It’s a good question. A lot of people swear by TripAdvisor and a recent bad review of a hotel brought up some interesting comments on the internet. But let’s first look at the bad review and what happened to the person who posted it. Tony Jenkinson and his wife spent a night at the Broadway… Continue reading Do we believe TripAdvisor?
Month: November 2014
What did we do before GPS
I can’t think? We used maps ….. and had arguments. Here’s a riddle. What would you rather be? The Driver or the Navigator? Depends where you are I suppose. Take Ireland…. now there’s a good one. Lots of ring roads which most Canadians dislike. You have to have been in the situation to understand… Continue reading What did we do before GPS
A busman’s holiday
That’s what I think of going away on vacation where there is a kitchen! This old expression dates from around the 1800’s – here’s the definition according to Wikipedia – A “busman’s holiday” is a holiday spent by a bus driver travelling on a bus: it is no break from his usual routine. By analogy, anyone… Continue reading A busman’s holiday
Find me somewhere peaceful and quiet – my top five places
The world seems to be in quite a mess at the moment. Trouble in Russia and the Ukraine has prompted AMAWAterways to cancel their Russian river cruises for 2015. The outbreak of Ebola has caused a drop in travel to South Africa – how strange when South Africa is miles and miles away from the… Continue reading Find me somewhere peaceful and quiet – my top five places
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