Archive for July, 2011

Belém

Santa Maria de Belém or simply Belém is just at the mouth of the Tagus in Lisbon where all Portuguese discoverers set sail from. Vasco da Gama set sail from here before to open the sea route to India. There are two grand monuments Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery) and the Torre de Belém (Belém Tower) built in a [...]

Lisboa

When I first decided to fly over to Lisbon, I had the impression that it might be one of those cities that I would be bored with after the first day. After landing, I saw a lot of people waiting for their loved ones to come out of the luggage hall. It gave me this [...]

Trick Fountains

From the beautiful Magic Fountain of Montjuic in Barcelona to the Trick Fountains of Schloss Hellbrunn. The water games played by those trick fountains have been conceived by Markus Sittikus Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. This is a popular tourist attraction during the summer time along with the Palace and its gardens of course. The fountains are referred [...]

Salzburg

Salzburg, or Salt Castle, one of the largest cities in Austria and home to the famous Mozart and Christopher Doppler. It was this city, in its beautiful Alpine setting, that the crew of The Sound of Music filmed their American musical movie in 1965. The movie featured some of the most important landmarks of Salzburg. [...]


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