Location: South Bosnia, 2 hours southwest of Sarajevo, 2.5 hours northwest of Dubrovnik and 1.5 hours from the Adriatic Sea (which is on the east side of Italy). Language: There are three official languages: Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, although they are all similar to each other. English is understood and spoken in the tourist areas. …
Location: Northeast Germany, 2 hours west of the Polish border, 3 hours south of the Baltic Sea and 4 hours north of Munich. Language: German, but English is also used a lot. Other languages spoken are Turkish, Arabic, and Russian. Population: 3.7 million Money: the Euro (€). Transportation: Trains, trams, suburban trains (S-Bahn), metro (U-Bahn) …
Oktoberfest (mid-September-early October): It’s hard to write anything about Munich, without mentioning the world’s biggest folk festival called Oktoberfest. For anyone that hasn’t attended before, you may think it’s only a festival for drinking beer, but that’s only half of it. There’s also food, drinks, rides, games, and a big Ferris Wheel outside the beer …
Munich, Germany Location: Southern Germany, 4 hours south of Berlin, 4 hours west of Vienna, 4 hours east from the border of France. Language: German, but English is also used a lot. Munich is a part of Bavaria, which has one of the few older dialects still existing in Germany, called Bavarian. Other languages spoken …
Location: Central-East in Northern Ireland, 2 hours north of Dublin Language: English, with Irish and Ulster-Scots having regional-language status. There are also Chinese, Arabic, Portugese, Polish and Lithuanian languages that have been growing in numbers in the last 20 years. Population: 311,000 Money: the British Pound, £ Transportation: Trains and buses within Belfast. Religion: 41% …
Exchange Rates Sometimes when you’re traveling, you’ll walk by a restaurant and see that a spaghetti dish is 310 of their local currency and you think “wow, is that the most expensive plate of spaghetti, or is it actually affordable??” Then you see that it’s only 3 dollars/pounds/euros and your heart starts to slow back …
Hotels: While this is a tried and true option, it’s still worth mentioning, because as times change, so does what some hotels offer. For the most part, they still offer the typical bed, TV, bathroom and parking lot. But without the price being affected too much, you’re also seeing more pools, restaurants, animal-friendly rooms and …
Traveling is a fantasy for many people, but the reality of it can seem overwhelming, expensive and something only for other people. But the more you learn a few tricks, the easier and cheaper it all becomes, and is no longer just for other people. So after reading this, maybe your only question left will …
Location: East Coast of Ireland. Language: English, with a mixture of non-English languages spoken at home from all around the world, including Lithuanian, Yoruba, Polish and Arabic. Irish is also used in Dublin, but is steadily declining. Climate: Mild. Cooler Summers (around 20C/68F), Mild Winters (around 8C/48F), without extremes in either season. Population: 1.9 Million. …
Location: Southeast Coast of Australia, about 10 hours south of Brisbane and about 9 hours northeast of Melbourne. Language: English, but over 250 languages are spoken in Sydney. Around 38% of people there speak a non-English language at home, with Mandarin, Arabic, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Greek being the most widely spoken. Climate: Being south of …
