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Showing posts with label 2018. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2018. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Sunday, April 29, 2018
ProWine Events in China, German and Hong Kong from 2018
Problem
How do you remember what's on where?
Sort by places and dates.
ProWine / ProWein - by Country
China (Shanghai) - 13-15 Nov 2018
Germany (Düsseldorf) - 17-19 Mar 2019
Hong Kong - 07-10 May 2019
ProWine / ProWein by date
13-17 Nov 2018 - Shanghai, China
17-19 Mar 2019 - Düsseldorf, Germany
07-10 May 2019 - Hong Kong
The event is a trade show, mainly business to business. However, while you are in there for one business (in our case wine) you might as a consumer be interested in businesses in adjoining halls in the foodnhotelsasia, where stands deal with both wholesale and retail sales. For example, we are interested in Reidel glassware, as well as olive oil shown on the Italian stands, and all sorts of food and coffee and fruit juices in the adjoining food fair halls and visits to vineyards in Indonesia and a chocolate factory in France.
I am interested in the vineyards which have shops, restaurants, tastings and tours for the public.
Events
www.foodnhotelasia.com
www.prowineasia.com/sg
Travel websites
China
https://wikitravel.org/en/Shanghai
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/
Germany
https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attractions-g187373-Activities-Dusseldorf_North_Rhine_Westphalia.html
Hong Kong
http://www.discoverhongkong.com/seasia/index.jsp
Follow the Sun-Yat Sen historical trail. (Huge, excellent museum at top of escalators.)
If you are planning on mixing business with pleasure, before choosing a hotel, check which ones are on the shuttle bus route and which hotels are on the railway line from the exhibition centre, plus any concessions in hotel booking, and any discounts at local restaurants and bars.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer, photographer, speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts. Information on Dusseldorf, Germany, will be in the next post.
How do you remember what's on where?
Sort by places and dates.
ProWine / ProWein - by Country
China (Shanghai) - 13-15 Nov 2018
Germany (Düsseldorf) - 17-19 Mar 2019
Hong Kong - 07-10 May 2019
ProWine / ProWein by date
13-17 Nov 2018 - Shanghai, China
17-19 Mar 2019 - Düsseldorf, Germany
07-10 May 2019 - Hong Kong
The event is a trade show, mainly business to business. However, while you are in there for one business (in our case wine) you might as a consumer be interested in businesses in adjoining halls in the foodnhotelsasia, where stands deal with both wholesale and retail sales. For example, we are interested in Reidel glassware, as well as olive oil shown on the Italian stands, and all sorts of food and coffee and fruit juices in the adjoining food fair halls and visits to vineyards in Indonesia and a chocolate factory in France.
I am interested in the vineyards which have shops, restaurants, tastings and tours for the public.
Events
www.foodnhotelasia.com
www.prowineasia.com/sg
Travel websites
China
https://wikitravel.org/en/Shanghai
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/
Germany
https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attractions-g187373-Activities-Dusseldorf_North_Rhine_Westphalia.html
Hong Kong
http://www.discoverhongkong.com/seasia/index.jsp
Follow the Sun-Yat Sen historical trail. (Huge, excellent museum at top of escalators.)
If you are planning on mixing business with pleasure, before choosing a hotel, check which ones are on the shuttle bus route and which hotels are on the railway line from the exhibition centre, plus any concessions in hotel booking, and any discounts at local restaurants and bars.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer, photographer, speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts. Information on Dusseldorf, Germany, will be in the next post.
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Saturday, October 21, 2017
CALENDAR 2018: New Year, Valentine's, Remembrance Day, Carnival, Xmas and more
Problem
I read about events after they have started and it's too late to go.
Answer
For next year, you and I have a calendar, listing the main holiday dates and tourist events and celebrations.
A quick reminder of October - Dec 2017.
2017 LAST QUARTER
OCT 13-15 Chocolate Show, Olympia, London, England.
Oct 31 Halloween.
NOVEMBER
Nov 5 Guy Fawkes Night (UK, especially Lewes, Sussex. Remembers Parliament saved from Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot.) Fireworks all over UK, public displays. Buy tickets.
DECEMBER
Dec 22 El Gordo, big prize of the national lottery, seen on TV, announced by a choir of children.
Dec 24 Christmas Eve. Many offices and shops close lunch time.
Dec 25 Christmas Day.
Dec 26 Boxing Day UK. Sales start in shops and online.
