Amsterdam- A picturesque capital city

The most picturesque place I have ever been to is Amsterdam. With a population of 800,000 inhabitants it is the most densely populated city located in the Netherlands. Swift-flowing streams, which run through the city, present a charming flait, comparable with Venice. Additionally, numerous bridges and canals give expression to the place. At all events it is worthwhile to going on a cruise and to tour through the numerous canals because it is exhilarating to feel the wind blowing at one's back. By cruising around, there is the best opportunity for breathtaking views towards impressive structures, too. For instance, the capital city is surrounded by unique buildings with artistic ornementations as well as famous for its exceptional house constructions. Dutch houses consist of redbrick, are narrow and high with multible stories and sometimes even lopsided because in the Middle Ages houses near the stream, were built on stakes. Simply amazing! For allowing as much sunlight as possible, many houses features big windows with shutters all over the facade which seems very unique. In my opinion, Amsterdam is a stunning place, full of ancient grand architecture-simply picturesque.

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Recommendation for a trip to Berlin

Today I write with the desire to give you tips for a memorable vacation in Germany. The most important advice is that you should check the weather conditions before you start the trip. With reference to my experience, it was a completely rainy and cool one-week trip, only because of organization problems. The trip was too quickly arranged without looking at another possible period. 

But now we come to the real useful things. You should know that Berlin is famous for its numerous memorials of the second world war. So, it's essential to buy a Berlin City Tour Card because it could be beneficial and cheap if you plan to visit many museum, buildings with impressive architectural features and other historical places, where you normally have to pay high prices for gaining access. These cards take advantage of allowing to pay only half of the price for entries or offer the opportunity to combine two cultural places for interest for a lower price.  Even travel costs are free in and around the city with such a card. 

Thereby, there are a lot of places which are worthwhile to see. On all accounts you should visit the famous Berliner Zoo, former a meeting point of prostitution and nowadays a zoological garden with impressive facilities and adequate animal housing which you have never seen before. Also you should take time for an underground bunker tour. That means, a fascinating guided tour below the metro station. It is owed to this place to give shelter to people during the Second World War.  Besides the "Berliner Brandenburger Tor" or the "Kurfürstendamm" is a must-have to visit.

According to my mind, the only attraction you can skip is the "Dungeon", a journey through Berlins history it's said, but it's only juvenile and not worth the money. If you are interested in enjoying exotic meals, you should travel to "Charlottenburg", a place where various restaurants and bars stay side by side. I hope I could give you a general overview about the advantages of a city trip to Berlin and if you have further questions feel free to contact me.

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My planned summer trip to New York

This summer I am going to take a trip to New York  which is an astonishing city in the east coast of America and a central point for numerous tourists. The most densely populated city in the US is also known as the land of the American Dream. Many immigrants travel to the US to fulfill their dreams, unfortunately often for nothing.  Also I chose to travel to the US to fulfill my personal dream:

•  to get to know the American culture
• the American lifestyle
• and to make friends with inhabitants there.

For this reason, I am going to take a city trip to New York at the beginning of August for two weeks.  I'm going to stay in a youth hostel in the middle of the centre which costs are approximately 50 € per night, including breakfast. That's a very good deal because normally the prices are much higher for staying overnight in the middle of New York. My flight is booked too, it's a direct flight from Vienna to the Central Airport at 10:00 am on the third of August. All in all, I have to pay 1000 € for it. 

I will drive to Vienna by car. For saving money I want to place the car by my relatives, who surely are willed to drive me to the airport.  By arriving in the city, at all events I want to visit the Statue of Liberty ,which was the first glance immigrants took from far away, and afterwards I want to relax because of the jetlag and take the opportunity to eat anything. The following days I would like to see the Empire State Building and visit the musical "Cat" on the Broadway. I have also heard that the sight from the Rockefeller Center should be amazing. Another day I would like to use my leisure time to visit different museums, for instance the "American Museum of Natural History", the worlds' largest museum of this issue. Of course the IMAX cinema is a requisite, and because of my strong interest in animals I also have to visit the Bronx Zoo. There are a lot of exceptional animal species which are threatened of extinction. I think, most of these sightseeing I will manage by tram or by train.

Once a vacation I am going to borrow a bike to drive along the centre because that's the best opportunity to see the marvelous city. At least one time, I also want to venture to go out at night. I have heard the nightlife in America should be amazing. I want to search for a disco to make party and to chum up with Americans. A problem is that I have to pay attention to my money I am going to spend. I have planned for my trip to spend 2.500 € and not more. Because of the expenditure in the hotel and the flight there is not much left, except for 800 €. So, I have to use it economical. Probably it's not possible to visit a restaurant every evening. Mercifully, there are enough fast food chains between which I can choose by shortage of money. However, I think that the city trip will be worthwhile and I'm really looking forward to it.