Easing security checks
30/10/10 17:02 Filed in: ExploreBlog
The suggestions from British Airways chairman Martin Broughton, that some security check requirements at airports should be eased, is appealing. Appealing, that is, as long as we can be sure that safety and security is not compromised.
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Whale watching
21/10/10 12:35 Filed in: ExploreBlog
On previous trips to California we have seen whales from a distance. One time we watched them out at sea, with the occasional spout, sometimes a fin and occasionally a tail fluke. Later, from Point Lobos, we had a closer view of a whale in Monterey Bay, including the elusive tail fluke.
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Read More...Don't forget your photo ID if you head Stateside
20/10/10 17:14 Filed in: ExploreBlog
If, like me, you still have an old-style UK driving licence without a photo, you may want to pay the Chancellor the necessary to upgrade to a photo licence if you are planning a trip to the USA.
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Read More...Reclaiming Amsterdam as a destination
24/02/10 20:28 Filed in: ExploreBlog
In recent years Amsterdam has really been simply our preferred European airport for international connections. So we found ourselves, for the first time in nine years, planning a trip to Amsterdam as a destination.
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Read More...America: the land of the free, or cheap?
13/10/09 17:26 Filed in: ExploreBlog
In the UK one of the standard topics of conversation among travellers is how much money they saved holidaying in the USA. Well, judging by our recent trip, these days are over.
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Read More...Pump iron before visiting LAX
03/10/09 17:48 Filed in: ExploreBlog
Visitors to Los Angeles Airport (LAX) would do well to make sure they are in peak fitness before they get there.
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Read More...Dining differences in the USA
20/09/09 07:45 Filed in: ExploreBlog
I am currently in the USA and having to remember my US etiquette. There are a number of things that are different on this side of the atlantic that can surprise a British diner.
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Read More...Transcontinental marathon
10/08/09 21:52 Filed in: ExploreBlog
I was reminded recently of an interesting dilemma from a few years back. I was sitting with a colleague in Pisa airport after a press launch waiting for our flight to the UK to be called. It was mid afternoon and I was really tired. The thought of returning home to a good night’s sleep was extremely appealing.
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Read More...Pompeii where time has stood still
10/08/09 20:37 Filed in: ExploreBlog
It is hard to get your brain round the fact that the wall decoration that you are looking is almost 2,000 years old. In one of the rooms it is almost Art Deco in style.
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Read More...The road to the isles
14/10/08 19:43 Filed in: ExploreBlog
There is something really enchanting about the Isle of Harris, in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. This really is a place to get away from it all.
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