A glimpse
The Carlton
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Out on the streets
Edinburgh Castle
Holyrood Palace
Tag: wander
A Viator Vatican Tour
Vatican city is the smallest country in the world, it is also located in Rome. The outside of the Vatican doesn’t really seem real to me and my pictures don’t do it justice at all. If you plan on looking inside, taking a tour will fast forward you into the Vatican. You’ll be saving yourself from lost time and fainting from the heat, which I almost did a couple of times.
The area shown below is off limits to public, however it is allowed with the tour.
winding up and the lookout
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Day Out Of Halifax
Day trips to different parts of Nova Scotia can easily be taken from Halifax. Two favourites of mine are Peggy’s Cove and Lunenburg. Peggy’s Cove and Lunenburg are just half an hour apart from each other and only about an hour away from Halifax.
Peggy’s Cove
If you go to Peggy’s Cove please do not go too close to the ocean or on the wet rocks, for you do not want to be swept away. The areas in the pictures down below are safe to go to, just watch your step.
Out of Peggy’s Cove and into Lunenburg, a colourful oceanside town from the late 19th century.
Hotel an der Oper
Hotel an der Oper
Located in Munich
The dining space
The room
The welcome candy
and the not so secret passageway…
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Nymphenburg
On my final day in Germany I walked from my last hotel the Holiday Inn Express Munich City West to Nymphenburg. Walking over was much better than taking a taxi because of the fall colours and surprisingly warm weather. Unfortunately after a few hours at Nymphenburg I was so tired that I had to taxi back to the hotel.
The Mystical Castle
The night before touring Neuschwanstein Castle with Viator, a staff member at Hotel an der Oper gave my mom and I some insight about the connection between Neuschwanstein Castle and Walt Disney. Neuschwanstein Castle was an influence for some of Walt Disney’s creations, such as the film Fantasia. Along with the castles connection to Disney, there is the historic yet unresolved tale of King Ludwig II “The Fairytale King.”Stories take place everywhere, but even just walking into the castle feels like walking into a storybook.
Top two places in Rome to eat
Antico Forno
The grab and go
Hotel de Russie
The calm sit down
Hever Castle
Hever Castle was the childhood home of Mary, Anne and George Boleyn. It was an easy and short trip from the Gatwick Airport. The castle holds several paintings, some of the love letters that Henry VIII wrote to Anne Boleyn and a letter that she wrote to him. Hever Castle felt like a grand home, that I wished I grew up in.
Amawaterways River Cruise in Russia and London
First Cruise and First Time in Russia
As the plane started to descend to Moscow, the plane tilted and I saw a dome shaped building through the clouds.
Shortly after arriving I was on a bus tour to Amakaterina. My Grandpa, Aunt, Uncle, Mom, Dad, Brother and I travelled along the river with the rest of the passengers to different cities and villages. The cruise provided music, dance, language classes and surreal sunset dinners. However before all of that happened, I had a day in London.
London
Amakaterina
Floating hotel
Sunset cruising
Misty days
Moscow
The beginning of our journey
Red Square
The Kremlin Palace
Lunch cruising through Moscow
Uglich
The mystical town Uglich that dates all the way back to 937.
One story I still remember is of Dmitry Ivanovich, Ivan the terrible’s last son who was banished to Uglich. Tragically he was found dead one day, ending the line of the Rurik Dynasty.
Yaroslavl
During my time here I got to stroll through the markets, as well as go inside a former governors house. A lady dressed for the time period show the group around the place. Near the end a miniature ball was featured, for those who decided to dance.
Svirstroy
Goritsy
Saint Petersburg
The Hermitage Museum/ Winter Palace
Canals
Tsarskoye Selo
The Disneyland
The beautiful grey building is the bookstore we stopped in shortly.
After exploring Saint Petersburg some more I went to a ballet at The Hermitage. We took a hydrofoil there and back. On the way there our first hydrofoil stopped working and another had to come and pick us up. We all transported to the other hydrofoil in the canal. The ballet we saw was “Odette.”
The next day we went to Peterhof and then the Yusupov Palace. However I won’t be showing photos from Yusupov Palace.
Peterhof
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