Michael is looking for a cheap guesthouse, pension or
hostel near Villefrance (halfway b/w Nice and Monaco) in France. He arrives
in Nice on September 3rd and leaves on the 28th
September and is looking for a cheap place to stay in both Italy and Villefrance.
If you can help Michael, please e-mail him.
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· The airport handles more international passengers
than any other airport in the world and offers flights to many international
destinations including 33 flights to Paris and 23 flights to New York
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· The most popular country for flights from Heathrow
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· The busiest routes are New York, Paris, Amsterdam
and Dublin.
· The busiest day at Heathrow recorded this year
was Sunday 29 July 2001 when 213,000 passengers passed through the airport.
· The airport covers approximately 1,200 hectares
(3,000 acres).
OK, it's silly season! Earlier in the year, we saw
Prince Charles (but not Camilla!) spend a night in a £25-a-night
B&B called Yew Tree Farm, an 18th century farmhouse in the Lake District
village of Rosthwaite in Borrowdale. Pre-divorce, Nicole Kidman and Tom
Cruise also used to stay in the Lake District, at Samling, a rambling
Lakeland estate of stone cottages dotted across a fell overlooking Lake
Windermere.
Michael Winner stays at Sandy Lane, Barbados. Kylie is
known to holiday in Ibiza, staying at a £10,000 a week three-bed
art deco house on top of a mountain, according to celebrity travel agent
Earth. Julien MacDonald of Givenchy fame is alleged to prefer the Puri
Ganesha villas on the beach at Pemuteran, a fishing village in the relatively
undiscovered north-west of Bali, costing around £300 a night. Talking
of fashion designers, Jean Paul Gaultier can be found at Dar Zellije,
a four-suite riad said to have no frills other than its 17th century architecture
where not all the bathrooms are en suite.
And last but not least, lets think about Brighton, that
genteel (?), happening place and erstwhile Victorian resort on the UK's
southern shore. Not only does Norman Cook, AKA Fat Boy Slim hold rather
dubious free concerts on the beach, but Liam Gallagher was spotted staying
on the seafront at Blanche House, described as a themed B&B costing
around £100 a night.
If you are thinking of going to Santiago or Tahiti, did
you know, you could take a flight to Easter Island? It's included
in the famous Oneworld Explorer air pass. In addition, if you do plan
a trip to Easter Island, David Stanley's piece on Easter Island is
a good source of information to help you plan your trip. David's notes
on Easter Island are taken from the Moon Handbook on the South Pacific.
Visit southpacific.org for full information on how
to get there, what there is to see, how to get around, a brief history
and other activities such as surfing and diving. David Stanley has earned
his living from guidebook writing since 1979, producing guides to the
South Pacific, Micronesia, Alaska-Yukon, Eastern Europe, and Cuba. His
latest book, Lonely Planet Canada's Maritime Provinces, was released
in July.
Overlooking the River Thames, Tate Britain was originally
founded through the philanthropy of the sugar magnate Sir Henry Tate.
The Tate legacy now encompasses three other galleries around the UK, including
Tate Modern in London. Dedicated to showcasing Britain's artistic
talent, Tate Britain is home to the greatest collection of British art
from 1500 to the present day. Since it opened in 1897, the collection
has expanded to include works from Blake, Rossetti, Spencer and Stubbs.
Visitors will be treated to a visual feast in the Turner gallery, discover
the ever-popular The Kiss by Rodin and be mesmerized by the visionary
work of William Blake. The works have recently been re-arranged according
to six core themes ranging from Literature and Fantasy to Public and Private.
As a result, historic and modern paintings now hang together.
Opening hours: 10:00-17:50, closed 24-26 Dec.
Tube: Pimlico or Vauxhall. Enquiries: 020 7887 8000 Entrance:
FREE except for some special ex
hibitions.
You may want to reschedule your visit to Madagascar:
according to news sources, an outbreak of flu has killed at least 374
people with another 5,000 and more infected. Health experts from the WHO
are due to arrive to investigate the cause. The outbreaks are mostly blamed
on poverty and have occurred in the southern highlands, Fianarantsoa and
in the western port of Tulear, a place used by travellers to visit the
national parks close by.
Add this to the last 7 months of civil unrest, this does
not make Madagascar a very attractive place to visit – which is a great
shame, as the Beetle can attest it is a fabulously interesting country,
hard to get around, but worth the effort, to see the different kinds of
forests, the lemurs, practice speaking French, the old French style of
architecture and boulevards etc. The diving is not bad, either!
Why risk the uncertain weather of the British climate?
With airfares low and hotels reasonable, why not go to Boston to watch
the match?? There is a big Irish community there, we'll find a pub
to watch the game and do some sightseeing and shopping. What a brilliantly
extravagant idea! I couldn't resist.
Shops are all over, although the Prudential Centre was
close by the hotel and the tower definitely gave the best all round view
of the city. Eating at Bonmarche was great, although be warned, the American
sweet tooth and French toast combine to give truly disgusting results!
Across town in the North-West region was Quincy market,
more shops and a fine food hall. The New England Aquarium is also located
here with a brilliant tower fish tank. Also worth a visit was the science
museum and Newbury Street on a Sunday afternoon.
It was a brilliant break. A combination of sightseeing,
shopping and sore feet. The people were friendly and helpful, even when
Wales won.
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Disruption to circadian rhythms caused by crossing time
zones, which can result in broken sleep, with the sufferer waking during
the night and then wanting to fall asleep during the day. The number of
days this dysrhythmia lasts has been observed to be about equal to the
number of time zones crossed. A study by Air New Zealand states that passengers
crossing 12 times zones on a 26-hour flight require ten days to re-establish
a normal sleep pattern (1).
The length of the flight is not the critical issue. The
most important single factor is how many time zones you cross. People
can suffer jet lag just crossing the United States (three hours' time
change) but would be much less affected by a north-south flight of the
same duration. The number of intermediate stops is also a factor, as each
stop is accompanied by changes in cabin pressure. Lastly is your pre flight
condition. If you are not fit, rested and healthy you will probably suffer
more jet lag than others on the same flight.