After completing Part # 3 of the Zurich Self Guided Walking Tour we pressed on to visit three additional sites. In addition to the churches in the Old Town (Altstadt) area (Part #2) there are also a number of churches on the periphery…
Zurich, Switzerland – Self Guided Walking Tour Part 3: Non-Church Related Attractions
After we visited the 6 churches located within Zurich’s Old Town (Alstadt), (Part #2) we stopped at a few other attractions that my friend wanted to show me. They are all the non-church related sites we visited while on our Self Guided Walking…
Zurich, Switzerland – Self Guided Walking Tour Part 2: Old Town (Altstadt) Churches
This section of the Zurich Self Guided Walking Tour is dedicated specifically to the churches in the Old Town (Altstadt) area. They include the Predigerkirche, Grossmünster, Wasserkirche, Fraumünster, St. Peter and Augustinerkirche. They share many similarities, but also many differences.…
Zurich, Switzerland – Self Guided Walking Tour Part 1: Overview
The vast majority of my travel itinerary was planned prior to my trip to Switzerland, and my visit to Zurich was no exception. Since I was flying out of Zurich to get back to NYC, I thought it would be…
Washington D.C. Road Trip – Part 4: National Memorials
The Benefits of Visiting the National Memorials on Sunday Morning On the way down to Washington D.C., my father and I discussed the smartest way to conduct our national memorials walking tour. Based on our schedule, it looked like it…
Washington D.C. Road Trip – Part 2: Georgetown Walking Tour
College Park, Maryland to Georgetown, Washington D.C. Rather than go to the highway, it was actually easier from where we were to take local streets into Washington D.C. Basically we took US -1 South to P Street past DuPont Circle.…
NYC – Lower Manhattan Walking Tour
Once we returned from the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, I suggested that we take a nice leisurely walk up Broadway. In the past, I was in a graduate school course where we took a walking tour with a…
Southeast Asia Travel Itinerary – Summer 2014
Southeast Asia Travel Itinerary – Summer 2014 Day 0 – July 3 & 4 – Flights from NYC,NY to Osaka, Japan; and the connecting flight to Taipei, Taiwan & Overnight Layover Day 1 – July 5 – Ho Chi Minh City…
Dalat, Vietnam – Part 3: Food & Nighttime Markets
Yann, Samira and I spent two nights in Dalat before making our way to Nha Trang. During our evenings we wandered the night markets and surrounding blocks looking for interesting foods to try. We found some winners and some losers…
HCMC, Vietnam – War Remnants & HCMC Museums
Like most major and capital cities around the world there are a plethora of museums that people can visit throughout Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). According to most travel guides and walking tour itineraries available on the internet, writers suggest…