15
Mar/12

Stay in Prague

by Bella under Life Tips

Less than two hours from Paris by plane you will discover a city full of history and majestic Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

Founded in the ninth century with the arrival of the Slavs in Central Bohemia, Prague is an architectural masterpiece with his many spiers and towers on either side of the Moldau (Vltava).

The historical center of Prague is classified as World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. With its many cobbled streets, large squares, buildings of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque, Prague is a city not to miss time from a short stay.

This walk is of course you will discover the charm of old Prague. From Wenceslas Square, the heart of the new city, you head to the historic neighborhoods in walking the streets lined with small souvenir shops.

Enjoy the stunning facades of old houses of alleys until you reach the Staromestske namesti, the Old Town Square. This place is beautiful with magnificent buildings like the Town Hall which dates from the fourteenth century. You will discover a magnificent astronomical clock that is the pride of the people of Prague and attracts many tourists waiting when the apostles go out every hour of every day.

Opposite you will discover another symbol of the city of Prague: the Church of Our Lady of Tyn and arrows 80 meters high.

Heading towards the Vltava, the river that runs through Prague, you will cross the famous Charles Bridge with its beautiful statues and a magnificent view of the Royal Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral.

The ramparts of the Castle you will walk through the Golden Lane and houses in miniature. It was the residence of the alchemists of the Court.

You can also visit the Basilica of Saint George, Saint Nicolas church of Mala Strana and its organ, the Jewish Cemetery and Old New Synagogue… some of the beautiful buildings in Prague.

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13
Mar/12

Couples in Venice

by Bella under Life Tips

Venice is probably the favorite city of all those who want a romantic getaway. A ride on Gondola passing under the Bridge of Sighs, one or more nights in a dream boutique hotel, kissing in the middle of Piazza San Marco, Venice offers an ideal setting for lovers around the world.

As a sanctuary in the midst of the lagoon along the Adriatic Sea, identical to what the city of Venice 500 years ago, Venice is certainly one of the cities with the most charming in the world.

Completely closed to vehicles Venice is a city to explore on foot, through a maze of narrow streets that cross the channel with many bridges. In these streets you will find many small shops where to buy local specialties, bars where you will pause and, looking up, the magnificent facades of old houses.

To move faster some prefer using the vaporetto water bus a kind that borrows the most important channel and only stops at the endoits specific. For longer stays you can even get tickets allowing you to move 1, 3 or 7 days.

Even if you go to Venice in love you can not afford not to explore the city. Venice abounds in buildings each more beautiful than each other.

St. Mark’s Square (Piazza di San Marco) is the heart of the city. This huge square is wonderful with its galleries lined with arcades under which there are cafes, hotels and boutiques. And this is where you will discover the magnificent Basilica of St. Marc beside the Doge’s Palace facing the Campanile, a bell tower whose summit you have a wonderful view across Venice Lagoon, the Lido and the islands of Murano or Burano.

The Rialto Bridge is a symbol of Venice. Built in 1591 he crossed the Grand Canal and is home to several shops selling souvenirs to tourists who use it to get to the other side of the bridge or be photograpier.

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11
Mar/12

Salers, Auvergne Tourism

by Bella under Life Tips

In the heart of the Auvergne, between Puy Mary and the Dordogne, one of the most beautiful villages in France awaits you.

With its castle, its old houses, belfry, its narrow cobbled streets and ramparts, Salers you back in time.

This city that we walk traverses has indeed lost none of its medieval appearance and rebirth each year attracts many French and foreign tourists.

At 951 meters high on a plateau in the Cantal Salers offers visitors a unique set of buildings built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

If Salers owes its existence to the presence of a tower built in the eleventh century, it was not until 1428 that the city will grow strong while being surrounded by walls to protect themselves from English.

From that moment Salers will attract middle-class families who live in the wonderful places you will see during your visit.

All these buildings and most are constructed with a black volcanic stone typical of the region and brings a certain charm to the city.

Around the Place of Tyssandier Escous you will discover several Renaissance-style house as the house of the Bailiwick of Monts d’Auvergne.

