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Bed Weters in The Netherlands

Irregular Guest Author — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:43:52 +0000

Every day life in the Netherlands has brought me many more a giggle over the past year than I had initially expected, and this was, and still is my number one! Every country suffers from badly translates signs, poorly marketing gimmicks and naturally a different way of addressing their culture, but this surely [...]

Total Hotel Review: IBIS in Central Amsterdam

Z-Man — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:39:37 +0000

Corridor from lift towards my room

This is just a quick one, just wanted to point out the lunacy that is the IBIS, billed as being near Amsterdam Central station. I needed a place to stay for one evening in Amsterdam in order to make a connecting flight to South America. I was meeting [...]

What Have You got in Your Pockets? | Part 1

andyfied — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:11:44 +0000

Just because the authors on this here travel website are Gentleman and Lady adventurers, doesn’t mean we’ve had an easy upbringing. The Captain was brought up in a gutter with 27 other families (it’s part of why his favourite number is four) and the Major spent 8 years thinking a highland mountain [...]

Munich Loves You. And Football. And Bells.

andyfied — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:26:43 +0000

This is just a quick post about a two day trip to Munich. It’s a nice city and if I don’t write this today, there will be no articles for August 2009.

"I don't trust the guy in the corner looking like Viggo Mortensen, Mr Frodo."

My good chum, [...]

Review: Francofolies at La Rochelle

Dione — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:20:35 +0000

Hello travellers, this is a special heads up for any francophones out there. We’re officially on the countdown for the next insertion of Francofolies music fest, which takes place every year in France. I highly recommend going to La Rochelle during this time (the fest starts 10th July in 2009). Even [...]

Mini Rough Guide to Wales Beach Attack Shame

Captain Oats — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:02:41 +0000

I attended the TNT Travel show here in London this weekend; by all accounts a pretty drab and predictable event with booth after booth of crappy keyrings and email spam schemes poorly disguised as ‘competitions’. However, there was one ray of ill humoured sunshine when an enthusiastic Welshman thrust a gem of a free guidebook into [...]

Sack Them/Government Stealth Tax

andyfied — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:21:54 +0000

So as snow causes transport problems around the UK, people are looking for someone to blame and summarily sack. Since it’s a bit hard to punish the weather front that caused it, fingers are again being pointed at transport bosses and the government for failing to expect the unexpected. Of course if tax payer’s [...]

Spain and the Sea | Part Two

Baron AzA — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:04:43 +0000

If you missed part one you can read it here – Spain and the Sea | Part One

…and now to the heart of the thing dear friends.

Ah yes, culture. Finding culture in a place like this is hard let me tell you. The closest we got was when myself and [...]

Spain and the Sea | Part One

Baron AzA — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:02:18 +0000

There are many things in this world that scare me, even terrify me to tears, and let me tell you the wonders dear reader of the Spanish coast. Somewhere between Torremolinos and Banalmadena sandwiched between the cruel salty sea and the dusty red mountains lays the real Wild West. These are frontier towns where the [...]

Flex Off and Prague Castle

andyfied — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:06:33 +0000

The Major and I have always suffered from insomnia, but I fear he has always had it to a far greater degree. Oats, on the other hand, can be out as soon as his head hits the pillow and has the amazing power of “morning fortitude” (not that kind ladies). It seems that regardless [...]