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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Beijing, China by TravelPod blogger Gypsymichelle titled “The official start of the Trans-Siberian Railway” Gypsymichelle’s travel blog entry: “I’ve been here before, but did the standard tourist things since it’s been a while. Also went to a place I’d never been before, Beihai Park. Was a relaxing afternoon chilling out at a lakeside cafe enjoying some delicious dumplings and Beijing Beer.” Read and see more at: www.travelpod.com Photos from this trip: 1. “Tiananmen Square” 2. “Forbidden City” 3. “In the Forbidden City” 4. “Beihai Park” 5. “Cool stairway in Beihai Park” 6. “Official start of the Trans-Siberian” 7. “Scene from the train, north of Beijing” 8. “Sunset from the train” See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Melbourne, Australia by TravelPod blogger Mike_margaret titled “Interesting city of old and modern buildings” Mike_margaret’s travel blog entry: “MELBOURNE Sunday morning arrived and after checking the weather by looking out the window, we saw that the rain had disappeared and the sun was attempting to break through the clouds. After a quick breakfast we got into the car and headed for the city as we figured that the traffic would be light and we wouldn’t run into too much trouble if we jumped lanes to find our way around. We made it into the CBD without any major incident but found that although it was Sunday all the on street parking was taken so we found a parking garage attached to a hotel, paid our flat rate and with some trepidation left our car in the hands of the attendant to park for us. Then down an alleyway where we came out in the middle of China Town which added to our apprehension….would the car still be there when we returned to pick it up? Anyway we hit the streets and soon found ourselves outside a really impressive church which turned out to be Presbyterian. The Scots’ Church was the first Presbyterian Church in Victoria founded in 1838 and boasts 30 beautiful stained glass windows and a huge ten year old Austrian organ with 5000 pipes that produces earthly music that would match the music of heaven. As it happens we stood outside looking up at this magnificent church at 10.55am and Margaret …
