http://www.travelstripe.com/ Travel Stripe en Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:00 GMT Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:00 GMT info@travelstripe.com info@travelstripe.com http://www.travelstripe.com/prague-under-charles-iv/ By the beginning of the 14th century Prague was already a hub of European commerce and a centre of rich and diverse cultures. Bohemia was the most powerful state in... http://www.travelstripe.com/prague-under-charles-iv/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/prague-under-charles-iv/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/prague/2/ In the decade of 880 to 890, Bohemia became the permanent seat of the ruling Premyslid princes. According to legend, the dynasty was founded on the marriage of the sovereign... http://www.travelstripe.com/prague/2/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/prague/2/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:47:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/prague/1/ Hailed as the mother of all cities and the golden city, Hlavni mesto Praha or Prague - the capital city, has been the economic, cultural and political heart of the... http://www.travelstripe.com/prague/1/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/prague/1/ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:34:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/brick-lane/ The main modes of dress are the sari and the salwar, the air is scented with tumeric and saffron, Bollywood music booms from the shop fronts, signs point to mosques... http://www.travelstripe.com/brick-lane/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/brick-lane/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:44:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/borough-market/ A dense, slow-moving crowd of back-packs, baskets, shopping trolleys, along with wide-eyed, camera-wielding tourists, weaves through the narrow aisles and mills around the chain of stalls stacked with colourful produce... http://www.travelstripe.com/borough-market/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/borough-market/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:16:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/lambeth-palace-garden/ Bounded by high stone walls, its gates firmly locked for most of the year against the outside world, the Lambeth Palace garden is one of London's best kept and loveliest... http://www.travelstripe.com/lambeth-palace-garden/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/lambeth-palace-garden/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:19:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/museum-of-garden-history/ At a busy roundabout on London's Albert Embankment, just over the river from the Houses of Parliament is the world's first Museum of Garden History. Housed in the lovely old... http://www.travelstripe.com/museum-of-garden-history/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/museum-of-garden-history/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:45:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/mark-knopfler/ On stage is a flashing wheel of lights, eerily reminiscent of the steely giant grids that whirled through outer space in Stanley Kubric's vision for the future, 2001 A Space... http://www.travelstripe.com/mark-knopfler/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/mark-knopfler/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:57:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/hungarian-folk-concert/ Budapest is more than the beautiful blue Danube with its romantic garden island and its spectacular bridges. It is more than grand castles, fine buildings, impressive monuments and luxurious spas... http://www.travelstripe.com/hungarian-folk-concert/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/hungarian-folk-concert/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:11:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/margaret-island/ Margaret Island lies in the Danube, between Budapest's Arpad Bridge, which links it to Obuda and Pest in the south, and Margaret Bridge which provides its access to Buda and... http://www.travelstripe.com/margaret-island/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/margaret-island/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:20:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/budapest-bridges/ Almost as striking as the Danube, and certainly among Budapest's greatest engineering masterpieces are its beautiful bridges. Although, like most bridges in Huingary, they were blown up during the German... http://www.travelstripe.com/budapest-bridges/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/budapest-bridges/ Fri, 30 May 2008 16:06:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/the-danube/ One of the most striking and memorable features of Budapest's beauty is the river that flows through it - the Danube. In the sunshine its swirling currents dance with gold... http://www.travelstripe.com/the-danube/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/the-danube/ Thu, 29 May 2008 17:11:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/pest-of-budapest/ Pest, which lies on the east bank of the Danube, is flatter, bigger, busier and younger than Buda and Obuda. However, it is by no means less well endowed with... http://www.travelstripe.com/pest-of-budapest/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/pest-of-budapest/ Tue, 27 May 2008 10:47:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/obuda-of-budapest/ Just along the Danube from Buda, lies Obuda. The oldest and most culturally diverse of Budapest's three townships, its history dates back to the Stone Age and its settlers range... http://www.travelstripe.com/obuda-of-budapest/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/obuda-of-budapest/ Tue, 20 May 2008 07:16:00 GMT http://www.travelstripe.com/buda-of-budapest/ They are tied by the threads of shared history and culture. They are bound together economically, administratively and demographically. Geographically close, they are linked by a chain of bridges over... http://www.travelstripe.com/buda-of-budapest/#comments http://www.travelstripe.com/buda-of-budapest/ Mon, 19 May 2008 04:19:00 GMT