Alfa City Centre

... up for a night out using bicycles for transport.  I realized that even though my hotel in Prague wasn't far outside the city center and was right on a tram line, it was the difference between staying in St. Louis Park versus staying in Uptown.  ...

... ;    Two cabs pull up to the entrance for the six of us and then bring us to Placa de Catalunya the city center and square in front of La Rambla.  When we arrive, our driver with the slicked back hair and reflective sunglasses pushes a ...

... !  It was good even though I poorly translated the menu. Walked through the Botanical gardens near the hotel and then towards the city center.  Saw men dancing in lederhosen.  Didn't know it at the time, but I had lucked out and was ...

... the city having to be re-designed and re-built to protect against further earthquakes. Five squares were built in the city centre to provide meeting places for the locals in the event of another emergency. They also built irrigation systems ...

... We were quite surprised at the size of Sorrento and environs. We seem to drive for ever to get to what we think is the city centre. Each turn convinces us that we are there, and each turn offers us a further panorama of city streets. At least it looks a ...

... -cient immigration-officers and very slow luggage-handlers. Hasslefree moneychang-ing is possible behind the customs. There is a HAVAS-bus to the city-centre (Hilton-hotel) for US$ 2. You'll find the bus if you walk out the airport-build-ing and than 100 ...

... have something small in red as the festival clothing symbol. After dark there are about as many people stumbling through the city center overly intoxicated as there are red handkerchiefs tied around necks. According to wiki: The true origin of the bull ...

... . we got lost and we weren't sure anymore in which country we actually are. a friendly jogger helped us out so we found the way back to the main road. was pretty funny. so this italian guy brought us to the city center of bratislava, capital of ...

... last look.  Comercio Square is a vast open area that's perfect for festivals and flea markets.  There's a beautiful monument in the center of it, and it lines up perfectly with the arch that is the gateway to the city.  We were in luck ...

... our return to the city was to go to the Opera House performance but we figured that this would probably be our last visit into the centre of Sydney so we wanted to do a few more 'touristy' things before we left. Our first stop was the Sydney Tower to go ...

... was a lot of walking around town, photographing buildings like the wonderful Art Deco Marine Building, visiting Gastown, Canada Place Convention Centre and Cruise Ship Terminal, and doing a complete sight-seeing loop of the City on a double-decker bus. ...

... collecting baggage and droping off other passengers in the airport shuttle bus, we finally arrived at the Villa Florence Hotel in the centre of San francisco around 11.00pm and were met by Steve and Di Jones who had arrived two days earlier after their ...

... A very clear, full  rainbow dropped over the city and when we went cruising into town some local men gathered in the centre of town asked us if we had walked out of it. I tried a One Barrel Rum which has a vanilla taste..... ...

... not have to worry about parking, thanks Mr Hertz for the car park swipe card. After much discussion the new Alfa was christened Alex. Nice is a beautiful city – I had no idea it was France's fifth biggest city. I was pleasantly surprised to find ...

... the skeleton was brought down in 1958. The dome and front half was rebuilt in 1990 and has since become a museum and cultural center. The remainder of the temple was not rebuilt but a plain glass window overlooks an empty lot with a white outline that ...

... was fading into night. Emmanuel decided to go for a walk anyway. Emmanuel lives in a great place for Burkinabe shopping: the cultural center is just across the street from his neighborhood. I will do some great fiscal damage at this place: they sell mugs, ...

... 250 tourist destinations, and the tenth most visited city in Italy in 2008. The city used to be a major European political centre, being Italy's first capital city in 1861 and being home to the House of Savoy, Italy's royal family. Even though much of its ...

... in A'dam, a city that's canals smell like urine for a reason. Anyways, after the market we went looking for the tourist information center and got a bit turned around and ended up at one of the lifts. It didn't look too impressive and seemed a bit icy ...