Travel with your Senses

Posted on May 21, 2012 by editor

When travelling to a different part of the world, one of the main things that you have to experience is the local cuisine. Be prepared to try all sorts of different food types, as of course all cultures and countries are different. A lot of Asian countries use a lot of spice and herbs within their dishes, which can sometimes be a challenge for the milder palette. Whereas Northern European countries tend to have more potato and pastry based meals to eat as the majority of months have colder weather. Below is a list of the most diverse meals that you can find throughout the world.

Fish & Chips – England

A trip to England is not complete without trying out Fish & Chips. Extra condiments such as Tomato Ketchup and Mayonnaise compliment the dish quite well, however, a lot of locals have a side portion of either Mushy Peas or Curry sauce alongside. This does sound quite peculiar at first – but you know the saying “Don’t diss it until you’ve tried it” is quite appropriate for this dish! Battered Fish submerged among greasy chips is always a good way to end the week.

: Source: http://www.bakewellfishandchips.co.uk

Paella – Spain

Going to Spain on holiday is a great idea! It’s popular dish – Paella – is a mixture of yellow rice with a combination of vegetables, meat or seafood all mixed together. It is great for sharing and it is very nutritious. You wont want to eat it as it looks so colourful!

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Goulash – Hungary

Hungary’s most popular dish, “Goulash“, can be tried in most restaurants in this country. It is basically a stew, cooked for hours and hours where some of the meat has dissolved in the sauce – making it extra delicious. It can also be served with bread or some noodles.

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Borscht – Russia

This dish is a soup, which is very traditional in Russia. There are lots of different types of soup made in Russia, however, the most popular one is made with beetroot. It can be eaten hot in Winter or cold in the Summer. Its a great versatile dish and tastes great anytime of the year. Meat and other ingredients can be added depending on the chef’s preference.

: Source: http://trifter.com

Plan a trip to Copenhagen this Summer

Posted on May 18, 2012 by editor

Not many people know this, but Copenhagen is a brilliant place to go on holiday. Not only is it extremely green, but it is also a lovely place to relax and soak up some Danish atmosphere. Below is the top things to see in this extraordinary city. Do not strike this city off as somewhere to go, once you get here you will be amazed due to how beautiful it is!

Visit the the Amalienborg Palace

Being home to the Danish royal since the end of the 18th Century, makes this a very historic attraction to visit. Stroll through the royal chambers and see inside the Palace in all its glory.

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The Amalienborg Palace Source: http://www.visitcopenhagen.com

The Little Mermaid

This statue is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Denmark. It is one of the most photographed status in the world! Of course this attraction was the inspiration for the popular story of the “Little Mermaid”. The statue was erected in 1913 and ever since it has stood as a reputable and popular attraction of this city.

Sightseeing and Shopping

This is the longest shopping street in Europe, being over 1 kilometre long. There is a shop for every type of person here with every type of budget. This is a great way to feel the Danish atmosphere and to really soak up some of the local ambiance.

Gaze at the Stars in Denmark

The Round Tower, built in 1642 by King Christian IV, is one of the oldest observatories in Europe. The tower offers a terrific view of space and the city, however in order to get to the top the visitors need to spiral up 268.5m of walkway.

Stars above Copenhagen Source: http://www.flemmingbojensen.com

Go on a Canal Tour

This is a brilliant way to see this city from a different perspective. Sometimes locals go on it, to experience and to see their city from another angle. Just imagine on a Summer’s day ,cruising down the canal while witnessing some fantastic pieces of architecture!

These things are just a taster of what you can experience in Copenhagen.

Say Hello to Hawaii!

Posted on May 15, 2012 by editor

Have you ever dreamt about going to a place that has blue skies and white beaches? We wouldn’t believe you if you said no! Hawaii lives up to this reputation, however many believe that its a very expensive place to go on holiday. This can be the case if you book something last minute, however there are plenty of offers that you can take advantage of – if you book way in advance.

It is the home of some absolutely picturesque beaches, including Waikiki beach – situated in Hawaii’s capital, Honolulu. The capital is located on the island of Oahu, however travelling from island to island is easy enough – by plane or boat! Pearl Harbour is also on the island of Oahu, and is a very popular attraction to visit among tourists. If you want to go surfing in Hawaii, then head to the North Shore where you can find some spectacular waves! Visit the Iolani Palace, where the last 2 of Hawaii’s Monarchs resided. Brush up on your Hawaiian and try it out in the streets! You might not know this, but there are few native Hawaiians left within the islands now.

