Istanbul: one billion Mabaqie Mark built the palace

Today is the first day of arrival in Istanbul, after getting up in the morning, out of the hotel, to familiarize yourself with the surrounding environment. The hotel is opposite theTurkeyThe largest international airport, Ataturk Istanbul Airport, the hotel is a residential area. Hotel next to the parked taxi. The Istanbul taxis are yellow body, much as Fiat, modern brand, license plate number 34 on behalf of the city of Istanbul.

Walk into Istanbul

Along the path to go, met a group of school girl, I sketch can take photos, start they laughed and ran away, then stopped, sketch, the smile of a child, really enjoyable! After breakfast, travel to many Mabaqie palace. This is a beautiful guide - Lan Lan, a Tsinghua learn authentic Istanbul people a year chinese.

A bright smile

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, is a European, spanning two continents of the city, located in the Strait of Bosporus and the Hali between the Black Sea and Marmara Sea traverses. As the three major ancient empire --RomeThe Empire, the Byzantine Empire and Osman imperial capital of Istanbul, was built in 660 BC, at that timeGreecePeople in this "palace nose" of the local mountain fortification, named byzantium. In 324 BC, Constantin the great empire of Rome moved the capital from Rome to this, be rebuilt, renamed Constantinople, the new Rome. Ad 395 years Rome Empire split, became the capital of East Rome empire.

Many Mabaqie PalaceLuxurious interior decoration

Istanbul city is divided into three areas: Europe is located in the old city zone and Bey Oulu Business District, and is located in the Asian Uskudar district. Our hotel is located in the old city area in the west, this morning's status in Oulu Business District of Evan Bayh Mabaqie palace. The next few days will be in the three District shuttling back and forth.

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Taipei style: freshwater river nurtured the city style

Many of the world's cadenza glittering metropolis is located in the river. When the steam machine has not yet been invented, water is probably the most convenient, accessible to the farthest way of transportation, so some shipping convenience settlement is developed for the city. The river flow away, how many chunhuaqiuyue filled thick precipitate to the bottom, many city changing appearance record in a grain of fine sand. And gave birth to the Taipei, is a named "freshwater" river.

Tainan Anping City photograph: recommended Chinese National Geographic travel of the book "Taiwan"

By the river born

The story of Taipei from 300 years ago began. Qing emperor Kangxi forty-eight years (1709), Quanzhou "Ken," Chen Laizhang for reclamation "big Jianabao" (now the city of Taipei in the area). He recruited a large number of immigrants from Fujian, in the picturesque scenery of the freshwater river built town houses, the first Han village -- "new" appeared. Whenever the sun reddened the shimmering Crystal River and distant gentle hills, the men on the hoe. Their women wash clothes in the river to wash rice, with Tang accent singing songs of Fujian, tactful and diplomatic. Perhaps heard women's songs, maybe see the cottage roofs curl drifting smoke, from 2000 on the world in "the family" Ketagalan "came in a canoe, belonging to a more advanced civilization of objects using sweet potato and Chinese exchange.

Later, gradually concentrated to a downstream trade "Monga" (present-day Wanhua District). "Monga" is actually "Mankah" transliteration of pingpus "-- meaning" canoe ", because this lively place always canoe gathered. The first trading city street, because in the early days of sweet potato is the main transaction, the name of the street is called "sweet potato city street". This is the first street of Taipei, this city will be known to all the world today is from the thin side source.

Taipei 101 night photograph: recommended Chinese National Geographic travel book series of "Taiwan"

Bustling city

Starting from the nineteen sixties, the economy of Taiwan to catch the high-speed development of the express. From 1960 to 1986, Taiwan caught the opportunity of changes in international division of labor, use of the cheap labor force, vigorously develop the export-oriented economy, set up a pillar industry in the textile, household electrical appliances such as the core, industrialization and export expansion of Taiwan local foreign investment played an important role. Industry promote the rapid economic take-off, Taiwan has become one of the world's attention to "the East Asian tigers". Walking the streets of Taipei, large and small, all kinds of company signs a see things in a blur.

