Royal Palace of Amsterdam
The Royal Palace of Amsterdam is located in Dam Square, a 5-minute walk from Amsterdam Centraal Sation. It is right at the very heart of Amsterdam. It was built in...
The Royal Palace of Amsterdam is located in Dam Square, a 5-minute walk from Amsterdam Centraal Sation. It is right at the very heart of Amsterdam. It was built in...
After our visit to Keukenhof Gardens, my friends drove me to Hillegom, where I saw huge tulip fields! The fields were in a colorful bloom, and there was a variety...
I was surprised to see lots of orchids at Keukenhof Gardens, probably the largest collection I have ever seen. I learned that many Dutch orchid growers exhibit their most beautiful...
Address: Bezoekadres, Stationsweg 166A, 2161 AM Lisse (about 22 km or 13 miles from Schiphol Amsterdam Airport) Phone: +31(0)252-465555 (info@keukenhof.nl) Hours: March – May every year, 8 a.m. – 7:30...
Santa María la Real de la Almudena is Madrid’s Catholic Cathedral; as such, the cathedra (or seat) of the Archbishop of Madrid is here. Its construction started in the late...
I took Renfe train from Ávila. When I arrived in Madrid, I walked on Gran Vía, Madrid’s upscale shopping street. In New York, that would be 5th Avenue; in London,...
It was difficult not to fall in love with Madrid’s Barajas Airport the moment I got off the plane. I won’t be surprised if Barajas is voted as the world’s...
Antoni Gaudí remains alive in many places in Barcelona. This is one of his masterpieces. It’s called Casa Batlló, as it was Josep Batlló who hired Gaudí to design his...
This is an older church, not to be confused with Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família, which is an unfinished and newer church called a basilica (i.e., not a cathedral). This cathedral...
I was shopping for cheese on my last night in Spain. I decided to go to Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, as Carrefour Hypermarket is in the Plaza. When I...
La Basilica de la Sagrada Família was designed by the famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. Although the construction started in 1882, the basilica is still incomplete. So I didn’t complain...
There were so many things to see in Barcelona. I’m not religious, but I felt the need to take an hour-trip from the city centre to the mountains of Montserrat...