…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 ———-…
…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,…
…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 largest Cruise Group (Royal Caribbean) and is their more premium offer. The Celebrity brand has a number of ships of the same class,…
…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…
…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…
…tel vary dramatically based on the day and week. I have observed this as I book hotels for me very regular trips to Paris for work. While it is located so well for the Eiffel Tower, it is still a metro ride or cab to the other tourist areas and into town. I would stay here again, but only when the price for the time I am staying is reasonable as it does become not great value for money a lot of the time. Hilton Hotel Eiffel Tower Suffren Paris Fra…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…queuing and time it takes is so unpredictable. So the added feature Virgin has added is a good marketing one in my book!…
