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Industry: Child day-care services
Recreational facility * pool and wading pool, hot tub and sauna * locker rooms * indoor track * tennis * cardio and strength center * functional fitness area * personal training * recreational programming * licensed child care services and babysitting services * private home day care services * community youth programming * summer camps
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Renovated Superb ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ PVT Pool Home Near to Disney NEW Elegant Pool House♥Near Disney FIBER INTERNET
Size –3 Bedrooms • 2.5 Bathrooms • Sleeps 1-8
★ With safety and hygiene being top of mind, our guests will have peace of mind staying in a fully disinfected and sanitized property.
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Our home is what you needed:
☆Encantada Resort NO RESORT FEE
☆All Lines/Towels Provided
☆24hrs Gated Community
☆Private Heated* Pool
☆Cable TV and Free UNLIMITED HIGH SPEED Wireless Internet - 500MB
☆Two Story Home (Half Bath on Ground Floor)
☆Easy Self Checkin-Personalized door coded
☆Washer&Dryer NO EXTRA FEE
☆Self Catering Home
☆Less than 10 minutes to Disney and close to all the parks
☆Early Checkin/Late Checkout**
... and More
*fee $25.00/day min. 3 days (for 2 days stay is $60.00)
**subject to availability and extra fee
BBQ Fee $40.00 - include 1(one) full propane tank.
Come stay in our comfortable townhome that features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms open kitchen concept and a private heated* pool.
Our home is very well located in Encantada Resort with short walking distance to the club house, where you will find business center, sauna, fitness center, game room, bank, tennis court, heated pool overlooking the lake and a specialized care service during your vacation, kids playground and much more.
The living room is open and spacious with a 3 seats sofa and 2 charis to relax and enjoy the 43 inch SMART TV. This area opens to private pool area with 4 seats table. There are also a half bathroom on first floor.
Dining table seats 6. If you feel like cooking the beautiful and fully stocked and slate kitchen appliances is ready for you. All of this is designed to be open and family ready.
Laundry room with Washing Machine, Dryer, Iron, Iron table and clothesline.
This family friendly home also offers free WIFI.
- Master Suite - King size bed, TV, Closet and private bathroom with shower room.
- Queen Bedroom - Queen size bed, TV.
- Bunkbed Bedroom Twins - Twin over Full and one trundle twin bed, TV
About the Owner
Hi I'm Leonardo, I'm married with my beautiful wife Renata. We have 2 kids, Eduardo and Luna.
We are from Sao Paulo, Brazil but with american soul. I'm a soccer fan, no I'm crazy for Corinthians (the best Brazilian team) and Lakers (Gold and Purple!!!).
I've been travelling to US since 2010 every year. As I told you I have an american soul. I visited Vegas, LA, Long Beach, Bakerfiled, Sequioa National Park, Miami, Sarasota, Anna Maria Island and ORLANDO....
I believe 100% on Disney magic (and business) so we bought this house to give you a chance to "FEEL AT HOME WHEN YOU ARE AWAY".
Now we opened our Property Management company, Vacation Homes4U.
|Check-In||A keypad is available 24 hours a day to provide entry for guests|
1 Half bath
Base Rate - min 5 nights
1/1 - 12/31
|$95 - $129||$115 - $139||$805 to $923||
11/20 - 11/28
|$129||$115 - $129||$903||
12/20 - 1/5
Spring Break - 5 Nights
3/1 - 4/15
Summer - 5 Nights
6/15 - 8/31
Cancellation Policy: Guest receives 100.00 % if cancellation occurs at least 60 days before arrival; Guest receives 50.00 % if cancellation occurs at least 30 days before arrival; No refunds within 30 days of arrival. |
Get away from the crowds of Marmaris and join a much-needed relaxing and peaceful activity. Turkish bath can be the perfect break between your sightseeing and other excursions in Marmaris. This is because it offers a unique and pleasurable traditional spa treatment that aims in relaxing your mind and body. Visiting a Turkish bath can also be seen as a great opportunity to unfold the secrets of personal care and the bathing rituals of the Ottoman period. Spend time in a traditional Turkish bath facility orhamam as it is also known, while spoiling and pampering your body.
Marmaris Turkish bath is an amazing experience you can’t afford to miss while you are on holidays in Turkey. Since centuries, traditional bath has been an important feature of the Turkish Culture. Apart from rejuvenating your body and senses, a traditional Turkish bathgives you many health benefits. It cleanses your skin, improves blood circulation, takes off toxins, relieves you from stress, and reactivates your body and soul all at once. It is better to experience an all-relaxing bath yourself instead of listing out the benefits on paper!
Marmaris Turkish bath
Visiting a hamam is one of the most sought after activities for holiday markers in Turkey. Normally, there is a good number of Spa Hotels providing Turkish bath to their guests in Marmaris. These hotels are open all day; this short yet pleasing tour can be taken in just 2-3 hours! However, it is important that you choose the right facility to experience the best of an authentic Turkish bath. A wrong selection of the spa can spoil your holiday mood. By booking with us, you have come to the right place. We explain to you everything included in our tour, provide you the best services and ensure that you enjoy our clean and pleasing Marmaris Turkish bath at its maximum.
We suggest you take our Marmaris Turkish Bath Tour as the first thing at your arrival in Marmaris. In any way, this experience is recommended in any phase of the holidays.If you are willing to experience Turkish bath during the first days, this ease you out from the stress of traveling and prepare you to take other tours ahead. Looking for the best ever and an authentic Turkish bath experience in Turkey? You have come to the right place. We offer a special value added package. Our package includes free hotel transfers, clean and hygienic towels, soap, sauna services, and oil, foam and scrub massages for you. The female guests visiting the spa can opt for masseur services from our lady attendants. You can join our Turkish bath even after having a nice tan, as it helps to hold the tan for longer.
Best Bath & Spa Service
This activity is available on a daily basis and you are free to choose the time that suits your schedule the most. Depending on the preferred time, members of our team will pick you up from your hotel in Marmaris and drive you towards the traditional hamam. Once you arrive get ready for an ultra-spoiling experience. You will be amazed by the flawless relaxing atmosphere and the professional therapists who offer an incredible variety of treatments. The first phase of this incredibly rejuvenatinginvolves spending some time in the hot room, which is more like a sauna. During this phase you will enter the room and enjoy a session of dry hot air. The steam and the high temperatures in the room,help the pores of the skin to open. This particular phase allows your skin to release the toxins and get ready for the next treatment.An interesting highlight is that, the interior of this room is made of marble stones where you can relax. Inside the room there are fountains with hot water and in the middle of the room there is a heated big marble.
By the moment you are fully relaxed and your skin is ready, the next phase of the Turkish bath experience starts. An experienced and professional therapist will use a special method to cover your body with foam and will start scrubbing every inch of it. During this phase, the dead cells of your skin are removed, leaving your skin soft and healthy. The full body scrub has multiple benefits if you are a sun-seeker. After the scrub you can have a smooth and healthy tan. Once the scrub phase is over, you can take a shower to remove the foam and the dead cells of your skin. The water will give you a sense of revitalization and gives your skin the perfect soft feeling. The last part of this experience includes a 15-minute session of oil massage. Oil massage is probably the best way to finish your Turkish bath experience as the therapist will help your muscles to relax by using various techniques according to your needs. Energized and relaxed you will then return back to your hotel. The Turkish bath will definitely be a long lasting memory from your holidays. |
Bridge Between the Worlds is a center for powerful pathways to healing, restoration, and connection with essence of spirit, with a focus on Transformational Healing work with Margaretta McIlvaine.
The retreat center is nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and is open throughout the year. Our 20-acre site is hidden in the woods by a lake, offering many ways to enjoy and connect with the natural world.
To foster restoration, we suggest walking our many wooded paths, canoeing, using the infrared sauna and hot tub, and bringing awareness to the wise and mystical energies that abound.
