The girl who reads is here. The man who recommends something to everyone and usually, but not this morn, wears a jogging outfit is here. The rather sour-faced server, who is when she summons it up jollier than that, is here. Through the window I see the shops that are struggling, strung
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There is something unique to the experience of rising early for a flight. It’s not the same as an early start for a motoring journey whether that happens to be from home or a hotel. Setting out to get to the airport has peculiar stresses and some pleasures. If you leave on time it is
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Oh magnificent buildings! Ubeda – a less well known but an essential-to-visit gem of a town in Andalucia. In the square by the church Sacra Capilla del Salavador is a key part of the ancient center of this most tempting of Andalucian towns. The town is richly thickened-with-buildings of ancient beauty including, next to the
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The Alhambra Palace Hotel – Granada, Andalucia, Spain The Moorish décor of the Alhambra Palace itself, the fantastic buildings, gardens and castle that is one of the world’s must-visit places, the motifs that are so well represented there, form part of the Hotel Alhambra Palace’s visage and internal decor. There is also an element of
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Boulogne sur mer. Once a popular holiday resort and a somewhat interesting town, and once gateway port on the channel crossing to the UK. Calais just 20 minutes along the coast now boasts huge port facilities and parking areas for hundreds of cars waiting their place on a ferry travelling to Dover in England. Some
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Country Inns and hotels sometimes please and occasionally disappoint. I am not going to waste your time with a lengthy tome on sadness or lack, but offer a note about a place I will stay one day, in fact I would have to cancel other plans, happily, to stay at Whatley Manor. On occasion an
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We are having our heating system repaired today, so it had to be shut down for a few hours. Result? It’s now freezing in our house. Struggling to keep myself warm, I ponder the value of some of the wonderful technological solutions that take care of our needs: to be warm and protected from harsh
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Re-printed from CreteTravel.com blog (April Fools 2010) An astonishingly timely hotel concept launches today with the opening of the first 7 hotels in the newborn X-Hotels™ chain. This infant in the worldwide hospitality scene is expected to grow fast – there will be 30 X-Hotels open within 6 months and brand-linked cafes and restaurants under the X-Presso™
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We need to look far into the future We need to put our house in order – this is our last chance, so please, don’t lend us any more money. Don’t buy our bonds, don’t give us aid. We need to feel the pain of bankruptcy to correct our ways. You all know how profligate
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Christmas snow scene illustration I love Christmas! It is such a wonderful time when most people are in a good mood and kinder than usual to each other. Smiles come easier, little hiccups are dismissed faster, we do more fun things with our friends and family, we play with children. If we are lucky, we
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