London

A great cosmopilitan city which looks never changed despite of fire, war, and flood. Red double decker buses , the Bobbies, the guard at the Palace of Buckingham, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, and the sound of Big Ben, and of course the rythmical rippling of the Thames.
On the other side of the city you may find modern shopping malls, pornographic stores, traffic jam, even the Punks and the Peers, and silk -scarved Sloane Rangers.


For accomodations, try the B & Bs or Bed and breakfast hotels which are enormous, and try to bargain to get best even rock bottom price. Buy your food from the Supermarket to get cheap prices like at Safeway or Mark & Spencer's, so you wont find a hard to swallow prices.
The Westminster is the heart of London, take a walk from Trafalgar Square to the House of Parliament and down to Westminster Abbey, and then take a break while enjoy the greatness of the Buckingham Palace.


Follow the Thames down to the city, you will be stunned by the ancient port of London, once destroyed by great fire in 1666, and again hit by blitz in 1940, and revived finally.
Take a look and visit the Tower of London while listening and watching the sound of the Thames, you might also enjoy the beauty of both the Big Ben and the Parliament Building by the left bank.
The Regent's Park is the 'Lungs of London', fing the Hyde Park with its 'Speaker's corner' and visit the grave of Karl Marx and George Elliot.

The theaters here are wonderful, beautiful, and cheap, but the soccer match is rowdy, often create violence as Holiganism develop increasingly.
Enjoy your trip, and take care ! Ciao.

Munchen

Munchen or Munich, a Bavarian cosmopolitan city which features great museums, beautiful parks, and architectures as well. A lot of beautiful buildings and monuments which survived the wars, and organize many carnivals from Fasching ( January ) until Oktoberfest ( October ) keep you interested and fascinated at any time.
The Marienplatz is the center of the city where Altes Rathaus and Neues Rathaus are located, extends north to Odeonplatz, where you'll find two broad boulevards, i.e. Ludwigstr and Leopoldstr.


Go north to Schwabing, world's famous student district.
Visit the two great museums Alte Pinakothek and Neue Pinakothek, but don't miss to see the Englischer Garten, where thousands of Muncheners, soak up the sun and swim nude here in rushing canals, it will be a unique and hilariously funny experience as well.
It's a city of beers, where almost half dozen beer peoducers have its own Beer Halls here. Beside beer, the nigtlife in Schwabing district provides cafes, sidewalk chess club, cabarets, discos, bars, galleries, exoticss and porns and many more. The city also offers monthly programs of concerts and theaters.
Visit the glacial lakes near the city at Stranberg or Herrsching, rent a boat, swim, or hike, its your choice. Aufwiedersehen und bis Spater !

Berlin

The capital of Germany, the world class city and also the country's cultural capital, where the transportation and transit system is very efficient although it's a bit expensive. It has three systems i.e the U-bahn, S-bahn, and buses. July and August is the best time to visit, since Berliners are on vacation.
Berlin is the city which heavily hang over its history , take a look a bombed ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche and Platzensee Memorial, the Sigessaule, a war reminder, celebrates Prussias's war against France in 1870.


Visit the Tiergarten, a vast and beautiful park with best zoo and spectacular aquarium, and find the Congress Hall or the 'Pregnant Oyster' which has a peculiar design. Don't miss the Brandenburg Gate, home of Germany Parliament and also houses extensive exhibit on German history.
Schloss Charlottenburg, the Baroque style place and gardensbuyilt by Frederick I as a tribute to his beloved wife Sophie Charlotte. Don't miss the spirit of Olympiade Stadium, a massive stone amphitheater buyilt in 1936 in the Hitler era.
Don't ever miss to get just a piece of ruins of the Berlin Wall at 'checkpoint charlie' site for your remebrance or even a souvenir.

Switzerland

Switzerland is actually a multi languages country, where at least three languages are spoken here, they are French, German, and Italian. I fact this small country is devided into three sectors based on its language spoken in each region. I'm not so sure if Latin language is also spoken here, since they also use some Latin words here, like Helvetia as a Latin name of Switzerland which always printed on a stamp of Switzerland.


Zurich :
It is a German language spoken region or German Switzerland, it's an excellent banker's city, prosperous, clean, and peaceful, but pricer are real hard to swallow. Beside the boring bank buildings, the rich and famous people,. and of course expensive prices, you still have a lot to see and to enjoy.
Like the Fraumunster, the Gothic Cathedral is featuring Marc Chagall works, and the Grossmunster, a Romanesque Cathedral. Visit the Kunshaus, a great museum with good collection of XXth century arts from Picasso, Chagall, Klee, Mondrian, and the Expressionist.





Lucerne:
Located between Mt Rigi and Mt Pilatus, this charming and prosperous city, has also high prices. Although it has narrow streets,but they are full of architectural monuments and highclass jewelry and watch stores.


Take a walk along the river and go across the river by two ancient bridges (1333) which connect the banks of the river, i.e. the Kapellbrucke and the Spreurbrucke, both of them are decorated with beautiful hand paintings. Climb to the three mountains which are Pilatus, Rigi, and Titlus for a birdeye view of the city. Visit the Am Rhyn House with the small but excellent collection of Picasso's works.