The family home of Chazette Bargues has a beautiful balcony carved lava stone.

The house of the Templars now houses the Museum of Salers in which you will see antiques and period costumes.

Do not forget to visit the old village pharmacy, the druggist that is in the street of the Belfry.

You can also see the door of the belfry and the door of the Martille, the last vestiges of the medieval ramparts.

The belfry built in the fifteenth century is of course one of the most remarkable buildings of Salers. It overlooks the street of the same name and is the Hospice Lizet built in the sixteenth century.

In terms of religious buildings, note the Chapel Lizet which now houses a nursing home and the church of St. Matthew the fifteenth century.

La Chapelle Notre-Dame de Lorette is more recent. It was built in the nineteenth century in a neo-Byzantine style.

Photo enthusiasts will go on the esplanade of Barrouze to have the best views on the village of Salers and Maronne Valley.

The other attraction is its Salers cheese. It is in this area that a race of hardy and robust cows in the red dress was very special “invented” by Ernest Tyssandier of Escous.

With the milk of these cows and refining methods cheese has a very strict been created and labelised AOC Salers cheese.

Feel free to visit the farms around the village which will explain how this cheese is made and you will make a visit to the cheese and then a tasting of their production. A very interesting visit.

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9
Mar/12

The Seven Hills of Lisbon

by Bella under Life Tips

Like the city of Rome, Lisbon is built on seven hills and as the Italian capital, the main town in Portugal has so much charm that many tourists who want to return.

The seven hills of Lisbon are all promontoirs to observe the great city with its multicolored houses, monuments and the beautiful April 25th Bridge over the Tagus.

Top of the Hill St. George stands the castle of the same name. This is the best place to watch the Alfama with its narrow streets, the birthplace of fado, and the Baixa, the real heart of the capital, the lower town near the Tagus River.

Castle St. George (St. George) is one of Lisbon’s oldest buildings. Built from the fifth century by the Visigoths the fortress passed into the hands of the Moors before being controlled by the kings of Portugal.

The Mirador de Sao Pedro de Alcantara is located in a garden and offers a magnificent view of the Château Saint George and the historic center of Lisbon.

At the hilltop Santa Catalina stretch before your eyes the neighborhood of Sao Paulo with its basilica and that of Lapa where most foreign embassies. On the terrace of Santa Catalina rafraissement you can take a while enjoying the magnificent view over the harbor, the Belem Tower and the Bridge of April 25th.

Graça hill shaded by pine trees is the perfect place to picnic while enjoying the view of Castle St. George. You can also visit the church of Graça.

This is from the Coline Senhora do Monte which was the most extensive view over the city of Lisbon. This viewpoint is known for offering the most beautiful sunsets on the capital and the Tagus estuary.

The Estrela and Penha de França are the other two high hills which you can admire the city of Lisbon through the watchtowers constructed on top.

There are other viewpoints that will enable you to have a complete panorama of the Portuguese capital. One of the best known of these is the Santa Justa Elevator (Elevador de Santa Justa).

This is the work of Raoul Mesnier Ponsart, a pupil of Gustave Eiffel, the famous engineer who built several viaducts and a certain turn in Paris. From the top you will see the Baixa district of Mouraria and Sé Lisbon Cathedral, also called Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa, which was built in the twelfth century.

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7
Mar/12

Stay in Marseille

by Bella under Life Tips

Marseille, France’s second city after Paris and the first port in France, be the crossroads of the Mediterranean and Europe.

Beside the sea and under the protection of Our Lady of the Guard, Marseille is illuminated by a light that never ceased to shine since 2600 years.

Only 3 hours from Paris by TGV and one hour flight by plane, you can have a pleasant stay in Marseille in time for a weekend.

You can start the tour by visiting Marseille’s Old Port and numerous cafes. If the sun does not heat up too, you will walk along the sea from the Corniche Kennedy to join the Auffes valley.

You also have the opportunity to go to the Creeks by car to admire cut along the shores of the Mediterranean and enjoy the beaches.

