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Some Interesting Facts About What Makes Paris the City of Lights: If you’ve ever wondered why Paris is called the “City of Lights“, here are some interesting Paris facts that will enlighten. City lights – There are over 296 illuminated sites in Paris covering hotels, churches, statues, fountains and national buildings and monuments. Furthermore, 33 of Paris’ 37 bridges are illuminated at nightfall. The sparkling Eiffel Tower – It takes 40 km of illuminated garlands made up … [Read more...]
Some Interesting and Fun Facts about Berlin: Mention 'Berlin' and the Fall of the Berlin Wall comes to mind for many people. But apart from the Berlin Wall, there are many other interesting and fun facts about this dynamic city that most people probably aren't aware of. Here's just a few of them: Berlin, with an area of 892 square kilometres, is nine times bigger than Paris. Berlin has around 1,700 bridges, easily beating even Venice. At 368 metres the Berliner … [Read more...]
Some Interesting and Fun Facts for your Berlin Holiday: Berlin is an interesting city on many fronts. For your next Berlin holiday, here are some interesting facts about Berlin attractions that you may visit: Many of the city’s landmarks go back to the time of the Prussian kings from the House of Hohenzoller. During the last 300 years of the empire, many of these kings were named either Friedrich or Wilhelm and you'll see many references to these two names in street names, … [Read more...]
10 Interesting Facts about British Food: Have you ever wondered how some of your favourite foods came to be discovered or invented? Here are ten interesting facts (or myths) about British food, some going back to Roman times: It was the Romans who made oysters popular in Britain and were responsible for establishing their cultivation . The rich waters of Camulodunum (Colchester today) are ideal for cultivating the delicious Colchester oysters . In Spring, you can trace the routes of … [Read more...]
Ten Interesting Facts about England and Wales: London is home to Big Ben, Queen Elizabeth II is head of state and Shakespeare lived in Stratford-upon-Avon - these are some of the things that most people know about Britain whether they've been there or not. But here is a selection of things that you may not know and apart from being interesting facts, they may help to make your England and Wales holidays even more enjoyable. Staying in a historic building need not be expensive. A moated … [Read more...]
Ten Interesting Facts to Check in London: Most people know that the Queen lives at Buckingham Palace, Liverpool was home to the Beatles and the River Thames is the longest river in England. But here is a selection of interesting facts that you may not know about London and which you can check out on your London holiday. Aside from being interesting facts, they help make your London visit more enjoyable. There are currently four World Heritage Sites in the city of London: the Palace of … [Read more...]
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We're Helen and Tony Page, and we love travelling - lucky as we've been doing it for the last few decades!
Tony has long been a professional photographer and writer, but Helen now writes most of the posts and takes a lot of photos herself!
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