City Walking Tours - Save Money And See More

Having spent most of my life in London it is quite amazing how little I know about the City. The saying goes that you don't know what is on your doorstep. It was only when I moved away from the Capital I began to learn more about the place. In fact I knew more about Paris than London whilst living in England biggest City. It is quite strange that my hobby is walking but I chose country locations to do it. I'd never thought of walk in urban areas such as London or Paris. It was always a bus or a taxi to destination in the City.

Well last year I returned to London as a tourist not a resident and found some great walks seeing the sites. I never knew there were so many parks and landscaped areas within the centre of London. Being a keen photographer, what better way to get pictures than to be on foot. Far better than being on a stuffy bus or paying through the nose with taxis. I was lucky though as my stay there was subsidised by staying with family - no Hotel bills to worry about.

My plan this year is to visit Paris and do exactly the same thing namely touring by waling with my camera ready for action - I can't wait. It will be more expensive though as I will need a selection Paris Hotels to stay at. Well at least I don't have to put up with sleeping on the sofa as I did in London and there are quite a few bargain a few Kilometres outside the centre of Paris.

The tip here is to recommend walking in cities, you see and experience things you would never see any other way, it's good for your health and the environment and saves you money. In fact the tip is commensurate to this blogs principles of saving money and the world!

Take A Break At Lunchtime - It Makes Sense To Do So

If you work all day you know that lunchtimes is a very important time and what you do in that time will determine how the afternoon goes. It was the case where lunchtimes were used to catch up on other things such as shopping or other errands that involve running around or working like a headless chicken before lunchtime ends. How wrong was I in those olden days to do such things and not even have time for a snack. The tip today is to take a break during lunchtime it make total sense. 

Since taking a full hour for lunch, sitting down and eating then for 30 minutes after a cup of tea I slip my hat on to cover my eyes and doze off in the chair or lie down if there is a place to do so doing and doze off. Since doing this daily so my energy levels have increased tenfold for the afternoon of work. My head is clear and thinking straight and the time just whizzes past with my mind focused on the jobs in hand. This is a new lease of life I have discovered since coming to Bulgarian, taking a break is a major find.

Think to yourself, why am I rushing at lunchtimes. There is always other times to do the jobs that you feel you have to do in your time allocated for a break. Some people I know don't take any break at all and work through their lunchtimes, (all for extra money of course) and they look ill. Money is not the most important thing, your health is. not only that these lunchtime workers are less efficient at their work without the mental break and the boost of energy from food and drink needed after a morning of slog.

So whatever your profession, make sure you allocate time during midday for food and rest, it makes so much sense to do so. I won't go into what foods to eat, but something is better than nothing and a ten minutes close of the eyes is better than not rest of the mind.

You boss will thank you for taking a break at lunchtime when they see your work rate rise in the afternoons.

A $8000 Give Away For New Home Buyers - Are You One Of Them?

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Coldwell Banker. All opinions are 100% mine.

Some tips given here save a few cents here and there but today there is one tip they you can take where you can get a tax credit of up to $8000! It all depends whether you are looking for a new home. Many will be of course now the recession is apparently in decline. There should be a rebirth of property buyers with the confidence to get on the home owning ladder. Who qualifies and how do you go about taking steps to claim this tax give away?

This is open to home-buyers for the first time or people who haven't owned a home of their own in the last three years. The is a condition where if you can get up to $6500 if you haven't been resident in a home consecutively for 5 out of the past 8 years.

There is a bit of a rush as to qualify you need to have a binding contract by April 30, 2010 - The closing date is June 30, 2010.)

On the income front there are income limits of $125,000 for singles and $225,000 for couples that a re married. In addition there's a $20,000 phase-out of the credit for both.

The reason for this 2010 Homebuyer Tax Credits give away is that an incentive was needed for the move-up buyers and this would help many to make this move bring the percentage back up to levels that have not been reached since 1991(44%).

If you need more confirmation about this great help in home-buying just have a look at the video on this link:

If for one wish I'd put off the purchase of my home a few years for this offer.