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Paris
Rich in history and culture, Paris is the capital of France and a popular tourist destination.
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What lands were traveled in Gulliver's Travels?
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In Gulliver's Travels, the main character, Lemuel Gulliver is initially sailing to the South Seas. However, a storm blows him off course and he lands on the island of Lilliput, a land inhabited by people 6 inches tall. He briefly returns home to England, then heads out on another journey and is blown off course again. This time he lands in Brobdingnag, where people are all 60 feet tall. After another pit stop in England, Gulliver ends up marooned on an island near Vietnam, then gets picked up by the floating island of Laputa. People on Laputa are normal sized but entirely impractical. Then Gulliver travels to Glubbdubdrib, an island where he meets ghosts, and Luggnagg, the home of immortals. Gulliver ends up in Japan, sails home to England, then leaves again, this time as the captain of a ship. However, he doesn't prove popular as a captain and his crew maroons him on an island inhabited by intelligent, noble horses called Houyhnhnms. Finally, he returns home to England and his family, much changed by all his travels.
So in brief he travels to:
England
Lilliput
Brobdingnag
small island near Vietnam
Laputa
Glubbdubdrib
Luggnagg
Japan
Houyhnhnm Land
For more information on Gulliver's Travels try reading the book (which is excellent), or read more by using the link, further down this page, listed under Related Links.
What is the quickest way to travel to Paris?
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going by experience it would be 'the metro' .
What is the metro?
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The Paris Métro is an electric underground railway system; the term metro is also used in other countries to define a rapid transport system, not necessarily underground.
'Where can you find a seating plan for Parc Des Princes in Paris?
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http://www.eventtravel.com/cms/display_seatingplan.aspx?seatingplan_objid=142
How many tourists visit brasilia every year?
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5, 050 000 in 2008
Source: Brazilian Central Bank
http://www.cet.unb.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=823&Itemid=1
Acording to a reserch, 97,5% of the tourists would like to go to Brazil again.
Why is it so cold in Paris?
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It can get cold there. Due to the Gulf Stream, much of the west of Europe has milder winter weather than other parts of the world on the same latitude. So Paris would be milder than other parts of the world, but it still can be cold there.
How long does it take to get to paris on the train from Liverpool street?
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The Eurostar takes 2 hours 15 minutes between London and Paris. There is approximately one train per hour in each direction.
Eurostar is the brand name of the company running high speed trains London-Paris and London-Lille-Brussels through the Channel Tunnel.
Eurostar uses the stations: St. Pancras (London), Gare du Nord (Paris), Bruxelles Midi (Brussels) and Lille Europe.
Currently these are the only passenger trains operating through the tunnel.
How long before departure should you be at the train station?
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Times vary from airport to airport, from air carrier to air carrier and even from day to day. A general guideline is 1 1/2 hours before departure for US domestic travel when checking bags. 2 hours before departure for International departures. For major holiday travel, add another 30 minutes, just to be sure. If you have no bags to check-in, most carriers now have some form of online check-in or airport based kiosk (self service) check-in that might allow you shave some time off your check-in.
If aeroplane leaves New York and travels to Paris at 4500 mph another aeroplane leaves Paris and travels to New York at 5000 mph which plane is closest to Paris?
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the faster one stupid!if they leave the same time then the one going faster will be closer!wow i shouldn't have even wasted those 23 calories typing this.
Wow! You lost 23 calories just by typing that??? I'm impressed!
Well you are incorrect, as well as having wasted calories.
The answer is they are both as close as each other to Paris WHEN THEY MEET!!
How is the Eiffel Tower maintained?
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SETE - Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel. This is a limited public-private company which holds the franchise until 2015. The City of Paris owns 59.9 percent, and various finance houses the rest (except for 0.01 percent belonging to the Paris Tourism and Congress Office). Separate companies run the souvenir stalls, the restaurants and biffets, the telescopes, the ATMs and the guided tours. Profits are about 4 million euros a year (less tax), resulting from a revenue of 66 million, of which 24 go to personnel, 9 to the City of Paris in royalties, 14 to paying of debts. These are th#e figures I can find; the rest, presumably, goes on maintenance and refitting, of which there is a lot.
For more details, see http://www.tour-eiffel.biz/en/business-activity
How long is the longest runway at Charles de gaulle airport?
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The longest runway at Heathrow is: 3902m x 50m
The next one is: 3658m x 45m
Then followed by a smaller one: 1962m x 45m
Does the Loire River go through Paris?
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Paris
The Seine divides Paris into the Left Bank and the Right bank.
What are the kinds of money around the world?
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Well I don't know them all but i know afew: * Yen. * Dollar. * Euro. * Krone. * Shekel. * Pound. * Rupee. Sorry i couldn't get them all but there are hundreds of diffrent types.(Hope this helps.)
Where does the Seine River go to?
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The Seine river goes to the town of Le HAVRE where it flows into the English channel.
How much does it cost to enter the Louvre?
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tickets for the permament collections are 9 euros :)
What gives the Eiffel Tower its name?
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Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the tower and the owner of its building company.
His company also made the frame of the statue of Liberty.
The Eiffle Tower was named after its designer Gustav Eiffel who also designed the Statue Of Liberty in New York,USA.
Where does the name of Paris come from?
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From the Parisii, the latinised form of the name of the tribe living in the area when the Romans arrived.
Why was Eiffel Tower named Eiffel Tower?
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The structure was named for the engineer whos company designed it, Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923).
The Eiffel Tower was named after the French engineer named Gustave Eiffel whos company designed and had the tower built. His company built a lot of other structures. His company made the steel frame and cast bronze of the structure in New York, United States named the Statue of Liberty. Gustave Eiffel also was the architect of the Nice Observatory. And he also designed the Estacion Central railway station in Santiago, Chile. Again he steeled a church in Manila, Philippines called Basilica of San Sebastian. Because of his role, this church had became the only steel framed church in the whole of Asia. His company also built the Budapest Nyugati palyaudvar (Hungarian for Budapest Western railway station)making it one of the only three stations in Budapest, Hungary. He made a bridge in France called Garabit viaduct in 1884. This bridge is a railway arch bridge. He made a bridge the named Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi, Vietnam. Before Vietnam's independence in 1954, it was called the Doumer's Bridge, named after Paul Doumer -The Governor-General of French Indochina and then French president. This was originally named as the Paul Doumer Bridge. This was one of the longest bridges in Asia, having the length of 2,500 m. He made a theater called the Paradis Latin. It was burnt down but was rebuilt by Gustave Eiffel. He made this in 1887-1889. It was closed down in circa 1900, but was partially reconstructed and reopened in 1970. He built a bridge in Porto, Portugal. It was named Maria Pia Bridge, commonly known as Ponte Dona Maria. This bridge is a railway bridge that was built in 1877 by Gustave Eiffel, built of wrought iron. He designed the Konak Pier, near the city's historic center Konak Square in Izmir, Turkey. He was famous for all of these structures that he made or designed. There are a lot more structures that he made. To see those structures, go and see the related link(s) below. You will see everything that he built. He was born in December 15, 1832 and died in December 27, 1923. He was aged 91 in the age of his death.
