Blogs from Europe - page 11907

Geo: 48.8566, 2.35097 GÜN 3 günlerden Cuma Puslu bir havaya uyandık. Kahvaltımızı Camembert süsledi fakat kokusu öyle kolay tahammül edilecek bir şey değil.... Etrafımızdakilerden kaçanı kurtuldu. Clichy'den metromuza bindik, bu kez Concorde ta indik . Hava açayım mı ? açmayım mı ? diye arada kalmış bir durumda. Concorde'tan tüm dünya kadınlarının gerçek mabedi olan Place Vendome'a yürüdük. Ayşeciğim ,vitrin keyfini yaşasın diye . Çok iddialı olabilir ama galiba marka kavramı herhalde bu meydandan başladı diye düşünüyorum. Burası birinci bölgede yer alır ve Fransanın medarı iftiharı olan tüm markalarının birer dükkanı burada yer alır. Burada dükkanın yok sa adam da değilsin. Cartier,Piaget,Van Cleef & Arpels,Chanel vs vs Etrafta Madeleine Klisesi ,Tuillerie bahçel... read more

Greek Island - Naxos Instead of doing the usual Mykonos, Ios, Santorini stuff - we thought we'd escape the 18 year olds and head to two of the other islands in the Aegean.We had a long trek over from Turkey with planes and ferries etc. but it was well worth it in the end. The first thing we thought when we got here was this place is paradise. We checked into an apartment no more than 10 metres from the beach with an awesome view out to sea.The best thing about Naxos is that, although it is one of the largest islands in the Cyclades, there is no international airport there so it is yet to be spoilt by the hundreds of tourists on package holiday deals that usually ruin paradise places - bruvs with white ... read more

Today was a day devoted to being a tourist and I have to say I have enjoyed myself. This morning after breakfast I walked down to the “Church of the Resurrection of Christ” which is also known as the “Savior on the Spilled Blood” (I mentioned this in Saturday’s post). It was built between 1883 and 1907 on the spot where Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia , was mortally wounded in 1881. In fact, in one spot inside of the church is a sectioned off “altar” (wrong term) purported to be the spot where he was wounded (assassins threw bombs at his carriage). While much different from the other churches in St. Petersburg, it is probably what most American’s would think of, as it is based on St. Basil’s in Moscow (complete with onion ... read more

I don't think that I could ever get used to Spaniards' sense of time. 5:00 at night is still early in the afternoon... 10:00 is dinner time. I got hungry last night at 6:00, but nothing is open yet. Would I have gone even if it were? Probably not. I really need to get over my phobia of speaking Spanish. I didn't say anything yesterday, though, so today so far I've done infinitely better. 5 words! Honestly, it was out of sheer necessity. I hadn't eaten since shortly after my plane took off from New York on Tuesday night... yeah, almost 2 days ago. I didn't eat for 2 days because I didn't want to speak Spanish... isn't that ridiculous? Well, today I was surprisingly still hungry. I decided that since I had to do ... read more

Last year I had my last big trip in the camper van, an ancient VW with peculiar looking high top roof which looks a bit like an ice cream van from the back. Fortunately before this trip we had managed to get a new roof vent so the green plant tray which looked rather like a dustbin lid from a distance was removed. I felt a little more ordinary after this event. So after some preparation involving me packing loads of so my husband thought useless things 'just in case' ,we bravely set off and of course it was raining. First stop - yes- Morrisons at Fakenham for things I had forgotten, ie food items and a veg knife. As I could buy knives only in packs of 6 I didn't bother. So - onto the ... read more