Barcelona: where history and culture meets the Nou

Robin Nowacki combines culture and cuisine with football on a visit to Barcelona – the capital of the Catalonian region of Spain

Letter from France: May 2013

Whether you’re a novice or seasoned traveller, France will steal your heart. Each month, Frederic – our French correspondent – gives us the low-down on what to see and do across the channel

Department of Transport

From the website:

The Department for Transport’s aim is transport that works for everyone. This means a transport system which balances the needs of the economy, the environment and society.

What do you know of France?

iven that France is one of our closest neighbours and or cultures and histories have been intertwined for over a thousand years, how much do we know about the geography of the country? Given research done recently by cottages4u recently, the answer is not a lot. Or at least the younger ones of us don’t.

Ski Update: Nevis Range

If you can’t beat the snow, join it!

Thats what lots of people decided to do last weekend and, this weekend, even more may venture north. A Nevis a week ago, over 800 Skiers/Sledgers/Snowboarders opted to “Go with the snow” taking to the slopes which opened for snowsports a fortnight earlier than planned on 4-5 December 2010.

Travel Stereotypes

Travel broadens the mind.

For some people though it introduces them to pictures of people and nations that stay with them even though they have got out of date. For example, the Germans, rise at the crack of dawn to put towels on the sun lounges. The Americans are noisy and think that you can visit Edinburgh in the morning and do Buckingham Palace in the afternoon. Parisians are rude and India is dirty and poverty ridden. Spain is only ever sunny. English men wear bowler hats and all Welsh men sing. (Well here’s one that can’t) Australians drink beer like no others and kangaroos wander down the main streets of Sydney. Czech, Hungarian and Polish food is boring, Italians chase women, the Dutch are dour and Egyptians will haunt every corner trying to sell you anything. The Japanese are camera obsessed, the Swiss are short on humour but the Irish are jolly and break into music at the drop of a hat.

Is any of this correct?

Mexican basics

Over the next week, Adrian will reveal some places in Mexico you may not know but which are well worth considering if you want a holiday in almost guaranteed sunshine. He starts with an overview of the the practicalities, how much it costs and what you need when you´re there