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Stockholm. Sweden. Gamla Stan. 18 de agosto de 2014

A hidden gem right outside Brussels, Ghent is the perfect place to spend the day wandering along cobblestone streets. Everywhere you turn in this town it looks like it was ripped from the pages of a storybook. With canals running through, a giant castle, and a beautiful cathedral’s Ghent is incredibly picturesque. Ghent is easy to reach by train from all Belgian and European cities. The main train station is Gent-Sint-Pieters, which is half an hour away from the central station in Brussels. From the train station, you can easily walk or take the above-ground tram into the city center...😉 #TravelInfo #TravelTips . #Throwback #August2014 #Travel #Vacation #Leisure #Wanderlust #GoExplore #WonderfulPlaces #InstaTravel #Summer #Landscape #LandscapeArchitecture #Architecture #InteriorArchitecture #InteriorDesign #Design #Ghent #Gent #Gand #FlemishRegion #EastFlanders #Belgium #Belgie #Belgique #WesternEurope #Europe (at Gent, Belgium) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMB8QKmHBeB/?igshid=1bg2yfvsp9495

The Belgium Flower Carpet is a biennial event in Brussels in which volunteers from around Belgium convene at the Grand Place, the historic centre of the city, to weave a carpet-like tapestry out of colorful begonias. The event takes place every other August, coordinating with Assumption Day. Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral 1,800 square metres (19,000 square feet) carpet. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event in 2020 has been cancelled... 😥 #TravelInfo #TravelTips . #Throwback #August2014 #Travel #Vacation #Leisure #Wanderlust #GoExplore #WonderfulPlaces #InstaTravel #Summer #Landscape #LandscapeArchitecture #Architecture #FlowerCarpet #GroteMarkt #GrandPlace #Bruxelles #Brussel #Brussels #Belgium #Belgie #Belgique #WesternEurope #Europe (at Grand Place) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLq7jUln9_O/?igshid=e28tbsjnhhty

Egham  is a university town in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately 19 miles (31 km) west of central London. First settled in the Bronze Age, the town was under the control of Chertsey Abbey for much of the Middle Ages. The campus of Royal Holloway, University of London is 1 mile (2 km) to the west of Egham town centre, close to Englefield Green. The Egham campus was founded in 1879 by the Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Holloway. Royal Holloway College was officially opened in 1886 by Queen Victoria as an all-women college. It became a member of the University of London in 1900. In 1945, the college admitted male postgraduate students, and in 1965, around 100 of the first male undergraduates...😉 #TravelInfo #TravelTips . #Throwback #August2014 #Travel #Vacation #Trip #Wanderlust #GoExplore #WonderfulPlaces #InstaTravel #Summer #Landscape #LandscapeArchitecture #Architecture #Building #University #College #RoyalHolloway #RoyalHollowayUniversityOfLondon #Egham #Surrey #England #GreatBritain #UnitedKingdom #WesternEurope #Europe (at Royal Holloway, University of London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLddL14HF5g/?igshid=19i0ljlyrgyzr

Abounding with exquisite architecture, exuding history and tradition, and renowned for its quirky rituals, Cambridge is a university town extraordinaire. The tightly packed core of ancient colleges, the picturesque riverside 'Backs' (college gardens) and the leafy green meadows surrounding the city give it a more tranquil appeal than its historic rival Oxford. It's possible to wander around the college buildings and experience them as countless prime ministers, poets, writers and scientists have done. Sheer academic achievement seems to permeate the very walls; cyclists loaded down with books negotiate cobbled passageways, students relax on manicured lawns and great minds debate life-changing research in historic pubs. First-time punters zigzag erratically across the river, and those long past their student days wonder what it would have been like to study in such splendid surroundings...😉 #TravelInfo #TravelTips . #Throwback #August2014 #Travel #Vacation #Trip #Wanderlust #GoExplore #WonderfulPlaces #InstaTravel #Summer #Landscape #LandscapeArchitecture #Architecture #Building #InteriorDesign #InteriorArchitecture #StudentTown #KingsCollege #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #Cambridgeshire #England #UnitedKingdom #WesternEurope #Europe (at King's College, Cambridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLSHg3bn9ZK/?igshid=czok3ydkmbv4

London isn’t the cheapest of cities, so it’s a good idea to watch the pennies where you can. You’ll save a small fortune on transport using a contactless card compared to a travelcard. Alternatively, you could preorder an Oyster card from the Transport for London website. It’s the cheapest way to pay for single journeys, as long as you remember to tap in and out on the yellow readers by the gates. (Forget and you’ll be charged the maximum fee.) Visitor Oyster cards are available from £15. Once you’ve got the hang of our sprawling tube network it can be tempting to show off your Oyster skills, but sometimes you’re better off walking because whatever part of the capital you’re in, you won’t be too far from a patch of green. London is even on course to becoming the world’s first National Park City... 😉 #TravelInfo #TravelTips . #Throwback #August2014 #Travel #Vacation #Trip #Wanderlust #GoExplore #WonderfulPlaces #InstaTravel #Summer #Landscape #LandscapeArchitecture #Architecture #City #Urban #Urbanism #Icon #BigBen #PalaceOfWestminster #Landon #England #UnitedKingdom #WesternEurope #Europe (at Big Ben, London - Palace Of Westminster) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK3dpvQn1jg/?igshid=1xzkyt43o1xrl

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