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Eltham Palace, Greenwich, London: Stunning Art Deco House and ancient Palace in one!

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Eltham Palace, Greenwich, London: Stunning Art Deco House and ancient Palace in one!

…you are not allowed to take photos on the house, so need to buy the guide book to have images of the inside. Outside, you can stroll around the gardens and see the scale of the house. The Courtaulds left the house towards the end of the Second World War, living for a short time in Scotland before moving to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) where they had a farm called La Rochelle. Like so many grand houses, it had many uses. For a while for educat…

CUNARD QUEEN MARY 2: SOME QUESTIONS I GOT AND MY THOUGHTS

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CUNARD QUEEN MARY 2: SOME QUESTIONS I GOT AND MY THOUGHTS

…e fun!! Hope the above helps My video of a compilation of photos taken on the last crossing I did on the Queen Mary 2 ———- Don’t miss any new postings. Subscribe Find and follow Tips for Travellers on: – Facebook – YouTube – Twitter – Audio Podcast on iTunes – Video Podcast on iTunes – iPhone App on iTunes – eMail Gary Bembridge ———-…

CAPE TOWN: FRANSCHHOEK: THE GOURMET CAPITAL OF SOUTH AFRICA

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CAPE TOWN: FRANSCHHOEK: THE GOURMET CAPITAL OF SOUTH AFRICA

…e restaurants to eat at, but in the main season and weekends it is best to book as they seem to get very full. One of the vineyards (L’Ormarins Wine Estate) also hosts the impressive Franschhoek Motor Museum (topic of another blog posting), which is about 15 minutes drive out of town. The town also has many Guest Houses in or around the town, many on the vineyards and some more up the mountain slopes that surround the town. Like much of the Cape,…

HATFIELD HOUSE: stunning stately house in Hertfordshire England

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HATFIELD HOUSE: stunning stately house in Hertfordshire England

…e all my photos on Flickr of Hatfield House: click here Watch my video tour of the house and grounds: Don’t miss any new Tips for Traveller postings. Subscribe Find and follow Tips for Travellers on: – Facebook – YouTube – Twitter – Audio Podcast on iTunes – Video Podcast on iTunes – iPhone App on iTunes – eMail Gary Bembridge…

LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND. What can I say….

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LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND. What can I say….

…do it yourself. The St Lawrence church (one of the feature churches in the book “England’s Thousand Best Churches”) is another site to visit. You don’t need more than a day to enjoy Ludlow. See all my photos of Ludlow and the castle: click here Here are some links and what they say about the town: www.ludlow.org.uk Ludlow and its castle are perched on a cliff above the picturesque River Teme in south Shropshire, one of the most unspoiled parts of…

Harewood House Leeds. An amazing stalely home and grounds

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Harewood House Leeds. An amazing stalely home and grounds

…rounds only ticket. It is well worth it. There is an audio tour or a guide book (for about 5 pounds). You can visit all the ground floor rooms which are breathtakingly intricate and full of furniture, artwork and stunning furniture. Even if you do not buy the guidebook in each room there is usually someone to explain or there are laminated cards telling you about the room and contents. The rooms are quite something, especially the libraries, state…

How to cruise for less money

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

…been with Cunard for years. We spoke about the Rosenburgs who for 15 years books both of the 2 big suites on the QE2 workd cruise, and then would also often book up to 4 more suites for luggage and friends to join. They do not want to come on the QM2 it seems. EVENING This may end up being a quite repetitive posting, as the thing with doing a crossing is that you basically eat, eat, eat and then sleep! On Wednesday afternoon, after lunch of course…

Royal Livingstone Hotel, Victoria Falls, Zambia

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Royal Livingstone Hotel, Victoria Falls, Zambia

…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 and attra…

London Heathrow Terminal 5: British Airways Concorde First Lounge

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London Heathrow Terminal 5: British Airways Concorde First Lounge

…rge Desk There is a Quintessential concierge desk to offer arrangements to travelers, and there also seems to be cabana rooms you can book to nap in. Meeting room and boardroom is available. There is free wi-fi access. I also visited the massive executive lounge in the B section of Terminal 5, where my flight departed from (B section is where many of the long haul flights depart from, and is reached by a small monorail) Summary The lounge has some…

Taiwan : Taipei 101 (2nd tallest building in the world)

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Taiwan : Taipei 101 (2nd tallest building in the world)

…ve design and look about it that makes it very striking. I will post more about the building over the next few days but meantime here are 2 short video clips. One is of the graphic of the lift – which is the fastest in the world (authenticated by Guiness Book of Records) and the other is a view of the observation deck and the view. On the lift video I forgot I was filming it in vertical format so it will look like we are going horizontally when yo…