Sunday, October 28, 2007

Moving the talk to Australia

Now all my talk about hotels in London and so made a friend of mine react and then he send me a long mail about the glory of Brisbane and Australia and what you can get of great experiences from going there. Not only will you get the athmosphere of a big city but you will also get wonderful nature. For instance you can take a quick cruise up and down the Brisbane river, visit the wonderful botanical gardens both at the city botanical gardens and at Mount Coot-tha. There is also plenty of city features as restaurants, bars and that sort of thing so London is not the only place to have it all.
Hotels in Brisbane is according to my friend even easier to come by than in London and then all in all Brisbane accomodation is just cheaper than in the Capital of Great Britain.
As an extra bonus on going to Brisbane you can get some very cheap flights to the Gold Coast and for instance surfers paradise. Gold Coast accomodation is nothing to worry about and there you get a real taste of the life on the beach. It's fun in the sun all the time!
I guess the point in this is to go there!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Car insurance

Just lately I've been on the market for some better car insurance rates. When you want coverage for sportscar it gets kind of expensive. And it's not even like I drive a big fancy one. Just an old one but my present insurance company finds it to be some sort of expensive or fancy car. I guess it would be better just to get an old family car...
Anyway, looking on the internet seems to be a jungle somehow. How do you know that you are not getting tricked or there is something written in very small print that says something about not being covered when you actually need it the most. Well, I don't quite know yet but I'm working on it.
One thing I'm looking into right now is an online insurance policy. It seems a lot cheaper because - I guess - the company can cut a lot of expenses on all the paperwork they don't do. You do most of the work yourself and then the policy is mailed to you soon after and you are ready to go. Sound pretty easy and as I said I wouldn't mind saving a little on my policy.

Monday, October 22, 2007

And now a quick word on Manchester

As I was writing the previous post on London and how I found accommodation in London and all that I just got to think about another city in England that I would love to visit: Manchester. And why? Because this is the Capital of soccer if you ask me. Manchester has two great teams - for a long time United was the only one for me but now it's more City.
And one of the most funny or interesting stories on this is that for eight years the Danish goalie Peter Schmeichel played for United but now he's son is playing for City. And he's doing a great job too.
Anyway, a quick search on Manchester tells me that it first of all isn't any harder than the London accommodation search. Finding Manchester hotels is as easy as two clicks with your mouse and then the city has a lot more to offer than just soccer. As mentioned before the pubs is something of interest and there certainly is a few of those in Manchester too. So I'm pretty sure this will be one of my travel destinations in the near future.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

London: accomodation, sights, a great weekend...

Did you know that the London Eye with it's 135 m is the tallest observation wheel in the World (well, pretty soon another one in Singapore will be taller). I didn't untill I visited it resently and it was quite interesting. You get the best view of the intire city sitting at the top. I can only recommend trying it if you ever visit the city.
Went to Kensington Palace too, the Tower and I guess a bunch of other places. Very overwhelming when you are only there for a few days and you still want to see most of the sights. But it's a fantastic city. Not only the historic sights but also the shopping and the musicals. And then on top of it all the pubs. British pubs are the only real pubs. Great selection of beer served the right way and then you get to watch a game of soccer or two. Though it was the Rugby World Cup that was on at the time.
Another great thing about London: Accomodation is easy to come by. I did a quick search for "London Accomodation" at google and within a few clicks I had found the exact sort of hotel I wanted. And it's not only hotels. In London accomodation comes in all sorts like B&B's, hostels, motels etc. etc. so nomatter what you are looking for it will be there somewhere.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Party all night in Spain...

Now here's an interesting thought: Whenever you want to get married, why not go to Spain - for instance Barcelona or Madrid - for your hen party or stag party? I just found a site where they arrange full packages with all included and as you might know both Barcelona and Madrid are places to go when you want to party all night. You can find whatever you like from cafeterias, bars, pubs, disco's and tablaos - that's flamengo bars, and wouldn't that be great.

And apart from that it is not just coincidence that I mention Barcelona and Madrid because these two cities host two of the best soccer teams in the World. Go to Estadio Santiago Bernabeu or Camp Nou and you are garanteed the best soccer players in the World and a spectacular show of technique, skills and showmanship. Just think about Raul or Ronaldinho and it says it all.

Getting there is easy! From almost any destination in the World you can get there by plane and living in Europe offers a bunch of opportunities: Car, train, bus. Hotels in Madrid or hotels in Barcelona - they would probably say: Hoteles en Barcelona! (about all I know in spanish) come in a wide range of quality and prices but it's easy to find something in your range. So why not just jump right at it and get down there? I'm wanting to go back as soon as possible.

Monday, October 1, 2007

Share a picture

Now and then I must admit that I check out new ways of making a little extra on the side on the internet and just a few days ago I stopped at shareapic. Here you can make a little extra cash just by uploading pictures and having other people look at it. It's as easy as it sounds but you wont make a fortune. But it all counts, right. Here's a few examples: