Rome is a wonderful place. It’s a truly beautiful and sometimes mysterious city. Rome was my home for over two years and these were some of the best years of my life so far. During my time there I learned a lot, although it’s an incredible place it also be a hard place to visit. I hope this guide will help you enjoy this famous and ancient city even more. Getting around My first recommendation is to avoid taxis! Personally I am not a big fan taxi drivers anyway but in Rome 90% of the time you feel you have been ripped off. Rome ...
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Unless you are escaping to a desert island for the whole of December, Christmas shopping is pretty much unavoidable but if your local shops just aren’t going cut it this year (and you don’t want to rely on the post!), then why not use our guide to head out to the best shopping locations in the UK ? Pre- Christmas sales are not uncommon now so search around for some real bargains. 1. Oxford Street, London Forty million shoppers making their annual Christmas pilgrimage every year can’t be wrong. People come for the lights, the two mile stretch of 300+ shops, the extended ranges ...
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Photo credit It’s always hard to decide where to go on holiday, you can spend hours flicking through brochures only to have a longer wish list than you started with. This year I took the easy option, I got my retired dad to check out the internet for possible options. All I told him that we wanted to go somewhere in either France or Spain for a relaxing week. He came back to me within two hours with La Rochelle . Even though we didn’t really know what to expect, in the past my dad had never let me down so my girlfriend and ...
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If you are yearning for all things festive then take a look at our guide to some of the best European Christmas markets. Europe has a wide range of Christmas markets so whether you are hankering after the ultimate Christmas tree topper or have just developed a strong liking for mulled wine and Christmas cake you are sure to find something here to your taste. Christmas markets offer many goods at discounted prices in December so shop around for the best price. Best for Atmosphere Cologne Christmas market is actually six markets in one town, the four largest and the most impressive are located ...
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It took us about a year to finally decide where to go on honeymoon after our wedding in July this year. To say the list of potential locations was long would have definitely been an understatement, war zones aside (!) I don’t think there were many places that weren’t included on our list… After many hours trawling the internet we eventually decided on a California /Nevada roadtrip, probably because it ticked so many boxes. Big Sur and the Pacific Coast Highway often top the ‘places you must see before you die’ lists and seemed to us like the ideal romantic location (we are both ...
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