We have the most amazing energy healer right here in town. She is the REAL deal and I have the utmost respect for her and recommend her without reservation. I hope you might be intrigued enough to have the opportunity to work with her. I feel confident you will be delighted if you do. It is one of the most amazing things I have ever experienced in my life..
Healing can move beyond the physical into more subtle aspects of the individual, and it can become a profound process of growth and awakening.
Create your own personal retreat to recharge, revitalize and reconnect with yourself. To foster restoration, we offer wooded paths, canoeing, an infrared sauna and hot tub.
An ideal setting for your next conference, workshop, retreat, training, educational program, or special event. Also, a lovely setting for intimate weddings. |
An all-in-one relaxation center that caters for Cambodian business guys of all ages. Women’s section as well. Westerners are welcome. This is the place in Phnom Penh to hang out and talk business in the steam, sauna, foot bath or gym. Here you can get a haircut, hair colour, shampoo and shave as well as a face massage, manicure, pedicure and ear cleaning. It includes a large screen TV cinema showing football games in a room of recliners where you can have a foot and leg massage while talking to your friends and watch TV. A foot and leg massage here (US$6) is at the top of the massage game. Open 8am to 8pm. |
Natural design themes make for a peaceful stay
Situated slightly up the hill away from the busy center of the city, Hotel Monterey Kobe welcomes guests with colorful flowers of the season.
Upon arrival, guests pass by the front courtyard's water fountain, up the stone steps, and through the cloisters into the hotel. Located in the culturally rich port town of Kobe, the hotel is designed to evoke feelings of nostalgia thanks to its classic design and charming atmosphere.
- wireless internet
- Public Bath and Sauna “Trinite"
6 minutes from the West Exit of Sannomiya Station on the JR Kobe Line.
■SUBWAY Yamate Subway Line
Take the Seishin Subway Line or Yamate Subway Line to Sannomiya Station. The hotel is about 1 minute on foot from West Exit 3.
■Hanshin Main Line
8 minutes on foot from the West Exit of Kobe Sannomiya Station on the Hanshin Main Line.
■Hankyu Kobe Line
4 minutes on foot from the West Exit of Kobe Sannomiya Station on the Hankyu Kobe Line. |
The Mustarinda House is situated on the second highest summit in the Kainuu region, adjacent to the north-east edge of the Paljakka Nature Reserve. The house is an old elementary school building built in the 1950s. Nowadays it is the only inhabited house on the summit. The house is surrounded by old-growth forest which in its ecological diversity is an extension to the nearby Paljakka Strict Nature Reserve.
Mustarinda is a community in the making since 2009. More-than-human and human bodies are tangled through the house, the sauna, the garden, the yard, the forest, its swamps and wetlands. Together with the permanent dwellers, the Mustarinda Association is a group of artists, housekeepers, local visitors, maintainers, repairers, builders, and researchers of all stripes - all growing roots and transitioning for shorter or longer periods. Their shared goal is to promote the ecological rebuilding of society, the diversity of culture and nature, and the connection between art and science.
At the center of their activity lies contemporary art, boundary-crossing research, practical experimentation, communication, education and events. The Mustarinda Association reaches towards a post-fossil culture by combining scientific knowledge and experiential artistic activity.
In the coming years the Mustarinda Association seeks to actively challenge conventions of research production and dissemination. Their focus will be towards ways of doing and sharing to look beyond the yearly cycles and into the long term possible futures that help enable an ecological reconstruction.
At this residency, your individual or collective practice is valued in its own right. The open call is for wherever your research, process, focus, or need for time and space takes you.
There is no expected outcome for the residency period.
Studio 2: 44 m2 + bedroom
Studio 3: 14 m2 + bedroom
Studio 4: 10 m2 + bedroom
Studio 5: 70 m2 + bedroom
Writers room: 12–16 m2 bedroom
Mustarinda house is run by Mustarinda association members and volunteers. Residents are responsible for making their own travel arrangements to Hyrynsalmi. Residency starts on 1st weekday of the month and finishes on the last weekday of the month. Grocery shopping in the Hyrynsalmi village upon agreement ca. once a week.
Residents have communal use of:
- dining room
- living room
- electric sauna
- wood-burning outdoor sauna
- Kota /grill hut, etc.
There is also some hiking and winter sports equipment, footwear and apparel that may be borrowed upon agreement. There’s a nature trail to a nearby forest starting from the back yard of Mustarinda House. The building has wireless internet access, which is unfortunately sometimes slow because of the distant location.
The Mustarinda house is nearing energy self-sufficiency, and works largely with volunteer work. It is expected that the residency guests take part to some of shared tasks in the house like cleaning, gardening in the summer, or snow work in the winter time.
During the residency months there might be some short-time workshops or visitors in the house, where children are welcome. The communal life in the house can be very lively. If you're looking for a very quiet place to work, please mention it in your application.
The workspaces have large windows, proper lighting and mechanical ventilation. Available for loan are basic tools for working with wood, a digital SLR camera, skis, snowshoes and other equipment. The building has wireless internet access. There is a cross country ski trail by the house. Residency entrants are responsible for making travel arrangements.
Paljakka, Hyrynsalmi, Finland. The Mustarinda house is surrounded by Paljakka nature reserve where are the oldest forests of Finland. Nearest village is in 23 km. |
Adjacent to a million acres of National Forest on two sides, this spectacular equestrian property has 77+ acres on two parcels, a 5700 sf custom log home with incredible amenities, & facilities your horses will love. Seven pastures, Priefert 12 x 12 three stall barn with 12x24 runouts; hay storage, tack room, loafing shed, working arena, storage; Behlen panels, water hydrants. Located below the homesite for watching the horses frolic in the pastures and an easy distance for care. The second lot, with 38+ acres, has a 2220 sf pole barn, a 40x32 equipment/haybarn, a gazebo and arena, and natural gas and power. And then there's the magnificent home - 10" Swedish cope custom log, top quality in every detail, a fabulous floor plan and enormous Pella windows to view "America's Mountain" - the famous Pikes Peak. Main level master suite w/ gas fireplace. 3 bedrooms up, one with a private full bath; fifth bedroom is in the lower level. 5 baths, a three car garage with workshop, lots of storage. The great room has a floor to ceiling stone fireplace and there's a spacious dining area; rich tigerwood maple floors, extensive windows and vaulted ceilings. The gourmet kitchen is a chef's dream - with top of the line granite and soapstone countertops, cherrywood cabinetry and the best of appliances - a Wolf and a Miele convection oven, a Wolf gas range, 2 Bosch dishwashers, built in microwave/convection oven, warming drawer, Sub-Zero refrigerator and separate built-in Sub-Zero freezer. Display cabinets, designer lighting, built-in kitchen table, pantry, and a double sink plus a vegetable sink all add to the efficient design and quality found in this kitchen. Access to a large deck with gas hookup on this level, as well as a half bath, laundry and mudroom. The lower level has a room designed as a home theatre, w/insulation & wiring ready in the ceiling; a large family room with bar, a Sauna/exercise room, office, bedroom and extra storage. Generator & solar back up.
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Offering 4-star art deco accommodation, Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa is ideally located in Shanzu. It has a fitness centre, as well as an outdoor pool, free Wi-Fi and a sauna.
There are a variety of amenities available to guests of the resort, including an express check-in and check-out feature, 24-hour room service and meeting facilities. Staff are available 24/7 and can assist with booking tours and tickets.
All the rooms at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa include a mini bar, plus all the necessities for a comfortable stay. The resort also has several connecting rooms to accommodate families.
During their stay at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa, guests can dine at Lido Seafood Grill and relax with a drink at Tulia Health Bar. Eateries at the resort include Minazi Café and Pavilion Restaurant.
Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa is an ideal place to explore Kenya Methodist University and City Mall, as well as everything the local area has to offer. Windsurfing and water activities are available nearby.
