Though I don’t think you need much more than a day or two in Zadar (I was actually planning on spending a few days here, and then cut that down to one when I realized how small the city centre was), it’s definitely worth checking out. Maybe as a day trip from nearby Split?
If you’re anywhere in the area, you pretty much have to check out Matera. It’s been continuously occupied since the Palaeolithic era (!), making it the oldest city in Italy and in Europe.
I was wandering through a busy market recently, and I thought a video walkthrough might be interesting.
Though I think the Keelung night market is a compelling enough reason to visit Keelung on its own (the fact that it’s so easy to get here from Taipei makes this a no-brainer), you might want to do some other stuff while you’re here. I mean, you’re here already, you may as well.
Or you could just eat. That works too.
But if you want to walk off some of that food, there are a few interesting things around the city that you could check out.
There’s an area in Osaka called Dotombori that’s pretty much tourist central, and when you go there, it’s easy enough to see why. The main street here is absolutely festooned with restaurants, each with a zanier and more elaborate sign than the last.
Want an amazing view of Tokyo? You could go up the Tokyo Tower and spend a whopping 1600 yen (!), or you could visit the Tokyo Skytree, which costs as much as 3090 yen (!!!) to go all the way to the top.
Or! Go to Tokyo City Hall, spend a grand total of zero dollars, and get an absolutely magnificent view of the city.
Well, that’s a wrap on Amsterdam (and on Europe!). As usual, here’s a few random photos to close things out.
And that’s another country checked off, so as usual, it’s photo time.
If you’ve seen the Third Man (and seriously, you should see the Third Man — it’s one of the greatest film noirs of all time), then you’ll remember that the city of Vienna features very prominently in the film.
One of the most famous scenes is the one in which Orson Welles’ character attempts to justify his misdeeds while riding a giant ferris wheel.
Well, that ferris wheel is a real thing, and it still exists — it’s called the Wiener Riesenrad, and for ten Euros, you too can go up there and justify killing a bunch of people.
Obviously if you’re in Naples, you’ve gotta go to Pompeii — it’s a quick, cheap train ride away from the city, and it’s an interesting enough piece of history to be common knowledge around the world. You’d be crazy to miss it.