Endroits de Helen
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![De Werf]()
De Werf
Hi everyone! Let´s talk about food now. De Werf is the most popular restaurant for students in Leuven (and so it was an important place to visit during the first few days! ). So, even if you´re just in Leuven for a few months, you should go there at least once. De...
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![Amsterdam Begijnhof]()
Amsterdam Begijnhof
The Amsterdam Begijnhof, as I mentioned in another entry, is one of the most famous beguinages in Holland and Belgium. It served as a home and a residence for women known as beguines until the twentieth century - to see my full description of exactly what a beguinage...
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![Parque del Retiro]()
Parque del Retiro
Where will you be leading us today? I always write about places in Granada or Linares, but this time I´m going to review one of the places I fell in love with when I visited Madrid during the past year: the well-known Parque del Retiro. I was utterly enchanted by...
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![Disneyland Paris]()
Disneyland Paris
Disneyland Resort Paris is a holiday and leisure resort in Marne-la-Vallée, an eastern suburb of Paris, in France. The complex is located 32 kilometres (20 miles) from the centre of Paris on land belonging to the Chessy community. Disneyland Resort Paris features two...
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![King`s Cross Station]()
King`s Cross Station
Welcome, Harry Potter fans! Right... I want to make one thing clear, and that´s the fact that my motive number one, two and three for visiting King´s Cross station in London was always to see the location of the much-watched Harry Potter film scenes, but even more...
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![Kessel-Lo Park]()
Kessel-Lo Park
Ten minutes away from the city centre by bike an enormous park can be found in the town of Kessel-Lo. Since sunny days aren´t all that common in Belgium, when it´s warm outside and the sun is shining, I recommend spending the day with friends at this beautiful...
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![Las Ramblas]()
Las Ramblas
We´ll stay on the topic of Barcelona, and I´ll walk you through the interesting stories and facts about the city´s most popular tourist spots. Today I´ll be telling you about Las Ramblas. There are numerous interesting places and important cultural attractions in...
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![Park Sanssouci]()
Park Sanssouci
One of the most beautiful palace complexes in Europe is undoubtedly Park Sansoucci, the former home of the most famous of all German kings. In every corner, the grandeur of imperial Prussia can be felt, reflecting the achievements of Frederick the Great and of later...
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![La Basilique de Fourvière]()
La Basilique de Fourvière
Fourvière is one of the most famous monuments in Lyon, not just owing to its majestic architecture, but also since this basilica is intimately linked with the city´s history. At the start, when I had barely arrived in the city, Fourvière was one of the first things I...
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![Favelas in Rio de Janeiro]()
Favelas in Rio de Janeiro
The Favelas in Rio de Janeiro How many truths and lies circulate about the favelas (shanty towns) in Brazil? Those dangerous places where everyone goes around armed with weapons, where a tourist shouldn´t even dare to raise their head. Not everywhere is like the film...
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![Playa de la Malvarrosa]()
Playa de la Malvarrosa
La Malva Rosa, or Platja La Malvarrosa in Catalan, is one of the most popular beaches in Valencia due to its close proximity to the city and accessibility. Los Poblados´s maritime port is close and visible from the beach, where the ferries to Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza...
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![Basílica de Guadalupe]()
Basílica de Guadalupe
The mysticism which surrounds the site of the Basilica de Guadalupe is simply incredible. It is here in the valley where the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared cloaked before Diego. The Basilica is one of the largest buildings in Latin America, and is also a pilgrimage...
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![Calle Gran Vía]()
Calle Gran Vía
The Gran Vía is a ´must-see`, an unmissable sight during a visit to Madrid not only due to its importance and its fabulous architecture, but also because just by walking down it you get the opportunity to see three or four equally as emblatic places. This street is...
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![Casa la Pedrera]()
Casa la Pedrera
If you´re a lover of architecture, your travel destinations always reflect this, and on a trip to Barcelona all these desires become reality. Barcelona is a city with an immense wealth of architectural beauty, a large part if not all of which is accredited to or based...
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![Plaza de Cibeles]()
Plaza de Cibeles
One of the things which has always helped me to decide which places I should visit is going to a souvenir shop and looking at the photos on the postcards. In Mexico, I found that the Gran Vía and El Retiro appeared in many of the photos of Madrid, as did the Fuente de...
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![Park Güell]()
Park Güell
When I arrived in Barcelona, I didn´t know what to expect from this huge city. I was thrilled to visit the most beautiful places here, and I was lucky enough to have two native inhabitants as my guides. The first place that was recommended to me was Park Güell. If...
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![The Guadalquivir River]()
The Guadalquivir River
I stumbled across this article as if by magic, and straight away all those unforgettable memories of my time in the area around the Guadalquivir River came bubbling to the surface in my mind. It didn´t matter whether you started at 4 in the afternoon or 8 at night: in...
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