Dec 31 New Year's Eve Worldwide, starting Australia, then Europe, then Americas. Public Fireworks in London. Buy tickets and souvenirs. Watch on TV.
CALENDAR 2018
JANUARY
January 1st New Year's Day Parade, California, USA. Morning Concert and ballet from Vienna, Austria, televised in Europe.
January Sales.
Jan 5th Three Kings.
Jan 25th Burns Night .
Jan 27th Holocaust Day.
and Carnival in Venice Italy.
FEBRUARY:
Chocolate month.
Feb 13 Pancake Day.
Feb 14 Valentine’s Day.
MARCH
March 1st St David's Day, Wales.
March 11 Mother's Day UK.
March 17 St Patrick's Day, Ireland.
March 23 St George’s Day, England.
March 24 Oxford and Cambridge Boat race.
March 30 Easter Good Friday.
APRIL
April 1st Fools Day. Easter Sunday.
April 2 Easter Monday.
April 23 St George’s Day, England.
April 25 ANZAC Day, Australia and New Zealand.
MAY
May 1st May Day.
JUNE
June 17 Father's Day.
JULY
July 2-15, 2018, Wimbledon.
AUGUST
August 3-11 Eisteddfod music festival, Cardiff, Wales.
Aug 3-25 Edinburgh Tattoo, Scotland.
Aug 9-19 Bristol Balloon Fiesta, Bristol, UK.
Aug 9-19 Bristol Balloon Fiesta, Bristol, UK.
Aug 22-23 Battle of the flowers, Jersey, British Channel Islands.
SEPTEMBER
Oktoberfest, beer tents in Munich, Germany.
OCTOBER
Oct 12-21 Eurochocolate Exhibition, free entry, Perugia, Umbria, Italy. (Annual but dates vary.)
2018 Notting Hill Carnival will begin at 09:00 on
Sunday
,
26 August
Monday
,
27 August
All times are in United Kingdom Time.
Oct 31 Halloween.
NOVEMBER
Nov 5th Guy Fawkes.
Nov 11th Remembrance Day.
Chocolate week and Chocolate Show, UK.
International Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
DECEMBER
Dec 24 Xmas Eve.
Dec 25 Xmas.
Dec 26 Boxing Day.
Dec 31 New Year's Eve.
******************************************
More Information From:
EVENTS
www.thechocolateshow.co.uk
TOURIST BOARDS / INFORMATION
http://www.antor.com (Association of National Tourist Organizations.)
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk
www.visitbritain.org
https://www.wikipedia.org
https://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page
COMMERCIAL SITES / BOOKINGS
https://www.booking.com/index.en
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk
More Information From:
EVENTS
www.thechocolateshow.co.uk
TOURIST BOARDS / INFORMATION
http://www.antor.com (Association of National Tourist Organizations.)
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk
www.visitbritain.org
https://www.wikipedia.org
https://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page
COMMERCIAL SITES / BOOKINGS
https://www.booking.com/index.en
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk
Author, Angela Lansbury, travel writer.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Oktoberfest Is Over But there's Beer in Belgium and Britain, Book Oktoberfest in Germany Next Year and Christmas Markets
The flag of Germany.
Problem
I thought the German Oktoberfest started on the 1st of October and ended on the last day of October. Alas no. We have missed the Oktoberfest but there's still time to plan trips to the German Christmas Markets.
Answer
Oktoberfest started in September and it ends today, October 3rd 2017! It is the biggest beer festival in the world, attracting 6 million people, and I wasn't one of them. This year I have missed it. The good news is that now we know it starts in September, we can plan next year more carefully.
Oktoberfest in Munich in German iin 2018 will be held from September 22nd to October 7th. At least that's a bit more of October than in 2017.
So why the misleading name? According to their website, the original Oktoberfest was a week in Oktober to celebrate a royal marriage. In later years so that people could enjoy warmer weather, the festival was moved forward to start in September and end in Oktober. So why don't they call it the September fest? Oktoberfest has a good ring, doesn't it?
Plan to arrive on day one to see the morning parade of the horse-drawn carriages and bands.
If you are going there, entry to the tents is free. You just go in and sit down and order beer from the girls wearing the local Bavarian dirndl outfits. But at weekends the tents are often full by 11 am and once a tent is full nobody else is admitted. So arrive early.
