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The city of London offers many casinos for tourists to visit while in the city. Not surprisingly, some of these casinos have historical roots given the age of the city. However, one can also find newer casino venues that have become rather famous given what they can offer. Knowing what casinos are available prior to your departure can help you best manage your time while visiting London.

Warwick Street, Mayfair

The Palm Beach Casino is located in central London in the Mayfair neighbourhood which is home to other casinos. Like most casinos in London, membership must be obtained if you plan on making a bet over £1,500. Otherwise, visitors can easily enter the casino without being charged. The specific dress code of any casino in London is key as it varies considerably. Despite the setting and décor of the Palm Beach Casino, visitors can be admitted with casual dress so long as it is neat looking. While the Palm Beach is not a large casino, one will notice that the gaming tables are spread out which makes it much easier to navigate through the establishment.

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Casino games found here include popular favourites that many play at online casinos including roulette, poker, blackjack and slots. Rooms can be found surrounding the main casino floor which are for those who wish to have more of a private game. The roulette tables found in the Palm Beach Casino number ten. They also have some tables with rather low minimum bets which will appeal to casual gamblers. Blackjack is found at three tables in the casino. Within the high roller area expect to find extremely high buy-in amounts for this game. The variation of poker that is most people here is Texas Hold ‘Em. However, casual poker players be warned, often there many only be one table open and it could have a rather high table minimum.

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We are all treading the vanishing road of a song in the air, the vanishing road of the spring flowers and the winter snows, the vanishing roads of the winds and the streams, the vanishing road of beloved faces. ( Richard Le Gallienne)

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No matter your age, I’m certain that you have wondered how far the road ahead would you still travel. You would often look back at the road behind you, tread memory lane as frequently as possible and hope to see that happy child running towards you, its bright eyes full of dreams, of promises. It is still the same child, now only grown; perhaps a bit aged, now more knowledgeable.

Lately, it has been seeing abandonment left and right, its heart getting broken bit by bit. It wonders, “why can’t life be as simple as when I was riding my bike down that hilly path?”

Change is inevitable, that’s true. So does aging, so does dying. But why must we leave childhood with such sweet abandon and go through life forgetting that this is all temporary?

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I’m a self-proclaimed bargain-magnet…if there’s such a thing. I seldom go out to shop and when I do I chance upon items on sale and at a time that they’re really needed. What’s more exciting is I get them from 50% to 70% off…such  rip off! We’re talking shoes, tops, pants, skirts, shoes and shoes….oh I just love shoes! Come June there’d be more of inventory sales and I hope I got the money to spend then. ^_^

Time to Shop! – Vienna

A bookshop in Fuerth

A bookstore in Fuerth, Germany

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Gasthaus’ Window, Vienna

Quite  busy image here…This is across the street and all the things from the other side and from the side lane is reflected while a lamp from the inside can also be seen. This is a window of a Gasthaus that we pass by on our way home. You can’t really see the subject in this photo because everything is thrown in to give you the whole picture!

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We’ve got very little snow this season and we’re hoping for more. It was a usual school day, took the kids to school, went about my daily routines and picked them up again…I had to shoot and did very few but I’m glad I still did because I’m not so sure if we’re still  having snow this season. *sigh* 🙁

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Photo frames are obviously for framing photos, but they are also an extension of you! If you are an outgoing extrovert-type of person, chances are that you have brightly colored digital picture frames for your pictures – red, blue, silver or with designs on the frames.

An ‘artsy’ type person will have unusual frames that complement each photo. An organized person will try to have the same type of frame for all photos. The work-aholic business person tends to gravitate to black frames. Really laid-back person? Doesn’t matter – this personality type will have antique wood, plastic, metal, modern wood, what ever! And, they will all somehow hang together in harmony.

No matter what type of personality you are, at some point in time you will have a ‘special’ photo, print or project that simply has to have the ‘perfect’ photo frame. The search is on. There are literally thousands of ready-made photo frames out there, but you cannot find one that is right for your special photo. Guess you’ll just have to settle for second best. WRONG!

There is still an option or two out there. Have your photo professionally framed. You would get to choose the frame material and color, mat, no mat, oddly shaped mat, whatever you desire. I guarantee you will be pleased with the outcome. But, there is another way to get the perfect photo frame, much less expensive than using a professional. Find a frame shop that allows you to make your own frame; most cities have them. You will have the same exact options as you would having it done professionally. The shop personnel will train you: how to measure your photo to get a good frame fit, how to put the frame together, how to clean the glass, how to apply the paper on the back, and what type of hanging mechanism to have. The shop cuts and miters your frame material and mat.

Now you have your prize photo in the perfect photo frame, and you have the self satisfaction of having made the frame yourself. Congratulations!

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Here’s our second post.

Vienna’s 7th District

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I am pretty sure I’ve shared this photo here before. I just can’t help posting this again as I’ve always seen this spot nostalgic in a way. This was taken at Vienna’s 7th district…would you believe that it’s at a McDonald’s shop?

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Vienna is defined by music and the musicians that made music flourish throughout the centuries. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, genius pur – composer and musician would be called to mind when one says Vienna. Thus, a number of souvenirs in remembrance of Mozart can be bought around. In fact, because of his popularity, there’s a souvenir shop in Vienna called Mostly Mozart.

So above are figurines of the world renowned composer in different dimensions,. He dons his usual self that we’ve seen in  his portrayals — in his red coat (click to see the actual coat) and powdered wig. notice the snowglobes behind? Well, yes, I took this shot from a souvenir shop. I’m not sure now where but it’s definitely not from the Mostly Mozart shop seen below — they don’t have window displays. Nonetheless, this shop has postcards, keychains, refrigerator magnets, music boxes, bags, t-shirts and snow globes paying homage to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Having a different way of writing is never easy especially at the airports, since most of the travelers going transit or visiting that particular country use Latin/Roman alphabet. On one of our connecting flights we stopped-over at Taiwan and there were not one but many phrases or notes that we saw that made us giggle. Of course, I can’t even identify nor differentiate this from the very few Chinese characters I know…so that makes whoever translated this and I; even.