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The Italian city of Milan is among the trendiest places on earth and as such is visited by many people who are crazy about the fine clothing and accessories, but also by those who want to see its landmarks and beauties and by the ones that want to enjoy fine dining in one of the culinary hotspots in the world. If you have already organized your stay in a nice Milan apartment and want to treat yourself with a nice dinner, then check the information provided here. The first thing to remember is that Milan is among the cities that offers traditional Italian cooking and prefers the usage of national ingredients and elements. The cuisine of the Lombardy region, which from the city of Milan is being part of, is based on the most famous local product and this is the cheese in all its varieties. The types to choose from are gorgonzola and mascarpone, grana padano and crescenza, etc. In the area of Milan is also grown own kind of rice, which from is made the famous Italian risotto.

This photo of Brera Picture Gallery (Pinacoteca di Brera)

paninoteca

The restaurants in Milan are accustomed to serve lunch at the standard Italian time, which normally is between 1 pm and 3 pm. Since Milan is a business city and nobody has time to sit down for a long and relaxing dinner, usually the locals have a quick snack outside. They usually visit the fast food shops, the pizzerias and the numerous paninotecas. Still, there are people who observe the traditions or need a nice place for a business lunch and they are literally spoilt by choice. These people in Milan, who have time for lunch, usually start with an aperitif, which is locally served and it is called Negroni Sbagliato, that being a cocktail with Campari, Spumante Brut and Sweet Vermouth, which is decorated with a slice of orange. Then they go on with a choice of antipasti being a vegetable starter or some cold meat and then they order risotto or meat with vegetables. For a dessert they choose coffee and a dessert. The restaurants in Milan serve the dinner at around 9 o’clock and the meal is usually something light.

Since Milan is among the important business centers in the world, the restaurants in its very center are usually expensive and the average cost for a complete dinner for one person is approximately 25 Euros. In the Milan pizzerias the prices are a bit lower, but not much lower. Cheaper meal is available at the local pubs, which is better than the fast-food options, especially during the happy hour time, which here is called Aperitivo. This means that for a period of three hours in the late afternoon or the early evening, one can get a drink and an open buffet, serving an incredible variety of food. The tourist coming to Milan can find such pubs near the areas of Porta Romana, Navigli and Porta Ticinese.

After your trip to Milan you can stay in Rome apartments for a few days or you can rent Budapest apartment very cheaply.

May be you have seen some nice accommodation websites offering affordable apartments in Barcelona and most probably you will use one as a base. If your thing is camping however, there are some nice camping sites near the city of Barcelona that you have to check out, since they are all worth seeing. Like in other places as well, the camping in this country is very nice experience, since in this way you absolutely forget your daily routine and live close to nature, in a simple and very relaxed way. While camping you heal not only the mind, but also the soul from all those bad energies and emotions.

Spain is a large and a very beautiful country with plenty to be seen there. It also features lovely landscapes, which shall be absolutely adored by the traveler. In the past Spain had many camp sites, but unfortunately this is no longer so, even if there are still many sites that should be mentioned. Travelers should know however that some of the Spain communities have forbidden camping by law and this is a pity.

There is one rule that always applies on the camping sites and it is to check the place first before you decide to stay. This includes an internet check whether this particular region allows the camping. The zones where camping is allowed have nice camping sites and many facilities. There are certain camping sites that have bathrooms with showers and extras like drinking water.

In case that your idea is going on a camp site with a tent, then you have to be careful. The camp site you stay at must be clean and all the garbage that you make must be put in the trash. The area should be researched in advance and you should know how to act in case there is any kind of emergency. If you happen to be with other people, then you should stay in small groups and you should use maps and compasses as well. The camp site should also be at least 500 meters away from rivers and lakes.

This photo of Balearic Islands
This photo of Balearic Islands
This photo of Balearic Islands

The places that are good for camping in the country include the Andalusia region and Seville as its main country, as well as the camping sites along the town of Granada with its interesting Moorish architecture or the Balearics Islands with their lovely beaches and many long days of sunshine. Of course there are also many nice camp sites near Barcelona. The city is bordered by the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean Sea. Besides camp sites, it also offers great options for sightseeing and shopping, not to mention the exciting night life.

The camp sites in Spain are nicely organized and they feature many attractions of various kinds for the holiday makers. These include many sports opportunities, as well as options for complete relaxation.

A post by Emelina Lopez who writes about Madrid apartments and apartment in Lisbon.

The public transport in Warsaw is a well-arranged system, which features more than 200 bus routes, some 30 tram lines and a modern underground line, plus a Rapid Urban Railway system. The route descriptions that are given on the tram stops are not difficult to follow and the tickets for the public transport are cheap.