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One of the most convenient ways to get to Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa from the airport is by car, with the journey taking about 1h in total. There are various options for you to choose from, too; you can opt for a taxi from the front of the airport, a journey through a ride-sharing app or a car hire if you want more flexibility.
You can enjoy luxurious rooms at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa, with a total of 340 available to guests. There are also three rooms that are suitable for people with disabilities too. You can choose between a garden, pool or sea facing room. The room that is considered to be one of the most luxurious is the Presidential Suite, which consists of two en-suite rooms, a hot tub, a lounge and a kitchen. You also get a private butler who is available 24/7.
If you are hosting a business meeting or a conference at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa, then you can utilise the various meeting and conference rooms available at the hotel. With help from the events team, you will be able to choose a room that suits your needs, along with menus and decor, should that be required. The rooms boast HD video walls, mood lighting, temperature control and much more, so that you can seal the deal in style.
Unwind at the spa at the end of the day and treat yourself to some much needed rest and relaxation. Not only does Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa provide you with facilities like an outdoor hot tub, a steam room, a sauna and a reflexology pool, but you can also choose from a range of great treatments, such as a full body massage.
When you are staying at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa, you can take advantage of a range of laundry facilities, so that you look and feel the part for the big event. With a laundry and ironing service on request from the reception, you can rest assured your clothes are in good hands. You will also have access to a trouser press, a tumble dryer, an iron and an ironing board too, so that you can put the finishing touches to your outfit each day.
At Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa you can choose where to get married, with Palms Pool Island, the beach or a glass bottomed boat all being options. The events team will also help you create your perfect day. From the venue decor to the wedding cake and the music. With everything taken care of, including hair and make-up services, you will have more time to enjoy your big day.
Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa is located at Malindi Road, Bamburi Highway, 9.8 km from the center of Mombasa. Bamburi Beach is the closest landmark to Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa.
Check-in time is 14:00 and check-out time is 10:30 at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa.
Yes, Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa offers free Wi-Fi.
Yes, Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa offers free parking.
No, Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa does not offer free airport shuttle service.
Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa is 16 km from Mombasa Moi Intl. Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa is 21.5 km from Kikambala Vipingo.
Yes, Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa has a pool onsite. |
Villa Floridiana is a historic villa which was built in 1890, designed by the architect of Casa Savoia [the house of Savoy] on commission by Count Nino Rezzonico. The property is situated inside a well-tended 4,390 sq. m park with two fountains embellished with original bronze sculptures, a pergola and a chapel. It faces southeast and enjoys stunning views of the lake, the surrounding mountains and the city. The property is only 10 minutes away by car from the centre of Lugano and only 15 minutes from the TASIS (The American School in Switzerland).
This magnificent Art Nouveau style property is located in a prestigious residential area. The property has maintained its splendour over the years thanks to renovation work which has kept unaltered its frescos, wood panelling, stained glass doors and windows, stuccos, flooring etc. without spoiling the original architectural style of the villa.
The property is in very good condition and boasts the finest materials and luxury finishes, 3.5 m high ceilings (stuccoed, frescoed or panelled), eight marble fireplaces dating back to the end of the 19th century, original parquet flooring in the halls and in the bedrooms and original crushed stone flooring in the entrance halls, Art Nouveau stained glass doors and windows, Art Nouveau railings etc.
The villa offers a living space of 1,400 sq. m over 4 floors and is currently divided into two apartments. It can be easily converted into one large dwelling again. The property currently comprises:
Ground floor: entrance hall, a study with a fireplace, a library, a guest bathroom, a dining room with a fireplace and access onto a panoramic terrace, a living room with a fireplace, a sitting room / TV room with a fireplace, a guest bathroom and a kitchen with a backdoor.
1st floor: two bedrooms, both with en suite bathrooms, two more bedrooms, a bathroom and a walk-in wardrobe. Each room has a terrace or a balcony.
2nd floor: entrance hall, a guest bathroom, a large living room with dining area, a fireplace and a wonderful 60 sq. m terrace, a study and a kitchen with dining area;
3rd floor: a bedroom in the turret with walk-in wardrobe, a bedroom with en suite bathroom, a bedroom, a bathroom and a store room. All the rooms on this floor are air conditioned.
a cellar, a large wine cellar, a restaurant kitchen with a fireplace, a laundry room, an ironing room, several storage rooms, two additional rooms, a SPA area with sauna, fitness area, a bathroom and a 5 m x 10 m indoor swimming pool.
The villa also has 8 covered parking spaces – 2 of which can be locked – a lift for four people, a video surveillance system with alarm, automatic irrigation and lighting systems etc.
Villa Floridiana is most probably one of the very few villas dating back to the end of the 19th century that still exist in the Lugano region. This villa was the meeting place of several politicians who wrote the history of Europe in the second half of the 20th century. It offers modern comfortable living and is the ideal dwelling for those who seek history-rich properties. A true rarity!
CH-6900 Lugano, Lugano
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~ 1400 m²
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2 nights at the Hard Rock Hotel Bali, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
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Enjoy a 2-night stay for 2 guests in a Deluxe Room at the rockin’ Hard Rock Hotel Bali, worth around IDR 3,300,000 / GBP£192 / USD248.
Prize stay dates: to be booked in advance and taken before 31 December 2017, excluding stays over Lebaran, Christmas and New Year, subject to availability.
The Hard Rock Hotel Bali lies nestled against the shores of Bali’s famed Kuta Beach on an impressive three-hectare prime site right in the heart of Bali’s entertainment and shopping district. It is Asia’s first Hard Rock Hotel and features 418 tribute rooms and suites fit for a rock star, alongside the Hard Rock’s signature of limitless energy, unparalleled creativity and quality service. The walls are adorned with images, memorabilia and icons which reflect the revolution that changed the face of music, fashion and arts. The hotel celebrates artistes from the 50’s right through to the late 90’s and is the perfect destination for Rockin’ Tots to Grunge Grand Dads. The hotel enjoys a wide selection of dining choices, free-form swimming pool, Rock Spa, 5-meter rock climbing wall, in-house fully equipped gym with sauna and steam rooms, Roxity kids club, Tabu teens club, not forgetting the Boom Box Recording Studio! You will be staying in a 32m2 Deluxe Room overlooking lush gardens or the family courtyard with one king-size bed or two queens, hanging space, safe, work desk, large flat screen TV, ensuite bathroom and two permanent Balinese style day beds that are ideal for lazing by the balcony.
Terms & Conditions: Luxury Travel Diary terms and conditions apply. This auction item is valued at around IDR 3,300,000 / GBP£192 / USD248 by the Hard Rock Hotel Bali. No cash alternative is available. This auction item excludes flights and transport – you will need to arrange your own flights / transportation to and from your home to Hard Rock Hotel Bali, Jalan Pantai, Banjar Pande Mas, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia to coincide with your booking. Your stay is subject to availability, must be booked in advance and taken before 31 December 2017, excluding stays over Lebaran, Christmas and New Year. Winners must pay for their auction item in full via Paypal within 48 hours of the auction end, otherwise Luxury Travel Diary Ltd. reserves the right to offer the auction item to the next highest bidder with immediate effect. |
The Bamboo pack is the ideal product to spend a day at the El Palasiet Thermal Center as it contains our two most requested products:
It is the combination of a Biomarine Circuit with a 50 minute Bamboo Cane massage.
The Biomarine Tour consists on a circuit in a seawater pool at 36ºC with water beds, cervical jets, lumbar jets as well as different types of jacuzzi. The Finnish sauna, the vaporarium (steam from the sea) and the Turkish bath (normal steam) are also included in this circuit of maximum recommended duration 2 h.
The Bamboo Canes massage is an oriental massage that unblocks the bio-energetic disorders, with a sedative effect on the nerve endings and very effective as a muscle relaxant. Eliminates toxins, reactivates circulatory and lymphatic disorders, fights cellulite and remodels the silhouette. Its duration is 50 minutes.
