Practical 8 & 9, Activity 3

Virtual Holiday on Second Life

As I am visiting Germany soon in December, why not go for a virtual one first? I searched 'Munich' in the World Map and this is where I was!

Muenchen SL, Munich SL, Oktoberfest, Munchen, Munich City - General

This is the train station in Munich and I can walk around happily at the maps and signages. At least I can get a vague idea how it looks like. I wonder whether it is built like this in real. Maybe, maybe not.

and so, if im not wrong, I am at the landmark of Munich, City Square. This is pretty cool, there were small shops and I can hear music and radio playing! I think it's a german radio station playing mainly mainstream english songs. It's so cooooool.

and check it out, I took a sexy picture of my character soniabee Chatterbox. It's quite a funny name, I picked it by random order.

Hohoho, I can't think of any else I want to go now, other than Germany. I am dying to go there so badly, after my graduation next year but before next year arrives, I think I would die of waiting. That's why I am going in December for 3 weeks. YAYYYYY.

So, this adds on to the list of advantages for Secondlife. If there is a place you would like to visit you can try searching on Secondlife and see if it's available and go have a look yourself.

Things are looking up. :)

(picture taken from http://www.iaphomepage.org/int208/DSC_4887.jpg )

Munich overview

Munich is a city of palaces and public parks, art and coats of arms, Oktoberfest and oompah bands. Olympiapark, site of the 1972 Olympic games, can't be missed. You can actually skate on the Olympic ice rink and swim in the Olympic pool. Kids and their parents will like the puppet museum, the historical toy collection and the marionette theater that performs Mozart operas. And no Munich visit would be complete without meeting strangers while drinking the local brew at a beer garden.

b. Which evaluation criteria did you used to evaluate the multimedia websites for your dream holiday? Why?

I use accuracy to evaluate the website which is (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g187309-Munich_Bavaria-Vacations.html) because the information must be as accurate as possible to let me understand my holiday destination more and give me tips. Trip advisor is a reliable website and I like the way the website offers their information. Those 'Top ten' way of suggesting.