Near the Old Port you will go to the Palais du Pharo as Napoleon II built in 1858 for his wife. This palace on the edge of the water has never been inhabited and was donated to the city of Marseille.

From there you will have a splendid view of the Old Port and the Chateau d’If.

The Château d’If is located on one of three islands in the archipelago of Friuli (If, and Ratonneau Pomègues). The castle became a prison in 1634 was made famous by Alexandre Dumas, who recount the adventures of the Count of Monte Cristo.

From the Old Port you will take the Canebiere, the most famous street in Marseille, to join the old quarters and the Reformed Church. With cafes, restaurants and hotels, the Cannebiere is probably the busiest area of ​​Marseille.

At the heart of the city dominated by the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde and the famous Good Mother, Marseille will charm you with its monuments and old buildings.

You will discover, for example the Vieille Charité in Le Panier, a former convent hospital that now houses two museums in the oldest part of town, the Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology and the Museum of African Arts, Pacific Islanders and Native Americans.

If you like the Mediterranean style of architecture you can not miss the visit of L’Estaque, a neighborhood that is almost outside the town and looks like a Provencal village.

To rest when it is hot, feel free to stroll the beautiful gardens of the city as the Borély Park and its beautiful country house and gardens of the Palais de Longchamps with beautiful statues. In the Palace pourez you visit the Natural History Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts.

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5
Mar/12

VAT Passed without Social Quack to the Assembly

by Bella under Manage The Money

The National Assembly adopted Wednesday night without the quack controversial social VAT, after a hard battle fought since the beginning of the week by the PS against this symbolic measure for Nicolas Sarkozy but not enter if under François Hollande is elected.

Reform, supported against the heart of several elected by the majority concerned about its impact on the approach of election laws, was adopted a few hours after the formalization of the presidential candidacy of Nicolas Sarkozy, in a semicircle less that filled the day before.

Denying any”discomfort in the majority,” the leader of UMP deputies Christian Jacob had predicted a vote”no problem”, after the call Tuesday by Prime Minister Francois Fillon to”a rapid and massive vote” a united majority to avoid”the weakening of our candidate” at the Elysée.

“How women and men who were elected on the commitments they could accept without flinching to vote at a gun as they were sentenced in June 2007?” Was launched on the other hand the Socialist Jean-Marc Ayrault.

The”parliamentary struggle” promised by the leader of PS deputies was prolonged Wednesday on the same scenario followed beyond 2:00 am in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.

PS MEPs marched to defend plethora of amendments to eliminate the increase in VAT rate or maintain it for electricity, vehicle sales to individuals, jewelry, sunglasses or even chocolate.

While Nicolas Sarkozy has launched several ideas referendums this weekend, followed by Monday Francois Fillon, the Socialist deputies had demanded a referendum on Tuesday symbolically social VAT, through a motion unsurprisingly rejected by the right.

And Monday, they had obtained the symbolic removal of the measure to the Finance Committee for a quack resounding majority.

The candidate at the Elysee PS, François Hollande, has pledged to cancel if they win this increase in VAT deemed unfair and inefficient, which compensates for the reduction of a portion of employer contributions for funding family policy 13.2 billion euros for a full year (3.6 billion in 2012).

Presented by the government as a means of increasing, by lower labor costs, business competitiveness and promote employment in France to an accelerated de-industrialization, social VAT is charged by the opposition to form a new higher taxes and higher prices augur.

“The calibration of the measurement is good, (to improve) both employment and competitiveness”, defended the Rapporteur General of Budget, Gilles Carrez (UMP), continuing to observe that relatively little benefit to the industry with a quarter of total relief contributions.

Bercy denies any impact”significant” price increase of the standard VAT rate from 19.6% to 21.2% and has committed to review the TIPP (domestic tax on petroleum products) in a few months if a possible increase in fuel prices is observed.

The measure, whose implementation is expected in October, is listed on the menu of an amending budget for 2012, the final stage of a marathon budget unprecedented for a presidential approach.

This bill also includes measures to create a tax on financial transactions, to strengthen the fight against tax fraud, or to replenish the emergency fund permanent future of the euro zone, the European Stability Mechanism (SPM).

