Posted: 2007-10-21 05:52 PM
Hi Marianne
There certainly is a Youth Hostel in Chester - but of course I don't know whether it's the same building where you polished the stairs! Thanks for your comment anyway.
Cheers
David
it would be very interesting to visit.
My father doesn't remember anything about it. He was born in 1940 and evacuated shortly afterwards and, sadly, the previous generation of my family is no longer around.
thank you for your kind words that you find my informations reliable (which make me proud, I must say). Yes, I've been two times in Medellín and I felt more safe there than in Bogotá or Calí or Pasto. Maybe Cartagena is more safe because they do everything to improve the tourism there.
This year there has been much more police on the streets outside the towns. They try hard to improve things although the big cities have their own poverty problem like all the big towns around the globe. And for some areas you should ask the people if they would go there. I yes, you also can, although the remaining risk is not zero.
Thanks for reading my report; the Hotel Arts really is a wonderful hotel. I recommended it to my sister-in-law and she was also gushing when she came back as well. I wrote a travel tip:
Thank you for message. This picture is from China, i was in China 12 days in september, really great trip. Just i was in Tunise, not loaded pics yet to my pc.
You write really well, I will be looking at the photo soon. I would love to visit Hala Targow: all my favorite things are there - architecture, history and FOOD.
Thanks for looking through my pictures and for leaving comments. I will upload some more photos from Prague soon and hope you'll like them as well.
As to Bertramka, here you have all the relevant info, including the map how to get there and the address:
http://www.bertramka.com/lang=en
They sometimes organize concerts in the garden, so check before you go there and maybe book tickets in advance. Unfortunately I didn't go to any but during my visit there the band was in rehearsal and the music was exquisite.
Posted: 2007-10-18 03:00 AM
Hi Marianne,
I am looking forward to reading your report on Tunisia.
I went away in August but only down to my mums and my partners mums place. I am going to load up a report on my where my mum lives soonish.
Other than that I that I am off to Canberra (our capital city) mid November for my brothers wedding and with any luck we may get back to Europe next year but nothing firm yet unfortunately.
Cheers,
Kerrie
Thanks for taking the time to look at the photographs.
Posted: 2007-10-15 06:28 PM
Hi Marianne,
I appreciate your comment especially about the state of the former U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He did so much for Americans during during the depression. He suffered from paralytic illness and visited nearby Warm Springs (name of small town).
The park is named after him and here is an excerpt that explains better than I can: "The western portion of the park, formerly named Pine Mountain State Park, was named a National Historic Landmark in 1997. Several structures in the park were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Great Depression, including a stone swimming pool and Roosevelt's favorite picnic spot at Dowdell's Knob, overlooking the magnificent valley below. President Roosevelt would take polio patients suffering from depression along on picnics at Dowdell's Knob. F.D. Roosevelt State Park is Georgia's largest state."
Thanks again. And from seeing Adam's entry below, it looks like you returned from Tunisia. Welcome back!
best. zel
