the 2008 listing for world cities in the higest Quality of Living is released… Europe cities dominate!

Zurich
Vienna
Geneva
Vancouver
Auckland
Dusseldorf
Munich
Frankfurt
Bern
Sydney
Copenhagen
Wellington
Amsterdam
Brussels
Toronto
Berlin
Melbourne
Luxembourg
Ottawa
Stockholm

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Bourbon Family has an important monarchy and ruling history in Europe. According to the wiki:
The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty.  By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples & Sicily, and Parma. Spain and Luxembourg currently have Bourbon [...]

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The most popular islands of Greece are: Santorini, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Corfu, Lefkada, Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Alonissos, Skiathos, Crete, Rhodes and many others. Great place to explore + travel…

picture credit/source here

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Some tips on overcoming/dealing with jet lag

road and travel
33 tips for jet lag
bodyclock

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Antwerp, the second largest city in Belgium and the second largest port in Europe after Rotterdam… the name of Antwerp comes from Dutch meaning hand ( English: hand) -werpen (English: to throw).
And the legend goes like this:
According to a legend, a terrible giant, called Druoon Antigoon, lived on the banks of the river Scheldt in [...]

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Fleur de Lis has been both a decorative and a royal symbol for the Bourbon family and many European Monarch.

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 Chamonix, France….

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Some links about Luxembourg…
General

wiki

Things to  See

visit luxembourg

Luxemberg City

Getting Around

transport wiki

map of luxembourg city

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Lyon, south east France…
the View from my hostel was amazing… on-looking the east, you can see the entire Lyon city, the sun rise and the Alpes in the distance!

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Marseille, in south France…. right beside the Mediteranean Sea.

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Ghent or Gent or Gand… Belgium. These are the places i saw while walking through this charming Belgian town…

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some general links…

wiki
tourism site
wikitravel on Marseille
lonely planet guide
things to do in marseille

Things to see..

le Vieux Port (old harbour)
Notre Dame de la Garde
Musée des Docks romains
Musée d’Archéologie méditerranéenne
le Cours Julien and la plaine
la Corniche
Boulevard Longchamp and Palais Longchamp
la Place Castellane
Parc Borély (Borely park)
La cite radieuse
Stade Velodrome
Noailles

Getting around in Marseille

Main rail station - St. Charles
tourist centre in [...]

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some links about the 3rd largest city in France…
Some general news about lyon

wiki
city’s website
wikitravel
10 things to do in Lyon
travel to lyon
lyon from lonely planet

Places to see in Lyon

Mt. Fourviere
The Old City
The Gallo-Roman Amphitheater
Musee des Beaux Arts (Fine Arts Museum)
St John’s Cathedral
Parc de la Tete d’Or

Getting around in Lyon

lyon metro map
a wiki of lyon metro
a pdf format map for [...]

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Megacity is defined as an urban area with population of more than 10 million people… and here are the top few city names…

Tokyo, (36,197,000)
New York City , (29,700,000)
Mexico City (19,100,000)
Karachi, Pakistan (18,600,000)
Mumbai (18,100,000)
Delhi, India (18,050,000)
São Paulo, Brazil (17,900,000)
Shanghai, China (17,600,000)
Los Angeles, USA (17,500,000)
Istanbul (17.8)
Beijing (17,2)
Kolkata (17.1)
Dhaka (16.2)
Cairo (15.6)
Lagos (15.6)
Buenos Aires (13,6)
Manila (13.5)
Lima (12.9)
London (12.5)
Paris (12.0)
Rio [...]

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Rivers of europe… the main ones include…
Important rivers of Europe with approximate length:

Volga Russia
Danube East Europe
Ural
Dnieper
Don
Pechora
Kama
Oka
Belaya
Tisza
Dniester
Rhine 
Elbe
Vistula
Tagus Spain
Loire France
Ebro
Sava
Rhône
Seine
Po Italy

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I was wondering why Germany has so many completely different sounding names for different languages. Eg. in German the country is known as Deutschland, in French as Allemagne, and in Polish as Niemcy. So in general i found there are 6 different names for Germany:

From Old High German: diutisc giving rise to Deutschland

From the Latin: [...]

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the mythological twins, Romulus and Remus are considered as the founding fathers of Rome, with Romulus as the first king during 700 BC period. Like any mythology, their story is intriguing.

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Black forest (Schwarzwald) is the south western part of Germany… really beautiful nature… some links…

wiki
tourism site
lake constance
map of black forest within Germany
encarta
Freiburg wiki
walking holidays in black forest

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Madurodam is a miniature Holland themes park in Hague. The moment i saw the pictures, i loved the concept of it all. Some links…

official website
wiki
free large pics
videos from youtube

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I visited Amsterdam over a weekend… a city with a unique flavour… canals, bicycle, coffee shops, red light district, dutch fooooood…. here’s my walking map!

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