Tainan chihkan Lou photograph: recommended Chinese National Geographic travel book series of "Taiwan"

Still ancient modern city landscape painting

Taiwan writer said: "Taipei, is a mature landscape." He wrote: "the Taipei landscape in the first eye, those who stand back the many-storied buildings, like a wild plants don't need nutrients, a heap of clusters of derivative and interleaving everywhere, intertwining road, is a don't care in climbing vines, with some imperious gesture, a lot of overgrown with...... Some of the streets are those who hand in hand, side by side buildings to clip is flat, go deep in the street, there is a New York or London...... The city is huge stone street, the streets are city general building, lush interwoven into a full of vigour in the sun."

Taipei Wanhua photograph: recommended Chinese National Geographic travel book series of "Taiwan"

Walking the streets of Taipei, the mainland visitors will have a kind of as if the body in his hometown of illusion, because many of the streets here are named after the city in mainland China, such as Chengdu Road, Changchun Road, Qingdao Road, Wuchang street, Hankou street, Guangzhou street...... The ear is always hear fluent soft "Mandarin", even the old man "Mandarin" with change, accent. As the national capital of industrial and commercial society, Taipei is more smart and diligent vendors. In the Lutheran values, the most lively Ximen Ding, Chongqing, Po-ai Road, north-south road and West road...... Both sides of the road is the commercial building, new companies house, hotel, and stylish clothes the temptation of the hustle and bustle of large crowds of people in the window. Some "professional Street" gather together with industry, with the nature of the shop, interesting and convenient, such as buying wood sofa to Changsha Street or Nanchang Street, go to the cinema Hsimenting, buy a pair of shoes to Yuanling street, buy books to Chongqing South road...... There are some old, still clinging to the past years as a dream, let a person can recall something in those old in industry. As in the former Monga streets, still can find a new urban area is not easy to see the Buddha, incense shop, embroidery, thrift stores, there are green grass lane. Ksitigarbha Temple across the grass Lane, a dozen grass pharmacy, into a lane son, is the fragrance of grass, green everywhere, herbal varieties reached one hundred or two hundred, many produced by local Taiwan. Summer cooking pot herb juice, winter nourishing soup, can buy materials here.

The South Island of New Zealand: God happy.

New ZealandSouth Island is the masterpiece of nature are happy, so full of bright spot. From literary sketch as small fresh Nielsen, like action movies like the ups and downs of Queenstown, you never know, in a second she will prepare what surprise.

The South Island of New Zealand

Dynamic Queenstown

If you are Queen town for a few days, perhaps you will find that in fact there are two: one from the top of the hill overlooking the town, the night the lights behind the mountains and the silhouette as gentle and quiet, it is a land of idyllic beauty; from the brave upside down in a bungee cord or in the water surfing transient saw, that is the ultimate world stimulation. Perhaps from the first bungee jumping in the vicinity of the Bridge leap that moment, surrounded by blue Wakatipu lake and Southern Alps town doomed to attractTravelingThe eyes.

Yishanbangshui Queen town is famous for its extreme sports

On Wakatipu lake, the local people told me so. Legend there was a giant, he kidnaps a girl in town. A brave young man know, when a south wind, the giants will fall asleep. So he took the opportunity to kill the giant, rescued the girl. But the giant body became a great lakes. But later people believe, the giant is immortal, the surge is he breathing.

The story sounds so full of poetic, but the core vocabulary Queenstown is dynamic. One day I was asked three times, "you go bungee jumping?" Just like "Hello?" The same occurs frequently. In view of the fact that really no courage, every time I only shook his head in shame, for fear of heights to hide his timid. Here there are many old bungee tricks, nostalgia can choose jumped from the bridge and wanted to try something new, pattern, can from the original forest hill jump, or simply to fly to thousands of feet in the air, a free fall. Bungee jumping here is so popular, that I suspect this town at least half are from the air and tied the rope to jump. "".

Overlooking the Queenstown

Jet boat is the invention of queenstown. Since 1960, people started to take this looks fat ship gallops in the water, not with the speed of 85 miles per hour in the narrow river shuttle, is 360 degrees to rotate mania for several circles, not the passengers get to be dizzy.

