The Samsung TL220 with 12.2 megapixels shoots pictures clearly – no matter where you are in the world. For years now it has been every traveler’s dilemma to want to take pictures of yourself at a location – but no one to take it. So they settle for crappy self shot pictures and go on their merry way. The new Samsung camera changes that though, with an innovative mini screen on the front of the camera.

While this sounds like a novelty toy, this camera is no joke. It has image stabilization so all of your pictures come out clear and detailed, even if you are shaking in excitement and running to your next attraction. Other benefits include a lithium ion battery that can be easily recharged. Plus you can always buy extra just in case your battery dies at an important moment.

The Samsung TL220 also has a touch screen so you can edit and view your pictures quickly. Rapid burst mode allows you to shoot multiple pictures at once so you are sure to get the best possible image. The camera also boasts the ability to shoot photos in low light with or without flash, but a tripod is recommended to increase a stabilized and clear shot. Other special modes and editing options make photos fun to play too!

Plus, this camera has a scene mode for every possible situation including:

• Night
• Portrait
• Beauty shot
• Children
• Landscape,
• Text,
• Macro
• Sunset & dawn
• Backlight
• Fireworks
• Beach
• And snow

Each of these specific scenes makes it easy to choose the best setting. So whether you are watching fireworks in Australia, or trying to snag a photo of a museum plaque in Paris, you can get the picture right the first time! This is the kind of camera you shouldn’t travel without, and it’s an easy to use must have for shooting quick quality photos on the go.

It is Europe’s most poulous city, and is ranked worldwide on the 3rd place, with its 12 000 000 inhabitants. The european side is named Thrace, and the asian Anatolia. 30 % of the population lives on the asian side, which is newer and has a better infrastructure.

Istanbul has a long, glorious, turbulent history. It was founded by the roman emperor Constantin, with the intention to become the capital of the Roman Empire. That is why it was long time called Constantinopole, and was really the capital of the Roman Eastern Empire. In 1432 it was conquered by the osman turks, becoming the capital of the Othoman Empire. When proclaming Republic of Turkey in 1922, Mustafa kemal Ataturk moved the capital to Ankara, but Istanbul continued to florish up today! In the last 50 years it tripled its population.

Istanbul lies on the Bosphorus Street, which makes the connection between the Black Sea and the Mediteranean Sea. A strategic position, if you agree! And a wonderful sight, knowned here as the Golden Horn.Today, there is a wonderful bridge on the Bosphorus, uniting the two parts of the city.

Istanbul is a strange , but seducing mix of nationalities and religions.  The most of inhabitants are muslim turkish, but you can find also greeks( in the quarter of Fanar), armenians and sephard jews, etc. In Istanbul there are 108 muslim cemeteries and 50 non muslim cemeteries !

You need at least one week to meet and understand Istanbul, as it is a paradise for any tourist : luxury hotels, budget hotels, museums ( archaeology, Topkapy Palace, Aya Sofia), ships short travels on the Golden Horn, shopping ( in luxury modern malls or traditional bazars), and a lot more!

I will come again with details from every corner of Istanbul and necessary informations for any traveler.

Anyway, in my opinion, you should visit this grotto (Jeita Grotto), it is really a masterpiece.

If you will reply ” what can be so spectacular in a cave?”, I must answer: I can hardly find my words for describing such a beauty! It is simply overwhelming and breathtaking, an unique cave, I would say.

It is a nature wonder, and lies only 20 km north from Beirut, Lebanon. It was rediscovered by the American missionary William Thompson in 1836. But in the good old paleolithic times this was populated by humans! In the 60’s took place here in the grotto a few concerts, but in the 70’s it has been closed to public access due to the Lebanese civil war. Nowadays it is opened again, and you can enjoy an unforgettable escapade in this cave!

The grotto is huge (12 km) and consists from an upper and a lower limestone gallery. Through the lower gallery runs a little river, the main source of the Nahr Al Halb ( The Dog River) . You can walk(only 2 km) and go by boot in this wonderful cave, which is enlighten, and you can admire world’s longest stalactite, hanging 8 meters from the ceiling.

I am deeply sory not to be a poet in order to depict this beauty (the Jeita Grotto), which was made by the unthinkable force of water drops!

I found many places where different cultures meet. And I took some photos to share with you; one picture is from the American Mexican border, and the other one in a public market from Germany.

I hope not to bring the slightest offence to any of these cultures.

I don’t intend to make you sad. The truth is, I have an extraordinary other question to ask you: what was on the Earth 47 millions years ago? I am asking you this question because visiting the Mesel Cave near Darmstadt, Germany I found some interesting very well preserved fossils. I think this cave is heaven on Earth for any naturalist! In the photo you see an ancient art of horse, the Propalaeotherium! Which is exactly 47 millions years old! Really amazing.

No, Sir, it also has its modern buildings, and some of them are more than modern: they are even stranger!

The city of Brussels, the european capital, has a strange and not very decent citymark. But it is old enough to be an attraction of the city.

Brussels has also another citymark: the huge european Parliament. But I like more the little man urinating!

Compare and decide !

After the WWII, when Germany was ruined and divided, the first postwar chancellor of the western Germany, Konrad Adenauer, had to choice the capital of the new state. Frankfurt am Main was a serious proposition, but he preferred the tiny city of Bonn, as it was closer to his house! People say, if he had the choice for Frankfurt, it could have been practically impossible to move the capital after the reunification of 1989.

People have lived in Frankfurt for two thousand years. Roman artifacts are still emerging to light today.

In the middle Age Frankfurt( there is another Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Oder, which is significantly smaller) had trembled history. Prussia, Austria, occupations, destroy after the WWII, West Germany etc.

In 1924 the city of Frankfurt am Main had chosen a Jewish Mair. But this thing did not stop Adolf Hitler to destroy the synagogues, deporting Jews, getting the Jews in a ghetto. The history of the Jewish community from Frankfurt, one of the German’s most important, can be seen in the Jewish Museum.

During the war, the Allies spared only a few building; one is the Dom, as you can see in the above imagine, and the other was was the IG Farben Building, serving today as the University. After the war was the residence of the Allied Commission, and for this reason it was spared. A special mention for this University, the only one in Germany founded by the citizens of Frankfurt in 1914.

In the interbellic period Frankfurt was a beautiful city, preserving many old medieval buildings. Only a few of them have been rebuild after the war.

You can discover Frankfurt in many ways. Basically, do not dream to discover it by your car. It is dangerous and you have no parking places. Better leave your car in a garage, and use the public transportation or even the bike (it is a bike friendly city).

Do not miss in Frankfurt :

- the Museumufer. It is a shore of the Rhine with 13 museums one next to other. And all of these museums are interesting and worth to be seen, believe me: World Museum, German architecture museum, Jewish museum, communication museum. If you get Frankfurt by the end of August, you will see the Festival of the museums shore, when all these museums will be opened until late in the night.

-night life. The techno music was born here in Frankfurt!

-the city dome

-the Stock Exchange, having in the front a famous sculpture(bellow)

Shall I give more reasons for visiting Frankfurt am Main?

But watch it carefully, please, and don’t give a quick answer. On the plate writes: “Opening today”