A Night at the Vienna National Opera
Interesting experience to see a Ballet, I’ve seen a couple operas around the world, in Riga, and in Bucharest, but a Ballet in this amazing and historical building makes it even more interesting. Coming to the Opera in Vienna is a must, even for those not interesting in seeing the performance, as this Chinese guy next to me left after just 5 minutes into the show… The hallways and courtrooms are breathtaking! I’ll be adding some pictures in emporiostudio.com very soon. For those interested in assisting to the show but don’t want to have to pay for a 60 euros ticket, there is a special standing ticket available for 3 euros, which is definitely worth it. You just need to line up about 10 minutes prior the show at a special back door in the Opera. At that price, you can’t beat it!
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Budapest… I changed my mind!
I’ve been last in Budapest over 10 years ago and after 3 days, I left unimpressed about it. It just wasn’t to the level of the other East European cities around it, Prague, Krakow, Bratislava, Vienna just to name a few. Even a train change in 2010 didn’t make me want to stay longer. But this time I must admit, Budapest has grown. It now stands to the reputation of modern European capital it looks for! Beautiful city full of green and Cosy bars and cafes! Even Hungarian people which appeared cold to be before now gave me an image of a warm nation! Definitely a success story!
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Timisoara, Romainia. The most liveable city in Romainia
So I spent a month around most of the biggest cities in Romania, 2 weeks in Bucharest, couple days around the Saxon triangle of Transilvania and 1 week in both Cluj Napoca and Timisoara. Definitely, this charming city also called the little Vienna deserves its title! Very nice old town, nice cafes, active Erasmus city, big modern shopping malls. Really felt comfortable in this city and if I had to choose a city to live in Romania, in would be here. It’s on my list of “must come back” cities.
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Meanwhile in the Mountains of Transilvania… Well it’s Winter again…
Made my way through the Mountains of Transilvania, after some time in Bucharest, the Capital. And while we had a nice and comfortable 30 degrees during Easter, its back to Winter over here in Brasov! about 30cm of snow, with these big wet snowflakes we usually get around Christmas in Canada. With all the nice feelings that come with it! I’m setting off to visit Sighisoara and Sibiu, which forms the Saxon Triangle around Transilvania, German decent towns which still holds impressive german architecture!
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Sierra Nevada… A Wonderful place to Spend Your Birthday!
So it happens this year that I will be in Andalusia for my birthday. It wasn’t planned or anything like this, just that I decided to start this year’s European adventures by going south, as in March the weather is still a little cool around Europe. So 2 weeks here in a nice little apartment I found straight in the middle of Granada, the ancient capital of the Arab Moors. always feels magical to be here! I got this little [eafl id=”2247″ name=”minipresso” text=”Minipresso Expresso Machine !”] for my birthday last year, and still one of my favorite digital nomad accessories!
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Romain theater – Cartagena, Spain
Always amazed by Romain Ruins… But These ruins in Cartagena are even more impressive as they have been dug out of 2 thousand years of generations building on top of them! You can really feel the history in all its glory in this fabulous city.
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Las Fallas de Valencia – Valencia, Spain
Always been tempted to take part in this festival, know as one of the biggest in Spain! I had done the other big 2: La Feria de Abril de Sevilla, and the San Fermin de Pamplona. It was impressive! So much participation from Valencians, costumes, Monuments, and why not “burn them all” at the end of the festival! That’s what they love to do. My ears are still suffering through with all the firecrackers that exploded everywhere all the time!
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Tennis in the Jungle – Getting ready for the Rio Open
Found an amazing place to play tennis in Rio de Janeiro, in some private club straight in the jungle with beautiful clay courts well maintained!
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My new hobby: This Laser Olympic style sailboat; they are quick!
One of my passions is to sail! But haven’t had the chance to practice much, as I don’t have a boat and it’s been couple years since I took my American Sailing Association license in St-Vincent-and-the-Grenadines. This time, I booked a Laser sailing class in Fortaleza in northern Brazil as I’ll be working from here for a while! Its tough, but these little boats are quick! They flip easily but I already got the trick after a few hours, and I’m speeding in the bay of Fortaleza every day now 🙂
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