From the Route de Chimay in Belgium, we continued towards France to Route de Champagne. It is the region in the north-western part of France with the main cities of Reims and Epernay – as the center of the champagne agriculture. We were driving through hidden villages of north – western France, admiring the green landscape mostly covered with vineyards and blue sky under which many cows … Continue reading Route de Champagne
My friend and I decided to go on great Chimay tour for a grand weekend in Belgium. We sat in her car (hot as it was 34 degrees outside) and drove south of Brussels through Ardennes and Wallonie. Our first stop was a brewery Beers and Cheeses of Chimay. We tasted samples of beers and decided to continue further. We were driving to many pitoresque small belgian … Continue reading Route de Chimay
Thessaloniki is Greece’s Hippest City! It has some of the most beautiful beaches and has some of the finest hotels and best restaurants in northern Greece. The region is called Central Macedonia, claiming the right to posess the FYR of Macedonia (calling it just the Northern Macedonian region) as it use to be entire ly greek region and not recognizing it today as a state. Following this, … Continue reading Thεsαlonikki, Pεllα αnd Chαlkidonα, Grεεcε
Living in Madrid, I had a chance to sit on a bus and visit Lisabon and some nearby places and wait for new 2013 on the banks of river Tejo. Taking the night bus, I arrived around 5 am to Lisboa bus/train station, realizing it is actually 4 am cause of the CET+1. I took a walk around since the station is new building called Sete … Continue reading Lisbon, Portugal
For long time haven’t I been impressed so much by a country like Malta: of it’s history, remarkable landscape or the food and vine. My heart was broken when I needed to come back… I landed around midnight and took a taxi to my hotel, completely forgetting that Malta was part of British Empire and that drivers are on the right side. Also, the famous … Continue reading The Knights of Malta ⚔️
A medieval castle in the town of Bouillon in the south of Belgium… impressively standing on the hill and witnessing its glory. Although it was mentioned first in 988, it has been there, on the same site for a much longer time. The castle is situated on a rocky cliff of the river Semois . In 11 century it came to the possession of Godfrey of … Continue reading Chateau de Bouillon – home of Godfrey of the Crusades
My very first trip in 2024 was to this city. For the third time, I found some odd charm. Hungary is one of those isolated countries -having a language that no one around understands, but sharing the religion and certain customs. I remember as a kid when we would go shopping to Nagykanizsa – the customer service was always a bit odd and distant – … Continue reading Budapest – the Pearl of Danube
The city of love, where you can still find the places of the famous tragedy of Romeo and Juliette… My grandfather, brother and I visited it for one day and discovered all the romance of this city! Frst we took a cup of nice italian coffee at the main Piazza Bra – very happening square, with the great view of the typical roman monument Arena. Soon we … Continue reading Verona, Italy
Not many cities I visited took my breath away. Although I travel a lot and each city or country leaves a different taste in my mouth and it is particularly placed in my travel heart and mind.
A trip to Big Apple was inspiring, amazing, challenging (especially when running for metro lines and trying to figure out which of them will bring me back to my lodging).
I have been dreaming about this city for a long time. Especially because a good friend of mine lives there – K.C.
So I finally decided, did my visa, booked my ticket and arrived with Delta Airlines to New York city. I landed at J.F. Kennedy Airport. K.C. picked me up and we immediately went to Long Island where she lives and where I stayed, at her place.
We went to eat at PJ Leahy’s – the great sea food restaurant and got the Long Island cocktails for the dessert.
Although it was 3 am for me, but just before the midnight in US we took a metro and went to Times Square. Aaaaaand I got my Marilyn Monroe moment when I accidentally stepped on a vent. 😀
Visiting the castle. Continue reading Autumn in Belgium. Château La Hulpe.
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