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A visit to Vienna Austria
Is it true that there are no kangaroos in Austria? One night when I was walking in one of the busy shopping streets called Kärntner Straße in Vienna, I was a bit surprised to see the signs ‘No kangaroos in Austria’. This phrase caught my attention. For a while I was confused why these signs are everywhere especially in the souvenir shops. Then I realized and I remember what our tour guide said that this is to remind the tourists that they are actually in Central Europe, in a landlocked country called Austria, and not in Australia. I had a wonderful time during my visit to this land of the…
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Budapest Hungary
If I am being honest, Budapest is one of the cities that I was not very familiar with compared to Paris, Rome, London, etc… Probably my knowledge about its country was only acquired mostly from the movies that I have seen recently which featured some parts of Hungary such as: I Spy, Transporter 3, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, to name a few. In the end, I was glad I joined the one-day trip to this beautiful city from Vienna, since we had an engaging day with our enthusiastic tour guide who educated us about Hungary’s rich history and culture. It included a visit to an authentic…
