EASTERN EUROPE (the rest)
DISEASE INFORMATION: http://www.oie.int/eng/info/hebdo/AIS_49.HTM
Rick Steves:
http://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/graffiti_menu.htm
http://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/graffiti81.html - ATMs
http://tours.ricksteves.com/tours05/eeu05/itin.cfm
AUSTRIA - VIENNA:
http://www.thetravelzine.com/Austria_2005_10_Vienna.htm
http://www.burger.si/Austria/AustriaIndex.htm
SLOVENIA - between Italy and Croatia
http://www.burger.si/SLOIndex.htm
International Folklore Festival SloFolk Slovenia - http://users.volja.net/slofolk/
CROATIA
http://www.map-of-croatia.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plitvice
Brioni Islands Croatia - Google Search
http://www.gradpula.com/c5558/croatia_tourism_-_brijuni_-_brioni_islands/
Brijuni - Brioni Islands
THE BRIJUNI ARCHIPELAGO comprises a group of two larger and twelve smaller islands
lying along the west coast of Istria, not far from the mainland town of Pula,
and which have a total land area of only 7 km2. But since a protection regime
extends over a significant sea area around the archipelago, the total area of
this national park is 36 km2. The Brijuni archipelago, part beautiful landscape
and part safari park, is famed for its preserved Mediterranean flora. It is
also noted for its valuable cultural heritage dating from Roman and Byzantine
times. Because of their extraordinary beauty the Brijuni have been a favourite
tourist destination for world statesmen and members of the international aristocracy
for over a hundred years. 1 2 Although the islands are not populated on a permanent
basis, because of the frequency of visiting tours people are to be found there
the year round. Tourists can be accommodated on the island of Veliki Brijun
in any one of the three small hotels that provide their guests with an atmosphere
of peace and tranquillity set amid wonderful nature far from the bustling crowds
in nearby mainland Pula, just across the water. The island is also the site
of Croatia’s oldest golf course. Almost half the archipelago is covered
with landscaped parks and meadows containing solitary holm-oak trees with trimmed
crowns. The safari park was introduced over twenty years ago, when the late
Josip Broz Tito, the then President of the former Yugoslavia, had his summer
residence here. The residents of the safari park include mostly exotic herbivores:
elephants, antelopes, gazelles, zebras, llamas, and other species. The area
was declared a national park because of its quite specific cultural and historical
heritage. Particularly rich is its heritage dating from the Roman period when,
in the Bay of Verige, 1st-century Roman emperors maintained their summer residence
here; also dating from the Byzantine period when, in the Bay of Dobrika, a well
fortified castle was built and was used as a residence until the 14th century.
In the 19th century, in the times of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, an impressive
system of forts was built on the islands, designed to protect the city of Pula
and used as a main harbour for its battle fleet. These forts, among the largest
of their kind in the Mediterranean, have been preserved down to modern times
and represent the finest examples of fortification architecture in Europe. However,
an Austrian industrialist, one Paul Kupelwieser, is deserving of the greatest
credit for the present-day cultural landscape of the islands. He purchased the
islands in the late 19th century and, with the able assistance of a certain
Robert Koch, a doctor of great renown, succeeded in eradicating malaria from
the islands; then, in the early 20th century, he converted the islands into
a park and an elite tourist resort.
POLAND - WROCLAW
June 25,2005 - July 3,2005 - Polish Jewish Arts Festival
http://www.whatsonwhen.com/partners/amadeus/query.asp?month=7&overview=0&loc_id=135388
Historic, Traditional, Sometimes Magical Poland -
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/52/Travel_in_Poland.html
http://www.visit.pl/to/guides.php?link_id=629&st=0
http://www.warsaw-life.com/
http://www.wroclawcity.com/index.php?option=content&task=blogcategory&id=85&Itemid=73
Poland Wroclaw Japanese garden - Google Image Search
http://www.albytravel.com/world.htm
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HUNGARY - BUDAPEST
http://www.budapestinfo.hu/en/programmes/evesjelentosprogramok.phtml
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam3/Budapest_Expats.html
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam9/Living_In_Budapest.html
Richard's Budapest Journal - http://www.greatestcities.com/users/rap123/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/
Discount Budapest Hotels - http://www.talkingcities.co.uk/
Sziget Festival 2006 - http://www.szigetfestival.com/
Basics - Hungary, real estate for sale - http://www.casa-mia.at/information.php/language/en
Bela Halmos - Google Search
Budapest Spring Festival 2007 - http://festivalcity.hu/btf2007/?t=h&id=2096&l=en&PHPSESSID=45fbe385bd1e44d408e2b70f2bd22c84
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BULGARIA
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/45/Living_in_Bulgaria.html
http://www.travel-bulgaria.com/content/festivals_and_customs.shtml
RECIT VOYAGE - BULGARIE - le monastère de RILA - http://www.bourlingueurs.com/bulgarie/page_03.htm
BULGARIE récit de voyage en Europe de l'est - http://www.bourlingueurs.com/bulgarie/index.htm
http://www.picturesofbulgaria.com/article/kazanluk.html
Bulgarie Rila - Google Image Search
http://www.bulgarianproperties.com/
http://www.bestbulgarianproperties.co.uk/
http://www.ilmuseums.com/Bulgarian_Property.asp
http://www.bulgarianrealestate.net/
http://www.tourism-bulgaria.com/documents/properties/cheap-investment-property-bulgaria.htm
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ROMANIA
http://www.leafpile.com/ - (expats who live there)
Transylvania Sibiu - Google Search
http://www.therealtransylvania.com/
http://romania.8k.com/sibiu/ - Sibiu, Medieval City in Transylvania
http://www.aboutromania.com/
Magazin - http://www.gkrte.hu/public/magazin4.php?id=202 (pictures)
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GEORGIA
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~ci4/georgien/
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam26/georgia.html
Tedsnet - http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~ci4/georgien/tedsnet-index.htm
Tbilisi - http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~ci4/georgien/suratebi/imereti.htm
Most Beautiful:
http://www.deepdownproductions.com/world/georgia%20travels.shtml
http://www.georgica.caucasus.net/culturetoursgeorgia.htm
Google Search- Ushguli (images)
GEORGIE récit de voyage et visite des lieux touristiques, pays de l'est
- Tourisme, photos - http://www.bourlingueurs.com/georgie/index.htm
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ESTONIA
Town Hall Square - http://www.cis.nctu.edu.tw/~whtsai/World%20Highlights/New%20Side%20Show%20Webpages/imagepages/image29.html
http://www.seewald.com/order_form_part_II.htm
http://images.google.com/images?q=Saaremaa&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
MAPS - http://www.estonica.org/eng/maps/euroopahaldus-eng.html
Estonia pictures
http://www.visitestonia.com/ - Visit Estonia site - excellent!Very nice site
about Estonia!
