Electricity prices in Malta, tips on how to save
Malta, a small rocky island in the middle of Mediterranean Sea offers good weather, great historical and cultural sights to see and intense night life. For a person visiting Malta for a short stay of a week or two living in a hotel the cost of electricity does not matter. For those who rent in [...]
Garbage disposal system on Malta
For a rookie who moves down to Malta from any part of Europe, especially northern part some things, processes and ways might be different and sometimes a bit strange. I have moved down to Malta from Estonia in the beginning of May. I have had some travel experience before and was prepared that things might [...]
Travel to Mars together with Mars rover “Opportunity”
Mars rover “Opportunity” and its brother “Spirit” landed on Red Planet in January 2004. Originally, six-wheeled size of golf-card rovers had to look for past water activity on Mars. Mission was planned for 4 months. Spirit last contact with Earth on the 10th of March 2010, almost 6 years after its original warranty has expired. [...]
Launch of SpaceX, first private spacecraft went to ISS
On 22nd of May at 3:44 AM the first spacecraft owned and operated by a private company was launched from Cape Canaveral heading to International Space Station. This mission considered to be a first test of unnamed capsule which is carried by Falcon 9 rocket. NASA wants to outsource operations of usual flights to ISS [...]
NEMO science and technology center in Amsterdam
Science center NEMO, located not too far from the central train station in Amsterdam is a good place to visit if you are with kinds. Most of attractions in NEMO are focused on children, adults and teenagers will have little to do here. We have visited NEMO for two reasons: first is that it was [...]
Benefits of I am Amsterdam card for tourists
I visited Amsterdam on my 25th birthday in September 2011. Together with my girlfriend we spent 3 full days in Amsterdam visiting a lot of museums, some art-galleries, walking narrow streets of Jordaan district and of course, walking next to many canals the city of Amsterdam is famous for. As we both prefer traveling on [...]
Review: Hole in The Wall pub, Malta
A very small but a nice pub with untypical name “Hole in the Wall” is located in Sliema, Malta. As I have already mentioned place is tiny, with a few tables inside and several chairs next to the bar. It looks like a hole also inside. This place is located in Sliema, Malta next to [...]
Short trip to Tharros, Sardinia
We visited Sardinia in the middle of April for a short stay of 6 full days. First 2 days we spent in Cagliari, capital of the island. Tharros was our second destination of 2 days car trip on the island. We drove from Laconi, a small town in the hills and in the mountain area [...]
New York City in 5 hours
The story in this post is quite old and happened to me in summer 2007. Since that year most probably all prices have changed so I will list any numbers but the points of interest I have managed to visit I’m sure are still there. During the summer of 2007 I have managed to visit [...]
Tallinn art gallery Atrium and latest exhibition “Idee..ideetu
Atrium gallery located in the heart of Tallinn in a commerce building. Atrium gallery had its first exhibition in 1992 and is the highest exhibition hall in Tallinn. Working hours are from Monday to Friday from 10AM to 8PM and on Saturday from 12AM to 8PM. Entrance is free of charge. Atrium has seen works [...]
