Summary The Good – short walk from airport terminal, prices start at 69 euros a night with films and wifi included in price, big comfy bed, spacious shower, one remote control for all room functions, plenty of natural light in bedroom, effective soundproofing, wonderful staff, welcoming, relaxed public areas, quick check in and out, 24 [...]
The Happy Hotelier posted a picture on his blog calling us the “two grayest” travel bloggers. After I took exception to being called a grey travel blogger (too many connotations of being dreary, dull and uninteresting) he changed this to “two of the youngest at heart” travel bloggers. The Happy Hotelier and me at the [...]
Update 29/10/08 – Sterling Airways has gone bust with flights grounded and passengers stranded. In addition to the national carriers (BA and SAS), other airlines that operate between the UK and Sweden are Ryanair and Sterling. There were others, but these two budget options withstood the test of time and high oil prices. While Ryanair [...]
The Bloggers Guide is billing itself as offering “the lowdown from the worlds best bloggers”. It aims to give travellers relevant, current tips and advice on what to do and see in various cities around a world, a harnessing of the collective knowledge of bloggers versus the rather stale, prescriptive, biased opinion of a traditional [...]
Little did I know when I wrote a post entitled Iceberg Spotting for the Wandalust blog last week that I would be doing some iceberg spotting myself in Holland the following week. Floating in front to the Dutch Parliamnent in The Hague is a iceberg sculpture by Matthijis Bosman. The piece called “A good story [...]
I recently added a Feedjit live traffic feed widget to the side bar of the blog which shows the geographical location of blog readers. I was amazed to see that the blog had been read today in Mongolia (perhaps Genghis Khan is an avid fan), as well as Chile, Rwanda, Brazil, Thailand and Malaysia. It’s [...]
I’d like to introduce you to the new Europe a la Carte bloggers. I asked the bloggers to email me a biography and a photograph. The first posts from the new bloggers will be published next week. Anna Etmanska is a writer based in Arctic Sweden. She has lived in 8 different countries, visited 57 [...]
I attended the press launch and opening party of the first citizenM hotel at Amsterdam airport on 24 June 2008. citizenM hotels offer trendy, cool, affordable luxury accommodation. One of the citizenM ambassadors, Raymond, offered to take some photos of me in the public areas of the hotel the morning after the launch. Unfortunately I [...]
No I hadn’t just emerged from a pot smoking session in an Amsterdam cafe and there really were orange cows nestling the trees above the cafe tables. I wonder if the the cows are part of the celebration of the Dutch team playing the Euro 2008 football tournament as I did see various flags painted [...]
If you are flying with kids you should look carefully at the total cost of your flight. Airlines policies of charges for children vary a lot and you need to work out the true total cost to find the best deal for your family. APH have investigated the infant and child charges and policies of [...]
