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New Year's Day walking trip to Bradlo

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:24:32 +0000

Bradlo is an inconspicuous rock formation in the middle of the forest. Six hundred meters high, it is not just an incredible view, but also eventful history of Czech-German conflicts and passion. Today, Bradlo is our New Year’s Day hill-walking trip destination. It become tradition to make a short trip to the fields on the New Year’s Day, and above all, it is a great way to exercise, especially at the Christmas time.
Peak of Bradlo rock formation (600 metres) is an ideal destination for easy and undemanding walking trip in distance of 3 – 5 kilometres. We have started our walk from the village of Libina, just few kilometres away from Olomouc city. The walk starts at the bottom of a steep field, but soon enough the field changes to a nice forest path. After about 3 kilometres, first rocks can be seen. These are the Three Rocks and they are created from light and solid quartz rock, typical for this area. Initially the Three Rocks used to be single rock formation, but disintegration and erosion split the formation into three huge rocks.

Much bigger is the Bradlo rock formation approximately 1 kilometre away from the Three Rocks. The peak of Bradlo is easily accessible by the steps carved in the rock leading to the summit of Bradlo, offering an incredible view across the surroundings. On the North side you can see the Jesenik mountains with the peak of Kralicky Sneznik (1.424 metres).
Even though Bradlo is not the most popular walking destination, it still has a many years of tradition. By the end of 19th century, when the rock lookout platform has been made at the summit, annual number of people visiting Bradlo reached 20.000.

Ryanair

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:08:05 +0000

Ryanair, an irish low-cost airlines, one of Europe’s largest carriers with more than a 700 routes across the Europe. I flew with them couple of times, and they’re ok. But if I have an option to fly with someone else for reasonable price, I rather pay couple more € and fly with someone else. I don’t like their strict policy, cramped seating or overpriced on board sandwich. And with often lack of politeness from the cabin crew, Ryanair is not the kind of service I enjoy returning to. And some time I don’t have other choice. But hey, it is what you pay for, right?
They have announced six new routes from Forli in Italy and two new routes from Shannon Airport in Ireland. And that’s not all. Soon, you’ll have another annoyance to deal with on board of Ryanair flights – the sound of your neighbour bellowing into a phone: “Hi, I’m on the plane!”
With this new service and with Ryanair’s latest incidents like aircraft skidding off the runway or tale clipping during take-off or emergency landing following sudden loss of cabin pressure while 30,000 ft over France (in last two cases the oxygen masks didn’t work properly and in some cases didn’t deploy at all), Ryanair will not be my first choice airline for sure.

Oh Canada…

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:49:55 +0000

A friend of mine just told me that he is going to Canada for three weeks. Just for his summer holidays. Man, I am jealous. They going to rent a car there and travel along the cost (I am not sure which one did he said. If I could leave my job for month or so and travel… He is fan of the western wear, and that is another good thing about Canada, as this western clothes are far more cheaper there than here in Dublin (or Europe).

Budapest Apartment Rentals

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:45:19 +0000

Budapest, capital of Hungary, pearl of the Danube and one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Fast emerging vibrant city straddles the both banks of the river Danube. The old Roman city of Buda and the Bulgarian ruled city of Pest.

As Budapest became one of the hottest cities in Europe, it also became very attractive to property investors and real estate agents. With demand for Budapest apartment rentals higher than current supply, prices in Budapest are starting to soar. Even though the prices heading to its high, decent priced apartment rentals are still available in Budapest. Like those offered by ApartmentsInBudapest.com, all with their lowest rate guarantee.

Azores

admin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:30:03 +0000

The Azores… a Portuguese archipelago way out in the Atlantic Ocean. The Azores is archipelago of nine major Azorean islands and eight small Formigas, and all of the islands have volcanic origins.

The mountain of Pico, at 2,351 m (7,713 ft) is the highest mountain in all of Portugal. The Azores are actually the tops of some of the tallest mountains on the planet, as measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean. The archipelago forms the Autonomous Region of Azores, one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.

Apart from the mountains, Azores are known for their beautiful scenery and waterfalls.