Strasbourg is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. It’s located in wine region of Alsace, on the border of France and Germany. Very nice architecture – mix of typical Alsace style walls and Parisian style city buildings. Food is also very good, mix of french and German cuisine – one of the best [...]
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Monkey mountain
People like to watch monkeys and apes. They’re so similar to us and yet so different. The funniest part are human emotions, which you could guess on their faces. I can watch them for hours! There is a very nice attraction in the hills of Alsace, called Montagne des Singes (Monkey mountain). It’s a hill, [...]
Ommegang in Brussels
Every year in the summer Brussels celebrates Ommegang. It’s a kind of medieval parade, representing official entering of a king into one of his subject cities. In this situation it was emperor Charles 5 in 1549, which entered the Brussels with dozens of other kings from the whole Europe. During couple of days there are [...]
Photos of Gent
Almost all travel guides agree that Brugge (or Bruges) is the most beautiful city in Belgium. I think that’s because all the nice old buildings are conveniently located in one small area – the old city center. However, my first impression of Gent was much better. Yes, the old churches and castles are located in [...]
Sunny Brussels
May 19th, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Photos | No Comments »
Even Brussels could be nice when it’s sunny (it’s a joke!) Saint-Michael cathedral Big Sablon Church Center of the city Music instruments museum King’s square King’s palace (although he almost never visits it) Share on Facebook
Brussels on Christmas Eve
May 16th, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Photos | No Comments »
Just to add something different from sunny Holland, a bit of Christmas pictures from Brussels. View on the Saint-Catherine square with traditional Christmas market and skating rings. Famous fish restaurants on the Saint-Catherine square. Previously this area was the Brussels river harbor, which explains why the fish from this place was famous. Currently the river [...]
Renovation photos
January 7th, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Photos | No Comments »
Two and a half years ago my wife and I bought a house in Brussels. It was not in very good shape and 2 floors from 3 were rented out. Half year we collected our money and tried to let our tenants go. And then, the renovation began! As it sometimes happens in the years [...]
North See cycling road – Haarlem-Den Haag
Just posted an article on the site of Dmitry “Goblin” Puchkov with some pictures and story about 60-km cycling trip along the North Sea. Link to the article (in russian) Google map shows >37.000 hits in just 2 days, wow! Although a number of comments was not that huge. I should add more controversial topics [...]
Amsterdam
August 13th, 2009 by Serguei Alleko in Photos | No Comments »
Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful city’s in the world. In my classification it’s simply the most beautiful (with second being San Francisco). When I’ve moved to Amsterdam around 10 years ago, I used to spend all weekends just walking on the streets. Amsterdam is not just Red Light District and coffee-shops, its much [...]
Auggen, Germany
Auggen is a small village on the German bank of Rein. It’s a part of famous white wine region. This region is divided by the Rein river to French and German parts. Before the second world war it was a part of Germany, but after Germany’s defeat western part become France. This part is world-famous [...]
