much.  We were way too gutsy for our parents liking.

It was said that the Oresund used to be full of mermaids, and this is the home of all mermaids according to legend. It was said that this sculpture was donated by Carlsberg brewer after he had seen the little mermaid after seeing the fairy tale.

The sculpture was sculpted by Edward Eriksen a renowned sculptor. The little mermaid is said to have to be there for 300 yrs before she can become a human. Every year thousands of tourists flock here to see the mermaid. More on Copenhagen’s food soon.

As an owner of my own blogs, it is nice to be able to review other blogs.. and my own.  Tell people which website is good.. and which one isn’t. Web Site Reviews is all about giving real information and real opinions and showing people which are the real Top Websites.  With real stats and page rank shown, you can use this information even for your own website.  Pretty cool.. and awesome.

With this outfit .. i am sure .. you can guess where we are right now eh. You will be surprised that alot of men wears this during special occasions in Scotland. Do they wear anything underneath.. is usually the question we joke about all the time. Yup.!! we were pretty lame.. at that time..!! well i was only like 20 yrs old..when i was in Scotland for school.

This is the City of Aberdeen, Scotland is a shopping paradise. Known with names like The Flower of Scotland and Granite City, it is a vibrant city .. and very modernized. With modernization, they also have their historical side in this old town. Aberdeen is known for having one of Scotland’s striking skylines. It is known as a Granite City because the building sparkles after a rainfall. Many excellent restaurants are found here in Aberdeen.

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, seating about 2400 people .. this place hold many cultural, folk, pop and many other concerts. The world’s largest winter music festival is held here. If you ever travel to this area, don’t forget to make a date with the events going on here. It is pretty magical sitting inside the concert hall. And no .. i’m not the arty farty type.

Buchanan Street is just where the Royal Concert Hall is.. a few mins walk actually, you can’t missed it. Surrounded by shops.. and shops.. and the Bank of Scotland can be found here as well. This is usually where we end up spending hours.. going from store to store.

Experiencing the country was what we had planned last summer in Switzerland. It was definitely an extraordinary experience for me. We visited some of these cities and villages.. and spent at least a day or two in each. Sometimes.. we only had a day trip.. but that too was great. We were in Bern, Luzern, Zurich, Trogen, Winterthur, Stein and not forgetting St. Moritz .. where we enjoyed some really spectacular swiss sceneries. We took the rail system .. and it is said that it was built some 100 yrs ago. The Alphen Tower is a must not missed .. it is 2250m above sea level and it was really a breath-taking experienced. More photos to follow soon.

The Colosseum in Rome was a magnificent sight .. and a very interesting landmark for me. Even though it is in ruins because of earthquakes, you can see that tourist flocks here just to see it. It is said that the Colosseum still has a very close connection with the church for during Good Friday .. the pope never failed to lead a torchlit procession to the amphitheater. Very interesting eh.

Of course, we all know that the Colosseum was originally the Flavian Amphitheater build in the center of the city of Rome and is the largest to be built in the Roman Empire. Touted as one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering.

Just to show you the outside of the Colosseum as we were entering it.

The inside of the Colosseum, said to be able to seat 50,000 spectators, this place had been used for gladiatorial contest.  And it had been used for 500 years.

Inside of the Colosseum still.

More of the ruins.