The Capitol Building in Havana, inaugurated in 1929, is based on the Capitol Building in Washington DC, but, at nearly 300 feet high, is slightly taller. It is best viewed in the early morning from the Parque Central. The sun...
Read MoreThe Hill of Three Crosses is a symbol on the skyline of Vilnius. These three crosses represent the triumph of Lithuania over its invaders. The current crosses data from 1990 and replaced the previous three crosses that were...
Read MoreIf you want to visit the Paris Catacombs, the entrance is across the street from the Denfert Rochereau station, which is on both lines 4 and 6 of the Metro. They are really ossuaries where between five and six million skeletons...
Read MoreOn Vancouver’s North Shore there is a bus station at the SeaBus terminal. Take bus 236 to the Capilano Suspension Bridge, the world's oldest suspension footbridge. Apparently, the gorge that the bridge spans is as wide...
Read MoreFor visitors to Vancouver, the finest way to get to the North Shore from downtown is to get the SeaBus from Waterfront Station. Conveniently, this is also the terminus of the Skytrain and it only takes a couple of minutes to get...
Read MoreThe Skyride gondola, which departs every 15 minutes, takes 8 minutes to whisk you 3,700 feet above sea level where the views over Vancouver and the Lower Mainland are terrific. If you are physically fit and like a challenge, an...
Read MoreCypress Mountain will host the snowboarding and freestyle skiing events for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Cypress Provincial Park is a 7,400 acre expanse that includes the popular ski areas of Hollyburn Ridge and Cypress Bowl, as...
Read MoreIf you are flying with British Airways to London Heathrow, you will arrive at Terminal 5. If you have a connection to make, I would allow at least 45 minutes from the moment you land to the time you can reasonably expect to be...
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