I probably don’t need to convince many people that chocolate is the best thing ever (ladies, am I right?). I for one am a hardcore chocoholic…in fact, the Mayans are my favorite civilization ever because, although they made that crazy calendar everyone’s freaking out about these days, they still gave the world chocolate and I can’t [...]
Get ready for the biggest disappointment when it comes to landmark sightseeing, at least that’s what everyone says. The Manneken Pis is the symbol of Belgium, rating higher than the Atomium, and a must-see when you go to Brussels for the first time. I mean even when you arrive at the airport you get bombarded [...]
Did you ever see the movie The Ninth Gate with Johnny Depp? If not, have a look at it then, because it will give you the vibe of what it is to visit the Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra (it’s featured in the movie). Sometimes I actually mix up the images from that movie with [...]
I mentioned in my previous posts that if you are traveling to Romania, you should make it a point to venture outside of Bucharest, and only dedicate 2 or 3 days to the capital itself. For my first suggestion, I thought, what better place to try out than Sighișoara, smack dab in the middle of [...]
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Chiara Atik
New York, New York
Growing up, I had one dream. I wanted to go to Salzburg.
Actually, it would probably be more accurate to say that I wanted to wake up one morning as the 8th Von Trapp child in “The Sound Of Music”, and it would preferably be the morning that Maria takes [...]
When it opened for the Expo ‘98, it was really difficult to get inside the Oceanarium. At that time known as the Oceans Pavilion. The lines were huge because some people thought there were babies swimming inside; you would have to wait for at least one hour to get inside and because there were so many [...]
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Maria Romano
San Diego, California
The Victor Emanuel Monument (“Il Vittoriano”) is impossible to miss on a visit to Rome. It is a 230 foot tall temple-like monstrosity in white travertine with massive corinthian columns and a million statues situated in the middle of Piazza Venezia, one of Rome’s main piazze. The monument is dedicated [...]
In honor of my crazy time spent here in Ghent, today we’ll be visiting the Dr. Guislain Museum. This is a museum of psychiatric and psychological history set in a still-operating psychiatric hospital. The museum’s namesake, Dr. Guislain, was a pioneer in patients’ rights back in the early 1800s, which was revolutionary, as this was a [...]
