"The most beautiful place we've seen" Gregdani09's photos around Santorini, Greece (alkyona oia)

Preview of Gregdani09'sblog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Santorini, Greece Entry Title: "The most beautiful place we've seen" Entry: "We arrived in Santorini at noon and it took another hour and a half and two bus rides to get to our destination - the village of Oia (pronounced ee-ah). But is well worth the wait. This is the most beautiful place we have visited, not just on this trip, but ever. The architecture, the quaint streets, the blue water, the white-washed homes...we love it all! First, the place we rented was incredible and is everything you would expect from a Greek island villa. Just check out the pics from our balcony. After settling in, we walked the narrow streets and went down 214 steps to the seaside. We jumped into the Aegean Sea, surrounded by Europeans - complete with Speedos and bare chests (even the females). We met some very nice Americans from San Francisco, chatted with them for a while and then hung out at a local taverna right on the water. Greg had his new favorite beer Mythos and Danielle had white wine. Something cool about all the tavernas here in Greece: they always give you some sort of snack with your drinks. We like that. We then headed back to the villa, enjoyed our patio view for a bit then went out to dinner. Although the place we ate had gorgeous sunset views, it was severely overpriced for some lackluster ...

Beautiful Buildings and Architecture

Cool buildings, amazing skylines, beautiful bridges, and other architectural feats. Here are the places and the order in which they appear: 1. Greek arches 2. Medieval castle 3. Allegheny County Courthouse 4. Monastery of St. Nil 5. Convento do Carmo ruins in Lisbon 6. Broadway Tower Cotswolds 7. Big Ben at night 8. Notre Dame de Paris 9. Notre-Dame de Montreal Basilica 10. Tower Bridge, Sacramento, CA 11. Neuschwanstein Castle 12. Cape Reinga Lighthouse, New Zealand 13. Blue Mosque at night 14. Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque at sunset 15. Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque 16. St. Vitus Cathedral 17. Louvre Pyramid, Paris 18. London Eye at twilight 19. Goslar Imperial Palace 20. Beijing bridge under fog 21. Mont Saint-Michel, France 22. Milau Viaduct, France 23. Fort-Jefferson Dry-Tortugas 24. Hallgrímskirkja, Iceland 25. Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral at dusk 26. Louvre Staircase 27. Brooklyn Bridge 28. San Diego Temple 29. Brisbane by night 30. Blue Bridge underside 31. Tomorrow Square 32. Jin Mao Building Inside 33. Crystal Cathedral 34. Moon over San Diego 35. Slide Bridge 36. USAFA Chapel 37. Ciudad de las Ciencias noche 38. European Parliament 39. Japanese Indoor Beach 40. Chicago Skyline 41. Petronas Twin Towers 42. Petronas Twin Towers tops 43. Golden Gate Bridge by night 44. Pudong by night 45. Sugarloaf Mountain, Brazil 46. Shanghai at night 47. Roads and Traffic 48. San Francisco International Airport at night 49 ...

The Beautiful City of Chicago

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Chicago is the third largest city in the United States. It was founded in 1833, and has since become a major transportation, telecommunications, industry and infrastructure hub in North America. The city attracted 32.8 million domestic visitors and about 1.15 million foreign visitors in 2007. Chicago has many nicknames, out of which the most popular is the "Windy City" and "Chi-town". Other nicknames include "Second City", "City of Big Shoulders" and "the most American of big cities". Chicago got its name from the French rendering of the Native American word shikaakwa, which means wild onion, from the Miami-Illinois language.

After the Great Chicago Fire, the largest building boom in the history of the whole nation came about in Chicago. And of these the most exceptional event was the relocation of many of the countries most important architects from New England to this city. This was for the construction of the 1893 World Columbian Exposition.

These days Chicago's skyline is one of the worlds tallest and also most dense. Some of its historic buildings include the Chicago Board of Trade Building, the Fine Arts Building, 35 East Wacker and the Chicago Building. The Merchandise Mart was once first on the list of the largest buildings in the world and even today it has remained on the list in the twentieth position and has its own ZIP code. The four tallest building in the city are Willis Tower, Trump International Hotel and Tower, the Aon Center and the John Hancock Center.

But the city is not all about skyscrapers. It has many different types and scales of houses, townhouses, condominiums and apartment buildings. Large areas of Chicago's residential areas are bungalows that were built from the 20th century through the end of World War II. This city is also a famous center of the Polish Cathedral style of church architecture.

Chicago is famous for its nightlife and attracts many residents and tourists every year. It is also home to many upscale restaurants as well as many ethnic restaurants. You can get food different parts of the world right here, from Italian to Vietnamese and from Greek to Indian. This city's theatre community is the reason behind modern improvisational theatre. Two very famous comedy troupes emerged here namely The Second City and I.O.

Chicago is a favorite destination for tourists and a large number of them who come here for leisure are here for entertainment. If you want to visit this beautiful city, you can find information on hotels, flights and car rentals in Chicago on a number of websites. So don't hesitate and come and visit this fascinating city with its beautiful parks, architecture and lots more.