2voyage Travel Portal

I have a russian grandma who bought a 14 night carnival cruise, her last stop will be in London. She just has a green card, no u.s. citizenship, I know she needs a visa to stay 4 days in London. But how much would it cost for a 4 day visa in London. I would really appreciate your honest answer with a website. Thank You.

Paris is within easy reach of London, but in terms of the attitude of its population and its overall ambience it could be a million miles away. That is probably why so many Britons are attracted to a city that offers its own unique vitality and outlook on the world. Regardless of how many times you may have visited Paris there is always something new to do; another new attraction or activity that adds another insight into the way that Parisians live their colourful lives.

Of course, the most iconic image associated with the city of Paris is the Eiffel Tower. Built to promote the 1889 World Fair it has proved to be one of the most enduring Paris landmarks and has shown amazing resilience for a structure intended to be a temporary construction. Now, in its 120th year the Eiffel Tower continues to attract millions of visitors each year.

A visit to the celebrated Louvre and its most famous exhibit, the Mona Lisa, is a must for any visitor to the City of Light. Regardless of how many times you may have been to Paris there is always something new to see in this magnificent museum. Aside from Old Masters’ paintings, the Louvre also regularly features touring exhibitions of world art alongside its fantastic permanent exhibits that showcase thousands of Egyptian, Roman and Greek artefacts.

A stroll down the magnificent Champs-Elysees is also highly recommended to immediately immerse yourself in the unique ambience of this magnificent city. And for an experience only available in Paris, a trip to the hills of Montmartre is a must. It was here that the vertically challenged artist Toulouse Lautrec infamously indulged in activities that would make a modern day hedonist blush. It is also home to the Moulin Rouge; featuring consummate dance artistes donning flamboyant and highly feathered costumes. So, you can get caught up in the excitement and drink in the Bohemian atmosphere of this most Parisian of districts.

However, one of the biggest attractions of this beautiful city is that it is so easy to reach. There are abundant daily flights to Paris landing at either Orly or Roissy-Charles De Gaulle and conveniently taking just under an hour from London; whether planned or on the spur of the moment getting to Paris should not be too difficult. With there being so much to see and do in Paris all year round, the most difficult aspect may be deciding when is the best time to visit.

I’d like to know for budget planning. Thanks.

Oh, and where do you WANT to live in the future?

I live in Sydney, Australia, and I like it, because although I’ve lived here all my life there’s so much I still have to see. The harbour is beautiful and the weather always changes and I love that
However I do want to travel around the world. In the future I’d like to live in NYC, London or Paris, but I’m just dreaming I suppose.

My friend and I are going to London for a week in October more than likely. She is 21, and I’m 20. The flight and hotel is going to be around $1200. I was wondering how much extra cash should I bring for spending? I plan on getting a London Pass, probably the 6 day $180 one..which lets you in 55 attractions free..as well as free transportation which will save a lot of money. So I’m mostly worried about money for eating, I don’t plan to do a whole lot of shopping..but I’m sure I’ll buy a thing or two, and then whatever other expenses we might need. Could anyone tell me a round about figure of how much I should bring? Any other tips will be appreciated!! Thanks
Thank you so much, that helps me out alot! I appreciate it!!

im talking about some of the attractions such as madame tussauds, the palaces, london eye, etc. planning to shop at harrods and the flea markets. breakfast, tube tickets and hotel accommodations are provided.
=)

Right, i have paid for flights, accomodation for MOST of the time is covered, although there may be a day here or there where im just gonna see where i am and where im going to be.
I plan to stay in St Neots most of the time but want to travel to see lots. i plan on a few days in ireland, a few days in scotland, i want to see parliament house, buckingham palace, ride the london eye, see stonehenge, etc. I will be in england for 31 days. How much ROUGHLY will i need for travel, getting into the sites and the occasional meal out?

My husband and I spent two weeks in England and they have the highest level of hate crimes against Homosexuals than anywhere else.

We spent four nights in London and had to move into a different hotel because a gay man had been killed by a conservative activist. Our tour guide in Cambridge lost her brother who spoke up for the rights of gays (but wasn’t gay himself) by a conservative activist as well.

