I stayed for three nights at the 4 star Radisson Blu Waterfront Jersey (Channel Islands) on a complimentary basis during my Nottingham/Jersey bmibaby sponsored trip in May 2010. The hotel is on the St Helier waterfront at Elizabeth Marina and has a large car park which is free of charge for guests. It only takes [...]
Nottingham, in the East Midlands of England, is best known as the home town of the folk hero Robin Hood. You can explore the city’s history in a fun, interactive way on performance led tours at the Nottingham attractions of the City of Caves and the Galleries of Justice. Old Market Square Nottingham The City [...]
May 2010 is Robin Hood month in his home town of Nottingham in England. This is to coincide with the simultaneous gala screening of the Ridley Scott Robin Hood movie on 12 May at the Cannes Film Festival and in Nottingham. The new movie stars are Russell Crowe (who’ll feature on Australian stamps as Robin [...]
Only an hour north of Venice, close to Bassano, you find the small village of Asolo, where Freya Stark the travel writer, used to live, and where she died in 1993. The houses of Asolo are built along the steep hill, with an amazing view. On clear days you can see all the way down [...]
I stayed for 2 nights at the 4 star Crowne Plaza Nottingham in May 2010 on a complimentary basis during my bmibaby.com sponsored Nottingham/Jersey trip. The hotel is in a very central location, a couple of minutes walk from Old Market Square. Crowne Plaza Nottingham exterior I was allocated a club room on the 8th [...]
We’ve all heard about the European trip planning gone awry with the recent eruptions of that-unpronounceable-volcano in Iceland that shut down much of European airspace. But this isn’t the first time Europe has been affected by volcanic activity – and as a matter of fact, we were lucky. Twice, entire populations were wiped off the [...]
This exceptional nature park, located in the province of La Coruna in Galicia, is a European destination which can, rightly, be considered an insider tip. People who think of visiting Galicia tend to flock to Santiago de Compostela, maybe pay a visit to Cap Finisterre or look at the Tower of Hercules in La Coruna. [...]
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that all Jane Austen fans will eventually find their way to Bath Yes, embarrassingly enough, I am one of the “Janeites” : a lover of all things Jane Austen who has read and re-read her six novels and watched countless adaptations of her works by the BBC, ITV and [...]
France has to be the best European destinations for Matisse fans. Not only was this very famous and popular artist born in France, but not surprisingly there are a few out-of-the-way museums that have great collections of his art. So, if ‘seeing Matisse’ features in your Europe trip planning considerations, here are two museums you [...]
As I wandered throughout Bastions Park in the European city of Geneva, Switzerland, I was struck by the dichotomy of the park itself. So many of the churches of Geneva represent the austerity of the Calvinist movement and fittingly, here at the edge of Geneva’s Old Town, a wall commemorating four of the Protestant founders [...]
