Best of My Travel

A Short Visit to Brussels, Belgium Brussels was the last destination in our itinerary. For the first time in the trip, we were travelling through Euro-rail. We had booked it through Thalys. We boarded the train at 9:00 A. M at Schiphol airport. We reached Brussels station at 11:00 A. M. We purchased a day pass and then headed to The Grand Place. I didn't plan Brussels in the initial itinerary. But I got Thalys tickets for just 40 euros/ head and then thought will somehow include that in the travel plan. From the station, we walked through "Bourse" also known as the stock exchange. The Grand Place or Grote Markt is the central square of Brussels. It is surrounded by opulent guildhalls and two larger edifices, the city's Town Hall, and the Breadhouse building containing the Museum of the City of Brussels. The square is the most important tourist destination and most memorable landmark in Brussels. It measures 68 by 110 metres (223 by 361 ft), and it is a UNES...

A Day in Copenhagen, Denmark After a memorable Hamburg trip, next day early morning we headed to Copenhagen. Our flight was at 7:00 A. M. Flight operator was Scandinavian airlines. The flight duration was about 1 hour. We reached Copenhagen airport at 8:00 A. M. The outside temperature was 4 deg C. We had breakfast and again walked to tourist counter. We took a day pass which costed us around 15 euros. The day travel plan was: Nyhavn Papiroeen Amalienborg The Marble church Kastellet Trinitatis Church Islands Brygge Church of Saviour Christianshavn Christiansborg Palace Nyhavn At around 9:00 A. M we left airport to our first destination "Nyhavn". We got down at Kongens Nytrov and then we had to walk for about 5 min to reach Nyhavn. Nyhavn is a 17th-century waterfront, canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1673, dug by Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660. ...