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Swan Hellenic Minerva Cruise Ship, Cabins & Public Spaces. My Review, Advice & Tips

…duce formal nights on fly to cruises due to the restrictions on luggage on airlines. Every port has a guided excursion included in the fare. In addition, many will have more in-depth or active tours available at additional cost focused on niche or specific topics. Mix of balcony suites, window and inside suites. Many have showers, again due to being a smaller cruise ship and space. The new balcony cabins are a good size and have good sized balconi…

Tallinn Estonia. Tips for Travellers Must See Attractions

…nd knitwear. It is also easy to fly into Tallinn with regular and low cost airlines, and as a result it has become quite popular for Stag weekends which is not always a good thing! Getting around The bus service is good and easy to use. It has a fixed price for any trip and can either buy tickets beforehand or you pay on the bus – but one of the things we noticed is the bus drivers never have change. So although it was €1.80, we always ended up ha…

Qatar Airways A380 Business Class Review

…is usually totally functional and sterile looking – even in First Class on airlines like British Airways. The fact that even this area had been carefully thought through and was so attractive showed the attention to detail and style that I experienced in all aspects of Qatar Airways on my flight. I was on their first A380 flight with paying passengers. These planes are the new monsters of the air and on board were 517 passengers: eight in First Cl…

International Helicopter Museum: Travel Enthusiast’s Must See

International Helicopter Museum: Travel Enthusiast’s Must See

…her favourite was a huge passenger one in the colours of the Greek Olympic airlines that was owned by Aristole Onassis for a time. Then there are a series of impressive military ones. There is a cinema area (with some plastic garden style chairs) that ran a film that was actually very interesting about the history of helicopter manufacture in the UK. Overall the museum is quite “homemade” and clearly does not have a lot of funds to decorate and ma…

Shanghai China. Tips on visiting this chameleon city!

Shanghai China. Tips on visiting this chameleon city!

…very complicated past! It wasn’t until after the Second World War that the United States, Britain and France renounced their claims and so it became again part of China, in its entirety. Eventually, in 1949, it fell under the communist forces. But during that whole time, it prospered as it was declared a special development zone, and has been a focus for investment and innovation. So there was a very eclectic and unusual heritage and history, with…

Queen Elizabeth 2: Revisiting my review on the 3rd anniversary of her retirememt

Queen Elizabeth 2: Revisiting my review on the 3rd anniversary of her retirememt

…IDEOS SHOWING HOW ROUGH THE SEA WAS ON THE CROSSING: Video tour of the QE2 we made of the ship This takes you through most of the interiors and also the decks WATCH A SLIDESHOW OF ALL MY PHOTOS OF THE CROSSING Qe2 Transatlantic 2004 Slideshow: Gary’s trip to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom was created by TripAdvisor. See another Southampton slideshow. Take your travel photos and make a slideshow for free. Don’t miss any new postings. Subscr…

Letchworth Hall Hotel, Hertfordshire, England: Amazing value and great weekend break

Letchworth Hall Hotel, Hertfordshire, England: Amazing value and great weekend break

…fills the 80+ rooms with deals. While we were there we also had Sheffield United footballers staying before their game the next day, and there was a coach party staying one night. The hotel was a large old house with a great hall, where they serve afternoon tea, and then it has been expanded with meeting and function rooms, and about 80 rooms. The rooms are a good size and fairly functional, with large TV, chairs, desk area. Positives – Comfortab…

PODCAST 23: DISNEYLAND, CALIFORNIA

PODCAST 23: DISNEYLAND, CALIFORNIA

…ss 1313 Harbor Blvd. at Katella Disneyland Way, Anaheim, California 92803, United States Links: Official Disneyland site http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage&bhcp=1 http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/landing?name=DisneylandParkLandingPage http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/landing?name=DisneysCaliforniaAdventureLandingPage Offical Disneyland Podcasts http://disneyland.disn…

PODCAST 18 : PRINCETON NEW JERSEY

PODCAST 18 : PRINCETON NEW JERSEY

…mericans – for which reason it’s been called the “Westminster Abbey of the United States.” Affiliated with the Nassau Presbyterian Church, the cemetery shelters the graves of parishioners and other town residents; a special part is also designated as the Presidents’ Plot for leaders of Princeton University. Maps of the cemetery (available at the superintendent’s house on Greenview Avenue) indicate the tombstones of historical figures like Aaron Bu…

PODCAST 14: MAURITIUS – the magical island in the Indian Ocean

PODCAST 14: MAURITIUS – the magical island in the Indian Ocean

…e attracted towards the Caribbean which is more easily accessible from the United States. It is, though, their loss for Mauritius is truly a special place. This magical island is small, just 30 miles by 40 miles and yet it is without a doubt one of the most stunning places in the world to visit. The government of the country managing to carefully manage the mystic and lure of the island through its management of its resources and with its very cle…

PODCAST #4: DUBAI

PODCAST #4: DUBAI

…revious Easter. In the podcast I look at: A brief history of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates 2 places to stay one very much if you are there for a vacation and the other if you are there on business What to do in Dubai – which is mostly about relaxing, swimming, shopping and eating! When to go to Dubai – as in summer it gets to be over 40 degrees Celsius by day and about 32 degrees by night My overall observations… as Dubai is a kind of strange…