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3
Mar/12

Holland on Roma: UMP ”shocked”, the PS Denounced a ”Fire-cons”

by Bella under Manage The Money

The head of the UMP Jean-Francois Cope said Wednesday was ”very shocked” about François Hollande of advocating to create ”camps” on Roma in France, the PS denounced a ”fire-cons” of the right to About Christian Vanneste on the deportation of homosexuals.

“The origin of evil, that is to say, this movement of a population that is accepted nowhere and living in abject conditions, it is not to be set for a European rule (the ) keep it where it should live in Romania”, said Sunday on Canal + the Socialist candidate at the Elysee Palace.

Therefore European rules to ensure that we know that re-circulating over and over again, and then there are those camps that can be our own decision, that is to say that these people do not avoid settle anywhere,” added the PS candidate.

Wednesday guest of ”Questions Info” DAP / France Info / The World / AFP, the head of the UMP Jean-Francois Cope,” very shocked, denounced the ”about the mind-blowing”, expressing surprise that”the fact Mr. Holland says the word of camps + + and + password + solution, absolutely do not wake up the media landscape.”

“When Claude Gueant is expressed, the public outcry is first media before being political,” he added, hoping that during this campaign, we will not double standards”.

RTL, the Learning Minister Nadine Morano also expressed ”deep shock”.

The spokesman Francois Hollande, Najat Belkacem-Vallaud, felt his side that the UMP would be ”against fire” in the case Vanneste, this member of the North who denied the deportation of French homosexuals during the World War II.

In a statement, Mr. Cope believes that it would ”divert attention”: What better time than to launch a false controversy about a subject so dear to the UMP, the Roma?”

PS According to the head, his candidate has no lesson to receive from a party, a government and a president that has continued to stigmatize the Roma during the five year period, with both the Grenoble speech, with the destruction (…) of their camps.”

SOS Racism has castigated the false indignation of those who supported the speeches and acts of stigma” Roma” and travelers from the summer of 2010″, initiated by the government.

The organization is concerned with the turn of a debate that appears again and again starting on false foundations”, as ”the Community area (EU) is based on the free movement of people.”

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1
Mar/12

Stay in Cannes

by Bella under Life Tips

La Croisette and its luxury hotels like the Palm Beach, Cannes and starlets, the beaches along the Mediterranean, the Lerins islands off the coast… so many attractions that make this city one of the most listed on the Côte d’Azur.

What was in antiquity a tiny fishing village has become a famous seaside resort frequented by movie stars and other celebrities.

These are the English who in the nineteenth century have transformed Cannes into a luxurious resort town. They were the first to be built on the hills of beautiful villas.

The Russians followed suit and not the European nobility followed the fashion, enjoying the mild winters offered the region to have a good time.

Today the city of Cannes is not only living during the Cannes Film Festival. Tourists come here all year although some prefer the summer months to enjoy the beautiful beaches, especially in the district of Cannes La Bocca.

Resort during your stay you can stroll in a city that has preserved beautiful buildings.

On the heights of Cannes feature the remains of the castle of the monks of Lerins. It houses the Museum of Castre which has a fine collection of ethnographic objects from around the world, bequeathed by Baron Lycklama. By accessing the top of the square tower of the medieval castle, you have a magnificent view over the city of Cannes and the famous Croisette bordered by gardens planted with palm trees and umbrella pines.

Villa Rothschild built in 1881 is one of the most beautiful mansions, and luxurious Cannes. Surrounded by beautiful gardens, the villa was owned by the Baroness James de Rothschild. It now houses a municipal library.

Malmaison is a beautiful building built next to the Grand Hotel on the Croisette, which hosts exhibitions featuring works by renowned painters such as Matisse, Picasso and Miró.

To get an idea of ​​what may have been to build the English in Cannes in the nineteenth century made the visit of Vallombrosa Château and its park.

Built in 1856 for Lord Londesborough Gothic Revival castle impresses with its nine towers in the middle of a vast park filled with plants and tropical trees.