Story
GERMAN BEER
I associate Germany with wine, especially Riesling, Black Tower, Liebfraumilch (wine so delightful it was called milk of the dear lady meaning the Madonna).
In many German cities you can find local food and wines in the Rathauskeller, nothing to do with rats. It's the German word for Town hall, usually a historic building, with at least one or two dishes at reasonable prices.
When we drove through Germany, it was always our first stop, if we had no other place in mind.
Meanwhile, various places in the UK are having their own little Oktoberfest German beer festivals.
Belgian Beer
Other great places for beer are Belgium.
UK Breweries
England has a septemberfest in Donington Park, I read about it on septemberfest.co.uk. If you want to see wenches in Medieval peasant costume, go to a Medieval Banquet. If it's beer you're after, and regional beer in the UK keep an eye on CAMRA, the Campaign For Real Ale.
Various breweries in the UK are open to visitors and some are famous for the Shire horses which used to pull the delivery carts.
Travel Tips
Top German cities to visit
Berlin (the wall)
The Romantic Road (Rothenburg).
CHRISTMAS MARKETS
GERMANY
Rothenburg is a lovely backdrop for its Christmas market. Other cities for Christmas markets include Berlin and Nuremberg.
Nuremberg is associated in the minds of the British and many people with the Nuremberg Trials after the end of WWII. But the city has an old city, Durer's House museum, the expected historical museum and the Germanisches National Museum with stunning photogenic pillars outside covered in sayings in all languages about human right. (See Tripadvisor.) When I visited I did not understand the words in other languages. However, nowadays with Google Translate on your phone, this should be a problem you can solve more easily.
OTHER CHRISTMAS MARKETS
Austria: Vienna and Salzburg
Belgium, Brussels and Bruges
Bulgaria: Sofia
Canada: Toronto, Quebec, Vancouver
Czech Republic: Prague castle
Denmark: Copenhagen
England: London - Hyde Park, Bankside; Manchester
France: Rheims in Champagne region; Strasbourg in the Alsace
Ireland: Dublin's Twelve Days of Christmas
Latvia: Riga
Poland: Warsaw and Krakow
Scotland: Edinburgh; Glasgow
Switzerland: Zurich
USA: Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, New York, Washington DC and many more.
Wales: Cardiff
GERMAN WEBSITES
Plenty of time to learn some German on
www.Duolingo.com
Oktoberfest in Germany in 2018 is Sept 22 2018 until October 7th.
https://www.oktoberfest.de/en/article/Oktoberfest+2017/About+the+Oktoberfest/Dates+and+General+FAQs
More Information From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest
https://www.oktoberfest.de/en/article/Oktoberfest+2017/About+the+Oktoberfest/Dates+and+General+FAQs
https://www.christmasmarkets.com
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/germany
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/festival-travel-checklist
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.
Twitter: @AnnaTheAuthor
I thought the German Oktoberfest started on the 1st of October and ended on the last day of October. Alas no. We have missed the Oktoberfest but there's still time to plan trips to the German Christmas Markets.
Answer
Oktoberfest started in September and it ends today, October 3rd 2017! It is the biggest beer festival in the world, attracting 6 million people, and I wasn't one of them. This year I have missed it. The good news is that now we know it starts in September, we can plan next year more carefully.
Oktoberfest in Munich in German iin 2018 will be held from September 22nd to October 7th. At least that's a bit more of October than in 2017.
So why the misleading name? According to their website, the original Oktoberfest was a week in Oktober to celebrate a royal marriage. In later years so that people could enjoy warmer weather, the festival was moved forward to start in September and end in Oktober. So why don't they call it the September fest? Oktoberfest has a good ring, doesn't it?
Plan to arrive on day one to see the morning parade of the horse-drawn carriages and bands.
If you are going there, entry to the tents is free. You just go in and sit down and order beer from the girls wearing the local Bavarian dirndl outfits. But at weekends the tents are often full by 11 am and once a tent is full nobody else is admitted. So arrive early.
Story
GERMAN BEER
I associate Germany with wine, especially Riesling, Black Tower, Liebfraumilch (wine so delightful it was called milk of the dear lady meaning the Madonna).
In many German cities you can find local food and wines in the Rathauskeller, nothing to do with rats. It's the German word for Town hall, usually a historic building, with at least one or two dishes at reasonable prices.
When we drove through Germany, it was always our first stop, if we had no other place in mind.
