Köln, Germany (Cathedral)

Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom, or in english: High Cathedral of Saints Peter and Mary) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany. It's Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day and you could prove that in the image that i took (winter time).

The Construction of Cologne Cathedral started in 1248 and still unfinished. The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires (after Ulm Minster) Its two huge spires give it the largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church.

Kölner Dom, December 2015

Köln , Germany

Another day, Another Week, Another Adventure...

Bucharest Palace

In My visit to Bucharest I did the palace visit, and It was Awesome!
The Price it was the first thing that I was chocked because it's very cheap for Euro people... It was like 2€ or 3€ and you never pay that in a museum/palace. Then I was like "what?! pay for photos, No way... i Will not pay than i search on internet" but in the end I took photos and didn't paid Nothing...
 The visit it was just for 5% of the palace and we saw a lot, the guide explained everything in english and one hour before was another visit in Italian ( you can choose).

Price: 13 Lei
Take Photos: 30 lei

Merry Christmas

This is The Day and I just Have one thing to Say




Merry Christmas 
      &
Happy New Year

Bucharest

If you ever thought in going there, take some time and go to  EXCALIBUR !

Excalibur

Restaurant with Medieval culture where everything is like it was some years ago...

 - No Forks/ Nifes
 - Your hands are your Best Friends!
 - Good atmosphere
 - Great Staff
 - Always Full






 Note:
The prices are around 12€ and 15€ and doesn't include the TIP (mandatory).

Bucharest

I choose Bucharest for a 2 days trip in December, and believe me it was Amazing...

 When I booked this trip i never though about where i was going and until i arrived there i was whit my mind around a lot of comments that some people told me. When i landed and i realized that i was there, the adventure started and it was completely different that what i had in my mind...

Guess what?!
In a few hours i will go to another place can you imagine with is ?! in 1 week i will give you more news about this little trip that I'm almost doing...

Get focus... see you next week ;)
Never forget to fly!

Venice Fact

 Do you know that venice have a Lot of pigeons and that is just because someone start to use them like a touristic thing... and now every day there are a lot of them around the city and always someone with rice to give to the tourists and they gave to the pigeons!

 *Please do not do it! sometimes this birds could bring you some disease!

adventure in 5 Terre Part#4

to finish this journey I bought a vernazza - La Spezia Ticket ( 2,10 €) and we lunched at La Spezia at 13.30 Local time.

We where around this beautiful city and then we turned back and because it was so early (4.30 p.m.) , we decided to make another stop (using our 6h validate ticket that costs 7,50€ ) in S.Margherita where we arrived at the sunset and where we just saw the beautiful city by night (like this photo below we took).

Trenitalia Ticket Trick

I bought a ticket for the first time when i was around from venice and the i started reading the ticket and i found 3 good things!


 1º - Some tickets don't have time and date (you could buy and from that day into 2 months you could use it ).

 2º - They are valid from 6h after you validate him.

 3º - They don't have names so you could buy with low fare and then give to a friend (saving money).


Because of this i Diceded to buy tickets to long distance and then make a stop in the middle and like this save money to go more around ;)

Adventure in 5 Terre Part#3

The 3rd Stop was Vernazza!

This village was very similar and i guess we enter in a copy mode after the 2nd village so my comments doesn't changed so much...

This time i "didn't pay the ticket again" ( i will explain how! * Next post )

Not so much more to say about it...

Continue the journey

Adventure in 5 Terre Part #2

After a 30 min stop in Monterosso i went to riomaggiore and this trip was so quickly that we dicided that with will do  the ticket on board if the controller come...

 3 minutes/ 1 Stop  = 1,80 € ( WE SAID NO! )

We did this part without ticket and than we were lucky and there was not controller so, NO PROBLEM !



This village is much beautiful and have a little more to show than the last one so we spend like 45min around, in a very slow mode...
In this village you could see the famous colored houses and also visit a castle (1,50€ ticket). In the castle you could see the castle and see a up point of view from over the city that gives to you a good view of the sea and all the villages.

Adventure in 5 Terre

My adventure in 5 Terre began on Genova at 7h30 in the regional train.
I choose pick this train to have enough time to see everything that i want with time, but going around 8h am is also ok...

 7.30 am -  Regional train to Monterosso ( 6,80€ )

 arrived at monterosso around 9h and then we took around 20min in seeing this first stop...


* there is nothing special just a simple beach and maybe if you are a hike person It is the beginning of the 5 Terre hike! But you can see the beautiful view by yourself in Here.

5 Terre

From some minutes away by train from Genova you could find some villages with the group name is Cinque Terre.

