Canal Ring in Amsterdam

Canal Ring in Amsterdam
In the 17th century, the Canal Ring became a very wealthy place. Famous merchants, extremely wealthy bankers and other very wealthy business owners built their magnificent homes here. The most prestigious residents built their homes on the Golden Bend or the Gouden Bocht. This area is located where all three canals intersect [...]

Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam

Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
The Van Gogh Museum is located on Paulus Potterstraat 7 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The museum is home to more than 200 of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings. In fact, it is the largest collection of Van Gogh’s paintings in the world! Drawings and letters from the famous artist are also on display. [...]

Kalverstraat Amsterdam

Kalverstraat Amsterdam
Kalverstraat in Amsterdam is the busiest shopping street of the entire street. Starting from Dam Square and ending about 750 meters down Munttoren, this street is the longest shopping street in Amsterdam packed with people! See the image below.

Tips for getting the most out of your Kalverstraat Amsterdam visit

Kalvertoren is a small shopping mall [...]

Museum Het Rembrandt in Amsterdam

Museum Het Rembrandt in Amsterdam

The Museum Het Rembrandt is actually the artist’s 17th century house. Rembrandt lived and worked in the house from 1639 to 1658. The house has been recreated and very little of the original home remains but his artwork in displayed along with other artists from the 17th century on the upper [...]

Ushuaia

In Yamana, the dialect of the ancient Indians, Ushuaia means “Bay that penetrates to the west”. It’s the capital of Tierra del Fuego.
It was established in 1990. It is the youngest of the 24 argentine provinces. And it lies on the shores of the beagle canal.

The hotels have grown in the last couple [...]

Wonderful Copenhagen!

Why is Copenhagen so wonderful? Here what I think of when I think about Copenhagen:

Home to HC Andersen (Poet and Fairytale Writer)
The Little Mermaid
Carlsberg Beer (”Probably the best beer in the World”)
Tivoli Gardens (Amusement Park)
Fashion Week (Top 10 fashion events in the World held twice a year)
Design (contemporary Scandinavian design)
Freetown Christiania (self-governing area of the [...]

Montreal - Downtown, Old Montreal and Underground City

Montreal is the largest city in Quebec which is one of the 13 provinces (What would be considered States in the USA) in Canada. Just 10 years ago, something of a bleak mood prevailed in Quebec province. It seemed possible that the province would choose to fling itself into independence form the rest of Canada.
Since, [...]

Lisbon - A City to Discover

(Lisbon at night)
Lisbon as been one of my favorite cities since I visited for the first time 3 years ago. The City its changing over the last years, and a building boom has contributed to urban sprawl since Portugal is receiving lost of funds from the European Union.

(Moorish Castelo)
Take time to explore the Moorish Castelo [...]

Krakow, Poland

When I visited Krakow for the first time, it looked to me like a small version of Prague…

I started my journey in Warsaw, and after 2 days I continued to Krakow. There is a good transportation between the cities, and when buying a train ticket – you also get coffee for free :-).
I stayed [...]

Are there any bears in Alaska???

In Sept of 2007 I finally got to make a dream come true and go to Alaska. It has been a dream of mine for 10 years or so. A good friend of mine was sent to LA for a project and was chatting with me one night. We both realized we needed a vacation [...]