In fact this title is not absolutely precise; the main goal is to enlighten the subject hostels while the use of a pronoun is just a curious way I am trying to use in all my titles (I know not all of them are presented this way, but now I am trying harder) following an idea I saw in a TV series. Anyway, my first contact with hostels took place last summer, the summer of 2008 where four people (me included of course) started a remarkable journey in our lives; a three weeks inter-rail. The purpose is not the discussion about places where I have been or what I have visited; it is just to make the single note about my first interaction with hostels and connect it with flash news. I stayed at Marseille – Chateau du Bois-Luzy and at Bled – Castle Hostel, being listed separately in hihostels.com and in hostelworld.com. I don't know the differences between the lists and why the different links, if one is paid by the government and the other one is owned by someone, or if simply they just belong to different communities of hostels around the world. They are different hostels, with different offers for the guests and even different kind of guests could be found in each, as would probably be in a lot of hostels. The concept is cosy and friendly salted with good will and cultural interaction between the several travellers resting there, probably even the owners, and also taking a bit of the time at an existing leisure centre or social room (I don't exactly know how to call it). Talking about this makes me want to grab my backpack and hit roads I never walked through, laughing, talking, singing and connecting with new people. But the main reason that brought me to these lines is to praise this news I read online in Público (a Portuguese newspaper), quoting The Guardian, talking about the Hoscars. Oscars for hostels. The world's most popular hostels chart is based in Hostelworld.com costumers rating the hostels according to specific criteria. At top ten 4 Lisbon Hostels are listed, and the cherry in top of the cake is made by a total Portuguese podium in the chart. Check the links and congratulations to the Portuguese guys and their projects, keep up the good work.
Público - http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1358168&idCanal=59
The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/jan/27/budget-hotels
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Just read the Publico's article and I have to confess...I'm in the mood to try some hostels...
ResponderEliminarLet's see what this summer time reserves for me :)
Eis a primeira vez que escrevo para este blog. Não que seja um momento especial mas sim porque isto prova que existe uma primeira vez para tudo. Seguindo...
ResponderEliminarPrimeiro que tudo fiz questão de escrever em português, não porque tenha dificuldade a escrever em inglês, porque a tenho, não por ser nacionalista, pois surgia-me dúvidas entre qual escolher, mas sim porque me apetece... E para ser sincero, não me apetecia estar agora mesmo a consultar o priberam dos ingleses para estar a escrever ainda o primeiro parágrafo (pessoal, eu gosto muito de figuras de estilo).
É verdade, os hostels... é com enorme grado que vejo os nossos hostels a baterem no topo das tabelas. Dessa lista já tive a oportunidade de uma visita guiada ao Rossio hostel, que obteve um 2º honroso lugar, e só posso confirmar que a mistura da simplicidade com gosto torna o espaço bastante agradável.
Resta-me desejar os parabéns ao mentores de cada projecto e que continuem o bom trabalho que têm vindo a desenvolver até então.