Our last day in Paris was marked by the visit of museums. In keeping with the Louvre and Orsay Museums, we visited the Pompidou center, the national art and culture center inaugurated in 1977 which exhibits modern and contemporary collections. The modern art charmed us even if we had a limited knowledge on this period. …
Lire la suite de Day 4: Modern and contemporary art, worldwide and city’s art
For our first day in Paris, we visited the Sacré-Coeur Basilica and the Montmartre quarter. The Sacré-Cœur was built on the Montmartre hill, which was a former Gaulish pagan and is now an important Christian place of worship. The site enables you to overlook Paris and have a splendid view. This zone is particularly frequented …
Lire la suite de Day 1: Paris from the bottom to the top: from Montmartre to the Eiffel Tower
When planning a trip, few words are scarier than the word "visa". Just knowing that we need such a document to go to our dream destination can be discouraging. But even more discouraging is knowing that the country you want to go to does not ask you for a visa but that the fastest, cheapest …
Chaque ville au monde a ses endroits connus, ses endroits où tout le monde vous conseille d’aller. C’est normalement vers ce genre de lieux que la plupart des voyageurs se ruent pour visiter, parfois plus pour dire qu’ils y ont étés plutôt que pour un intérêt légitime. Ces lieux ont un charme particulier qui attire …
Lire la suite de Copenhague : les Jardins de Tivoli et le quartier de Christiania
If you read our last article about Bordeaux, you probably understood that walking through the city is the best way to discover it. If you start at La Place de la Victoire, all the must-seen are located at thirty minutes walking maximum. Bordeaux city center is very pleasant with its small streets and its architecture, …
No nos limitamos a visitar únicamente la capital de Polonia. ¿Como pasar de largo la ciudad de Cracovia, antes ciudad capital y ahora una de las ciudades más importantes? Decidimos visitarla por un día, tomando un tren de la compañía Intercity (reservamos los boletos con tres meses de antelación por unos treinta euros ida y …
Los museos en Polonia no son simplemente una exposición de objetos: los que visitamos son una autentica puesta en escena de la historia que nos sumerge en el duro pasado del país, tanto en sus momentos gloriosos como en los dolorosos. La calidad de los museos fue una verdadera sorpresa, pues estos realmente buscan contar …
2 Steps Abroad 