Tag Archives: city destinations

When in Victoria, Australia wanted to go sightseeing in Melbourne. How was it and what did we see in the Australian metropolis of four million people? To get to the sights we mostly walked. We also used the free circle tram and, when needed, other trams to more distant locations.  We will now tell you what the top sights of Melbourne ...

Did you know you can spot penguins and possums right in the city of Melbourne, without traveling long distances for that? We will show you some Melbourne penguins on the pier and afterwards possums in a park. There is a colony of Little Penguins living at the end of St Kilda Pier and to see them you should go there ...

The yearly Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix race is held in Melbourne every autumn. That makes the quiet Melbourne suburb of Albert Park transform a lot as it prepares for the massive happening that gathers the motor sport driving elite down to Australia. While staying in Australia for work we wanted to join the party and bought our tickets to ...

This post will tell you about what settling in Melbourne after a long journey from Europe felt like. We had arrived and it was time to get settled, go to work and start living our daily life down under. Melbourne is a city made for people and made for living. Easy to understand, easy to navigate, and what’s best, Melbourne is lively ...

If you are wondering what to do in Dubai why not make a day trip and see a bit more? Take the bus from Dubai to Abu Dhabi and see the Grand Mosque. Buses from Dubai to Abu Dhabi are modern and  air-conditioned and they leave every thirty minutes at Al Ghubaiba bus station in Bur Dubai. A bus trip to Abu ...

Once in Las Palmas, take a short bus or taxi ride away from the tourist zone and you will enter a different world: Las Palmas Old Town, Vegueta. Quiet cobbled streets, old stone quarters and coloured homes clinging to the hills give this oldest part of Las Palmas a very special flavour. With this post we will let you discover ...

Dubai offers amazing things to see, both in the old quarters of Deira and Bur Dubai and in modern high-rise areas. This post shows you that sightseeing in Dubai on local transport is a good alternative if you want to explore the area. Using public transport in Dubai is easy and cheap. Dubai has an efficient metro transport network.   This is a view from Burj ...