Golden Kompass

14/01/2017

Aloha...our bags are packed and we are ready to go...come with us to Hawaii and let's have a pineapple....

01/01/2017

Our home country sends out its New Year Wishes into the world with the New Year’s concert* of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra….and we would like to join them .

We wish all of you and your loved ones a Great Year 2017 and many rewarding journeys! May all of your dreams come true. And, hopefully we will see a year of more peace and tolerance

Your Golden Kompass Team


*The Vienna Philharmonic gives its annual New Year's Concert in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein. It is perhaps the most famous classical concert in the world, broadcasted by television to an audience of over 50 million people in over 90 countries

31/12/2016

Tonight we celebrate….wishing you all a great party and an amazing start into the New Year. Stay save wherever you are

Your Golden Kompass Team

24/12/2016

Wishing all of you very, very Happy Holidays! Check how "Merry Christmas" is said around the world....https://travelhack.goldenkompass.com/how-merry-christmas-is-said-around-the-world/

23/12/2016

Paparazzi….Japanese macaques posing for the cameras at Jigokudani Monkey Park, Japan . To travel is to live . http://ift.tt/2hZ069F

22/12/2016

20/12/2016

Yesterday, a truck has ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin, killing at least 12 people and injuring 48. According to authorities it likely was a terrorist attack.

We as convinced travelers are very saddened by this news and we’d like to express our condolences to the ones affected by this atrocity.

The Christmas Market season here in Europe has a long tradition and play’s an integral part of the “Magical Season”. Nobody is going to take this away from us, and you know what? Now more than ever!

Of course, populists are the first ones on the scene using this tragedy for their cause. This however is not a time to agitate but to unite and to embrace diversity.

To Travel is to Life – always!

Live coverage: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/dec/19/berlin-truck-crash-christmas-market-live

17/12/2016

…yes, it also snows in NYC sometimes…. New York’s Flatiron building during the snowstorm Jonas . To travel is to live . http://ift.tt/2gLCjYx

12/12/2016

Nobody really is visiting Uganda because of lions or elephants. Why? Because it’s monkey country . It is well known for his population of chimpanzees and of course its Silverback Gorillas. The last 800 Silverback Gorillas are living in the mountainous rain forest in the border triangle. The good news? The population is increasing again . Come with us to Africa. Simply get in touch with us . http://ift.tt/2gv4tfm

08/12/2016

Coming June 17, 2017 – the Japanese East Railway and the Japanese West Railway are rising dramatically the ante when it comes to luxury on rails.

The trains design concept is based on elegance and should remind travelers on „the good old times“. The trains consist of 10 wagons for just 30 passengers. One of the wagons is a luxury suite with bed room, living room, bathroom with bathtub, and a balcony. In addition, the train will feature double- and single cabins. Simply like a hotel just on rails. Of course, the two observation carriages and the exquisite dining must not be forgotten to be mentioned.

The trains will travel on four different routes (one- and two day overnight stays) with one sightseeing stop and tour a day. The demand is already very high. If you’d like to experience it get in touch with us and come with us to Japan.

07/12/2016

A legend - much embroidered and variously related - surrounds this universally loved Austrian carol. Here is one version of it. . On Christmas Eve 1818, Joseph Mohr, the Catholic curate of Oberndorf, a Tyrolean village near Salzburg, Austria was in despair. Mice had chewed away the mechanism of the church organ, and there was no way that it could be immediately repaired. . Mohr's congregation needed something to sing at midnight mass, so Mohr wrote these modest verses, inspired by a pastoral visit he had made early in the day to a mother and her sick baby . Mohr - a rumbustious character, apparently, with a penchant for gambling, drinking and women - then ran round to his friend Franz Gruber, organist and headmaster in a neighboring village, and asked him to write some gentle music for it. Gruber obliged, and the carol was sung at midnight mass, Gruber accompanying on his guitar . After Christmas, the man who came to repair the organ was so impressed by Mohr and Gruber's little effort that he made a copy and passed it on to the Strasser Family - a precursor of the Von Trapps - who sang it at all their concerts and published it in 1838. . Since then "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" has gone on to be translated into more than 200 languages. It first reached English in 1858, thanks to a Miss Emily Elliott of Brighton. It was sung by both sides at the December 25 truce in the trenches of the First World War. After that Bing Crosby crooned it in the 1945 movie The Bells of St Mary's, and of course, the world famous Vienna Boys' Choir has it in its repertoire . Get in touch with us by clicking the link in the bio and come with us to Austria, the birthplace of Silent Night . # # tichánoc http://ift.tt/2h4PK7Q

06/12/2016

This was 2016 – travel photos. Two buffalos fighting in the Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjell National Park in Norway . http://ift.tt/2hbVECL

06/12/2016

cultural differences are 2 way streets...embrace them...to travel is to live...https://travel.goldenkompass.com/; https://travelhack.goldenkompass.com/

06/12/2016

In some Italian regions, for example the Emilia – Romagna, the tradition of the witch Befana is very popular . Neither Christ Child nor the 3 Kings, nor Santa Claus are bringing the presents but witch Befana is . On her search for the Christ Child she is flying on her broom, in the night between January 5 and January 6, from house to house bringing presents. The children are hanging their stockings on the fireplace which will be filled . Of course, in recent years the ‘modern’ Christmas is on the rise where children get their presents from Babbo Natale (father Christmas) on December 25 . # http://ift.tt/2g4Mg2Q

05/12/2016

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05/12/2016

Come with us to Malta in 2017 - Trail of the Malta Knights Tour

Malta - land of the Knights of Malta, home to three World Heritage sites—including the capital, Valletta—and a recent headline-grabber as a setting for the television phenomenon Game of Thrones, Malta pivoted toward the future with the 2015 inauguration of architect Renzo Piano’s reimagining of Valletta’s old City Gate, Parliament building, and Opera House. “I like the idea of joining past and future, history and modernity,” Piano noted. So do the visitors drawn to this storied republic as it embarks on a new era.

WHEN TO GO
February for Carnival week; April to May and September to October for comfortable temperatures and fewer tourists; late May to September (high season) for traditional village festas, three-day weekends celebrating feast days of various saints; June for the annual Isle of MTV free outdoor mega-concert in Il-Fosos Square, and Malta Music Week

TIPS
Malta is surrounded by water but doesn’t have a drop to drink. There are no permanent lakes or rivers, so the public supply is desalinated seawater and groundwater. Reduce your risk of digestive distress by drinking and using (for cooking and brushing teeth) only bottled water.

01/12/2016

Poistenie – je veľmi dôležité, a preto spolupracujeme s Európskou cestovnou poisťovňou, INC. Poskytujeme komplexné cestovné poistenie (storno, liečebné náklady,

30/11/2016

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29/11/2016

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