Inheritance of Russian came to Cannes, the Russian Orthodox Church St. Michael the Archangel offers unusual architecture with its typical blue dome.

Bellini Chapel, built in 1894, served as a workshop of the painter Emmanuel Bellini. This chapel was built at Villa Fiorentina now houses a museum displaying the works of Bellini.

Another property of charm to discover Cannes, the Villa Domergue surrounded by beautiful terraced gardens with waterfalls and ponds. Its owner wanted to build a villa in Cannes similar to that encountered near Florence in Tuscany.

Along the Quai St Pierre, you will walk watching the pleasure boats or fishing from the Old Port. You will probably see an opportunity to some of the most beautiful yachts in the world. At the bottom of the harbor will distinguish Island Ste Marguerite and Ile St Honore, the two main islands of Lerins which can be reached in just 20 minutes by boat.

Off Cannes you will visit the famous islands of Lerins. On the Ile Saint Honore is the monastery founded by Saint-Honore, also called Abbey Notre Dame de Lerins. This is where Saint Patrick was formed, patron saint of Ireland and evangelist.

The island of Saint Honnorat was protected by a fortress built in 1073 from the attacks of pirates and Saracens.

The island of Sainte Marguerite is the largest of the Lerins Islands. According to legend she would have served a prison in the Iron Mask in Royal Fort built by Richelieu and served as a state prison.

The Fort now houses the Maritime Museum and many tourists come to visit the cell of Iron Mask and walk in the beautiful eucalyptus forest.

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26
Feb/12

Cabarets of Paris

by Bella under Life Tips

Hard to imagine a trip to Paris without pushing the door of one of its prestigious cabarets.

The Moulin Rouge, Lido de Paris, Crazy Horse, Paradis Latin… if the name of most of them is known throughout the world, few people know the kind of show that is presented.

Representation in the style of the Roaring Twenties or more modern entertainment, cabarets of Paris provide entertainment for every taste and every budget.

The Moulin Rouge is a cabaret of the most popular foreign tourists with its French Cancan show that made ​​her world famous.

Built in 1889 the Moulin Rouge is located in the district of Pigalle. This is where La Goulue was revealed and places of Paris than Toulouse Lautrec liked to attend.

Ticket prices to watch the show is from 85 Euros per person with Champagne.

The Lido de Paris , newer than the Moulin Rouge, is no less prestigious than the latter. He must above all to its location on the famous Champs Elysees in Paris.

Created in 1946 by brothers John and Joseph Clerico, The Lido de Paris is famous for his “Dinner Shows”.

It is enjoying dishes prepared by Paul Bocuse you watch the Bluebell Girls dance accompanied by the Lido Boy Dancers.

A magical show in lavish sets from 90 Euros per person with Champagne.

In the heart of Paris, the famous cabaret Paradis Latin also offers a dinner show with a food of choice while watching a magical show.

As the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in 1889 in a theater built by Gustave Eiffel.

Paradis d’Amour, the current show at the Paradis Latin is intended as an ode to love with classic paintings of the Roaring Twenties.

The entrance to the Paradis Latin is from 75 Euros per person with Champagne.

Symbol of Paris of the Roaring Twenties, the cabaret Les Folies Bergère revealed Josephine Baker, one of the most famous artists of that time, Maurice Chevalier or Mistinguett.

Built in 1869 as non Folies Treviso it was in 1972 that will famous Folies Bergere.

In this prestigious institution you can watch the current show called “Cabaret”, taken from the famous Broadway musical.

Entrance is from 28 Euros per person

The Crazy Horse offers a spectacle quite different from previous cabarets. He claims the presentation of the most beautiful sight of naked to the world that expresses an erotic aesthetic and sophisticated, creative, artistic and mysterious.

Also called Crazy Horse Saloon, the bar was created in 1951 by Alain Bernardin who has always taken care of dress the dancers of lights.

The ticket is from 75 Euros per person with 2 drinks or dinner show 125 Euros to attend a performance full of charm and sensuality.