Buses in Warsaw

The trams in Warsaw are not very fast, but it is wise to use them during the traffic jams and the rush hours, especially in the city center near your Warsaw apartment. The tram numbers 1 to 39 cover the basic connections, while those are trams that come with numbers above 40 to 49 are operating only during the peak hours only. There are trams with other numbers too, which operate only on special lines. The T trams are operated by historic cars and they run only in July and in August. Most of the tram routes are served until midnight.

Metro Subway in Warsaw

Buses in Warsaw operate each day from 5 o’clock in the morning until 23 o’clock in the night, on intervals that vary from 5 min to 2 hours for some suburban routes. Many of the buses start and come back to the Central Railway Station. The bus route numbers have three digits. The standard bus lines have numbers from 100 to 399. The seasonal bus lines are numbered from 300 – 399. The fast bus lines are numbered from 400 – 599, where the lines numbered 400 – 499 run at specific times a day or a week. The buses that are marked with the letter E before the number are express lines that offer connection to remote districts and the center if Warsaw. The zone bus lines are numbered from 700 to 899 and the seasonal lines are from 800 – 899. There are also night lines buses, which come with the letter N before the number. All these buses use the same tickets. The tickets for the night buses are the same as the ones for the day lines.

Trains in Warsaw

The subway system in Warsaw, generally known as Metro, is among the newest underground railway systems in Europe, as it was opened in year 1995. The metro runs every day from the early morning hours until midnight with intervals of three to ten minutes. During the weekends, the metro runs until 3 am in the morning. The stations of the metro, as well as the trains are neat and clean. At the moment, there is only one line available, which connects the northern to the southern outskirts of the city with the center of Warsaw. The subway does not cover the tourist destinations, though some of the stations are placed in near proximity to some of the attractions. There are plans for a second line of the metro to be constructed, but this will take some time. There is also Urban Rapid Rail trains, that are marked with the letter S and then a number. The route of this rail covers two zone tickets.

The public transport in Poland is well organized so you can be sure that if you go to Krakow and stay in central Krakow apartment you will not have any problems.

Coming to my very final posting about this amazing and truly awesome city. After we spent several unforgetable days here I can honestly tell that I’m really satisfied and I want to come back, because the time was more than insufficient. Next time I will try to spend more than a week, especially as I saved a lot of money, hiring this excellent and really affordable Brussels apartments. We didn’t face any problems with the transportation or something else, we were very close to the most interesting places and there was even one very sweet and comfortable café next to our building where we drink coffee in the mornings.

Grand Place facade

European Parliament building

To put it briefly, I loved Brussels, it was a really enjoyable and memorable trip, and of course my friends contributed a lot to be this experience so nice. No one wanted to leave, because the atmosphere of Brussels was amazing with this diversity of nationalities, we heard Arabic, Dutch, German, except the French and English. The people we connected with were also very hospitable and welcoming and the places we have been to were really interesting.

Monument of King Leopoldo II

For those who are preparing a visit to Belgium’s capital, I can promise you that, like the most of the European countries, Belgium is really attractive and has a lot to offer to its tourists. There are a lot of museums and galleries, medieval buildings, parks, the chocolate in fact is as great and mouth-watering as we expected, the beer is really fantastic and specialists will confirm it. Generally speaking, everything was fabulous, we experienced a fantastic holiday break, the Brussels accommodation was just what we wanted and the only thing we can do is to share it with you and to dream about our next journey to Brussels.

You can think about how depressed I was when I had to depart. I had so much fun there, I was non-stop in different places, I’ve have been aquainted with so many nice people, I danced all night on one of the greatest parties I can think of and now I can tell that Berlin has become one of my favorite towns, certainly if you are going because of the entertainment. Besides, I saw the chief sites, like the remaining of the wall, the Checkpoint Charlie, some of the monuments and galleries. Don’t think that I spent all my time in Berlin in parties and sleepless nights. I even made a dinner one evening for my friends in my Berlin Accommodation. The fact that there was a kitchen really made things easier for me, because I wanted to cook something special for the people who were so helpful to take me around Berlin and show me sites that I couldn’t see if I was alone. In this context I have to tell that am surely pleased of my choice of Apartments in Berlin, because it was absolutely convenient for me to move around, it was very close to the major places of interest and the rental accommodation was very pleasant, clean and perfect for my taste.

Berlin wall

Deutsches Historiches Museum

Jewish Museum

As a conclusion, I can only wish you to experience such relaxing and full of emotions and experiences vacation as the one I had. I have no doubts that this is not my last trip to Germany and definitely to Berlin, I just liked this city with all its aspects, strange and funny people, the great history and culture. Stay tune for my next adventures in some other interesting country.