Visit: Walk in Bruges – Your private guide in Bruges As an art and history lover, the old Saint-Johns hospital dating back to the 12th century, one of the oldest hospital buildings in Europe, is one of my favorite museums in Bruges. Every tourist visiting Bruges gets at least a glimpse of the outside, but … Lees verder
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(Public) transport Bruges – How to get to Bruges and how to get around.
Visit:Walk in Bruges – Your private guide in Bruges Although the best way by far to visit Bruges is on foot or on a bike, many tourists have questions about the public transport system in Bruges and on their way to Bruges. So here is a guide to help you along! There is no airport … Lees verder
Picos de Europa walk PR PNPE 23: Ruta Horcados Rojos
July 5, 2018 On our last day we decided to go up with the Fuente De cable car again. One reason was that it predicted to be quite hot today, and we hoped to find some cooler weather higher up. We took our time for breakfast and so it was almost midday when we reached … Lees verder
Picos de Europa walk: PR PNPE 3: The Ruta del Cares
July 5, 2018 If you can only do one walk when visiting de Picos, this might be an excellent choice. It is a very popular walk through the valley of the Cares river. You can start the walk either from the North side (seaside) from Poncebos, which is I believe the more popular starting point, … Lees verder
Madrid for the third time
March 12, 2018 This time, March 2018, we stayed in another neighbourhoud than the previous times. Staying in another district gives a whole new perspective of the city. We stayed in the posh Salamanca area, where Prada, Gucci, Chanel and Armani all have a shop just around the corner. Not that I was in any … Lees verder
Berlin beyond the Pergamon museum, East Side gallery and Checkpoint Charlie.
February 17, 2017 This was my second visit to Berlin. Last time I was here was in 2013. At that time I visited all the usual suspects: East-Side gallery, Holocaust memorial and museum, the Reichstag, the Pergamon museum on Museuminsel, Hackeschen Höfe, Unter den Linden, Gendarmenmarkt, Checkpoint Charlie, Potsdamer Platz, the Tiergarten, Brandenburger Tor, the Neue Wache and KaDeWe. … Lees verder
Seville, city of sweets, nativity and Easter.
December 31, 2017 Seville is a city drowned in tradition. We visited the week before Christmas, and the athmosphere was as merry as it can get. Everybody is doing their Christmas shopping, buying Christmas sweets from the monasteries and famous bakeries and buying lottery tickets. Choirs are singing in the streets, brass bands are playing … Lees verder
A tour of the famous metro stations in Moscow!
June 10, 2017 A word or two about the metro. Do use it when visiting Moscow! Don’t be scared, just try it, you will love it! Nowhere else in the world have I seen such a well working metro system. On street level the metro stations are recognisable by the big red M in front. … Lees verder
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts or the State Tretyakov Gallery?
June 7, 2017 Moscow boasts many museums worth visiting, so best make a choice because you won’t be able to visit them all! Before leaving on my trip to Moscow I tried to make a choice between the Pushkin State museum of Fine Arts and the State Tretyakov Gallery. Both musea have more than one … Lees verder
The procession of the Holy Blood
Visit:Walk in Bruges – Your private guide in Bruges Every year on Ascension day Bruges returns to its old tradition dating back to the end of the thirteenth century. What was originally a purely religious procession, has transformed into a procession that marries religion with cultural tradition and heritage and evokes historical events that took … Lees verder