Apr 26 2011
Amsterdam Orange Festival or Queen’s Day (Koninginnedag) is the national festivity, that takes place in Holland every year on April, 30th, celebrating the birthday of the queen. Amsterdam is the main centre of interest for the about 750,000 visitors every year, who come by train in the city. The Amsterdam Orange Festival celebration takes place [...]
Mar 01 2011
What is the best time to visit Nice? Honestly, you can’t go wrong any time of the year. With luxurious shops and markets, beautiful scenery, good weather all year round (compared to the UK anyway) and events scattered throughout the year there really is no excuse not to visit. Just a two hour flight from [...]
Feb 24 2011
The beginning of Easter fasting is marked in Venice with the magic formula “Carni vale!”, that is “shedding” from the meat “sin”. Or in other words, it’s time for celebration, play and exhuberance, that is it’s time for the Venice Carnival! This year’s Venice Carnival lasts between 26th of February and 8th of March. However, [...]
