Travel Daily Tip

During our trip to Alaska we stayed mainly at B&B’s and we enjoyed it very much – most of them were really good (much better than your average hotel room) and meeting the people was great.

One bed & breakfast which we really enjoyed was the one in Homer (Homer itself is a great city as well with great views and tons of activities – so make sure you stay there for a few days) – we stayed 3 nights at a cabin at Maria’s Majestic view B&B.

The view was amazing (see below – taken at 1AM) , Maria was super nice, the cabin was great and breakfast was excellent (especially on the day Maria cooked and we had some really cool stuff like the Alaskan pancake (see below).

Tags: alaska, B&B, homer
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Stockholm is a beautiful city with many islands combined together, one of the best parts in Stockholm is the old city which is known as Gamla Stan, this is not a big part of the city, located in the heart of Stockholm and connected by bridges to other islands. you should just spend a few hours walking in the old street, and visit the royal palace.

Tags: Gamla Stan, Stockholm
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I really love markets, whenever i visit cities  i try to visit at least few markets, it doesn’t matter if I end up buying stuff or not (and usually i do) but it is a lot of fun to walk and see all kind of stuff laying on the stands.

In London I really enjoyed Portobello Market, even if it is not the most famous, and it is pretty small, it was great fun, it is actually a street market located at Notting Hill.

Tags: London, portobello road, uk
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I was visiting Barcelona for a week during September 2010 and I actually had a dilemma about this tip, since usually I write about good experiences and stuff i really liked but in this case its the opposite.

Port Olimpic is the area with some restaurants, bars and night clubs in Barcelona, right on the port so of course it has a great potential, great view and nice atmosphere there, but, i tried 2 different restaurants there and other than the fact they look really fancy and great and they are much more expensive than other places, the food was not that great (to say the least) – both times i was very disappointed – so maybe i chose the wrong places but striking out 2 out of 2 looks like a pattern to me…if you go there – make sure to know which place to go by recommendations (from someone you trust)  before you go there.

Tags: Barcelona, Port Olympic, Spain
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At  sagrada familia in Barcelona there is a lift you can take (2.5 euros) to go to the top and view the city, when you are inside the church you will see a line of people waiting to go up the lift, dont join them – instead go outside and search for the 2nd lift – it is a smaller lift but hardly any people waiting there and the best part about this one is that you can walk between towers and not only get to view the city from one tower – much more fun.

Note that the way down is by stairs

Tags: Barcelona, sagrada familia
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