NOTE: the Finnish Sauna, the Vaporarium and the Turkish Bath of the Biomarine circuit remain closed by the Covid-19. |
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PURE Pine needle oil ECO is an essential oil that is produced through distillation. The fresh scent of pine needles works just as well in aromatherapy as scented in skin and hair care products. The pine oil is highly concentrated and should therefore be mixed with other base oils or in your skin cream before applying the oil to the skin. Essential pine needle oil, also called pine oil, has several positive properties for both external and internal well-being. In aromatherapy, the oil is used as an uplifting, but can also help to unwind and relax in stressful situations.
Organic and vegan
Produced through distillation.
Suitable for aromatherapy
As a fragrance in skin and hair care products
DIY with essential pine oil
It is becoming increasingly common to make your own skin and hair care products at home, so-called DIY projects. Essential oils are widely used thanks to their unique scents and aromas but also for the caring properties of the oils. The fresh scent of pine needles oil works well in various creams and together with other base oils. Why not try making your own foot cream or making your own beard oil with the scent of forest and pine needles? Also try adding a few drops of essential pine oil in soap for the refreshing scent and its antiseptic effect.
During stressful times, it can be helpful for both body and soul to relax and gather new energy. Aromatherapy means that together with essential oils, which with their unique properties and effects, can have a positive effect on humans and create peace of mind and also have an uplifting effect. The scent of pine needles is used in aromatherapy in order to promote the psyche and can also help to clear the mind and contribute to a better ability to concentrate. Add a few drops of PURE Pine Needle Oil ECO to your aroma lamp or use the oil at a sauna bath, for example, for an invigorating effect. |
October half term is fast approaching and it will probably be our last chance to head to the coast this year before the truly cold weather grips the county.
Of course, here in Lincolnshire we are fortunate enough to have the wonderful Skegness to visit if we fancy some fresh sea air.
However, it is hard to do the beautiful Lincolnshire coast in just one day so an overnight trip is your way forward.
What better way is there to visit the seaside than by staying in a campsite where you can experience the great outdoors first hand.
With that being said, Lincolnshire Live has taken a look at five of the best campsites near Skegness that you will be wanting to visit before we are swept up in Christmas fever.
Take a look at the best locations according to campsite experts, campsite.co.uk, below.
Best campsites near Skegness
1) Southview Holiday Park
You and the family will not be stuck for things to do if you visit Southview Holiday Park.
With an indoor swimming pool, jacuzzi and sauna, there is plenty of aqua fun.
However if you prefer to unwind on dry land they also have a golf course and a bar and restaurant on site too.
2) Country Meadows Holiday Park
This park is located in Ingoldmells and is ideal for a family getaway.
You will be situated in a quiet area of the seaside village but still close enough to the seaside attractions.
Two secure children's play areas are ideal for the kids, while a fishing lake also sits on site, perfect for the parents.
3) The Holly Tree Country Caravan Park
Slightly further out from Skegness, this caravan park is situated perfectly for the Lincolnshire Wolds as well as the coast.
With super hardstanding pitches as well as an excellent fishing lake it is great if you do not fancy being in the thick of the seaside activities.
The park also hosts a 16th century, family friendly pub which is well worth the visit.
4) Days to Remember Touring Park
This site only accommodates caravans and motorhomes.
The owners of Days to Remember say that they have created a holiday haven for keen caravanners.
With Skegness and Fantasy Island just a stone's throw away, this is well worth the stay.
5) Jockhedge Holiday Cottages and Touring Site
A beautiful site on the foot hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds, Jockhedge is great for all the family.
With 25 acres of land it is a larger site, but with miles of unspoilt countryside surrounding it, what is not to like.
You are also just five miles from Skegness so you certainly have the best of both worlds here.
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We loved our stay at this hotel. Our room was spacious and clean, the front desk staff were friendly, the location was great (close to several outdoor places to visit), and we slept well.
The view from the upper floor in the front of the hotel is stunning!
We just returned home to the East Coast from Colorado and I must say the Comfort Suites Golden West in Evergreen Colorado is one of the BEST five night stays we've ever had. From it's beautiful decor and setting in tree lined rolling hills flanked by mountains to the bountiful breakfast buffet; clean well equipped rooms, and friendly (above and beyond) service...This place is top notch folks!! I know we WILL BE BACK!!!
"Very nice rustic feel and quality Rocky Mountains accommodations!"
Christopher R. Tulsa, OK
We reserved several rooms for our wedding block and everyone had a wonderful experience. The rooms were clean and very nice. The bathrooms looked recently renovated and in excellent condition. The staff was wonderful - friendly and very accommodating. I recommend this hotel for anyone who is looking for a quality place to stay with outstanding views and a convenient location!
The location is beautiful and the interior was just as lovely.
The food choices were nice, providing enough variety to accommodate vegetarians and gluten free members of our family. The kids were super excited to enjoy some fresh baked cookies one of the nights were there. The sauna was a plus...we have never been to a hotel offering this service. We felt spoiled!
Great Anniversary Stay!
"My husband and I returned to the Comfort Suites Golden West for out first wedding anniversary after having our wedding guests stay there. We purchased their "Romance Package" and had a very romantic, memorable anniversary stay there. Upon arrival, the friendly front desk agent told us that everything was ready in our room. When we opened the door to our room, rose petals were on the floor with a bouquet of flowers, champagne glasses, and an envelope with our name on it. Inside the envelope was a letter written to us from the staff wishing us an happy anniversary with our dinner vouchers at Mount Vernon Country Club. Dinner was excellent and there was even an entertainer singing and playing the piano while we were there. I had steak and lobster, my husband had prime rub. Both were delicious. When we came back from dinner we enjoyed the private Jacuzzi and champagne that the hotel staff had so thoughtfully left in the refrigerator for us. It was an anniversary for the books!
Very pleased with the Comfort Suites Evergreen!
I stayed at the hotel for my daughter’s wedding. Much of the groom’s family stayed at the hotel also. The staff was more than willing to help us distribute gift bags to a number of guests as they checked in. They were also very accommodating in allowing me to check in early since I notified them in advance.
Great Place for a Wedding Stay
We enjoyed having a block of rooms available for our family during wedding week! It was awesome!
We stayed here as part of a wedding party and were very surprised at how nice the accommodations were. Much more than we expected. |
Hot And Bothered
Even the best conditioned players were impacted by the heat on Thursday.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- How hot is it this week at the Players Championship? Well, let's just say that the sun was booked, so they're playing the thing at TPC Sawgrass.
It's so hot that it could have melted the M&Ms logo on Tim Herron's shirt.
It's so hot that Jeev Milka Singh, who is from India, said he thought he was playing in Malaysia.
It's so hot that Trevor Immelman wore an all-black outfit and questioned his own sanity afterward.
It's so hot that Andres Romero knocked his tee shot into water at No. 5 and the marshals there speculated he did it just to get close to something cool.
Somebody turned the temperature all the way up to melt during Thursday's first round. It felt like the inside of a convection oven almost everywhere, but the hottest spot on the whole course had to be the tee at the 471-yard par four No. 5.
There is no shade in the smallish teeing area and it's enclosed on three sides by shrubs, bushes and saw palmettos that not only block out any breezes, but also reflect the sunlight and heat.
Add it up and you've got the perfect combination for, well, what?
"A sauna," said Paul Casey. "That place could break a thermometer."
The temperature Thursday was in the low 90s, but there wasn't much of a breeze to speak of, except for the occasional electric fans in a few key locations that probably kept some of the gallery from turning into Melba toast.
Back at the 5th tee, you can hear a few birds chirping, but they sound tired, as if their hearts really aren't into it. The 5th tee is the station for marshal Jim McCarty of Orange Park, who's worked this post for seven years. He does it by choice, too.
"It's a pretty hole," he explained.
It's also a hot hole, said Jim Kleck of Queens Harbor Yacht and Country Club, McCarty's marshal partner at the 5th tee.
