Archive for February, 2013

The Opera City of Bayreuth

Have you heard about Richard Wagner? If you do, you might be very familiar about the city of Bayreuth in Bavaria, Germany. This city is also famous for its annual festival, the Bayreuth Festival, called in German as Bayreuther Festspiele, a world-famous show at which performances of operas by the 19th century German composer Richard […]

Will Be Visiting Three European Countries in 5 Days..Soon!

Nine days more to go and I am traveling again! I can’t wait to visit countries again in Europe. Last month, I found this cheap trip to three European countries including Switzerland, Italy and Lichtenstein. It is a five days trip traveling with the bus. It  also include the accommodation, breakfasts and dinners  and the […]

How To Save Money When You Shop While Travelling

When I travel, I usually go shopping. I guess travel and shopping always go together. When we travel, we cannot avoid buying souvenirs especially when we are collecting some kind of souvenirs. It is not only souvenirs we are buying, but also other goods which we like or find interesting. During my last vacation to […]

Avoiding Fawlty Towers

Everybody loves a bargain but not necessarily something cheap, especially when it comes to vacations. There have been plenty of horror stories over the years about the dream holiday that has turned out to be a building site. So how do you make sure you avoid the nightmare yet still take advantage of the sizzling […]

Went Shopping in Regensburg

I was invited by a friend to have lunch in their house two weeks ago. Another friend was also there. After we took our lunch, she invited me to go shopping in Regensburg. We went to one of the malls named DonauEinkaufszentrum (Danube Shopping Center in English). I don’t have a plan to buy anything […]

Go Travel and See Kaunas, Lithuania

I finally visited Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius last September 2012. It is around 110 kilometers from Vilnius. From our hotel in Lithuania’s capital city of Vilnius, it took us almost two hours to get there. It was a bus trip and if I am not mistaken buses are only allowed […]

Musicians at the Fasching Parade in Dietfurt,Germany

It is Fasching season now in Germany and in many parts of Europe. Fasching is a German word which means Carnival in English. One of the famous Fasching you can experience in Upper Palatinate Bavaria is in Dietfurt. Their carnival is unique because it is themed as “Chinese Fasching”. There are always group of musicians […]

Go Travel and See Warwick Castle in England

Have you heard the song Warwick Avenue?   I  finally heard it again after  a long time of not hearing  it.  We went to the karaoke bar last weekend and somebody sang it.  I am not quite sure if Warwick Avenue  got its title from Warwick Castle. Wait a minute! I found out that  it got […]

I Want to Travel to Countries with the Most Colorful Flags

I always love to travel and travel!  I  believed in the saying that  says, “If you only  read a book and don’t travel, you  only read one page of it”.  When finances are available, I would be in the other side of the globe right now. Inspite of visiting over 30 countries for the past […]

World Festivals: wellies optional

If bad weather, soggy camping and portaloos don’t appeal to you, grab your passport and have yourself an altogether different festival experience, somewhere other than the UK with BeatTheBrochure. Holi Festival, India, 27th March The Hindu Holi Festival, also known as India’s Festival of Colors, celebrates the triumph of good over evil.  This very colourful […]