At least this project looks don't need much courage, so I put on a life jacket off. Any boats like this than I've ever faster, the wind was terrible, the oncoming, I tear the skin, nose, eyes filled, and went from the mouth of the gap, went straight to my chest. I find myself made another mistake soon, should not sit on the edge of the boat. Because every time when rotating, I feel has been drying clothes in the washing machine, thrown to the edge of the universe. High speed rotating stir water poured into the cabin, from a to Z, a cold water bath for me. An hour later, when I landed wet like just jumped into the lake and swam, and be dead beat, but felt himself at last how to integrate into the mobile as a symbol of the town, the heart is happy.

If married to the most beautiful places in the world

"Thick-skinned, how can I love you so much, thank you have the cheek to ask me out, thanks to their own, like you brazen, ranging from Would you marry me you say? I'm willing to". This is in Guam married soon Ella Chen Ella sing to her husband's song.

Getting married is to choose a romantic place

Star is open to Overseas Wedding precedent? Years ago, Nicholas TsePhilippinesAn island the evening glow on his knees, romantic story and then pulled her towards the little church marriage now is still a much-told tale ". If you do not look at the results, this is also a perfect bridge. The boy in S.H.E Ella are closest to ChinaThe United States of AmericaGuam married, then staged in Guam heard that romantic drama is "low-key gorgeous" Jay Chou.

To go abroad, to find a small church, all simple, seems to be on the "love of faith" to maximize identity -- the table without countless, speech is not master "copy from rolia", there is no firecrackers and get table of toast, also suspiciously stare at each other: who are we here? Are you thereSpainAfter a dance, flamenco, red on white gauze, rushed in the solemn warm smile shallow chanting "I do". Day, there are more romantic than this thing? "Friends", Rachel and RossLas VegasNight marriage plot unforgettable, marry fast channel current take you to search for the white church and be well-known, far and near. "";GreeceIn addition to the Aegean Sea look attractive, that a love vision as well as the perfect church to walk the red carpet romantic couples prepared, is also writing several segments to the lover's words. July 7th approaching, no matter what your religion, across the miles to go abroad the church wedding, with oaths and ephemeral attestation of love, is to love the most serious.

Pick and choose

Jiang Ying

Jiang Ying, the famous wedding planners, planning 5 years wedding, served as the wedding of Eric Moo person in charge, the hundred days feast, baby Ma Yili and Shen Aojun wedding "commander".

The whole weapon

Message: "marriage, not simple impulse."

Marriage is not a impulse

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1 wedding staff: Pastor, planning, photography, camera, cosmetics and other personnel arrangement. If there are different areas of personnel selection, will be in communication with.

2 site layout: the local material floral or air? Florists, build the arrangement of personnel. If there are different areas of personnel selection, will be in communication with.

3 meals in advance layout: coordination of local hotel, church arrangement.

4 outdoor activities, to consider alternatives to the rainy day.

From south to North 2012 Japanese cherry.

According to theJapanPrediction of Meteorological Association, 2012 (Yoshino cherry cherry blossom period), a nationwide than in former years later or flat with the previous years.

Japanese Cherry Blossom Season

Cherry Blossom front

Every year the Japanese meteorological departments have the cherry blossoms make detailed weather report. Influence of temperature, cherry blossoms followed by Southern warm islands of Japan to the north, so a push from the south to the north "Cherry front formation". North Sakura fans took the opportunity to pursue "Cherry front", enjoy the local scenery.

Cherry blossom period, according to last year's autumn to winter low temperature period after, with the arrival of spring when temperature increases and in turn open. Winter temperatures this year, December to January the country since the temperature is lower than in previous years, or flat with the previous years. So, forecast for February to April temperatures are lower than in former years, or flat with the previous years.

In 2012 the cherry blossom date prediction curve (cherry front)

Therefore, in 2012 the cherry blossoms (Yoshino cherry) blossom period, will be later than usual, or flat with the previous years. Blossom period from Kyushu, Shikoku north will start from late March.

Florescence

From blossom to bloom, usually a few days to a week.

Flash Art light in Israel's legendary

Say to the children of Israel in Jerusalem: pray, live in Haifa, in the Tel Aviv recreation. This mysterious country never to the world close, but we have never explored. Almost no country has experienced so many vicissitudes of life, almost no country set so much legend. Different religious, racial and cultural human coexistence, formed the unique artistic style. The eyes of one thousand individuals have one thousand hamlet. Every tourist heart, all have a different israel.