Maui is probably the island where a lot of honeymooners decide to go. Here you can whale watch and go hiking in the amazing national park that exists on this island. Catch the sunset or sunrise from the “Haleakaka National Park“, that should definitely be witnessed if planning on staying on this island for the duration of your stay in Hawaii. This island has over 80 beaches, all of which are perfect for sunbathing and swimming in the clear ocean.

The Big Island has lots of volcanoes that you can see and learn about. Many of the beaches around this island are of black volcanic sand, so be prepared when setting out to do some sunbathing. There are some beautiful botanical gardens and fountains that exist within this island, so make sure you bring a camera to capture some of this beauty.

Source: http://world-visits.blogspot.de

Travel Dubai and Enjoy the Excitement

Posted on March 13, 2012 by editor

The world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, is in the center of downtown Dubai; this city is a fabulous destination to see and explore. With an observation deck and high speed elevator, Burj Khalifa is not to be missed for stunning views of the downtown area. Travel Dubai includes a host of other attractions as well; Dubai Fountains are an amazing experience; one will come away mesmerized at this show. The Dubai Metro Mononrail provides a clean and modern means of getting around the city and can bring the visitor close to the attractions. Travel Dubai for a memorable experience of a vibrant modern city.

Burj Kalifa
As the world’s tallest building with shops and entertainment, this is a must-see. Burj Khalifa tickets can be purchased at the base, and a high speed elevator then takes one to an unbelievable observation deck high above the 124th floor. With a telescope called the Behold Telescope, views of the city are magnificent.

Dubai Fountains
Located at the base of the Burj Khalifa near the mall shops, the fountain dances and entertains visitors in a short and very exciting show. Then one can visit one of the many wonderful restaurants located right there and enjoy world-class cuisine.

Burj Al Arab
Another architectural gem is this building on Jumeirah Road. Enjoying tea, fine dining and watching the sunset keep tourists busy; fantastic views abound. It is also a very unique hotel in which to stay.

Aquaventure Water Park
For families traveling with children, this park will provide hours of fun. Dolphins, water slides and a beach mean a cool and wonderful experience for the whole family.

Hot Air Balloon Adventure
A ride over the Dubai desert is possible in a hot air balloon; one can also see camel farms, gazelles and enjoy a stunning sunrise from a balloon floating over the diverse landscape.

SMCCU Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding
One can bring the family and learn more about the Muslim culture, as well as Dubai history and U.A.E. culture.

So travel Dubai and don’t forget to get Burj Khalifa tickets for a world-class experience.

5 pieces of furniture that you shouldn’t live without!

Posted on February 28, 2012 by editor

I have been having a browse around for interior inspiration and I have found so many amazing things. Of course, there were a lot of hideous things, but I thought it would rather pessimistic to make a list of furniture you shouldn’t have, which could on for a while.

Ottoman

I feel that the Ottoman has been neglected in the interior of the past twenty years and relegated to the age of wireless. Haven’t you ever been sitting on your sofa and stretching to put your feet on your coffee table – hygienic much! When you are watching a movie or mooching around on your sofa, an Ottoman is the ideal way to lie in comfort. It also gives a vintage chic to your home.

Wine cabinet

If you are a wine drinker and you have a collection of wines, which you keep neatly stood on the floor or tucked away in a cupboard, I think it is high time you bought a wine cabinet of some description. They make a beautiful addition to any kitchen or dining room and add that bit of panache.

Beautiful Vases

Nothing upsets me more than walking into someone’s home and seeing a beautiful bouquet of flowers shoved into some make shift vase. Best examples of said makeshift vases: half a plastic bottle, a pitcher or a plant pot. No… just no. Using random paraphernalia only ruins the simple elegances of the flowers. Believe me, invest in a good vase or two for your home.

Soap holder

Most of us have bottled gel soap next to our toilet sink nowadays – let’s face it, we are a generation of germophobes. But if you are a traditionalist and still have a bar of soap next to your tap, please for the love of God get a soap holder. There is nothing more off-putting than a bar of soap lying in a sticky soapy residue around the basin. Get a holder!

Remote control storage

Another of my pet peeves is walking into a lounge and seeing about 10 different remotes strewn across the place. Technology may be cool, but it is not an attractive addition to any beautiful, contemporary interior. Find something suitable to store them in like a nice wooden box or a cabinet.

Ten Best NYC Movies

Posted on December 5, 2011 by editor

The best New York City-set movies that you’ll find are the ones that give you an honest dose of what Manhattan is really like. Hustle, bustle and thick accents should abound, and the movie’s characters should take you on a virtual tour of their beloved city. If you search for “Best NYC Movies” online, you’ll get a list of classics, like “Raging Bull,” “Rear Window” and “West Side Story.” But the modern movie watcher probably wants to see New York as it is today, not as it was then.