"We're in this little hole with all these shrubs around that keep the wind out," Kleck said.
At the very back of the 5th tee, there's a drop-off to a creek ringed by trees. Two years ago, a water moccasin crawled up into one of the trees. When Boo Weekley discovered it, he threw tees at it.
Weekley said he wasn't worried about the snake.
"Aw, I just did it to mess with him," Weekley said. "I know they can climb, but I ain't ever seen one jump. Back there, it's the hottest spot on the course. I think that's why that ol' snake loved it."
First Aid reported an increase in the number of heat-related calls by Thursday afternoon coming from the amphitheater-style seating area around the island green at the 17th. But there's room for thousands of spectators there. At the 5th tee, you couldn't cram more than a couple of dozen fans, so the sampling is down. And the fans usually move on from the tee and don't camp out for hours as they do at the 17.
Bob Estes said he's been a lot hotter than he was Thursday. But then again, Estes grew up in Abilene, Texas, where the average summer temperature is burnt.
"Today's the hottest that we've seen this year, but the hottest I've ever been playing golf was in Miles, Texas, when I was 14 and it was 115 degrees and dry and hard pan and dusty and west Texas."
Even Singh, who plays a lot on the Asian Tour, had to admit that heat was a factor, but said it would be a good idea not to make too much out of the situation.
"It's hot, yes, and it's going to get hotter."
Weekley said he's not bothered by mosquitoes in the heat and if any gnats start to bug him, he's ready. He pulls out a bottle of Listerine and uses it on his arms.
"You just pour it on a napkin and pat yourself down," he said. "And if you've got bad breath, all you have to do is lick your arms."
Mosquitoes aren't anything like gnats, Weekley explained.
"That's a totally different brand of giddyup."
In the stifling heat of the first round, Weekley played in the same group as the black-clad Immelman. Weekley said he never worries about what color shirt he wears, heat or no heat.
"Whatever I wake up with in the morning and pull out of the bag. And I sure don't iron it."
The steam pressing was done Thursday. |
Located on the edge of Bellecote Piste, Le Petit Palais is a stunning ski in ski out chalet in Courchevel 1850. The location affords you the ability to ski from your front door to the incomparable slopes of the 3 Valleys. Every detail of Le Petit Palais has been selected to offer exquisite luxury and provide an indulgent winter escape.
Sleeping 15 people, Le Petit Palais has been exclusively designed by an inspiring world class designer creating an opulent palace with decadent detailing and luxury finishes, expanding over 6 floors you and your guests can truly expect the ultimate escape. Le Petit Palais master suite is selectively located on its very own dedicated floor, the additional 6 bedrooms can accommodate up 13 guests in exquisite luxury.
Inside this exclusive retreat you will find a wealth of conveniences and luxuries, all designed to afford the ultimate in comfort and relaxation for the discerning traveller.
Between excursions to the world class ski slopes of Courchevel 1850 you can enjoy an exceptional private spa and wellness centre, this luxurious retreat expands across an entire dedicated floor, offering impeccable service with its luxury swimming pool and indulgent spa experiences.
You can decide to relax in the hammam / steam room and sauna or unwind with a dip in the indoor swimming pool and Jacuzzi before you enjoy the treatments of your choice in the massage or beauty area.
The more energetic are also catered for in the well-equipped state of the art gym, with a treadmill, spin cycle and kinesis machine all at your disposal.
You can also entertain guests in your own nightclub and cinema room, while savouring the delights prepared by your personal chef in the professionally equipped kitchen. |
COUNTRY VISITED #35
THAILAND IS HOME. Thailand is somewhere that I hold very close to my heart. It's where I fell in love, it's where I properly backpacked for the first time, it's where I've met life-long friends, it's where I've had some of my best memories and wildest nights out, plus it's where I taught English and lived for almost 3 years! It's the country that, apart from my own, I've spent most of my time in and where I continue to return to always!
THAILAND HAS IT ALL. There is a reason you never hear of anyone disliking this country after they've visited. The Land of Smiles has so much to experience: delicious food, majestic elephants, stunning beaches, exciting city life, chilled out island life, ancient temples, friendly faces, dense jungles and amazing diving / snorkelling.
ALL ROADS LEAD TO THAILAND! Bangkok will surely be the centre of your South-East Asia trip and should be the starting and ending point of your backpacking journey! Flights to and from Bangkok are only getting cheaper and it's the perfect place to touch base. It's extremely easy and safe to travel around and discover making it the sought after destination to start your world travels and build your confidence.
CAPITAL CITY: COLOMBO
POPULATION: OVER 21 MILLION
CURRENCY: SRI LANKAN RUPEE FOR EXCHANGE RATE CLICK HERE
LANGUAGE(S): SINHALA & TAMIL (ENGLISH SPOKEN WIDELY THROUGHOUT ESPECIALLY IN AREAS VISITED BY TRAVELLERS)
SIZE: 25,330 sq miles
WHERE TO GO
PLACES TO VISIT: BANGKOK - KANCHANABURI - AYUTTHAYA - LOPBURI - KHAO YAI - SUKHOTHAI - CHIANG MAI - PAI - MAE HONG SON - CHIANG RAI - ISSAN (EASTERN THAILAND) - PATTAYA (NIGHTLIFE) - KOH SAMET - KOH CHANG - KOH TAO - KOH PHA NGAN - KOH SAMUI - PHUKET - KOH PHI PHI - PHANGNGA - KRABI - KHAO LAK (SIMILAN & SURIN ISLANDS) - KOH LANTA - KOH LIPE
THINGS TO DO:
EXPLORE THE MARKETS:
Not only is spending time at Thai market stalls great for shopping because they sell everything but they can also hold amazing street food, quirky bars, live bands and a great atmosphere. I find them the perfect place to people watch and love to spend the day or evening hanging out at one.
Make sure to check out CHATUCHAK WEEKEND MARKET, ROD FAI MARKET, RATCHADA TRAIN MARKET (BANGKOK) and PAI WALKING STREET NIGHT MARKET (PAI, NORTHERN THAILAND)
GET A MASSAGE:
Massages and other lovely beauty treatments in Thailand are as cheap as they come! You will be positively shocked at the price and the quality of care you are given. Personally, I find a Traditional Thai Massage too painful so I go for a Coconut Oil Massage, Back, Neck and Shoulder Massage or Foot Massage --- it's the first thing I do when I arrive in Bangkok! There really is no better way to relax, unwind and chill out!
Massage shops are found throughout the country, from traditional, quaint shops in Chiang Mai and Pai, to hundreds of street shops in Bangkok, to wooden huts on the beaches of Koh Chang and Koh Pha Ngan and to elegant Spa's in Koh Samui. Hour long Traditional Thai Massages start from as little as 150Baht (£3) where Oil and Foot Massages start from around 250Baht (£5) or you can pay a little extra and indulge yourself in a luxurious treatment at a high-end Spa.
I'm in love with the chain that is Health Land Spa and Massage found throughout Bangkok and Pattaya and visiting one of the 'Maaasaaaage' shops on the famous Khao San Road or Rambuttri never disappoints.
Spend the day wandering around and appreciating Thailand's beautiful temples in either Bangkok, one of the surrounding ancient cities or Northern Thailand. They're great to be explored on your own by motorbike, hiring a driver with a Tuk Tuk for a set price or by bicycle. Temples are tranquil and Buddha images and statues are sacred. Here you can pray, be blessed by a monk and pay respect to Buddha with incense sticks, candles and flowers.
I recommend visiting Wat Rong Khun (White Temple) in Chiang Rai, Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) Wat Saket (The Golden Mount) and Wat Pho (Temple of Reclining Buddha & Traditional Thai Massage School) in Bangkok and Wat Phra That Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai.