To be more specific i will explain step by step what i did and how can you visit every village without the touristic Ticket and appreciate this beautiful view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KVPza5nm00

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Genova, Italy

Genova, Liguria, Italy

how to arrive: Genova Airport, Genova port (cruises), Bus, Car, Train

Perfect timing: 4 Days

How to move in town: By foot

Meal Price (general): 7€

What to visit: Via Garibaldi ( street with a lot of palaces); old port of Genova; Piazza Ferrara; Duomo church; "Porta soprana"; Cristovão Colombo House; 5 terre (will talk in another post)

City View Point

Piazza Principe Train Station

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Genova ( Italy )

Do you remember my post about 1€ fares?!
So I picked and i was in Genova for 2€ (return ticket) by bus (5h).
Flixbus makes a daily trip from venice to genova and you can book it in advance and maybe you could pick less than 9€ (regular fare).

Time to Prepare Myself

HI!

In a few days i will go to another place can you imagine with is ?! in 1 week i will give you more news about this little trip that I will do...

Get focus... see you next week ;)
Never forget to fly!

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Venice (mestre) Market

If you are thinking in buy something not so expensive in venice you should try the street market in Mestre.
The tents sell some things in a more normal prices ...
Every:
  Monday Morning
  Wednesday Morning
  Saturday Morning

HostelWorld

The Very famous Website HostelWorld is selling 2000 Beds just for 1€/day all over the world!
Get fast in search it on internet because this promotion ends on December 7Th.

 hostelworld.com

 Good Luck For everyone!

Time to another adventure...

Can you imagine where i go now?!

Home is where you drop your anchor

 Even far way everyday I remember every single person in Portugal that supports me in this adventure and gave me the courage that I had to accept this!

Treviso

Treviso is a small city near to Venice where you can easily find the low cost airport of venice.From there to there you have a lot of different flights from some known airlines like Ryanair and Wizzair.

 This city is also a good city to visit but not so touristic as venice. I should tell you that in my opinion it is a good city to run way from venice and to make a pic-nic.

In order to arrive there you can easily get the train ticket that will cost around 3€ in Trenitalia, otherwise you can always pick a bus from venice(piazzale Roma) to treviso and
the cost could be more or less the same.

CHEAP TRIPS

Hey guys i just found an Amazing thing... and i will share with you.
Do you know that is possible to travel around Europe for 1€ (yes! it's True!).

 Check this websites and see by yourself:

www.buscenter.it

 www.megabus.com

www.flixbus.com


*Remenber if you pick with less than 2 weeks in advance it will be hard to find this prices!

Do you Know?

Do you kn ow that venice is a small city with 29.000 habitants and for each habitant comes 360 tourists?!
Did you imagine that?!

venice for tourists

 Venice is a little island composed for a several little islands and connect with bridges. Everything in here is made with boats and that could be also a good scene to catch (if you like too).
 Venice like a island and a touristic place is very very expensive, so if you are thinking in drink a coffee be prepared for paying more than 1€. If you think in eating in venice the restaurants are almost around 11€ and 12€ but if you prefere something more "fast-food" you can easily get Kebab & Pizza slices from 2,50 € to 5€.
More tips? coming soon ...

Ciao Venezia!

Hi guys,

I just arrived in venice some days ago and i have already a lot of pictures and things to share with you...
I'm doing university in here, but i hope i can pick some time to do some stuff and share with you :)

Open Card

"Hello,
  Dear, Pedro


  I have the honor to give you a simple and magnificent news. According with your university you are    now a ERAMUS student and your final destination will be Venice, Italy.


  Best Regards,
  Erasmus from Venice"

I have to tell you that i will post more things soon, and from another place! I'm so excited that i want to go to the Street and Scream it.

See you as soon as possible,
Cheers,
Pedro

JUNE is almost there

 Welcome back,

After a little break i'm back!
Every June in Lisbon we have all month Party! we Celebrate Sants day at church and because of that we stop our big avenue and every neighborhood comes to show who is the best with dance and music, and for celebrate the " Santo António" the govern pays the married to some couples and they appear in that party to show how happy they are.

 June is also a "sardine" month so every place you go you will see sardines and a lot of promotions about it...

