Flavio's blog - Part 7
 

1 day and a half in Nuremberg: Guide to the city of the Nazi rallies

Nuremberg: a leap into Bavaria

Read Nuremberg, and you immediately think of the famous Process (the, better, processes), that here was celebrated between the 1945 and 1946.

and, In fact, I must admit that I have never Nuremberg stimulated the mind otherwise, perhaps because of the many documentaries about World War II, which are continuously transmitted on television. 🙂

In any case, keeping in mind that the city was almost destroyed by Allied bombing (and later rebuilt faithfully), that in the second city of Bavaria was a visit very interesting, and who has reserved several surprises! …Read the rest »

Protect your website from hacker attacks and malicious bots, and optimize resources – II

How to protect the site from hacker attacks and malicious bots

in previous article, we saw that, Unfortunately, exist bot malevoli, whose purpose is to probe the network, in search of weaknesses of our site. It matters little that the site is based on wordpress (per se, very safe, but its weak point is the plugin), Coppermine Gallery, Joomla, or use PHP code written by us.

It is useful, Then, disable the indexing of folders, and avoid having too many pages with names “recognizable”, type login.php, to make life more difficult for these damn bots!

However, last year, after having had several problems of slowing, I studied the matter further, to try to remove all the weaknesses, foreclosing access to bots and visitors “malicious” that NOT have an interest to visit the site, but only to consume resources and, possibly, be able to edit its content.

We will analyze the contents of two very important files, that should be placed in the root of our site, and allow us to restrict access to some or all of the file, from certain IP addresses or bot.

These files are called robots.txt and .htaccess. …Read the rest »

2 and a half days in Copenhagen: route, and guides to the cities of the Little Mermaid

Nyhavn al tramonto

I admit: even the cold North may give satisfaction… species during the long and “lukewarm” Scandinavian summers!

One example is the photo above, I took in Nyhavn, the ancient port of Copenhagen (area and a high rate of turisticità), almost to the 10 The sera. A kind of fascinating landscape, especially for those accustomed to the typical Mediterranean architecture, made of low houses, White, and the flat roof.

the capital of the small Scandinavian country, It faces the’Øresund, close that divides the Swedish city of Malmö, which is connected with a bridge, and is easily accessible by air (The’Copenhagen Airport is connected with the efficient metropolitan driverless), its your strada, from the South of Sweden, o dal North of Germany (Hamburg, I have already written, Kiel oppure Lubecca).

Although it may surprise you (but no), The currency used is not that of the neighboring German, ma la Danese corona (8DKK = ca.1EUR). IL cost of living, for us Italians, appears to be moderately high, especially with regard to food and drinks (forget the water)… In short, is not exactly a destination cheap! 🙂 …Read the rest »

Visit Hamburg 2 days: guide to the Hanseatic city

Itinerary of 2 days in Hamburg

When you think Germany, immediately come to mind the great “classical”: Monaco, Berlin… as, Nuremberg.

Yet, the North estremo e Paese, specifically Hamburg, although badly affected by Allied bombing, can give us a different Germany. In a way, MORE “authentic”, since foreign tourists, for what I could see, scarce. In compenso, There is a decent tourist flow inside. You recognize them immediately, zainone in shoulder, bike, and your, with a nice group tour. 🙂

The technically savvy, Hamburg could be associated only with the famous “Reeperbahn“, center Red Light District of the port city, very reminiscent of Amsterdam. I guarantee you that it is not so, Rather!

the Hanseatic city (adjective descending from belonging to the old “lega anseatica”, association of cities bordering the Baltic Sea), Besides being the most populous capital city does not EU, boasts some jewelry that survived the bombings of World War II, such as the splendid Town Hall (Town hall), the beautiful houses with sloping roof overlooking the channels, Gothic churches from the lofty bell towers, gli ex-port warehouses, now converted into museums and commercial activities… …Read the rest »

4 days in London: route for those who will go there again

Itinerary for those returning to London

London, know, London is. and, due to the competition of the various compagnie low cost, it is often possible to be able to negotiate a great price for an A / R, in the order of 50/60eur. Also, unlikely to run the risk of getting bored, view quantity di Things to do in the British capital!

I had the opportunity to return to London last March, exploiting 4 FULL days (3 FULL days, plus two half days), taking the opportunity to visit all those little things (and there are many, and many more are left for future travel!) I could not see the first time. The first time, in fact, I decided to devote myself to the most classic itineraries (In. Big Ben, Portobello, Trafalgar Square), which I have already spoken in this article.

If it is not the first time in the city, you probably already experts on Tube, on its (exorbitant) rates and all that is necessary to move to London, then there tedium with useless information. …Read the rest »