I have set up a google map called About Madrid, and I visited it in order to attend a NESSI Steering Committee in January 2008. This is the first time this century that I have been here, my previous visit was in the 1980’s. My few pictures are on flickr. I returned in Oct 2008,…
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I hope to travel on a holiday along the German Baltic coast sometime. I shall use my trusty ‘Rough Guide to Germany’ as my first and last reference book. Originally written in 2008, and still not done in 2018, but there’s still time, although I have got rid of the Rough Guide as it was…
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I copied this across on 24th June 2013 and tarted it up a bit. It’s seven years since we visited. Some of these links will be old, maybe broken, but certainly out of date. I first visited Seville just before the Easter of 2006. As ever I used the Rough Guide to Andalucia to plan…
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It’s not as far as either Vancouver or New York, it hosts the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival although Edinburgh is nearer, and its in Canada. The Guardian did a ad-sink article on the city the weekend of 28th October 2006. This is now almost availale at the Guardian Unlimited’s travel site. The ‘beenthere’ page…
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Links Southampton’s Wikipedia entry Where to eat Try Google Maps Indian Restaurants first of four pages Restaurants
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A flying business visit in Spring 2008; and in 2023, I found 21 things to do in Stockholm, from Time Out. Otherwise, if I go to Stockholm, I need to go to some of these viewpoints. My Map View Larger Map Hotels Check the map Sun Office probably gone, certainly no longer Sun…
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Things to do next time The boat trip we took in July ’06 went down the Prinzengracht, with views of the West Kerke and the Pulitzer Hotel, named in “1000 places to see” by Patricia Schultz and adjacent to the Jourdain. Been there three times now, Xmas 2005 and early Summer 2006, and autumn 2008.
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The Eternal City, I visited in 2008, and made some notes and links; they are all broken now, but I have left the link to my map, which is a bit crap. Map View Larger Map
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I have been down to Poole, the nine days ending 1st July. The company Moonfleet Sailing offer a nine day combined theory and practical course for the RYA Day Skipper. This offers a weekend in the class room, five days and nights on one of their yachts for the practical and the following weekend to finish…
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I went to Florence with the family in 2007 and had a great time. Here are the notes I made; unfortunately the delicious bookmarks have gone away.
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