How to Explore a New City

How to Explore a New City
Jul 15, 2006 19:35
RUNNERMORE Points: Join Date: Apr 20, 2006 Status: offline	Explore a new city, whether in your own country or abroad Steps: 1.Obtain a free city map from the airport, bus station, or your hotel. If you can't get a free one, you may need to purchase one from a newstand. 2.When you step out the front door of your hotel, take stock of your surroundings. Look for interesting buildings and note the street or corner your hotel is located on. Mark this on your map with an X. The interesting building will alert you when you are getting back to your hotel. 3.Look around you to see where the action seems to be. 4.For your first sightseeing excursion, it would be well to choose a famous landmark that you can walk to. This will be your "center". From now on you should be able to navigate by this landmark, and the items on your map will become clear to you, because you will be able to see whether sights are closer to your hotel or that landmark. If the landmark is a tall one, that helps, because you can see it from several blocks away. 5.From now on you will be able to venture out in an ever widening radius from your hotel, and you will (almost) never get lost. It depends on how adventurous you are. Tips: Check for interesting features on the buildings as you walk. This will help you know when you are going back by the same route. Warnings Don't get so caught up looking at architecture that you fail to notice the other pedestrians around you. Things You'll Need 1.map 2.good walking shoes 3.an alert mind

Jul 15, 2006 19:35

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Explore a new city, whether in your own country or abroad

Steps:
1.Obtain a free city map from the airport, bus station, or your hotel. If you can't get a free one, you may need to purchase one from a newstand.
2.When you step out the front door of your hotel, take stock of your surroundings. Look for interesting buildings and note the street or corner your hotel is located on. Mark this on your map with an X. The interesting building will alert you when you are getting back to your hotel.
3.Look around you to see where the action seems to be.
4.For your first sightseeing excursion, it would be well to choose a famous landmark that you can walk to. This will be your "center". From now on you should be able to navigate by this landmark, and the items on your map will become clear to you, because you will be able to see whether sights are closer to your hotel or that landmark. If the landmark is a tall one, that helps, because you can see it from several blocks away.
5.From now on you will be able to venture out in an ever widening radius from your hotel, and you will (almost) never get lost. It depends on how adventurous you are.

Tips:
Check for interesting features on the buildings as you walk. This will help you know when you are going back by the same route.

Warnings
Don't get so caught up looking at architecture that you fail to notice the other pedestrians around you.

Things You'll Need
1.map
2.good walking shoes
3.an alert mind

Jul 16, 2006 00:29	#1
LEMONCACTUS Points: Join Date: Dec 8, 2005 Status: Offline	This is a useful post Runnermore. I always try to do the things on your list..... lol... and have been known to trip over all sorts of things whilst looking around at stuff...

Jul 16, 2006 05:44	#2
RUNNERMORE Points: Join Date: Apr 20, 2006 Status: Offline	Haha, have a nice summer holiday trip!:)

Jul 16, 2006 06:25	#3
ARTI72 Points: Join Date: Jan 12, 2006 Status: Offline	Very good five steps :-) ------------------- http://kitek.extraincome.nu

Jul 17, 2006 00:17	#4
CALIFORNIA Points: Join Date: Jul 22, 2005 Status: Offline	Very great job,runnermore! I need more maps,haha!

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