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The Best Winter Resorts in Europe

Europe in winter is a playground for the winter sport enthusiasts. Throughout Europe there are stunning snow covered locations, perfect for skiing and enjoying the outdoors. The hardest part about it all is deciding where to go because there are just so many fantastic places. The main focus usually falls on the Alps. It is [...]

European Languages

The first obstacle you face when travelling through Europe is the large amount of different languages. Even the multi-lingual super stars amongst us can’t understand all the languages that are scattered around Europe. But that doesn’t give us a reason to not try and learn the language of the country we are visiting. Language [...]

Christmas Markets in Europe

Christmas in Europe feels like the real deal; like how Christmas should be. One aspect that helps make the holiday season so enjoyable are the Christmas Markets. They are spread out and can be found throughout Europe. The countries that are most famous and have the highest amount of markets are Germany, Austria, United Kingdom [...]

Vienna was originally the ancient Celtic settlement of Vindomna or Vindomina, which the Romans seized and fortified about A. D. 14. Marcus Aurelius died here in 180. By the end of the third century the settlement had become a municipium or town, and the seat of the Roman civil and...

Prague - Czechish Praha - lies most picturesquely in a broad basin on both banks of the Moldau. Its foundation is ascribed to Libussa, the first Duchess of Bohemia (8th cent.?). From Ottokar II it received a municipal charter, and it attained to great prosperity under Emperor Charles IV (1346-78)...

Bucharest, the capital of Romania, lies in a monotonous plain, and is divided into two parts by the Dimbovitza. The principal streets are the Calea Victoriei, the Boulevards, and the Strada Lipscani (so called because the Bucharest merchants formerly bought their goods at the Leipzig Fair)...

Transylvania - The former principality of Transylvania, called Erdély by the Magyars, and Ardeal by the Roumanians (both meaning 'forest-land') is a mountainous district of about 21,000 sq. M. in extent. Its German name of Siebenbürgen has been derived from the first seven 'burgs', or fortresses...

Dalmatia extends from the Quarnerolo on the N. to the hills on the Lake of Scutari on the S., while on the E. it is commanded by the Velebit Mts., the Dinarian Alps, and the mountainous region of the Herzegovina and of Montenegro. The W. side of Dalmatia is washed by the Adriatic...

Seasons - The best time for a visit to Vienna or Budapest is between the middle of April and the middle of June, and in autumn... For ascents in the German Alps, the Hohe Tatra, and the Transylvanian Carpathians the best time is from the middle of July till the middle of September...