1. Sidewalks of New York

Edward Burns directed, wrote and starred in Sidewalks of New York. Vignettes pull together to create one eternally linking story, ripe with cheating husbands, game-playing daters and one awkward-turned-charming doorman.

2. Serendipity

Kate Beckinsale meets John Cusack one Christmas Eve during a random shopping mishap at Bloomingdale’s. They decide not to exchange names but to leave the future of their relationship up to fate…which never seems to bring them back together. Years later, they both go on a manic search for the other through the streets – and shops – of New York.

3. The Devil Wears Prada

Anne Hathaway takes a job as an office go-to girl for an uber-popular New York magazine. She eventually shapes up and impresses her boss – but not herself.

4. Boiler Room

Giovanni Ribisi trades in running an illegal poker house for working at an illegal stock company.

5. How to Lose a Guy In Ten Days

Kate Hudson tries to scare Matthew McConaughey away by being too clingy and needy while McConaughey tries to get Hudson to fall in love with him.

6. Along Came Polly

Ben Stiller is an uptight newlywed who’s been slighted and Jennifer Aniston is his free spirited gypsy to the rescue.

7. Across the Universe

Set in 1960s Manhattan, “Across the Universe” shows what it was like to be a teenage in the time of peace, love and protests, set to Beatles covers.

8. Unfaithful

Diane Lane starts an affair with a young, handsome foreigner while Richard Gere loses his mind at the thought of his cheating wife. One dramatic scene starts with a good example of what a windy day can be like in the wind tunnel streets of Manhattan.

9. Julie and Julia

Amy Adams takes distraught calls all day long about the fallout of 911 and cooks her way through Julia Child’s cookbook in her tiny NYC kitchen.

10. Vanilla Sky

Tom Cruise lives the high life in a to-die-for Manhattan loft until an accident changes his life – and mind. The empty streets of Times Square aren’t realistic, but they are hauntingly quiet and vibrantly colorful.

The Déjà Visité Phenomenon

Posted on December 1, 2011 by editor

Our minds can play tricks on us. There’s so much phenomena that’s both indescribable and proved by science – we may not be able to put a steady finger on why we feel the way we do sometimes, but scientists have at least been able to put a name to strange sensations.

Most people are familiar with déjà vu – the sensation that we’ve experienced something before. Familiarity with something, someone or an event that you can’t quite remember in full conjures up an eery, “I’ve been here before but I don’t know when” feeling. Déjà vécu takes déjà vu one step further by giving intense detail to the familiar event. Déjà visité is similar to both phenomena, but it’s much less common.

If you’ve ever traveled to a new place and have inexplicable knowledge of the location, you’ve experienced déjà visité. You may know your way around a new town, but not know why you know it. The difference between déjà visité and déjà vécu is the difference between spatial relationships and temporal phenomena.

However, this doesn’t mean that you had another life in which you lived in the town or landscape. The knowledge could come from something you don’t remember, an occurrence that’s lost in the back of your mind. In the book “Our Old Home, “Nathaniel Hawthorne writes about an experience he had when visiting an old, ruined castle. Unbeknownst to him why, he had complete knowledge of the entire layout of the castle. While this is considered déjà visité, the knowledge came from a poem he’d read years earlier and forgotten. Alexander Pope describes the same castle in accuracy in one of his poems.

Déjà visité means, literally, “already visited.” Similar phenomena include déjà senti, jamais vu and presque vu. When someone experiences déjà senti, they feel that they have already felt something before. A good example of this is having the feeling that you just spoke out loud, when in fact you didn’t say anything. Jamai vu is the opposite of déjà vu – a person is in a familiar situation that they do not recognize. The eeriness that accompanies déjà vu is the same, but the person doesn’t recognize a situation, person or place that they actually are familiar with. This may be a side effect of brain fatigue. Presque vu is also referred to as the “Tip of the Tongue” sensation – a strong feeling of knowing what you want to say accompanies the inability to find the right words.

Chronesthesia

Posted on November 12, 2011 by editor

Chronesthesia is a phenomenon in which the brain is not only aware of what’s happened in the past, but also what will happen in the future. People who experience chronesthesia mentally time travel in subjective, or abstract, time. There are two main components to this experience: the first is similar to watching a movie and seeing a particular situation, group of people and setting; the second component has to do with the time period and whether it’s happened in the past, is happening in the present or will happen in the future. Experiencing this phenomenon, or furthermore, having the ability to time travel to the future, can greatly affect the way a person makes their decisions.

