green hotels

There are hotels all around the world that are trying to make a huge effort on making their energy and water usage lower. They are installing energy efficient lighting, low flow showers and toilets, participating in recycling programs. This is also contributing to the local communities. The one good thing about these green hotels is that no matter your budget there will be a green option for you to find.

"If you can't find a green hotel in your city, you can always take these steps to green-up your stay, and feel good about where you're going.
• Encourage the hotel you choose to go green! Speak with or write a letter to the management, let them know that green options are important to you.
• Let housekeeping know that you don't need them to replace your sheets and towels every day; this will reduce energy AND water usage.
• Turn off the lights, air conditioner or heater, and the electronics in your room while you're out.
• Turn off the water when you brush your teeth, and take a shorter showers.
• Bring your own toiletries, or if you use what the hotel provides make sure to take what's leftover home with you."

(www.rezhub.com)

Here is a site that has a list of many different green hotels around the would.

Things to see in Europe from Dan Wolotsky on Vimeo.

Things to do or see

Ireland-

Dublin- The optimism will get you tipsy as the pints among the city's old Georgian architecture, literary gosta, and Guinness and mad craic. This is a "hot spot" for younger people. The population here for people under 25 is 41%. Dublin has historic museums, top-class attractions, Georgian architecture, humour and warmth of the people, and the legendary kindness and relaxed feel.

Blarney Stone- The Blarney Stone is five miles north west of the small city of Cork is the village of Blarney. It is standing almost 90 feet in height is the castle of Blarney with its world-famous Blarney Stone. More than 300,000 people come to kiss the Blarney Stone each year, in the hopes of gaining more eloquent speech. This was constructed in 1446. The history of the place goes back two centuries before that time. The story begins with a magical stone, its origins shrouded in mystery. One legend says it was the rock that Moses struck with his staff to produce water for the Israelites during their exodus from Egypt. Another legend relates that it had once been Jacob’s Pillow and that the prophet Jeremiah had brought it to Ireland. According to this telling it became the Lia Fail, or ‘Fatal Stone’ and was used as an oracular throne of the Irish kings.






France-

Paris- Many cities struggle to match the beautiful, and elegant sites of Paris. It's home to shaded boulevard cafes and exceptional museums such as the Louvre, the Musee d' Orsay and the Pompidou center.Paris is the romantic capital that is full of famous sights, including the Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame Cathedral on Ile de la Cité, the Arc de Triomphe leading to Champs Elysées,

the nightlife- In major cities such as Paris, Lyon or Marseille, there are lively nightclubs that are sometimes free of charge, although drinks are likely to be more expensive. Alternatively, the entrance price sometimes includes a consommation of one drink. Nightclubs are everywhere and in even the remotest corners of France. Their style and music vary widely from one place to another.





Italy-

Napels- Naples, Napoli in Italian, is the third most-populated city in Italy and the biggest city in Southern Italy. Its name comes from the Greek Neapolis meaning new city. Its close proximity to many interesting sites, such as Pompeii and the Bay of Naples, makes it a good base for exploring the area. Naples is a lively and vibrant city, full of wonderful historical and artistic treasures and narrow, winding streets with small shops, making it worth at least a few days visit.




Spain-


Take to the water - swimming, waterskiing and windsurfing facilities can be found at nearly all seaside resorts. Spain's premier windsurfing resort is Tarifa, where the world championships are held. Spain is also great for sailing, with plenty of harbours and sailing clubs.

Green traveling

Since there is so much global warming going on in today's society you wonder why and how people are still traveling to many places. No matter how you travel, other then walking, you are contributing to global affects, but this will not stop people from going places they want to go. The next time you want to travel, think of a way to help make it more Eco-friendly.

Buying our tickets

Amanda and I have added Ireland to our list of places we will be visiting! A few days ago I purchased our tickets. We will be leaving from Newark, New Jersey on June 30,2010 and arriving in Shannon, Ireland on July 1,2010. About a month ago I sat down to look for tickets and I found some for very cheap tickets and some that were not cheap at all. After a long journey on the world wide web I found tickets for $550.00. Someone told me that if I wait to buy them I will find some for even less then that. I didn't buy them and over time the prices continued to rise a lot. All the tickets we found were over $1000.00. We both started to panic and thought that maybe we were not going to be going on this trip. The other day I was searching airports in very random places and finally found some tickets for $800.00 into Bucharest, Romaina. Ramania was not in our itinerary but we almost picked those tickets just because they were cheap and it would be another part of the world that we could experience. As we talked about it we both didn't really feel comfortable flying there so we continued our search using CheapOair.com and found some decent priced tickets into Ireland. Amanda and I both really wanted to go to Ireland but we didn't know that we could using the Eurail, but then I found out that we could also go to Ireland. I found our tickets for $773.00 so right then I knew that I needed to call Amanda and tell her we are getting those tickets, so we did! We will be gone from June 30,2010 to August 3,2010.

Eurail Pass

There are many different types of transportation within each country of Europe. You can take a bus,car,airplanes,walk,trail,bike, or any other way you can think of. The easiest way for Amanda and myself to get around to all the different cities and countries is to purchase the Eurail train Pass. There are many different time limits you can get for your trip depending how long you plan to travel. The Eurail allows you to attend 21 different counties. As you can see in the picture below the 21 different places you can go. We are planning our trip for about four to five weeks, so we are going to buy the one month Eurail Pass. The one month pass is going to allow us to get on and off the trains, that are included in the pass, as many times as we want and when we want. There are different prices depending on your age and your time you will be traveling. If you are under the age of 25 then you will get your tickets cheaper. The one month pass is $805.00 ( or € 535 ) , but again all of the prices will depend on the length of your trip. If you are a youth and your prefer to have a first class pass, then you will have to purchase the adult ticket.

How safe it is for girls to travel in Europe?

No matter where you travel you will always have to follow different safety precautions. Here is a good source to look at, A safe trip abroad

How safe it is for girls to travel in Europe? from Dan Wolotsky on Vimeo.

Where we will be going.

In the summer of July 2010, I will be traveling to Europe with one of my best friends, Amanda Cotier. We will be backpacking around six different countries. We would like to see a few different cities within each of the six countries. We will be flying into Paris, France. After we leave Paris we will be visiting one more city and our journey will contain the countries of Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Spain.