GO JUNGLE TREKKING:
Head to Northern Thailand for multi day Jungle Treks that include chasing waterfalls, challenging hikes, sleeping in hill-top huts, bamboo rafting and meeting elephants. For shorter day hikes, the vast jungles of Central Thailand are perfect for this. Relax at the pool of your guesthouse or hostel and visit the beautiful National Parks.
KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK - Lush green jungle, great for day hikes focused on seeing wildlife including wild elephants.
KANCHANABURI - Beautiful escape from Bangkok, relax in blue lagoons and explore some of the many waterfalls.
CHIANG MAI - The ultimate jungle trekking destination in Northern Thailand, this is where you will embark on 2 and 3 day treks.
EAT THAI FOOD EVERYDAY:
Thai food is amazing. It's cheap, fresh and delicious and best enjoyed at one of the many street food stalls across the country. Bangkok, Issan and Northern Thailand are the best places to find authentic Thai food. Tour the night markets or wander the streets and try something different each time.
If you enjoy eating Thai food as much as I do, you should try making your own by completing a Thai Cooking Course. Chiang Mai and Bangkok are both famous for them. During the class you will head to a local market for supplies and learn about Thai Fruits, Vegetables and Spices, be shown how to make different Thai dishes and then get to eat each of them!
I recommend Silom Thai Cooking School in Bangkok.
SCUBA DIVE & SNORKEL:
Thailand is where I first tried Scuba Diving and Snorkelling and fell in love with both! Stunning schools of fish, colourful coral, stingrays, turtles, eels, whale sharks and sea urchins are just some of the wonders you can see while exploring the warm, blue underwater world.
Head to Koh Tao if you would like to complete a Diving course. This paradise island is centred around Scuba Diving, filled with Dive Schools offering courses for cheap -- I completed my Open Water Diving Course in Koh Tao for 8000Baht (£160 including accommodation)
For scuba diving bliss, head over to the Andaman Sea (West of Thailand) where Khoa Lak, Koh Lanta, Phuket, Krabi, Koh Ngai, Koh Phi Phi, Koh Lipe (and More) offer unforgettable (but more expensive) day drips. From Khao Lak you can dive the stunning Similan and Surin Islands by Day Trip or Live-Aboard Boat.
Snorkelling shouldn't be missed either! I love the SUNSET SNORKELLING TOUR you can do from Krabi. Spend the day at Railay Beach, snorkel in absolute paradise, finish with a BBQ and beers on a deserted island. It's one of my favourite things to do there!
Thailand holds unique and wonderful festivals and locals are more than happy for travellers to take part and enjoy along with them.
In April, celebrate Songkran (Water Festival) where the whole country takes part in the ultimate water fight. You will sure to be soaked when walking around but have some fun, buy a water pistol and join in. Personally I head to Bangkok and then onto Pattaya where the water celebration continues longer.
In November, celebrate Loi Krathong/Yi Peng (Festival of Lights) which is a much more peaceful and tranquil celebration. People of all ages build little rafts from flowers, leaves, incense sticks and candles which are placed in water and white fire lanterns are released to the sky. It's stunningly beautiful to see and should be experienced if visiting Thailand around that time. Head to Chiang Mai where thousands of lanterns are released and turn into stars in the sky.
EXPLORE ANCIENT CITIES:
Head North from Bangkok and travel around the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, Sukhothai Historical Park and the province of Lopburi.
In each you will find sacred ruins, ancient temples, peaceful towns, pretty surroundings and amazing food.
AYUTTHYA - Learn about the history, cycle round the temples and ruins and be sure to take a river tour.
SUKHOTHAI - Wander around the beautifully quiet Historical Park at your own pace. Take breaks to enjoy the amazing local food or get a cheap massage. Make sure to be at the park during sunset, where the scenes are breathtaking.
LOPBURI - A historic town where lots of wild monkeys live within the ruins and co-exist with locals.
ISLAND HOP & BEACH BUM:
There are so many paradise islands to choose from in Thailand and your trip should never limit you to just one! With numerous daily minivans, buses and boats heading to each of them -- multiple island hopping is perfectly easy!
Pristine white sands, crystal blue water, hammock vibes, wooden beach huts, pool parties, massages on the beach, reggae bars, waterfalls, bucket fuelled party nights, health spas and detox centres -- the beaches and islands of Thailand has it all but each with their own vibe.
ISLAND HOP YOUR WAY AROUND THAILAND:
GULF OF THAILAND (CENTRAL ISLANDS NOT TOO FAR FROM BANGKOK): KOH CHANG (for jungle scenes, golden beaches + fun) KOH SAMET (for a secluded, romantic getaway) KOH MAK - KOH KOOD
GULF OF THAILAND (TOWARDS THE SOUTH): KOH TAO (for scuba diving) KOH PHA NGAN (for hippies, party lovers + hammock chills) KOH SAMUI (for yoga, spas, detoxing + some luxury)
ANDAMAN SEA (SOUTH OF THAILAND): PHUKET (for ultimate tourism + exploring on scooters) KOH PHI PHI (for beach parties, blue lagoons + long tail boat rides) KOH LANTA (for golden sunsets, great diving + massages on the beach) KOH LIPE (for total, deserted paradise) KOH NGIA - KOH YAO NOI - KOH YAO YAI
This is my favourite city in the world. Each of my trips to Thailand always include numerous days enjoying the capital and it truly feels like home (I used to have an apartment in Banglamphu) Friendly faces, excellent street food, gorgeous spa's, stunning temples, market strolling, Tuk-Tuk rides, shopping days, roof top cocktails, wild nights and high rise pools are some of my favourite things about Bangkok.
Fall in love with this exciting city! Catch a motorbike taxi, train or water taxi and explore each area for yourself. I want others to appreciate and long for Bangkok as much as I do.
BANGLAMPHU / KHAO SAN / OLD CITY: Rambuttri - hipster bars - delicious street food - Khao San Road - temples - budget accommodation - bucket fulled nights - cheap Massage + Beauty shops - travel shops - flower + food markets - coffee shops - Chao Praya River
SIAM: ultimate shopping scene - MBK - Siam Paragon - Siam Square - cheap clothing stalls to cute boutiques - coffee shops - cinemas - cool restaurants + cafes - trendy youth culture - SeaLife Bangkok Ocean World
SUKHUMVIT: nightclubs - rooftop cocktail bars - excellent restaurants - spas - go go bars - trendy nightlife scenes (thong lor + ekamai) - modern high rise hotels - Soi Cowboy - Nana Plaza - street food
RIVERSIDE: Chao Praya River - luxury hotels - evening river cruises - asiatique - bangkok canal tours - riverside restaurants - temples - Siriraj Hospital (Forensic Museum) - ladyboy shows
SILOM: modern city life - rooftop cocktail bars - sathorn - patpong night market - Silom Thai Cooking School - fancy restaurants - lumphini park - gay scenes Soi 2 + 4 - fun nightlife
OTHER AREAS TO VISIT: CHINATOWN - CHATUCHAK - RATCHADA - PRATUNAM - VICTORY MONUMENT - LADPRAO - PINKLAO
EXPERIENCE MUAY THAI
Thai boxing is the much loved and respected sport of the country. You can find a Muay Thai match all across the country but the best places to watch are the stadiums in Bangkok. Book tickets in the city or online prior to the event and treat yourself to ring-side seats if it's something you're passionate about.
RAJADAMNERN THAI BOXING STADIUM
LUMPINEE BOXING STADIUM
Try out Muay Thai for yourself by taking a Thai Boxing class. Choose from a single session to Muay Thai Camps that you can practice for weeks at a time.
Head to Muay Thai Camps Thailand to explore what the country has to offer.
BE ENCHANTED BY PAI:
Pai is a hippy mountain town around 3 hours from Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand. Its stunning -- with lush green valleys, waterfalls, epic viewpoints and countryside scenes. You will be sure to extend your stay or be excited at the thought to return! It shouldn't be missed when heading North of the country. Explore the town and surrounding area by motorbike, swing on a hammock, chill out in one of the funky and delicious cafe's, watch the sun go down with friends, stroll round the night market, catch a live band at a raggae bar and then sleep in a wooden hut under the stars. It's a travellers dream destination!