Why can’t the Brits accept gays like we do in America? It really can be dangerous for people of different beliefs over there.

Lundahl & Seitl

Symphony of a Missing Room

National Museum, Stockholm

3 – 15 November 2009

Sweden’s National Museum is the location of a new immersive and participatory project by contemporary artist duo Lundahl&Seitl, the third and the most ambitious project in a series of solo commissions by Weld, Stockholm.

A choreographed performance of sound, narrative and movement, Symphony of a Missing Room simulates a virtual space whilst also directing its visitors towards scrutiny of the museological objects within it. Viewers experience the solid reality of the museum simultaneous to the narrative and cognitive diversions of the work itself. Manipulating the visitor’s experience of time, space and reality, the work becomes a collective yet highly personal journey through the museum.

Taking the form of a guided tour, Symphony of a Missing Room manipulates the visitors perceptions of space and duration through multi-sensory choreography, movement and touch, all synchronized by a binaural audio recording carried through individually-worn headsets. As the work unfolds there is a replication of the familiar activity of viewing objects in a museum, but also a diversion of the visitor’s attention towards uncanny choreographic occurrences and concurrences, or towards virtual rooms and darkened or obscured spaces. After experiencing various degrees of blindness and being granted a new sensitivity to space, visitors may experience a new sense of their immediate reality within the museum.

Whilst examining the space of the museum and the objects it holds by so dramatically altering the physical and mental path of the visitor within its rooms, Symphony of a Missing Room simultaneously steers our attention away from the visible world, such that the gaze becomes meditative and is turned back towards consciousness itself.

On the 15 November, to mark the close of this run, the critically acclaimed concert pianist Cassie Yukawa will give a special performance in conjunction with the installation at the National Museum.

LUNDAHL&SEITL have been working together since 2003. With a strong foundation in research, the artists’ stage increasingly large-scale performance works that require the viewer’s full immersion, Lundahl&Seitl investigate space, time and perception, and have collaborated variously within the areas of architecture, fashion, cognitive neurology and classical music. Their work has been widely shown, including presentations at Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Steinway and Sons Piano Workshop, Cell Project Space, The A Foundation, The Whitechapel Gallery and Battersea Arts Centre in London, and Weld, Stockholm.

Fashion Designer Jula Reindell has worked on design and costumes for the project. She has previously worked with Hussein Chalayan and is a holder of the 2009 Bavarian State Prize.

Collaborators of the project:

Rachel Alexander, Lisette Drangert, Schalom Haddad, Moa Hanssen, Genevieve Maxwell,

Colin McLean and Cassie Yukawa.

Co-Produced by Weld and National Museum

Symphony of a Missing Room are being supported generously by:

Konstnarsnamnden, Weld, National Museum and Sennheiser

Selected press about the work by Lundahl & seitl:

‘You stand in total darkness, guided by whispered instructions and the hands which lead you

suddenly into bright diorama reminiscent of a Vermeer group portrait ‘ TIMEOUT, London

‘Lundahl and seitl’s” Rotating In A Room of Images, a 15-minute piece for an audience of one using audio

instructions, is like being haunted’ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

‘A very clear evidence that the arts continue to evolve into new realms of emotion and intellect’

”Pia Huss, DN from an article about Work /Workshop 2008

‘This is another type of presence, not the one when your feet feels itchy in your shoes, but one where you feel a large space behind the your skull, where consciousness opened up a window and drifted into the dark air’

Malin Zimm, Chief editor of the architecture magazine RUM

‘With Work / Workshop the duo transformed Weld into a dark room, a universe of possibilities, of fear,

desire and exploration, a redeeming work which still is moving somewhere in the bodily memory’

Ulrika Stahre, Aftonbladet Kultur, about: what we remember from 2008 ”

‘But these people are without identity, and they have at once multiple possible identities. Thus, perhaps do I. Here the social is dropped – or temporarily it is leveled – seven people in a room, all hearing our own narratives and acting in relation to one another’  Art writer Gemma Sharpe on the project: Work / Workshop