The Hotel De Martin is located in the center of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, right at the Plaza de la Constitución. We decide in favor of this hotel because it is only 200 m away from the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. After our arrival by train, we take a taxi to […]
By Train from Barcelona to El Escorial
On our journey by train from Barcelona to El Escorial, we have to change trains in Madrid. To start our journey early in the morning, we have booked a hotel near the train station Barcelona Sants. EXPO Hotel Barcelona Shortly after our arrival in Barcelona, we have already checked in at the Expo Hotel Barcelona, […]
Hola Bonjour – From Paris to Barcelona with Renfe-SNCF high speed train
It all starts with a Twitter Game of Renfe-SNCF en Coopération. The price is a first-class round-trip ticket for a direct connection with the high-speed train. Numerous trains operate between 21 cities in the two countries France and Spain. Hence in our opinion, the successful slogan “Hola Bonjour”. We are spoiled for choice to find […]
Visiting the Hellfire Pass and Prasat Muang Sing
The Hellfire Pass lies in the province Kanchanaburi and is a railway cutting on former Burma Railway. The so-called Death Railway became famous through the movies “The Bridge on the River Kwai” and „To End All Wars“. POWs and conscripted civilians had to build the railway from Bangkok to Burma under inhumane conditions. We come […]
The Bridge over the River Kwai
Before we go to the Bridge over the River Kwai (Khwae Yai), we visit the museum commemorating the prisoners of war who had to build the Death Railway. It shows the working conditions the people had been forced to live with. The majority of the prisoners came from the countries Japan, England, Australia / America, […]
The End of the Tiger Temple in Thailand
The Tiger Temple in Thailand was regarded as a tourist attraction for a long time. It is located northwest of Bangkok near the border to Myanmar in Kanchanaburi province. Allegedly, the Monks got the tigers as a present from the residents and they reared them the temple. Already for a long time, the animal and […]