Great #gift #idea found at palomar - Crumpled City Maps for NY, London, Rome, Paris, Berlin:
Crumpled City
Unlike traditional paper maps which can be awkward to deal with, the Crumpled City Map can be easily crammed into your pocket, backpack or the carrying pouch provided. without having to worry about refolding it along the original creases. Moreover, the maps are printed on special technological material that makes them the lightest and most resistant maps on market, as well as 100% waterproof.
The collection includes some of the most interesting cities on the globe. Each map provides details about a large part of the city, including streets, monuments, museums, art galleries and much more.
Crumpled City maps include a sightseeing index and a list of unique “Soulsights”.
Design: Emanuele Pizzolorusso
Product specifications:
- Five cities: New York, London, Rome, Paris, Berlin
- It just takes 2 seconds to open and close this innovative soft map
- The map includes all the most important informations about the city as well as a list of ten “Soulsights”
- Weighing only 21 grams, it is super resistant and 100% waterproof
- Carrying pouch provided
12€ ea
Top 10 best value destinations for 2011
Fresh from Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2011, we bring you this bargainous bounty of budget-friendly destinations will have you on the road for longer – for less.
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4. Paris
The French capital is never going to win any awards for cheapness, but here’s a winning formula that anyone can afford. First, you need a Swiss Army knife. Then stroll into a boulangerie – every neighbourhood has several – and buy a freshly baked baguette for €1 (US$1.35) or thereabouts. Follow your nose to your next stop, a fromagerie, and grab a fist-sized hunk of cheese. Lastly, grab a bottle of wine, nothing fancy, and head for the banks of the Seine opposite Notre Dame or the garden adjacent to Pont Neuf on a sunny day, preferably with a friend or loved one. Zut alors – a Parisian dining experience for under €10 (US$13.50) per person that any local would declare formidable! You’ll find everything for a picnic on Rue Montorgueil in the 2nd arrondisement.
Or at the Sacré-Cœur. In the Jardin du Luxembourg. At the Place du Panthéon. Yes.
Give papaya: Rule number one: You cannot give papaya to anyone! Rule number two: If you see papaya you have to take it!
Give papaya (Poorbuthappy in Colombia!)
A seemingly simple, but in fact very informative cultural practice.
CouchSurfing
I became a CS yesterday night. Anyone here got a couch I could surf to try it? Will you post your couch pictures here?
München - Paris on the Behance Network - This is basically the same AirFrance machine I use to take from Munich to Paris, but it never had that fey esprit for me. Very nice.
Dordogne 2009 - a set on Flickr
It was more than just awesome.
Le Moulin de l’Abbaye - We ate there… no, we dined there and had a wonderful afternoon while tasting all the amazing food… no, delicacies.
Gridskipper: Jetcetera: Luxury Hotels, Women's Travel & V-Day Deals
Let’s dream away.
Rome. Me. There. Next week. Finally.
Spain in a Nutshell
- Málaga - Airport: clean & cute
- Málaga: ugly
- Marbella: ugly + tourists
- Estepona: beautiful
- Sotogrande: a pearl; http://www.sotogrande.com/
- Puerto Banús: “high-society”, interesting to watch all the people
- Costa del Sol behind Marbella to Sotogrande: stunningly amazing
- Algeciras / Gibralter: more the true face of Spain without all the stuff designed for tourists (such as golf resorts, miles of green lawn)
- Ronda: another surprising pearl in the middle of nowhere in the mountains
- Granada - Alhambra: stunning
Back from Paris
List of things that should already be finished by now… check.
Full personal organizer… check.
Long To-Do-List… check.
Stuff for tumblring… loading…
Read: Neal Stephenson - Diamond Age
I love Cyberpunk, I love Neal Stephenson and I love stories of different characters that overlap at some point and divert again.
Eat: Bonne Maman - Sablés des prés - sésame, pavot, tournesol
Best cookies mom has ever made.
Visit: The Louvre, promovacances.com
You just have to survive until here:_____