Meanwhile, various places in the UK are having their own little Oktoberfest German beer festivals.
Belgian Beer
Other great places for beer are Belgium.
UK Breweries
England has a septemberfest in Donington Park, I read about it on septemberfest.co.uk. If you want to see wenches in Medieval peasant costume, go to a Medieval Banquet. If it's beer you're after, and regional beer in the UK keep an eye on CAMRA, the Campaign For Real Ale.
Various breweries in the UK are open to visitors and some are famous for the Shire horses which used to pull the delivery carts.
Travel Tips
Top German cities to visit
Berlin (the wall)
The Romantic Road (Rothenburg).
CHRISTMAS MARKETS
GERMANY
Rothenburg is a lovely backdrop for its Christmas market. Other cities for Christmas markets include Berlin and Nuremberg.
Nuremberg is associated in the minds of the British and many people with the Nuremberg Trials after the end of WWII. But the city has an old city, Durer's House museum, the expected historical museum and the Germanisches National Museum with stunning photogenic pillars outside covered in sayings in all languages about human right. (See Tripadvisor.) When I visited I did not understand the words in other languages. However, nowadays with Google Translate on your phone, this should be a problem you can solve more easily.
OTHER CHRISTMAS MARKETS
Austria: Vienna and Salzburg
Belgium, Brussels and Bruges
Bulgaria: Sofia
Canada: Toronto, Quebec, Vancouver
Czech Republic: Prague castle
Denmark: Copenhagen
England: London - Hyde Park, Bankside; Manchester
France: Rheims in Champagne region; Strasbourg in the Alsace
Ireland: Dublin's Twelve Days of Christmas
Latvia: Riga
Poland: Warsaw and Krakow
Scotland: Edinburgh; Glasgow
Switzerland: Zurich
USA: Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, New York, Washington DC and many more.
Wales: Cardiff
GERMAN WEBSITES
Plenty of time to learn some German on
www.Duolingo.com
Oktoberfest in Germany in 2018 is Sept 22 2018 until October 7th.
https://www.oktoberfest.de/en/article/Oktoberfest+2017/About+the+Oktoberfest/Dates+and+General+FAQs
More Information From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest
https://www.oktoberfest.de/en/article/Oktoberfest+2017/About+the+Oktoberfest/Dates+and+General+FAQs
https://www.christmasmarkets.com
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/germany
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/festival-travel-checklist
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.
Twitter: @AnnaTheAuthor
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Bruce Lee Statues and Stories in Hong Kong, USA and worldwide
Wikipedia came up with the answer. The statue is in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong - I just came back from Hong Kong - how come I didn't see it! It was in Tsim chat sui which I passed through on the road and railway (MTR) many times.
The statue is in Hong Kong's Hollywood style walk of fame, with stars on the ground. Now I know why I didn't see it - the area is closed for renovation until 2018.
However, you can see a picture of the statue in Wikipedia. Another photo shows you the star in The Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong.
Photo by Ahleong.
USA
If you are in the USA you can see something else, not just a likeness, but his grave with a picture of him in Seattle. Next to his grave is the gravestone of his son, Brandon. I am sorry that there is no picture of Brandon on his gravestone.
Bruce's son, Brandon, on a film set for The Crow, died from a gun which was supposed to be unloaded, having a live bullet. How could such a thing happen!
But let's end on a happy note. Bruce Lee is immortalised in yet another film about his life.
Films
On a cruise ship I watched, in one sitting, videos of a film starring Bruce Lee and a documentary about his life. I was reading about the latest film which seems to have invented a character and some fans think this makes Bruce Lee into an accessory rather than the star of the film.
His daughter, Shannon, is promoting another film, yet to be released, to give what she thinks is a truer account of his life.
His former home in Kowloon will be turned into a museum by a philanthropist.
If you go to LA, look for the statue of Bruce Lee in Chinatown. Whilst in Chinatown you might also photograph the statue of Sun Yat-Sen.
Martial Arts History Museum
2319 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91506 USA
www.mamuseum.org
Places to see:
* Statue in Hong Kong
* Star in Hong Kong
* Gravestone, Lot 276,in Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle, USA
* Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, California, USA
* Bruce Lee statue, Central Plaza, Chinatown, Los Angeles, California, USA
* Martial Arts History Museum, California, USA
* Statue of Bruce Lee in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
BBC article on Bruce Lee with video
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23387865
More in TripAdvisor and YouTube.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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