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Monthly Archive for April, 2009

The Prado Museum in Madrid Spain pays tribute to one of Spain’s finest painters: Joaquín Sorolla. From May 26th to September 6th people in Madrid have the chance to see some of the most beautiful paintings by Sorolla.

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The Promenade Plantée in Paris

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogonlyapartments.com%2Fpromenade-paris%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “The Promenade Plantée in Paris” }); If you thought you knew everything about Paris, its monuments, museums, trendy bars, shopping streets … You’d be surprised! The Parisians themselves recognize it easily, the city of lights never ceases to surprise you, and there is always something new to discover… For [...]

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German Beer Drinking – a tradition

German beer drinking is a tradition and a ritual that the Germans have ingrained in their culture.German Beer festivals are quite popular and almost everyone has heard of oktoberfest beer.The oktoberfest beer festival is one of the most famous in Germany and starts in late September.

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Spain Grand Prix

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogonlyapartments.com%2Fthe-spanish-grand-prix-2009%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Spain Grand Prix” }); Formula 1 has always been a sport with great emotions. High octane racing, thrills and spills, adrenalin and temperamental drivers have always been the order of the day in Formula 1 racing. On 8th – 10th May 2009 the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España [...]

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Documenta Madrid 09

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogonlyapartments.com%2Fdocumenta-madrid-09%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Documenta Madrid 09″ }); Madrid has become an important capital of cinema. Proof of this is the great cast of stars, movies and Spanish festivals of international recognition such as Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz and the Goya Awards to name but a few. From 1st May to 10th May [...]

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The gay community of Paris

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogonlyapartments.com%2Fgay-life-in-paris%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “The gay community of Paris” }); Paris is a very tolerant and open minded city where you can express your personality without any problems. It has many gay or gay friendly locals, mostly located near the district of “arrondissements”, on the right bank of the Seine, near Châtelet and [...]

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topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogonlyapartments.com%2Ftattoos-berlin%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Tattoos, the most ancient art in the world” }); If you think that getting a tattoo is a recent fashion, you are totally wrong. The tattoo art is as ancient as the human race. So much so, that even a mummy of the Neolithic period was found with 57 [...]

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San Isidro Festival Madrid

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogonlyapartments.com%2Fsan-isidro-festival-madrid-2009%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “San Isidro Festival Madrid” }); The most important festival of Madrid begins on May 15th. It is the day of celebrations of the beloved patron San Isidro. This day the Madrileños (people from Madrid) have the ingrained habit of going to the San Isidro church near the Manzanares River [...]

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Sant Jordi’s Day in Barcelona

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogonlyapartments.com%2Fst-georges-day-barcelona-2009%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Sant Jordi’s Day in Barcelona” }); On April 23rd Catalonia celebrates one of its holidays with most character; the famous and charming day of Sant Jordi (St George’s day). In one way or another, this day has always been closely linked to the literary traditions, and in 1996 UNESCO [...]

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Sonar Music Festival Barcelona

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogonlyapartments.com%2Fsonar-barcelona-2009%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Sonar Music Festival Barcelona” }); Sonar 2009, a great line-up of performers Get your ears in tune because this year’s Sónar is going to be full of the best names in Electronic music as some new proposals from lesser well known bands. The 16th Festival of advanced music and [...]

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