Hotels in London sold out ahead of the Olympics!

About a month later, the City of London, England, will be filled with tourists who want to watch the four-yearly sports event, Olympics. The problem is, will there still be an empty hotel in the city?

Some hotel and motel cheap accommodation in London wearing expensive fare such as a five star hotel. The reason, an empty room enough in this city while ordering a lot.

Many hotels in central London has been full to mid-July to August. Some rooms are still empty more expensive tariffs twice to four times the normal rate.

Not only the hotel was full. rented homes owned by residents were almost all been booked by tourists who want to be in London at the time of the Olympics. London tourism authority will expect there are 900,000 tourists who arrived at the Olympic Games, including athletes, their families, journalists, and tourists. Coupled with 1.5 million tourists who are usually seen in London each summer.

In London alone there were only 110 000 hotel rooms, and nearly a third has been allocated for use as a residence and its crew Olympian. For travelers who still want to visit London for the Olympics, you should stay away from the central area.

Kent and Essex, which is east of the city can also be an alternative because it has a connection to the Olympic Park, where most of the sports event will be held.

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4 Country With Most Unique Sculpture in the World's

Each state has its own style to attract tourists, ranging from natural beauty, to the shape of the building. All the interesting things is to invite tourists to come, not to mention the unique shape of a statue.

The existence of a statue in a country, not only serves as an ornamental only. The unique shape also become an attraction itself, especially for tourists. No tourists rarely come to a place to see and photograph with a unique sculpture.

If you're curious, here are four countries with the most unique sculptures, and inviting tourists to come.

1. Statue of 'Peace', China

World Sculpture Park in Changchun, China has a statue with a funny shape. From a distance, looked like a statue of a human hand. It's just great shape almost as tall as a human body.

This statue is unique because the shape of the hand with three fingers folded and middle finger index finger too upright. Yes, this sculpture is shaped like human fingers to symbolize peace.

Statue of 'Peace' was made by Joseph De Angelis of bronze material. The exterior of the metal wire wrapped around the statue in all parts of the statue.


2. First Generation, Singapore

In addition to Orchard, there are many other interesting places can be visited during the holidays to Singapore, such as along the Singapore River and stopped in front of the Fullerton Hotel. Do not be surprised to see a bunch of kids jump into the river, because this is just a statue.

Unique and funny statue was made by a sculptor named Chong Fah Cheong. Sculpture, named the 'First Generation' is made to describe the early life of Singaporeans. First, the Singapore River was once the main line of the lion country life.

At that time, there are many small children are busy playing on the banks of the river, then jump to enjoy the cool river water. Unfortunately, the fun is lost when the river cleanup project undertaken in 1983. Residents on the outskirts of the river moved his residence.

3. Magic Faucet, Spain

What's on your mind so the first time saw a water faucet without support, can stand upright even with the pouring out of water. Not magic is not magic, this is amazing art work of a sculptor from Spain.

Magic Tap you can see in Cadiz, Spain. As the name implies, the man who first saw this statue, it will probably say, "Wow, magic!" There is a floating faucet and the water issue.

Eits, but not so amazed first, there are secrets hidden in the swift flowing water. When viewed in more detail, there were pipes hidden behind the swift flow of water. This is the key to the faucet can stand up straight. Unique is not it? Due to the unusual shape, the statue has attracted tourists who come to see its uniqueness.


4. The Shark, UK

One more unique sculpture that you can see in mainland Europe, precisely in the New High Street, Oxford, England. Instead of a statue standing on the ground, the statue of The Shark is different because it is located in the ceiling.The Shark statue illustrates a shark that had fallen and stuck on top of a house residents. The Shark became famous since it first landed on the roof of the house residents on August 9, 1986. Many residents or tourists who come to see the statue weighing 200 kg.

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6 Cities for Literature Lovers

Many reasons to visit the famous cities while on vacation. If you're an enthusiast who is interested will read literary history and background of world famous writers, you might want to consider visiting the following places.

Dublin, Ireland
 In addition to beautiful, well-known Dublin pub and the work will be written words. One way to travel to the site can follow the tour literature Literary Pub Crawl. The guide will take you to the famous bars where great writers find their inspiration. Do not forget to visit the Dublin Writers Museum which has a literary heritage of the country, or the Abbey Theater, which offers performances of the works of contemporary and classical playwright. There are also points of interest in Trinity College.

Edinburg, Scotland 
This historic city has inspired more than a hundred novels, including some famous poets of the 18th century such as Robert Burns, Alexander and Ian Ranking McCallSmith. Conduct tours to sites located in the city of literature. You can find the Museum The author is quite interesting and is located in a 17th-century building.

London, England 
Many offer up the tour of Shakespeare and Dickens. Follow the tour as well as Literary London Pub Walk. You can find lots of great literature in the British Library is displaying historic books. Also allows for you to do the tour associated with fictional characters like Sherlock Holmes and James Bond. Many places in the corners of London that was made famous in the novel poluler.


Paris, France 
Satra's most famous sites is the tomb of Oscar Wilde can be found in the Pere-Lachaise Cemetery. Wilde was an Irish playwright and one of the writers who moved to Paris for inspiration. Visit the Les Deux Magots, old-fashioned cafe that used to spend time Wilde. Paris also has a collection of house-museum dedicated to the French writers such as Victor Hugo.

Washington DC, USA
 There are many historical books in the Library of Congress which is the largest library in the world and was founded in 1800 kempali. Do a free tour with along every room in the library. Some sites focus on the work of Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman. Politics and prose bookstore here often holding a book discussion groups and events for writers.

Stockholm, Sweden 
The city is famous for bringing the idea of ​​Albert Nobel Prize for the term given to penilis, peace activists, and scientists for their accomplishments. Visit Stockholm City Museum and follow the adventures of the Millennium Tour to visit the famous places in Stieg Larsson's novel: â € ~ The Girl with the Dragon Tatooâ € ™. There is also a statue in Tegnerlunden Park as a tribute to Astrid Lindgren has created the famous character Pippi Longstocking

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