Athens, Greece - 21st September 2007
By: arxitempela
Later, we went for a coffee or better for a brownie with ice cream
but I was still hungry, so I choose to taste a "souvlaki", the greek traditional food and now I understand the reason why this food is so popular!!
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Posted Sep 21, 2007, 12:57 am
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Athens, Greece - 17th October 2007
By: arxitempela
Sunday arxitempela took me a walk in the center of Athens!
We walked in "ermou" street, the shopping and touristic center...
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Posted Oct 17, 2007, 5:11 am
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Athens, Greece - 17th October 2007
By: arxitempela
And later we met Philea with areir in "Sintagma" square!
Here a photo of me with background the greek Parliament
and here a photo with Philea in front of recycling center
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Posted Oct 17, 2007, 5:20 am
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Athens, Greece - 24th October 2007
By: arxitempela
In arxitempela's house, i met and made my friends, her friends
and Duck family
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Posted Oct 24, 2007, 6:22 pm
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Athens, Greece - 24th October 2007
By: arxitempela
Well, lets serfing in net
Oh, somebody caught me red handed to eat some chocolate...
And now it's to time to rest before I start my new trip!
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Posted Oct 24, 2007, 6:28 pm
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Vienna, Austria - 9th November 2007
By: ChristinaB
I arrived in Vienna/Austria today!!! I'm still a bit tired from the looong journey but I was told that I'll have time to relax during the weekend because my hosts are all a bit ill and so we won't do much during the next days...
But I'm sur I won't get bored here nevertheless because I'm in good company of Cassiopeia, the colourful turtle from Germany, Frankie, a little giraffe from Holland, Decker the friendly British lion, Jade, a crazy Dutch Kremlin and Eddie Bear, my mate also from the UK.
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Posted Nov 9, 2007, 9:39 am
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Vienna, Austria - 12th December 2007
By: ChristinaB
Oh, how busy we were to bake Christmas biscuits! There was a wonderful smell everywhere in the flat and they tasted really delicious!
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Posted Jan 2, 2008, 9:07 am
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Vienna, Austria - 12th December 2007
By: ChristinaB
We spent a day at the famous "Christkindlmarkt" in front of the City hall. I did a ride on a Merry-go-round, watched all the really beautiful things sold there, visited the crib with the holy family inside and my host was so nice to buy a gingerbread heart for me. That's a tradition there I was told - a very delicious one! Christkindlmarkt is even more beautiful at night but the photos didn't come out...
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Posted Jan 2, 2008, 10:24 am Last edited Jan 2, 2008, 9:04 pm by ChristinaB
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Vienna, Austria - 15th December 2007
By: ChristinaB
One day we visited "Naschmarkt", the biggest market in Vienna. It was very impressive to see all the different fruits, spices etc they offered there. We bought alot and had a big fruit salad that evening...
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Posted Jan 2, 2008, 10:46 am
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Vienna, Austria - 16th December 2007
By: ChristinaB
I also did alot of sightseeing in Vienna. A few our host took me and the other toyvoyagers to the city center.
We saw the old "Hofburg" which was the former residence of the Habsburg family. Nowadays it hosts the Spanish riding school, some museums, the President's office and the national gallery. We also passed by Heldentor which is just next to Hofburg.
Then we went to Karlsplatz where we visited this wonderful church with its 2 towers and we had a look at one of the most beautiful subway stations in Vienna. It was built in "Jugendstil" which is very similar to Art nouveau but can only be found in Vienna.
We also saw the 2 museums: one is for nature and the other one for historical arts. They are built face to face and look exactly like twins.
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Posted Jan 2, 2008, 11:01 am Last edited Jan 2, 2008, 11:02 am by ChristinaB
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Vienna, Austria - 16th December 2007
By: ChristinaB
We continued our sightseeing-tour to the opera (oh, how much would I love to watch a play there but I was told that bears are not allowed in there - what a pitty!) and to the Austrian parliament.
Then I saw the Secession with its golden roof, a kind of Gallery, also built in Jugendstil and the Old Imperial Theatre.
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Posted Jan 2, 2008, 11:09 am
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Vienna, Austria - 16th December 2007
By: ChristinaB
Our host also took us to the Belvedere castles. There are 2 of them - the upper and the lower one - and they are both built in Baroque style. The Upper one is the more impressive one and it hosts the Austrian National Gallery with pictures from Klimt, Schiele etc.
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Posted Jan 2, 2008, 8:56 pm
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Vienna, Austria - 16th December 2007
By: ChristinaB
On our sightseeing tour we also passed by Danube-tower, Austria's highest building and we spent some time again next to the City Hall. There is a big park and during Christmas time all the trees are nicely decorated with lanterns etc.
And do you know what I found next to City Hall? A clock counting down the days until the European Soccer Championship will start. I was told that it will take place in Austria and Switzerland - so maybe I should go back to Vienna in June?
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Posted Jan 2, 2008, 9:03 pm Last edited Jan 2, 2008, 9:03 pm by ChristinaB
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Vienna, Austria - 17th December 2007
By: ChristinaB
We also visited the big amusement park in Vienna - Prater. What a pitty that it is closed during winter, only the Big Wheel moved, but we had a nice walk alround though...
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Posted Jan 2, 2008, 8:52 pm
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