NATURE: BOON KO KU SO BRIDGE - PAI CANYON - HOT SPRINGS - PAI RIVER - MOR PAENG WATERFALL - HUAI NAM DANG NATIONAL PARK - MAE YEN WATERFALL - PAMBOK WATERFALL - THAM LOD CAVE
CHILL OUT SPOTS: LOVE STRAWBERRY PAI - PAI RIVER - THE CONTAINER - PAI CANYON - FLUID POOL
ACTIVITIES: RENT A MOTORBIKE + EXPLORE - HIKING - PAI PIRANHA FISHING PARK - THAI MASSAGE - COOKING SCHOOL - THOM'S PAI ELEPHANT CAMP
FOOD: PAI NIGHT MARKET - FATCAT CAFE - LEMON THYME CAFE (BREAKFAST + BRUNCH) - ARMINA - OM CAFE
SUNSET: PAI CANYON - WHITE BUDDHA - SUNSET BAR - YUN LAI VIEWPOINT
NIGHTS: PAI NIGHT MARKET - DON'T CRY BAR - SUNSET BAR - SPIRIT BAR - ALMOST FAMOUS - YELLOW SUN BAR
One of the best things you can do in Thailand is to get up close to majestic elephants. They're my most loved animal (ECHO EARTH EFFECT logo) You just cannot experience Thailand without spending the day at an Elephant Sanctuary. Avoid the sad, tourist traps where elephants are kept in chains and ridden hour after hour with riding chairs. Alternatively, head to an elephant oasis refuge (I recommend Northern Thailand) where you can help take care of them, feed, wash and play with them.
ELEPHANT NATURE PARK, CHIANG MAI
ELEPHANT JUNGLE SANCTUARY, CHIANG MAI, PHUKET + PATTAYA
THONG ELEPHANT SANCTUARY, CHIANG MAI
PARTY & CHILL ON KOH PHA NGAN:
Koh Pha ngan on the Gulf of Thailand is my favourite Thai tropical island. For me it has it all -- backpacker beach vibes, chilled out viewpoints, wild beach parties, secret raves, hippy detox zones, raggae bars -- basically boozy nights and hammock filled days -- there's a magic about this island I can't describe. It's the perfect place to live life and then self cleanse.
FAVOURITE THINGS ABOUT KOH PHA NGAN:
NIGHT: FULL MOON PARTIES - JUNGLE PARTIES - 360 BAR - EDEN - GUYS BAR - PANTHIP FOOD MARKET - THONG SALA - AMSTERDAM BAR - SLUMBER PARTY - SECRET PLACE
DAY: COCONUT BEACH - INFINITY BEACH CLUB - FINDING VIEWPOINTS - HAAD YAO - BOTTLE BEACH - FUNKY CAFE'S - CHALOKLUM BEACH - HAAD MAE HAAD + KOH MA - MASSAGE ON THE BEACH - HAAD SALAD BEACH - MOTORBIKE OR JEEP AROUND THE ISLAND - BAN TAI - THAN SADET - LANGUAGE LESSONS - SECRET BEACH
CHILL OUT + DETOX: HAAD YUAN - THE SANCTUARY - ORION HEALING CENTRE - YOGA - THE DOME SAUNA - HAAD YAO - SRI THANU - SARIKANTANG - EAT.CO - PURA VIDA CAFE - SPA DAY
SRI LANKA PHOTO GALLERY
OVERALL COSTS: CHEAP (NORTH OF THAILAND IS VERY CHEAP AND IT GETS MORE EXPENSIVE AS YOU GO DOWN)
DAILY BUDGET: 1500 BAHT (£30) TO TRAVEL COMFORTABLY - CAN TRAVEL FOR LESS OR MORE
ACCOMMODATION COSTS: HOSTEL / GUESTHOUSE (100BAHT £2 - 600BAHT £12) MID RANGE HOTEL (800BAHT £16 - 1500BAHT £30) LUXURY HOTEL (2000BAHT £40 - 15000BAHT £300) BEACH HUTS (100BAHT £2 - 800BAHT £16) AIRBNB (300BAHT £6 - 1000BAHT £20 FOR SHARED ROOM - ENTIRE APARTMENT)
Wooden huts in the mountains, authentic guesthouses and boutique hostels are all very cheap up north. The price will increase in Bangkok where I would recommend staying in a hostel, guesthouse or Airbnb. (I like to book myself a night or two in a fancy hotel at least once during my trip for a treat as you get a lot for your money)
As you head south and to the islands, prices for accommodation increase again. Head for hostels, cheap guesthouses or rustic beach huts to save money. Rooms are usually differentiated by fan rooms or air con rooms.
BEWARE: During high season, prices are a lot more expensive than usual, sometimes double. During the Full Moon Party period, prices increase dramatically on Koh Pha Ngan and you may have to stay at your hotel for a minimum of 3/4/5 nights.
TRANSPORT COSTS: CITY BUS (2BAHT >£0.01 - 15BAHT £0.30) BANGKOK WATER TAXI (5BAHT £0.10 - 15 BAHT £0.30) MOTORBIKE TAXI (20BAHT £0.40 - 200BAHT £4) TUK-TUK (50BAHT £1 - 300BAHT £6) SKYTRAIN (BTS) + METRO (MRT) (15BAHT £0.30 - 50BAHT £1) SONGTAEW (BAHTBUS) (5BAHT £0.10 - 250 BAHT £5) TAXI METRE (START AT 30BAHT £0.60) LONGER DISTANCE MINIVAN OR BUS (60BAHT £1.20 - 1800BAHT £36) LONGER DISTANCE TRAIN (300BAHT £6 - 1800BAHT £36) DOMESTIC FLIGHTS (1000BAHT £20 - 6000BAHT £120)
Transport around Thailand is very cheap as long as you know or negotiate the price first. For Taxi's, always request they turn on the meter, if they say no, leave and find another Taxi. Whatever price they offer you will always be more expensive than if you go by meter.
For Tuk-Tuk's and Motorbike Taxi's, always ask and bargain for the price first. If you don't do this, it lets the driver charge whatever they please when they arrive at your destination. Public buses, songtaews, trains and water taxi's have a set price already and are the cheapest way to get around.
Book longer distance buses, trains and boats through a travel tour shop in the country or at the station/pier yourself.
Domestic flights are cheaper if you book them in advance. It's great because there are a number of budget air lines flying around the country.
BEWARE: During high season especially Christmas and New Year, flight prices are a lot more expensive. Expect to pay a much larger amount than usual especially when booking last minute.
FOOD & ALCOHOL COSTS: STREET FOOD (20BAHT £0.40 - 80BAHT £1.60) THAI RESTAURANTS (50BAHT £1 - 300BAHT £6) WESTERN FOOD (100BAHT £2 - 700BAHT £14) FAST FOOD CHAINS (100BAHT £2 - 300BAHT £6) SMALL BEER (30BAHT £0.60 - 150BAHT £3) LARGE BEER (80BAHT £1.60 - 200BAHT £4) COCKTAILS (100BAHT £2 - 350BAHT £7) BUCKETS (150BAHT £3 - 500BAHT £10)
You will find the cheapest, most authentic and delicious quality Thai food on the street at little food stalls. If you stick to street food everyday, you will save so much money. Head to markets or follow the crowds. I like to eat in a mixture of street stalls, shopping centre food courts, chain restaurants (Sizzler) and Cafe's!
When heading to an island or up north, ask you hostel or guesthouse for local recommendations. For chilled nights or pre-drinks, head to 7/11 or the small 'Mam & Pop' Shops for cheap beers. You're allowed to drink on the street the majority of the time. It's a great way to save money than heading straight to the bar.