Peso da Régua

  

Peso da Régua commonly known as Régua, is a municipality in northern Portugal, in the district of Vila Real.
  Peso da Régua was inhabited by Roman and barbarian invasions during the early part of the settled history. Its name, as historians have suggested, developed from a few places: first, the name Vila Reggula a Roman estate that at one time existed near the historic centre; others suggest it originated from the word récua (the ships that plied the waters along the Douro); or derived the word reguengo (a designation for lands that were attributed to the monarchy).^[3] Peso da Régua may also have its origin in the word regra (English: rule), alluding to the hereditary rights of descendents achieved through forals.^[3] This theory is based on the donated of lands by Counts Henrique and Hugo in 1093, which were transferred to Egas Moniz.^[3] It is likely that this rule gave origin to the word Régoa, and later Régua.^[3]In relation to the first word, Peso, there are two opinions on its origin: the first, defends the it was derived from the place where the weighing of goods existed, or where taxes were levied; or, secondly, that the word was probably used to define the placed where animals were fed.

Train Station in Régua

Suggestion

In the North of Portugal where we have the Douro river it's the most beautiful place and the best for those , like me, who liked Nature and natural environment.

 The best suggestion for this place is doing a small cruise in the river and taste the douro wine.

Family trip in Régua (north of Portugal)me and my sister

My sister and I

Myself

on the road

Little of the Train trip ( Porto (campanhã) to Régua )

Régua

A beautiful place where Douro river walk through and that makes the small city/village very nice and more spectacular.

NEW Adventure !

It's EASTER and like the other holidays everyone wants to go in vacation.
This time i did an Adventure with family... Can you imagine wich part of Portugal am I ?

 new posts Soon!

Lisbon #8

The Good weather arrived in Lisbon and it's Time to go out and pick some sun!

Happy Easter!

Lisbon #7

Lisbon is the city where FADO was born and where lived the most important singer, Amália Rodrigues.

Now, portugal/lisbon have another important singer, Mariza and she is known around the world because of fado.

so instead i talked more about something i don't know very well, let's show you a little bit of one concert she did in Lisbon...

 Fado = FATUM (latin), that means destiny 

Lisbon #6

Casual Friends

Here are one of the things that i like the most.

One of this days i was walking around with friends and after an information and a little of conversation on a tram me and my friend were invited to a coffee and after that for being a tour guides here in Lisbon, and we said YES!

 After a great afternoon here are the Spanish couple that we met and we showed a bit of Lisbon.

Lisbon #5

I was walking around and i remember that i didn't told you that Portugal have a lot of churchs big one's!

 This one that i took photos it calls " IGREJA DE SÃO ROQUE" (San Roque church)
 Much better than speak is see by yourself...

Cheers ;)

the front

side of one of the saints area

the saints area

                                 

Jesus

Jesus

the roof

the back

Couchsurfing #1

Hi,

Here is the first couch surfers i met in Lisbon!! They are from Germany and since now we had great time together.
Will be you the next one?! just need to talk to me on couchsurfing.com and you could be the next one.

10 tips for traveling Portugal

Luck at this great TIPS i saw somewhere in the internet!

 http://catavino.net/top-10-tips-traveling-portugal/

Lisboa #4

...
After Belém, in the way to there or when you are coming back,  you probably will pass thought th Praça do Comércio ( big square very important for Portuguese rebuild by Marquê Pombal after the earthquake in 1755 in Lisbon.
 This is a good place to chill out in the afternoon and of course staying a little at night near to the river...

TIP: If you like a great roller coaster you really should try the typic tram (normally the Nº 28 between Martim Moniz / Estrela , and this is the most required by the tourist because it goes to many cool places)

Typic Tram of Lisbon made by wood

Praça do Comércio

Praça do comércio (continue)

Lisbon #3

...

 If you still in Belém and you are already tired of walking here it goes  Two Suggestions.

 1º- EVEN YOU AREN'T TIRED you MUST GO taste the typic Portuguese Cake - " Pastel de belém"

 Cake with Egg delicious cream and you should taste it with sugar and cinnamon like i did in the photo.

2º - If you are a person with great adventure Spirit i will suggest you to try the " Hippo try" - Like a normal tourist bus but show you the city and a little after that goes into Water and you see Lisbon by the River (See that in this little video i made)

(sorry for the video not straight)

Lisbon #2

If continue walking around Lisbon, maybe you will hear about a place calls "Belém"...
Well i can tell you the thruth, it's a great place and it has a great view and very good for walking  or eating an ice cream.
 You can always walk around and discover more things about Lisbon. The most important thing is the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, where you easily go inside and discover the style that Portugal was some years ago (little photo above).
 And you can always go just walking and see outside all the things that you have in belém ( Mosteiro dos jerónimos; Torre de Belém; Padrão dos Descobrimentos).

Park and the "Mosteiro dos Jerónimos"(behind in 2º plane)

Inside of "Mosteiro dos Jerónimos"

The Belém Park 

Belém Tower

... To be Continued ...