In a totally different atmosphere, the Brasil Tropical at the foot of the Montparnasse tower offers you entertained with a dinner show in an atmosphereBrazil ian and Latin, warm, dancing and music.

In the heart of Paris you will find an exotic setting where dishes are served on Brazilian rhythms of samba and salsa. Brazil love you will have no eyes for the wonderful review Tropicaliente.

Brasil Tropical offers different and you can watch the show without dinner for only 30 Euros per person including two drinks.

The Dinner Show is from 80 Euros per person.

There are many other cabarets in Paris with very good performances. Between the different venues we can mention:

Au Lapin Agile , one of the oldest cabarets in Paris in the district of Pigalle with performances of song, humor and poetry.

Mrs. Arthur offers a dinner-two-hour show full of feathers and sequins in the district of Pigalle.

Also at Pigalle, Chez Michou you dine and have fun with the shows of transformists offering imitations of the greatest singers.

At the foot of Montmartre, the cabarets of New Eve offers a spectacle of French Cancan and comic attractions.

The Carrousel de Paris Montmartre at this dinner shows transformists numbers, comedy, etc…. and its essential topless girls.

For entertainment a little more unconventional, you can direct you to the Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club with shows of Strip Tease, The Pink Pradise directed by Cathy and David Guetta, or Strip Tease Word Show, a club for women with Chippendales performances.

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24
Feb/12

Sarkozy Candidacy: the UMP Applauded the Opposition Attacks the Balance

by Bella under Watch The Time

The formalization of the candidacy of Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday has unsurprisingly been widely welcomed by the UMP, while all of his opponents have largely attacked the head of state on its balance sheet after the”false suspense” about this ad.

Right, we applauded. Fillon spoke of a”candidate of the national interest”, the Prime Minister found that Mr. Sarkozy”turns to the French with conviction and heart” to”a strong France and protector.”

For Alain Juppe, the president is”haunted by the sense of mission and a willingness to talk to the French.” Hortefeux (UMP), near the head of state, called his candidacy”courageous decision and useful for France and the French.”

New center, François Sauvadet, hailed a”candidate sincere, determined, responsible and courageous who proposed to France and the French a new course for the next five years”.

And”face the conservatism of the left, Nicolas Sarkozy embodies reform, change and hope for France of the 21st century,” said Thierry Mariani (UMP).

Reacted even before its announcement on TF1, Francois Hollande has prepared an indictment against the five-year Sarkozy, speaking of”fiasco” at a rally in Rouen.”The truth is that the president candidate is a candidate for 5 years. Barely elected he was campaigning, he just came out already,” he said, posing as”movement’s candidate, progress, the conquest of the coming century.”

For the favorite in the polls,”he has not spent a week since 2007, it only acts without this purpose” with”a single idea: to stay in power”. But the PS candidate wanted to warn against”an incumbent who will attempt to force its weaknesses”.

For the centrist candidate Francois Bayrou, who spoke of”overwhelming record”,”what was striking to hear Nicolas Sarkozy, is that it was exactly the same words, same phrases, the same examples as for months and months”. The president of the Modem considered that most French wanted to change the captain who led”the boat on a reef.”

For its part, Marine Le Pen, National Front candidate, began by comparing Nicolas Sarkozy in a”wizard” that”it would exceed the tricks of the costume,” speaking of a”dramatic results” immigration in particular.

Then a broad smile, she waved a red card, calling the French not to be tempted by”an unnecessary vote for a candidate who obviously unnecessary will not do tomorrow what he has not done for five years” and”let (the Elysée) an innovative team, enthusiastic, courageous and lucid, the (s) ian”.

Jean-Luc Melenchon (Left Front) has joked about”the broken record of tunes liberal” still pleased to get out of this”period of ridiculous false suspense” in order to”begin the campaign against him” and”get rid” Past President.

Eva Joly, EELV candidate, called for”hunt” Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee, deeming it”in denial of review of its mandate and in denial that his policies have destroyed jobs in our country.”

At the extreme left, Nathalie Arthaud (Workers Struggle) summarized:”The president wants to Fouquet’s become the people’s candidate! Who will believe?”

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