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Cruising the Norwegian Fjords: Stavanger “The Oil Capital of Norway”

Cruising / Cunard / Destinations / Norway / Norwerian Fjords / Queen Elizabeth / Stavanger / transportation

Cruising the Norwegian Fjords: Stavanger “The Oil Capital of Norway”

…nd quirky shops to give it more character. City of Culture Stavanger was a European City of Culture in 2008 alongside Liverpool in the UK. It seems, and looks to me, as if the city is actively trying to improve its cultural profile generally. There is a large Concert Hall, museum, and art museum. Many of them look to be fairly recent additions and expansions. Expensive City to Live in It is the 4th largest city in Norway with a population of aroun…

Barbados. How to make the most of your time there.

BA / Barbados / British Airways / caribbean / cruise / Tips for Travellers / travel / Virgin Atlantic

Barbados. How to make the most of your time there.

…ally go there are much more from the UK and not even that many Continental Europeans go as there are not that many direct flights from Europe. All beaches are public. Although there’s a beach in front of a development or in front of a resort, it’s not only for the guests or residents of that resort. All beaches are public, which I think is a great idea. People tend to stick more to wherever they’re staying, usually, but anybody can swim on any bea…

Things to do in Paris France. My ultimate travel guide for visitors

Destinations / France / Paris

Things to do in Paris France. My ultimate travel guide for visitors

…al architecture escaped the hammering, and destruction, that so many other European cities on either side of the war went through. Paris has had turbulent history, and has been occupied many times of the years, including by the Romans, the Huns, the Normans, the English and the Germans. In World War I, the Germans were stopped from reaching Paris, but it was occupied Paris in World War II from 1940 to 1944, and this was a very controversial time i…

Destinations / Las Vegas / USA

Las Vegas Travel Tips. Including Hotels. Shows. Weather. Attractions.

…hways that were used to cross the desert passed through the area. Once the European settlers discovered what the Indians knew about the springs in the area (the name Las Vegas means springs in Spanish apparently) it became an important stop on the route from Los Angeles to the Mormon settlements in Salt Lake City. It developed into a key stagecoach stop and then eventually a railway stop. Once the gold rush started the brothels and gambling dens t…

Celebrity / Cruise Ship / transportation

Celebrity Eclipse Review. Ship tour, staterooms, suites and more

…known as being diverted to Spain during the Volcanic Ash Cloud drama when European air space was closed down. The ship, instead of being shown before being named officially, was sent to bring back stranded travellers. So we drove down to Southampton, where the ship was docked for the day on Halloween Day (31 October), before it set off on a transatlantic repositioning cruise to Miami for the Caribbean Winter Season. Celebrity is part of the 2nd l…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / transportation

Cunard Queen Victoria Ship. Review, Photos and Video.

…mber 2007. It is 90000 tons. We went on a 4 night “taster” cruise to a few European ports out of Southampton from 2 – 6 May. We travelled in Queens Grill, on a super deal thanks to our excellent travel agent (Jane Chadwick; Go cruise). That deal may already indicate the challenge in attracting people to pay a high premium to travel Queens Grill on regular cruises on the ship versus just doing a suite on other brands. Q4 Penthouse Cabin We had a Q4…

MONACO: one of the most surreal places you can visit in Europe.

Attraction review / Attraction Video / Europe / France / monaco / Tips for Travellers / travel

MONACO: one of the most surreal places you can visit in Europe.

…tower blocks from the 50s, 60s and 70s that popped up post was across many European cities. The one difference being they cost outrageous sums of money. Monaco is jam full of buildings. Space was limited, although some land reclamation and building into the sea helped expand the space a bit – but when they did they threw up more tall blocks. Underneath most of the city there seems to be either vast parking garages or road tunnels. The whole undern…

How to cruise for less money

Cruise Ship / Cunard / Journeys / Transatlantic Crossing

Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing. Day-by-Day Experience and Tips.

…w has evolved from being very UK and Philippines into a very large Eastern European and still Philippines mix it seems. The crew are so helpful and hard working. We caught up yesterday with Maureen, who was one of our Butlers when we were on the 2004 Crossing. She moved to the QM2 after the QE2 was handed over in Dubai. She has been with Cunard for about 21 years now, 20 on the QE2. I think it is a bit of a shock being on the QM2 after so long on…

Royal Livingstone Hotel, Victoria Falls, Zambia

Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / victoria falls / zambia

Royal Livingstone Hotel, Victoria Falls, Zambia

…the Falls easily and this is a real advantage. The hotel attracts a mostly European travellers, with some Americans and a lot of Eastern Europeans. It did not seem to attract South Africans and this may be that with exchanges rates (as everything is in US$ unlike at the sister Zambezi Sun which was in local currency) it is too costly. Before the troubles in Zimbabwe, few people stayed on the Zambian side and now the Zambian side is growing faster…

Cunard Queen Victoria: 4 nights cruise May 2008: My Journal

cruise / cruising / Cunard / Europe / Queen Victoria / travel

Cunard Queen Victoria: 4 nights cruise May 2008: My Journal

…minute ride to Bruges by bus and that is very pretty. I guess like so many European port cities they were all destroyed in the 2nd World War, and then the focus was on rebuilding that design. We caught the free shuttle bus into a seaside resort called Blankenberge, and got dropped off at Kennedy Square. We spent very little time in Blankenberge. The town is a seaside resort that is so typical of the fading resorts, driven more an more budget and s…

Heathrow Terminal 2: destroying the airline business queue by queue…

heathrow / London / Lufthansa / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel

Heathrow Terminal 2: destroying the airline business queue by queue…

…they are trying to destroy the airline business, starting with all of the European airlines that use T2 (BA uses T1 and T4, and from March 2008 moves to the new T5). I was flying out of Terminal 2 Heathrow to Dusseldorf (Germany) today. What a nightmare. The queue to get into the security area stretches the full length of the terminal (about 400 yards). That takes 10 to 15 minutes to get to the roped off area where you then wind round for another…