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With just a fortnight to go, the mother of all shopping festivals - the Dubai Shopping Festival 2009 (DSF) - is coming back to town.

Scheduled to begin on January 15, the 14th edition of the DSF is set

I am a real water baby and I absolutely love all forms of water including oceans, waterfalls, lakes, ponds and rivers. I prefer naturally occurring water over, say, swimming pools and fountains but as

The Greek transport ministry decided that the price of a single ticket for the metro, elektrikos, bus/trolley and tram will be raised from €0.80 to €1.00 starting January 1, 2009.
Like the 0.80 euro single

A few frigid Fridays ago I visited Table 6 for the first time.

This neighborhood restaurant is located at 6th and Corona, near the Esquire Theater. American Cuisine make up the majority of dishes with

In other train news I watched the movie “Transsiberian” during one of my days off relaxing at home.

Released back in October this mystery thriller follows a couple attempting to put some adventure

The Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai publishes its list of top universities based on academic excellence, not only by world rank but national rank within a country. These are the Top 500 universities

The Denver Post has a story today by Scott Willoughby called “Riding the Rails to the Slopes.” A primer on using Amtrak’s California Zephyr train as a ski train, it lists the stations

I never noticed these modern self check-in kiosks before, or if I did they must not have stood out among the travelers lined up to use them.

I like the simple design with the large stainless frame around

We arrived in Bath at about 11am and after searching for some time for a parking bay, made our way down to Bath Abbey.

Bath is an extremely picturesque town and it must be an amazing sight to see in

After Stonehenge, we took a brief drive of one or two hours and arrived at our accommodation just before 5pm.  Unfortunately, I was burning up with a fever by then and I got straight into bed while