Oh, and, Happy Valentine's Day too!
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Laskiainen
Oh, and, Happy Valentine's Day too!
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Laavu @ Kotojärvi (Winter edition)
Oh, while I remember, here are a few pictures from last weekend! Still no sausages or even coffee with me. ;)
Just plans: Moravian-Silesian region
It might be that I'll be taking a trip to the Czech Republic again in the near future, so it's time to do a little planning just in case I would have some free time there.
Ostrava is the biggest city in the region and it thrives to be European Cultural Capital for 2015 (the other alternative might be Plzen).
From the site Ostrava 2015 I found some interesting information about sights that Ostrava has to offer. There are for example maps for four walking tours, and an interesting "did you know...?" section.
Especially walking tour route #1 in the city centre looks interesting. Among all the architectural sights there is also a mention about the "U Rady" pub which is said to be "legendary" and to offer the best Pilsner Urquell in Ostrava. Also The Hobit Pub is along the route, it should offer beer from a local Biovar microbrewery (I've been to this pub before but I didn't know about the local beer!).
Also walking tour #4, labeled "The route of utopian dreams" through Poruba district might be interesting. Poruba is residential district that was constructed in the 1950's in the "socialist realism" style. I've seen it briefly before. We've also been to the residential areas surrounding Dubina. I think it's very impressive area in its' own style.
The Vitkovice area is - alas - not yet fully open at this time of the year but there is highly interesting walking tour #3 in the area.
Walking tour #2 goes to the other side of the Ostravice river and climbs to a 315-metre tall hill that is made from mining waste.
Of course, as Czech Republic is "the beer country" I should also mention Stodolni bar street and guided tours to the Ostravar brewery. :)
Although outside of Ostrava, it might be interesting to visit for example the Hlucin-Darkovicky fortifications.
PS. Lots of good pictures in this Scyscrapercity thread.
Ostrava is the biggest city in the region and it thrives to be European Cultural Capital for 2015 (the other alternative might be Plzen).
From the site Ostrava 2015 I found some interesting information about sights that Ostrava has to offer. There are for example maps for four walking tours, and an interesting "did you know...?" section.
Especially walking tour route #1 in the city centre looks interesting. Among all the architectural sights there is also a mention about the "U Rady" pub which is said to be "legendary" and to offer the best Pilsner Urquell in Ostrava. Also The Hobit Pub is along the route, it should offer beer from a local Biovar microbrewery (I've been to this pub before but I didn't know about the local beer!).
Also walking tour #4, labeled "The route of utopian dreams" through Poruba district might be interesting. Poruba is residential district that was constructed in the 1950's in the "socialist realism" style. I've seen it briefly before. We've also been to the residential areas surrounding Dubina. I think it's very impressive area in its' own style.
The Vitkovice area is - alas - not yet fully open at this time of the year but there is highly interesting walking tour #3 in the area.
Walking tour #2 goes to the other side of the Ostravice river and climbs to a 315-metre tall hill that is made from mining waste.
Of course, as Czech Republic is "the beer country" I should also mention Stodolni bar street and guided tours to the Ostravar brewery. :)
Although outside of Ostrava, it might be interesting to visit for example the Hlucin-Darkovicky fortifications.
PS. Lots of good pictures in this Scyscrapercity thread.
Friday, 5 February 2010
A site finding
So far I've used http://www.hostelworld.com for most of my ho(s)tel bookings abroad, but tonight I found out about http://www.yeego.com. Looks quite good at first sight.. interesting.
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Site indexing improved
I improved the site indexing a bit, hope it's now easier for everybody (including me) to find the stuff we're looking for..
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
What a nice temperature reading
Most likely, tonight our house isn't the only one with smoke coming out from the chimney.. Brrr..
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Matkamessut 2010.. back to the start?
The annual Nordic Travel Fair is on again in Messukeskus, Helsinki. We had a nice time for seven hours, just touring and admiring the attractions of the world.
Seems it's been a year now with the blog running. Time sure flies, hope the people who actually read this enjoy as much as I do updating it. :)
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