Archive for the ‘tourism’ Category

Welcome to Beijing!

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

I will spend the next two weeks in Beijing: the first one sightseeing and the second one competing at the 1st World Mind Sport Games!

So far, the flight was ok and I arrived safetly at Beijing. However, arriving to the hotel proved to be much more difficult. Language is a real issue, specially when people don’t even understand the maps! If the map doesn’t have the names written with Chinese characters, the chance of a taxi driver understanding it is almost 0 :(

Anyway, after eating ramen in a Japanese restaurant I feel much happier and ready for the adventure :D

Wish me luck!

Back from Scotland

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

I’m back from Scotland. It’s been a great week, visiting many towns and the countryside, conquering castles and even watching the penguin parade in Edinburgh Zoo!!

It’s been a year since I left Spain and it’s the first time I’ve been anywhere in UK outside London. Weather has been nice, much warmer than I expected and it hasn’t almost rained. Unbelievable for Scotland… but better for the tourists :D

I’ll tell you more about it, but I leave you with some pictures for the moment.

Edinburgh Castle

Dunkeld Cathedral

Caerlaverock Castle

Loch Lochy

Scotland

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Edinburgh Zoo - penguin parade

Holidays!!

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Finally!! See you in a week ;)

London: Chinatown

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

If you are fond of Chinese food, there is one place in London you must visit: Chinatown!! This area is close to Soho and the main street is Gerrard Street. As soon as you enter this area, you’ll find a complete different environment. All posters, announces and even the street name plates are translated into Chinese!

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There are plenty of chinese restaurants and stores all over the place. And they are all full at dinner time, specially fridays and saturdays. But be careful, because there is a wide range in prices and quality. You can find restaurants with the delicious pekin duck and noodles as well as all-you-can-eat-for-9-pounds buffets!

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