Neuroscientists understand a great deal about perceived, imagined and remembered space, but not much at all about perceived, imagined or remembered time. While scientists are currently researching chronesthesia, they’re still not positive of which parts of the brain are directly responsible for this knowledge. Recent studies have utilized resonance imaging to explore the neural correlates that are used during mental time travel. To figure out what parts of the brain correlate with which moments in time, subjects were asked to think of the same event occurring at different time intervals. For example, some subjects would have to form a detailed mental “video” of taking a walk at a specific time in the past, while other subjects would have to play the same image, but think of it as taking place in the future.

Chronesthesia is not an easy subject to wrap your mind around. Even if you’ve accepted that people can mentally time travel and even see the future to some degree, the next step is understanding how the brain does this. However, it’s important to remember that several past scientific discoveries were once deemed solely as the things of science fiction novels. Over time, though, truth was attributed to many of these now-proven facts. There are many inventors and scientists in the world who spend ample amounts of time on a project that the majority of outsiders believe is a waste of time, ridiculous or impossible. But in order to advance, one must open their mind up to at least the possibility of another realm of though and maybe even time. Humans generally think that time is linear, because up until now, all evidence to the contrary has been null. However, many physicists think that time is much more complicated than that.

Your Guide to Boat Hitching

Posted on November 2, 2011 by editor

Recreational boating is a great way to experience the exhilaration of water sports and nature. You can fish, sail, water ski or explore a hidden cove with your family and friends. Unless your boat is in a mooring or a slip, you must hitch your rig to enjoy your favorite water activities.

Select a trailer hitch that matches your boat’s characteristics. One important consideration is trailer supports. Roller supports makes it easier to launch and load your boat, but they can damage certain fiberglass, aluminum hull and competition racing boats. Covered or padded bunk supports are less problematic.

The vast majority of boat trailer hitches connect to ball hitches that are welded or bolted to your towing vehicle. Clamp-on style bumper hitches aren’t recommended for continual towing or heavy loads. The weight that a loaded trailer exerts on the towing vehicle’s hitch is the tongue weight. Use a heavy-duty equalizing hitch if your trailer’s tongue weight exceeds 250 pounds. The surge brakes on these specialized hitches will lock up if you fail to follow the manufacturer’s installation instructions. Ensure that the size of your trailer hitch and the ball hitch match. Avoid using ball hitches that are too small.

A frequently overlooked area is tires. Your tires must support the combined weight of your boat and trailer. Ensure that your tires can handle your load and are properly inflated. Some boaters use smaller tires, because they make it easier to launch their rigs. The stress of more frequent revolutions and the weight causes smaller tires to overheat, shed tread and wear out quicker than larger tires. Bigger tires cushion your boat against potholes and give your boat a smoother ride. More is not better when it comes to trailer capacity. Avoid using trailers that exceed your boat’s requirements, because the stiff springs will jar and damage your boat’s hull.

You must take extra precautions when towing heavy rigs. A loaded boat can obstruct your rear view and create blind spots. Most jurisdictions require rear-view mirrors on both sides of your towing vehicle. Accelerating, passing and stopping will require more time. Longer rigs also need wider clearance for curbs and other obstructions. Find a large open area to practice braking and turning your trailer and boat. You can set up markers to determine your braking time and turning radius.

Proper boat hitching techniques ensures the safety of your life and property.

The Purpose of Travel is Adventure

Posted on October 31, 2011 by editor

Why is it important to get away from the stress and demands that go along with life? Traveling for adventure helps you get away from it all and appreciate the beauty the world has to offer. The wonders of the world are waiting for you to experience its magnificent beauty. Traveling is important because you will return with a new sense of well-being.

Do you want to know what it is like to live in other cities or countries? How do other people in other parts of the world live? Traveling to a country that has different cultures can give you a deeper appreciation for your own life. It is easy to stay in a tedious routine and often people forget these world adventures exist.

Whether you decide to take an ocean cruise, or travel by air, there are many adventures waiting for you. The beauty of a sunrise or sunset in different parts of the country. . You can hike magnificent mountains or explore a lush rainforest. Take a peaceful walk on a beautiful beach or horseback riding in the surf.

These adventures will create memories that can serve you the rest of your life. Memories can create the feeling of vitality and energy when we remember our experiences. Traveling and taking photographs are a great way to keep that memory for years to come.

Traveling to a poverty-stricken region can help you to have empathy and gratitude about your own life. Learning the history of different parts of the world is interesting. When was the country founded and who were the first settlers?

When you return from your travel adventures, you will feel rested and energized. You will have many stories to tell and a lot of photographs to share with loved ones. Traveling is an adventure that everyone should experience.

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