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A travel guide to Stockholm - Sodermalm restaurants

People traveling to Stockholm should be sure to vist the area of Sodermalm and spend some time at some of the fine restaurants it has to offer. People wanting to travel to Stockholm may have read my first article where I described the city in a more hi... Read >

Traveling to Rome - Italy - for the firt time

There is probably no other capital city which is so great and at the same time so small. If you are visiting Rome for the first time, go out on a sunny morning and you can go on foot anywhere in the city center. No map is really needed, possibly a guide i... Read >

Shopping for cheaper shoes online

Think back, just a few years back, and remember shopping for new shoes and how you had to get into your car and drive to the shoe store. You then tried out a couple of pairs of shoes, found a couple - or more - that fitted and drove home again the same da... Read >

How to interpret dress codes on invitations

Deciding on what clothes to wear to a party or other type of formal, social gathering can be quite difficult at times. On some less formal occasions dress codes are not all that important. It all really depends on the invitation. If you were invited verba... Read >

Museum hopping in Madrid, Spain

Most first-time visitors will see no immediate charm when visiting Madrid - the capital of Spain. Madrid does not meet the notions of either medieval stone cities or of mild summer night's passion. Madrid has sometimes been describes as being like Chicago... Read >

A historical view of denim jeans

Most of us today own at least a couple of denim jeans which we wear often and usually keep using for years. Jeans has long been the most widely used piece of clothing that we wear all over the world and has over the last decade become one of the most comm... Read >

Visiting Stockholm in the spring

Stockholm - or the capital of Scandinavia as the Swedish tourist board has so boldly put it in the last few years - is a wonderful city to visit during spring time. Because Sweden experiences such poor weather for the larger part of the year, the arrival ... Read >

Vacationing in Nice and Cote d'Azur this summer

The French Riviera - or Cote d'Azur as it is called in French - is one of the most beautiful stretches of land in the world. It is blessed with the best European weather and perhaps the most beautifully colored ocean in the world. Most people will of cour... Read >

A few tips for the perfect Amsterdam weekend

Being an avid Amsterdam tourist I have visited and experienced most of what this great city has to offer, during all seasons of the year. From my personal point of view, the best time to visit Amsterdam is during the spring around April and/or May. Given ... Read >

Celebrating Midsummer's Eve in Sweden

Midsummer's Eve is almost like a holy day for Swedish people. People look forward to it and plan the party surrounding it sometimes months ahead. Because the winters in Sweden can be very cold and especially dark - in some places the sun never rises at al... Read >

Traveling to Thailand without a reservation

Many people nowadays end up choosing only a regular flight ticket when traveling to Thailand. This is true for people flying not only to Bangkok but also Chang Mai, Phuket International Airport as well as Koh Samui Airport. This is an option that is al... Read >

Traveling to New York - some info and things to see

New York - The Big Apple - has for the last few years seen a surge in visitors traveling there to enjoy themselves. A lot has, of course to do with the financial situation over the world and the dollar rate being low compared o most other currencies. This... Read >

Visit the Alps and Chamonix

Chamonix, or really Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, is a village situated in the Rhone-Alpes region in the eastern part of France. Chamonix is well known mainly for its world class skiing and snowboard opportunities. Two areas in Chamonix famous for their off pist r... Read >

My favourite walks in Stockholm - Around the bay of Djurgarden continued

Continuing from where I left off, make north east from Stockholm Rosendal's Garden Cafe until you get to Prince Bertil's boule court which is said to be the nicest and best place to play boule in the whole of Sweden. On Sundays anyone can reserve a court ... Read >

Travel to Europe and Visit Italy

Geographically, Italy is divided into three major parts: Northern Italy, the Apennine peninsula and the islands. Northern Italy begins in the south by a common line between the towns of La Spezia to the west and Rimini to the east. Within this region, ... Read >