Architecture: Haifa Datong teach "garden in the air"

Haifa Christ Church forest, a Malone with Paris next to the Plaza (Maronite) church; adjacent is a dedicated to the prophet Elijah (Elijah) Garr Murrow will (Camelite) church; not far away there is a St. Mary's Greek Orthodox parish church (GreekOrthodox Parish). The main beliefs of the residents of Haifa's three major religions, belong to different sects, the people who live here are Jews, Druze, Christians, Muslims, Hindus and Muslims in Baja, Ahmad. It sounds very messy, but they are in a city live together in peace together, very harmonious, a very interesting humanities picture.

Haifa Datong teach "garden in the air"

But Haifa's symbol is a special religious headquarters, it is Baja's teaching (World teach) Haifa to accommodate the Bahai to generous-minded, Bahai's predecessor in 1844 from Iran Shiite (Shi'ite) Babu Church (BabSect), the global center is located in Haifa. This is the famous Bahaism "sky garden", the world cultural heritage, is located in the Carmel mountain. We enter a visit from the upper part of the garden, now the internal renovation, can only in the upper visit, can not enter the interior of the garden.

The "sky garden", the world cultural heritage, is located in the Carmel mountain.

Beautiful garden as painting, along the three slope was spread to the foot of the mountain, walk from Louis (Louis Promenade) has been extended to the ha - Geffen Street (Ha GefenStreet), about one kilometer, even in the air to build a bridge across the highway, all planted with exotic flowers and rare herbs, momentum magnificent, beautiful in design, art beats nature., and the middle of the garden as the acme of perfection is a golden dome Temple of Babu (Shrineof Bab), Babu sect founder Babu is buried in the. Imagine building and maintaining such an artificial garden must be costly.

Beautiful garden as paintingExquisite architectural design

Baja garden at the foot of the scenic area was the German nationals, nineteenth Century to the Holy Land Israel established Christian German Knights Templar (GermanTemplars) set. Area residents in stone compact Keren, do not have charm. Many stone well preserved, many have had residents etching down their names. Nationals of Germany to attract a large number of tourists come to watch the scenery, and feel its rich and colorful past. Image & text.AzraelSina blog)

French cheese: from the most sweet to a wonderful taste smelly

If the French have a yearning for various segments of the food, it is the cheese.

Cheese homeland

In a cheese, I saw a busy day, durand. He has been working here for a morning. And he said, take three weeks to complete a piece of cheese. The traditional technology can only produce three hundred to four hundred day of each piece of cheese, cheese to use up to two liters of milk. Dilan walked around the table, the thick cream cheese with long spoon scoop into the mold, with great care to the mold filling. This is the traditional production process of Carmen Bell cheese, such action was maintained in the workshop hundred years.

Homeland.

Producer Carmen Bell cheese, in Normandy France Carmen Baer village. Here as if the Old French country better representation of life. Almost can not see people, a small cottages scattered on the hillside grassland. A group of cattle were grazing leisurely in normandy. When they looked up, you'll find out it's eyes is very gentle. Of course you can also put the eyes of happiness, because they do than in the bar for feeding cattle happiness.

French cheese

As for the free return, Normandy the milk than elsewhere, better flavor. The bovine adult weight of seven hundred or eight hundred kilograms in between, each year about six thousand liters of milk, is said to be the most abundant protein content of milk all of France. The Normandy in France southwest corner, is the most developed animal husbandry industry in the whole land area. One party to raise water and soil, also produce good cheese. However, nowadays many people Carmen Bell is no longer the production of cheese, but feeding cows for milk for other areas of French cheese processing.

Francois Dilan is the only one domestic farm milk production Carmen Bell cheese farmers. He talked of Carmen Bell cheese history and we: in 1791, a missionary to escape the revolution, to escape from the field here, by a man named Marie arel girl. In order to repay the grace, the brie cheese origin who will a cheese recipe passed to her. Later, the local people according to the secret recipe developed Carmen Bell cheese, it is considered a symbol of the French cheese, is also the world famous cheese brand, it is said that Napoleon the most loved this cheese.