Posted in Holidays, Travel on March 14th, 2005 No Comments »
I went to the Disney Resort Paris for the weekend. Although it’s intended for small kids, the group of us that went found it very enjoyable.
Recommended for the grown ups: Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster (fast, pitch black ride, strongly recommended), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril (in 2000 Disney reversed the cars to make [...]
Posted in Travel on March 1st, 2005 No Comments »
Hot Maps have a large number of city maps from around the world. Zoom, pan, scroll, and find a street functionality is included, and all for free.
Note that the site is written in German, so if you jump in here instead then choose the Union Jack flag symbol it will change some of the words [...]
Posted in Travel on February 21st, 2005 No Comments »
A couple of the travel sites I use…
http://www.skyscanner.net/ - good for seeing flight prices across different providers without irritating advertisers getting in the way. They also have a view showing prices for a destination across a month so you can go when it’s cheapest. (Europe only)
http://www.seat61.com/ - train travel across the UK and Europe. How [...]
Posted in Travel on February 15th, 2005 No Comments »
From 27thFebruary…
“Capping means that passengers using a pre-pay Oystercard will pay the lowest daily fare after every journey has been assessed. This cap will apply at the appropriate one-day Travelcard or Bus Pass rate.”
http://www.ltuc.org.uk/news.php?id=250
