Travel Guides: Amazing Barcelona

Posted in: Featured, Travel by Theo Grigore | October 26th 2010 | no comments

Being the second largest city in Spain and having a population which exceeds 1,620,000 inhabitants, Barcelona is certainly one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in Europe. Holding some of the most interesting sights to be seen in the world’s oldest continent, Barcelona is a destination [...]

Travel Guides: Ukraine Part 3

By Gabriel Popa | December 25th 2010 | no comments

In the ninth century, much of the present-day Ukraine was populated by Russians, who formed the state today called Kiev Russia. In the tenth century and the eleventh century, this country became the largest and most powerful in Europe. In the centuries that followed, were laid the [...]

Travel Guides: Ukraine Part 2

By Gabriel Popa | December 25th 2010 | one comment

According to the 2001 census, Ukrainians make up 77.8% of the population. Other significant ethnic groups are Russians (17.3%), Romanians (0.8%), Belarusians (0.6%), Crimean Tatars (0.5%), Bulgarians (0.4%), Hungarians (0, 3%), Poles (0.3%), Jews (0.2%), Armenians [...]

Travel Guides: Brussels Part 2

By Gabriel Popa | December 24th 2010 | no comments

The first mention of the city is around 700, when St. Vindecean, bishop of Cambrai, fell ill in Brussels during a visit. In the tenth century, Brussels was a city on the shores of Zena. The Brabant was divided into four Noble, and the city was the capital of one of the [...]

Travel Guides: Brussels

By Gabriel Popa | December 24th 2010 | one comment

Brussels is the capital of Belgium, seat of government and federal parliament, and several federal entities: Brussels Capital Region, the Region of Flanders and the French and Flemish communities. Brussels is also one of the three capitals of the European Union (together with [...]

Travel Guides: Ukraine

By Gabriel Popa | December 23rd 2010 | one comment

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has border with Russia - in the north-east, Belarus - in the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary - in the west, Romania and Moldova - in the south-west, Black Sea and Azov Sea – in the south. Ukraine's capital is Kiev. The name [...]

Travel Guides: Edinburgh

By Gabriel Popa | December 23rd 2010 | no comments

Edinburgh is a city on the east coast of Scotland and its capital since 1437. It is one of the 32 subdivisions of Scotland. In the city is situated the Scottish Parliament, which was restored in 1999. It has 447,500 inhabitants. Edinburgh is famous for its festival, which brings [...]

Travel Guides: Nicosia

By Gabriel Popa | December 23rd 2010 | no comments

Nicosia is the capital of Cyprus. Situated on the River Pedieos, Nicosia is the center of an administrative sector, and it is currently the only divided capital in the world, the northern (Turkish) and southern (Greek) being separated by a "Green Line", a demilitarized zone maintained by the [...]

Travel Guides: Zaragoza

By Gabriel Popa | December 22nd 2010 | no comments

Zaragoza is the fifth largest Spanish city, the capital of the autonomous community of Aragon. It is located between Barcelona, Basque County and Pyrenees Mountains and the central part of Spain. The name comes from the roman city Caesaraugusta (named in the honor of Emperor Julius Caesar [...]

Travel Guides: Bruges Part 2

By Gabriel Popa | December 22nd 2010 | no comments

This splendid medieval city is one of the crown jewels of Belgium. Today, Bruges has a population of around 45,000 inhabitants in the old city center and about 120,000 inhabitants if we count the suburbs. These figures show that Bruges is not a town in miniature. Even today, it is among the most [...]

Travel Guides: Bruges Part 1

By Gabriel Popa | December 22nd 2010 | no comments

Bruges is a city located in the West Flanders Province and it is also the capital of this region. On January 1, 2008 the city had a total population of 117,073 inhabitants. The city name comes from the Old Norwegian language: Bryggja, meaning a bridge, a deck or a key. The title of “city” [...]

Travel Guides: San Diego

By Gabriel Popa | December 21st 2010 | no comments

San Diego is a city on the southern California coast, located in the southwest corner of the United States of America. In 2005, the city had a population of 1,255,240 inhabitants. It is the second largest city in California and eighth in the United States of America. It is an important seaside resort. San Diego metropolitan area is the seventeenth largest in the U.S. with a population [...]

Travel Guides: Los Angeles

By Gabriel Popa | December 21st 2010 | one comment

Los Angeles, known as L.A. or the "City of Angels", is the largest city in California and the second largest in population in the United States, being surpassed only by New York City. In 1781 the Spaniards founded a town in the western United States, named El Pueblo Nuestra Senora Reina de [...]

Travel Guides: History Of Denmark

By Gabriel Popa | December 20th 2010 | no comments

Denmark is geographically the smallest and most southern country of northern Europe, and also the oldest. Located north of Germany (the only land neighbor), south-west of Sweden, and south of Norway, is at 56 ° 00'00 "N 10 ° 00'00" E / 56, 10 in Scandinavia, in North Europe, but not [...]

Travel Guides: Turkey

By Gabriel Popa | December 20th 2010 | no comments

The name of Turkey, Turkiye in Turkish, can be divided into two parts: Turk, which means "strong" or "great" in Old Turkish language and usually signifying the inhabitants of Turkey or a member of the Turks or Turkish people, later formed "Tukin", a name given by Chinese people [...]

Travel Guides: Turkey Part 2

By Gabriel Popa | December 19th 2010 | no comments

The most popular sport in Turkey is football. Turkey's top teams include Galatasaray, Fenerbahce and Besiktas. In 2000, Galatasaray strengthens its role as European big club by winning the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup. Two years later the Turkish national team finished 3rd in the 2002 World Cup [...]

Travel Guides: Turkey

By Gabriel Popa | December 19th 2010 | one comment

The Republic of Turkey is a country lying on two continents. 97% of the country is in Asia (Anatolia) and 3% is in Europe (Balkan Peninsula). Turkey has borders with eight countries: Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan to the northeast, Iran (Persia) to the [...]

Travel Guides: Bern

By Gabriel Popa | December 18th 2010 | no comments

Bern is the capital of Switzerland and at the same time the capital of Bern Canton. The official language is German although there is a francophone minority. The city was first mentioned on 1 December 1208. The origin of the name is not clear until now. The most known legend is the chronic of Konrad Justinger, which mentions that the Duke Berchthold V Zähringen killed a bear (Bär in [...]

Hamburg, The Greenest City In Germany

By Gabriel Popa | December 18th 2010 | no comments

Hamburg is the name of one of the 16 federal states of Germany. As territory is the same as the city, meaning with the state-city official called "Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg” (“Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg” in German). The Mayor is also the president of the land government, [...]