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Europe travel photos and trip planning information
Useful facts to help you plan your visit to Ireland Festivals Public Holidays Visas Health Time Electricity Weights & Measures Money, Banks etc. Useful Telephone Numbers Festivals There is a HUGE number of events and festivals, both traditional and modern, in Ireland. Here’s a link to the Irish Tourist Board Search facility Bank and Public Holidays in Eire (The Republic of Ireland) 2013 New Year - 1st January (in lieu) St Patrick's Day - 17th March … [Read more...]
Weight Loss and Walking: Weight loss must be one of the most popular reasons for people to take up the wonderful activity of walking. The thought of feeling the weight disappear as you make your way over hill and dale along, for example – the Coast to Coast Walk, is very appealing. And in most cases it is worthwhile. Let’s have a look at some of the benefits of walking in general, and then we’ll look at our longer distance walks. Walking at a moderate pace for 30-60 … [Read more...]
Useful facts to help you plan your visit to England and Wales Festivals Public Holidays Visas Health Time Electricity Weights & Measures Business hours: shops, offices, pubs etc. Money, Banks etc. Useful Telephone Numbers Festivals Festivals often happen in the months you'll be there. There are so many events in England and Wales that the best thing I can do is give you a link to the Tourist Board's search facility: Visit Britain Events Search (opens in new … [Read more...]
Useful facts to help you plan your visit to France Festivals Public Holidays Visas Health Language Time Electricity Weights & Measures Money, Banks etc. Emergencies Telephone, fax Post Museums and monuments Festivals Festivals, both traditional and modern (eg Avignon Theatre Festival in July) are not so plentiful as in Spain, but worth looking out for: Festivals search on the French Tourist Office website, not great but...(new window): French Public … [Read more...]
Useful facts to help you plan your visit to Italy Festivals Public Holidays Visas Health Time Electricity Weights & Measures Money, Banks etc. Useful Telephone Numbers Festivals One important factor may be the festival calendar. Like Spain, Italy has a lot of festivals and saint's days etc. and you may wish to co-ordinate your Italy travel accordingly. EVENT CALENDAR SEARCH Italian Public Holidays PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2012 1 Jan New Year's Day … [Read more...]
Useful facts to help you plan your visit to Spain Festivals Public Holidays Visas Health Time Electricity Weights & Measures Money, Banks etc. Useful Telephone Numbers Festivals Spain is fiesta mad, there's always some holiday or other taking place within striking distance of wherever you are, and the better known ones, like the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona and La Tomatina in Bunol (Valencia) are world-famous. It's well worth checking out what's on during the … [Read more...]
Useful facts to help you plan your visit to Ireland Festivals Public Holidays Visas Health Time Electricity Weights & Measures Money, Banks etc. Useful Telephone Numbers Festivals There are a HUGE number of events and festivals, both traditional and modern, in Ireland. Here’s a link to the Irish Tourist Board Search facility Bank and Public Holidays in Eire (The Republic of Ireland) 2011 New Year - 3rd January (in lieu) St Patrick's Day - 17th March … [Read more...]
Useful facts to help you plan your visit to Estonia Festivals and Events Public Holidays Visas Climate Health Time Electricity Weights & Measures Money, Banks, etc. Useful Telephone Numbers Festivals and Events: Estonia has many festivals, operas, concerts and events that are worth seeing if you have the chance: Calendar Public and Bank holidays for 2009: 1 January - New Year's Day 24 February - Independence Day: the 91th anniversary of the declaration founding the … [Read more...]
Useful facts to help you plan your visit to Germany Festivals Public Holidays Visas Health Time Electricity Weights & Measures Money, Banks etc. Useful Telephone Numbers Festivals Music festivals are big in Germany, Bach in March (bit early) Wagner in Bayreuth in July, lots of stuff in Autumn, including the Oktoberfest, but most Bavarian towns and villages have some kind of beer festival and they're smaller scale and more enjoyable. Christmas fairs are great but … [Read more...]
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We're Helen and Tony Page, and we love travelling - lucky as we've been doing it for the last few decades!
Tony has long been a professional photographer and writer, but Helen now writes most of the posts and takes a lot of photos herself!
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