http://www.estonica.org/
and great map - http://www.estonica.org/eng/maps/index-eng.html
Another great map - http://www.europarl.eu.int/presentation/maps/applicants/estonia.htm
Estonia's tourism site - http://www.turismiweb.ee/en/
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www.scantours.com/GLIMPSE_OF_ESTONIA.htm
http://www.worldheritagesite.org/countries/estonia.html
http://www.seewald.com/estonia_photographs.htm
http://www.cis.nctu.edu.tw/~whtsai/World%20Highlights/New%20Side%20Show%20Webpages/imagepages/image25.html
http://www.cis.nctu.edu.tw/~whtsai/World%20Highlights/New%20Side%20Show%20Webpages/imagepages/image29.html
Lots of pictures of Talinn
http://images.google.com/images?q=Talinn&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
Lots of pictures of Haapsalu, on the west coast
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Haapsalu&btnG=Search
Lots of pictures of Pärnu, on the west coat
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=P%C3%A4rnu&btnG=Search
Lots of pictures of the island of Saaremaa
http://images.google.com/images?q=Saaremaa&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
Lots of pictures of the island of Hiiumaa
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=Hiiumaa&btnG=Search
This place looks nice! Maybe I'll visit . . .
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RUSSIA
Waterways (Looks Good $$$) - http://www.eastwest-tours.com/russianwaterways.htm
River Cruises - http://www.expresstorussia.com/russian_river_cruises.html
Semipalatinsk - http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/semipalatinsk-16_nuc.htm
Most Beautiful: Moldova-Prutul de Jos - http://www.iatp.md/arii/text/eng/prut.htm
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GENERAL EASTERN EUROPE:
http://www.trafalgartours.com/USA/DisplayTour?TourID=3317
http://www.folkdanceonthewater.org/
http://www.craftworldtours.com/
http://www.gumbopages.com/festivaltours/europe2006.html
Scottish Country Dancing in Central Europe - 1999. - http://www3.sympatico.ca/nlink.household/prague/prague99.htm
Top Bicycle Greenways Vienna - Prague Map - http://www.topbicycle.com/BTW-PMapProfile.htm
Bicycle Tours in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Austria
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http://www.topbicycle.com/BicycleToursSlovakia.htm
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RICK STEVES ITINERARY
Day 1-3: Prague — Wonderfully preserved Old Town, Jewish Quarter. Prague
Castle area and St. Vitus Cathedral.
Day 4: Rural Czech Republic — Drive into Moravia (the eastern part of the
country), explore a typical hill town, and set up in the village of Trojanovice
under the Beskydy Mountains (1 night). Bus: 6 hours.
Day 5: To Krakow — Poland: Auschwitz. Kraków, historic melting pot.
Sleep in Kraków (3 nights). Bus: 4 hours.
Day 6 & 7: Krakow — Walking tour, Jewish district, tour the Wieliczka
Salt Mine. Castle, the Czartoryski Museum, St. Mary’s Church, one of Europe’s
most colorful market squares.
Day 8: To Slovakia — Beautiful Tatra Mountains as our backdrop. Town of
Levoca (1 night). Bus: 4 hours.
Day 9: To Hungary — Drive to Eger, home to Hungary’s most beloved
castle, set in the hills of the country's best-known wine-growing region. Sleep
in Eger (2 nights). Bus: 4 hours.
Day 10: In and around Eger — Baroque beauty and bustling produce market,
then explore the surrounding countryside: wine caves, rural villages, a Stalin-era
gulag (work camp)…and a minaret. Bus: 3 hours.
Days 11 & 12: Budapest — Guided walk through the historic castle district
of Buda (on the west bank) and through bustling Pest (on the east). Sleep in
Buda (2 nights).
Day 13: To Croatia — South to Plitvice Lakes National Park, where a system
of boardwalk trails lead to magical waterfalls. Sleep at Plitvice (1 night).
Bus: 7 hours.
Day 14: To the Adriatic — Morning hike through the park. Drive across mountains
to the Adriatic Sea. Boat for island of Rab, where we'll sleep (2 nights). Bus:
3 hours.
Day 15: Free day on the island
Days 16 & 17: Slovenia — Lake Bled, set in the midst of Slovenia's
Julian Alps and ringed by fine hiking paths. Ljubljana, Slovenia's small and
charming capital. Sleep in Bled (2 nights). Bus: 5 hours on day 16, no bus on
day 17.
Day 18: Slovenia's international airport is a half-hour away.