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Latin inscription on Hofburg…what does it mean?

Friday, August 29th, 2008

EH? Have you ever asked what that

 His Aedibus Adhaeret Concors Populorum Amor 

meant on top of Hofburg? Still curious? Here’s the translation:

In this building I reconciled the love of the nations (peoples)

PS: it has taken me a while to find the transaltion myself and my Latin knowledge from HS didn’t help much (to my shame)

Hofburg

Tips to save money on your Europe vacation

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

As you all know, i’m heading to Vienna in less than 6 weeks…yes, it rocks! but considering that i get my salary in US$ and currently the exchange ratio is like 1 EUR = 1.56 US$ i’m starting to freak out…BIG TIME!

Thankfully, my colleagues over at BootsnAll already published a really interesting article abt how to save money while visiting Europe. Granted, the “tricks” are known by all of us “budget travelers” but reading them again won’t do harm to anyone…actually, you’ll probably discover something new which you haven’t yet though abt.

Here’s the article about 11 tips to stretch our weak Dollar in Europe this summer.