Château de Versailles – This former palace of French kings popularly known as the Palace of Versailles is located some 16 kilometres west of Paris. Originally a hunting lode it became the residence of the French kings when Louis XIV decided to shift his residence from the Louvre. Housing over 20,000 nobles at the one [...]

One of the most popular cities of the world, the city of Paris has earned the distinction of being one of the most visited destinations of Europe attracting 15.2 millions of international visitors in 2010. (See Wikipedia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism). Though, one tends to associate the city with popular landmarks like the Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower [...]

Wimbledon is the sporting event of the summer in the U.K. It finds its way onto all the televisions in the land, in pubs, in schools, in restaurants and waiting rooms. It is one of the last great institutions of a romanticized old Britain, prim and neat, with mown lawns and infamous statistics that crop [...]