Some hours more and the largest festival in the world will be over. I miss visiting Oktoberfest this year..hopefully next year again. I was there thrice but did not make it this time. I heard over the German television tonight that around 6.5 millions of liters of beer are consumed during this year’s festival. Around […]

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Windsor castle is a royal residence of the British Royal family. It is located in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. Windsor Castle was originally built by William the Conqueror in the decade after the Norman conquest of 1066. I had a great time visiting this castle with a friend. It was nice seeing […]

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It’s been almost a year now since we visited Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. The highlight of our visit last December 2010 was the witnessing of the biggest indoor Christmas market in Europe. It was held inside the Hauptbahnhof or main train station. Zurich is a […]

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My wish to ride a gondola in Venice, Italy was finally fulfilled. It was my third visit to the capital city of the Veneto region in Italy. Venice is known as a romantic city, the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks are simply amazing which made this city one of the major […]

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The Charles Bridge, also known as Karlův most is a historical and famous bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. It crosses the Vltava river that runs in this city. It was formerly called the Stone Bridge or Kamenný most but since 1870, it has been called the “Charles Bridge”. You can see religious statues and statuaries […]

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Jura Volksfest is an annual festival held every month of August in Neumarkt i.d. Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate) in Bavaria, Germany. The highlight of the festival is the so-called Volksfestzug or the festival parade held in the Altstadt or Old City of Neumarkt. This year’s celebration runs from August 12- 22, 2011. lovely ladies with their […]

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It’s been a year now since I visited Rome, the capital city of Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter commonly known as St. Peter’s Basilica was one of the sights we visited. It is Late Renaissance church located within the Vatican City. It has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world. […]

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Visiting this castle is truly a wonderful and interesting experience! I was there four times already and always loved it! Neuschawanstein Castle is a 19th-century Gothic Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat […]

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This is not really a good shot but at least I was able to taken an image of the famous wheel in England. London Eye also called as the Millennium Bridge is a giant 135-metre (443 ft) tall Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames, in London, England. It was before the […]

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This is one thing I love in Europe, the many festivals all year round. Whether you are in England, Germany, Brussels, Sweden, Belgium , Austria or in any European countries, there are a lot of fairs and festivals that are taking place from time to time. Unlike American festivals that are usually one-day affairs with […]

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