http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/w2eny/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from w2eny en-us Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:52:57 +0000 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:52:57 +0000 Guess what another outdoor bar scene... Great times very hot. I was in Lisbon during February July and October.The first trip was mostly checking out the city. I was only there a couple days and stayed at the Marriott way north of the city close to the irport. Next time I stayed in the Sofitel a 15 minute walk from the happening parts of the city The Sofitel is a great value and is newly http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-7464.html I got to travel to Rome twice in 2004 August and September. The first time I stayed closer to the airport the first time an the Golf Parco Sheridan they have a free bus service to downtown Rome and it's a pretty nice place BUT it's still a waste of an hour round trip being stuck on the bus. The second time I stayed at the Sofitel on the northwest side of the city very convenient.It was pret http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-7576.html I spent alot of time in Brussels doing work for the local GSM Phone service providers. Managed to have a pretty good time and eat well. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belgium/Brussels-Capital-Region/Brussels/blog-7572.html Please see attached subway map. I used to work in Midtown Manhattan and wanted to share http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-4785.html I spent a little more than 3 weeks in the southern coastal city of Malmo Sweden's second largest city. There's two major squares here Big Square and Little Square Lille Torg. In big square there's much parking and shops little square has all the restaurants and bars. Fun place Sushi Thai Steaks etc...YUMThere's a beach area on the eastern part of the city but I was there AprilMa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/blog-7462.html I spent 4 days in Bucharest. Interesting place Although just becoming part of the European Union it looked like it was stuck in the 1920s. Just 15 minutes outside of the capital there are people burning garbage in a can old women with thatched sweepers cleaning up leaves horse drawn buggies with produce... I stayed in the Sofitel not far from the airport and arrived on a Thursday and sta http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/blog-7571.html Two trips to Rome http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Vatican-City/Vatican-City/blog-7467.html Only 2 days in Wexford. It took a good part of the day to drive from Dublin. We did a job on top of White Mountain. I didn't have much sightseeing time on this trip too much work http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/blog-7570.html I stayed so many times in Malmo I decided to stay an hour or so north for a change. October 2004 I was there for 6 days including a weekend. Cool little village Kristianstad. Small shopping area about 4 major street with small businesses. I stayed in refurbed hotel called KristianIV. Beautiful hotel I found it on the internet reasonably priced and outstanding rooms with like 14 foot cei http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/blog-7463.html I spent a weekend here in February 2004 while traveling between Lisbon and Dublin. I had a travel choice of stop overs Barcelona Zurich or Prague. It was February nevertheless I chose Barcelona. Great city. The is the old city and the newer olympic area. Very cool place. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-7516.html I spent a week and a half in Uppsala a large University city. The students must have been on break cause the place was dead. I mean like nobody around at all. I stayed at the Radisson and had a good time despite no real activity. I got to know Stefan and Noha bar tenders at the Radisson.. They were good people offering suggestions on things to do while I was stuck there between work. They http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/blog-7568.html Great trip. We arrived a day before our meeting and rented a car the rest was history. We drove to an area called Highwood Pass and ascended til we saw snow. It was in the 90's in NY high 60's in Calgary now snow. Strange. The following day we had our meeting and we were gone. Easy trip. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Banff/blog-7567.html Paris is probably my favorite city in Europe. I have been there probably for 6 weeks total and each time I find something new. You could spend a week in the Louve alone http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-7519.html I was there for a week on business during that crazy hot summer August 2003. We were doing a joint development of an amplifier system inside a Kathrein Antenna and I was there for some intercompany training. We had a couple of down days from weekend stayovers so we got the lower airfare and took one for the team http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-7518.html What a nice afternoon Sitting in the main square having a couple cold 'Sako' beers. Very nice day. Make sure you bring your jacket for when the sun goes down. I stayed at the Domina City Hotel httpwww.dominahotels.comengproductsoverview.aspxidmaster66. What a GRAND PLACE Outstanding rooms reasonable price good foodbar and high speed wireless internet Just around the corner f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tallinn/blog-3460.html