http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/florencesophie/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from florencesophie en-us Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:27:36 +0000 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:27:36 +0000 After at least 7 years dreaming about going to Prag I finally made this dream come true The city is amazingly nice and interesting and the architecture is such a beauty. This city is a jewelWe ate our first lunch a great and delicious piece of smoked ham and then walked a lot through all the little streets.We had lots of latte macchiato hot typical czech punch to warm us up. It was so cold http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-451444.html Finally I went to Torgir and visited the city after so many years going to Croatia Dalmatia in my whole lifeIt is so worth visiting this city It's wonderful and I loved it even more than Split. In fact no comparison I thought I would give up going to Trogir...but I was too much into it after 44 years of life I could not give up I was in Marina at my parent's friend house and believe me waited http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-447302.html Jelsa is a place of strong energy on this earth and I enjoy it on a single day basis when I am there The sea is so transparent and so warm kind of 28 degrees this year just what I love No watch just wake up early be able to see the sunset and hear all the birds in the courtyard while taking my breakfast on the terraceListen see enjoy be aware of the noises and take them how they come http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-430498.html Dubrovnik and other sides of it and pics of this jewel Lovely lovely And I always enjoy my favorite coffee terrace on the outside wall of the city http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-430482.html Zrich in the summer is just amazing The trees and flowers are just blossoming and bading in the lake is marvellous Nothing really much to add http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-430467.html I am so glad to be surrounded by flowers and light Every single day I can see new seeds or flowers or growing up on my terrace.However there are lots of little animals eating my flowers so I put water all around to avoid them destroying my plants. I don't understand why they go on MY plants and not on the ones of the rest of the garden. that's not LOL at all Well I put them on other parts o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-410905.html Here again some captures of this wonderful Swiss nature and the paradise I live in This week end was a wonderful weather and I had a hike I can't say trek otherwise Walter will laugh so much he will have stomach aches Instead of doing the trek in 130 hours we did it in 3 hours...but we stopped for breaks many times and he was so well organised. He treated me like a princess . Fruits wate http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/blog-409231.html Back to Zurich after Greece and I was so glad to be home that's my home and I just live is deeply. I cannot stop appreciating this country and the lovely and exquisite vision on the lake and on mountains So I would like to share part of my every day life and hope you can seize the beauty and delicateness of this mother nature You know that my lovely friends are more than welcome home ....... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-407913.html Back to Athens after a wonderful time on Spetses I discovered a district of the town I really love called Kolonaki. One of the nicest parts of the town with great bars and coffee terraces.Georgia's mother cooked the best of the best Moussaka I ever ate in my life. And we had an excellent moment on the top roof terrace of the Hilton hotel where we could enjoy the sunset on Lecabettus the Acropoli http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-401001.html This is a priviledge to be able to have a lovely glass on the top roof terrace of the Hilton.The sunset on Athens is a wonder and I felt honored by the life to watch the suns rays of a late afternoon and early evening enlight the Acropolis Lecabettus and the sea further in front of me.What a delight http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-401258.html Finally on vacation in a very special country where the ancient culture is mixed with the modern one.Being able by mid May to be in a bading suit and swim in the sea is quite unusual and lovely.Georgia and I had to wake up quite early to get to Pyreus in order to take one of the early boats to drive to Spetses island. We took a catamaran and because there were no seats left had to buy a first clas http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Spetses/blog-400893.html This was one of the nicest and hotest week ends since the beginning of Spring.Lovely sun and great time spent with my friend Myriam and lovely chats together.We did a nice journey to lake Maggiore and took the ferry to cross the lake. We had a wonderful time and coffee at the terrace on the sun shineJust breathe in and out be one with our soul and semi close your eyesAnd we treated ourselves and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lombardy/Lake-Maggiore/blog-395933.html A great day walking in the country side and forest in Jura in GrenchenDaniela and I went to a special amazingly interesting course in order to get herbs for salads or for tea and even could be used as vegetables.We had to leave at 815 on a Saturday...bouhhh quite hard but it was so much worth it.We arrived a bit earlier and had the time to get a Latte Macchiato We began at 10 am our discovery a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-West/Berne/blog-387966.html I was in Paris for business and remained the week end... I felt as a native and also as a tourist. I was homeless somewhere and liked this other side of wlaking thourghh the streets.I did meet my dear friends in such a short time what an agenda.The weather was amazingly nice and I went back to my favorite place Carette in Trocadero.The precious time I spent with my friends was really fantastic an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-383300.html Here I am in Croatia with my family and also for business purpose in one of the nicest hotels of Zagreb if not the nicest REgent Esplanade HotelThe event went super well and the faculty members I invited with my team were very satisfied and learned quite a lot respectively for themselves for their university and for the students.Then I owned some time for me which is now coming and this week e http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Central-Croatia/Zagreb/blog-377072.html I was so impressed by the costumes people had for this year carnaval. I had not seen such an event since years and I thank my dearfriend Daniela to have had this superb idea It was so cold with minus 8 degrees and my feet were frozen so Glhwein 3 in fact during this frozing night was more than welcome.We had fun some groups were very good and we had an urge to dance.There was a great atmo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-375791.html Here some nice nature photos from Zuri Berg which is up my house at about 10 to 15 minutes on foot away from home.I went to Lausanne to meet my so great friend Walter just for the day and that's just perfect. It was so cold that I did not feel like taking photos and the weather was not that nice. But I had a great time and lots of laugh and mio caro amico verrai che la tua foto stupenda sei su http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-373907.html The colours on Zurich and its surrounding nature could offer this Sunday were amazing I tried to seize especially the silver ones on Zurich old city.I hope you can picture it out in your mindThere is a special energy which rays on this city and especially on this hill which is 814 metre high and 2400 feet high.In fact I saw a board showing that the whole mountain was connected to the ways of the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-367454.html One week ago I felt I needed to see the sun since the clouds were in the valey. So I took Naomi my camera and we took the S10 kind of RER and in 30 minutes I was on the top of Uetliberg on top of Zurich and with a view on the lake. Just that it was amazing the sun was highly shining there and we could only see a lake of clouds underneath A splendid vision of the nature.People were all sittin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-364821.html Here are the photos of my huge terrace and garden which were totally covered with snow on New Year's Eve It was wonderful.Today I had a nice walk on the top of the hill where I live. I took a small automatic train with a cable and then walked for more than an hour with Naomi through the superb houses. It was magic with the snow and the peace all around and the forest so close. That's exactly wha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-360124.html