Alicante
I looked at traveling through Alicante on the way to Valencia. There was very little flight flexibility, and the trains from Valencia started late on the Sunday, although an overnight stop might have...
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Valencia We visited Valencia in Sept. 2009. One of the sights we visited was the Americas Cup port and museum. The showdown between Alinghi and BMW/Oracle will now take place of the port of Valencia in...
View ArticleVienna & Hotels
Travelling to Vienna I need to stay in Vienna at some time over the summer. Here are some hotel web sites, I’ve found with the help of The Rough Guide. These first few are all in the town centre....
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Barcelona
I have now been to Barcelona on several occasions. My Rough Guide is so old that it needs replacing. Rough Guide Of course, the Rough Guide to Barcelona, sadly they have a shit view on allowing the...
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Greece
Greece Introduction I have holidayed in Greece on many occasions, on packages and latterly with Sunsail. Currency Greece now use the Euro (EUR). Yahoo converts EUR:GBP here…, and the Currency Converter...
View ArticleFrankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, the home of the German Banking System and now the European Central Bank. It’s taken me a while, since I never visited this city while at Sun (1997-2009) but have been there several...
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Zurich
The financial & commercial capital of German speaking Switzerland. Why I needed to visit on business, in Jan 2007, and returned 13 months later. In 2010, it began to be a second home, travelling...
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Google’s Market Share
I got distracted during a debate on Google and their regulatory need to delete out-dated and irrelevant entries in their search index. How big is google in Europe? I found the following sites/documents...
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On Copyright
As a result of the EP’s LIBE committee report on the EU Copyright Regulation, in Feb 2015, I built a Storify page and propose to write a blog article. This page captures some of the resources I used to...
View ArticleEconomic Migration and Brexit
I was asked if I wanted to work in Germany, and sadly took too long to say, “Yes”. I was wondering what impact Brexit would have on such an opportunity. If the UK, agrees the Govt’s withdrawal...
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Cruising
A friend went on a river cruise and I thought that sounded fun. So I did some looking up. They’re not cheap at over £400 day, the Danube is more expensive than the Rhine; some prices exclude the...
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