BEWARE: With cheap buckets and strong cocktails on Khao San Road / Koh Pha Ngan, it's easy to get crazy intoxicated. Be careful of your belongings, cash and avoid being taken advantage of. (never wander alone drunk at night)
VISA REQUIREMENTS: MANY NATIONALITIES RECEIVE 30DAY VISA-ON-ARRIVAL (NO FEE) AT AIRPORTS & 15DAY AT THE BORDER CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS
ONWARD TRAVEL: USUALLY YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE PROOF OF ONWARD TRAVEL BUT THIS HAS BEEN GETTING STRICTER IN RECENT YEARS
BANGKOK: For flying Domestic, budget airlines travel around the country from Don Muang Airport. Bangkok Airways and Thai Airways continue to fly from Suvarnabhumi Airport. There are airports in Chiang Mai, Phuket, Koh Samui, Krabi and more. I recommend getting the overnight train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai for a pretty special experience. Relaxing and unique, you should try it at least once! Long distance public buses leave from Mo Chit Station, Ekamai or the Southern Terminal (Sai Tai Mai).Tourist buses leave usually from Khao San Road or nearby but please be careful of your valuables because theft on these buses are common. Public minivans (which are faster than buses but more dangerous) can be caught at Victory Monument. Travelling within the city is fastest and cheapest by Skytrain (BTS) or Metro (MRT) or water taxi. City buses are by far the cheapest but take much longer waiting in traffic. When you can't get one of these options, take a taxi. Always ask the driver to turn on the meter! I like to take motorbike taxi's to be extra quick. Tuk-Tuk's can be a rip off but a lot of fun especially on nights out -- just remember to set the price first!!
CHIANG MAI: The main form of transport within the city is jumping on a Songtaew (Bahtbus) let the driver know where you want to go and set a price (usually charged per person). Minivans and buses can be caught very easily to other parts of the north (and the rest of the country) -- just head to the Arcade Bus Station.
BEACHES & THE ISLANDS: Cheap boats run multiple daily trips from island to island. Book tickets at the airport on arrival or at a travel shop on the mainland/another island. I would rent a scooter to explore the beaches and islands - it's the cheapest form of transport. Taxi's, minivans, Songtaews and Tuk-Tuks are more expensive in the south -- especially Phuket.
BOOK TRANSPORT, DAY TOURS & ACTIVITIES IN PERSON ONCE YOU'RE THERE. THERE ARE MANY TRAVEL SHOPS THROUGHOUT TOURIST AREAS OR ASK YOUR HOTEL WHEN OFF THE BEATEN TRACK.
BEST TIME TO GO: OCTOBER - APRIL
HIGH SEASON/COOLER SEASON: NOV-FEB - Beautiful weather but higher prices
SHOULDER SEASON:APRIL - JUNE - Very hot weather
RAINY/LOW SEASON:JULY-SEPTEMBER - Cheaper prices but monsoon showers
DO'S & DON'TS:
NEVER: BRING SHAME ON A THAI OR THEIR FAMILY (LOSE FACE) - SUNBATHE NAKED/TOPLESS - WEAR SHOES IN SOMEONE'S HOME OR TEMPLE - WEAR BIKINI'S OUTWITH POOL/BEACH AREA - SPEAK BADLY OF THE ROYAL FAMILY - HAVE YOUR FEET ANYWHERE NEAR SOMEONE'S HEAD
ALWAYS: POINT FEET AWAY FROM BUDDHA IMAGES INSIDE TEMPLES - COVER UP INSIDE TEMPLES (SHOULDERS TO KNEES SHOULD BE COVERED)
SAWADEE KA (FEMALE FOR HELLO) SAWADEE KAP (MALE FOR HELLO) KOP KHUN KA (FEMALE FOR THANK YOU) KOP KHUN KAP (MALE FOR THANK YOU) SABAI DEE MAI KA? (FEMALE FOR HOW ARE YOU?) SABAI DEE MAI KAP? (MALE FOR HOW ARE YOU?)
MEMORABLE TO ME
LOI KRATHONG FESTIVAL - SLEEPER TRAIN UP NORTH - ABOVE 11 ON SUKHUMVIT or VERTIGO @ BANYAN TREE BANGKOK ROOFTOP BARS - WAT ARUN (TEMPLE OF DAWN) - SUNSET SNORKELLING TOUR IN KRABI - COCONUT BEACH KOH PHA NGAN - BANGKOK MOTORBIKE TAXI RIDE - KHAO SAN ROAD - KOH PHI PHI -THAI STREET FOOD - LUMPHINI PARK - BOTTLE BEACH KOH PHA NGAN - PAI
ELEPHANT SANCTUARY - SONGKRAN WATER FESTIVAL - SUKHOTHAI HISTORICAL PARK - CHATUCHAK WEEKEND MARKET - SPA DAYS - PAI CANYON - HAAD TIEN KOH PHA NGAN - HAAD YAO KOH PHA NGAN - RAILAY BEACH KRABI
PAD THAI GOONG (THAI NOODLES WITH SHRIMP) - KHAO MAN GAI (HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE) - KUAY TEOW MOO DAENG (NOODLE SOUP WITH RED PORK) - TOM KHA GAI (THAI COCONUT SOUP WITH CHICKEN) - PAD KRA PAO MOO (STIR FRIED PORK WITH THAI HOLY BASIL AND CHILLI) - PAD NUEA SAPPAROT (STIR FRIED BEEF WITH PINEAPPLE) - CHAI YEN (THAI ICED TEA WITH MILK)
BEST PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES:
KOH NANG YUAN (KOH TAO) - WHITE TEMPLE (CHIANG RAI) - SUKHOTHAI HISTORICAL PARK AT SUNSET - BANGKOK CANAL TOUR - BIG BUDDHA PIER (KOH SAMUI) - RAILAY BEACH (KRABI) - BANGKOK ROOFTOP BAR - ELEPHANT SANCTUARY (CHIANG MAI) - LONG-TAIL BOAT TRIP (KOH PHI PHI)
MY POSTS ABOUT SRI LANKA
DAY 1: BANGKOK: Head to Chatuchak Weekend Market for shopping and a first taste of Thai street food. Get a Massage then catch a motorbike taxi (coloured vests) to Saphan Taksin for a Canal Tour. Take a boat over to Khao San Road for the evening -- enjoy the shopping, food, buckets and another massage.
DAY 2: BANGKOK: Temple hop for the day by visiting Wat Saket, Wat Pho and Wat Arun. Head to Amorosa Bar at Arun Residence for some refreshing drinks before getting a Tuk-Tuk over to Siam. Eat delicious Thai food at the International Food Court at MBK before exploring the mall, head to Siam Square then onto Siam Paragon. Catch a Ladyboy or Muay Thai show then onto Above 11 Rooftop Bar on Sukhumvit for dinner and cocktails. If you still have time to party, head to Nana Plaza or Soi Cowboy in the same area.
DAY 3: DAY TRIP TO AYUTTHAYA: Leave early and spend the day exploring the temples and ruins of Ayutthaya. Rent bicycles, see the reclining Buddha and enjoy yummy Thai food.
DAY 4-9: KOH SAMUI & KOH PHA NGAN: Fly to Koh Samui from Bangkok and spend 3 days enjoying the island. Make sure to attend one of Ark Bar's famous Pool Parties and recover with a Spa Day. Take a boat over to Koh Pha ngan and spend 2/3 days exploring the island on motorbikes. Stay in either Ban Tai or Haad Rin and hopefully catch a Full Moon or Jungle Party.
DAY 9-13: PHUKET OR KRABI: Fly to either Phuket or Krabi for your final days. I would stay in Patong in Phuket or Ao Nang in Krabi. Take a Snorkelling Tour and visit an Elephant Sanctuary.
DAY 14: BANGKOK: Spend your final day shopping in Bangkok and getting that last Massage. Head to Khao San or MBK for souvenirs.
DAY 1-3: BANGKOK: Follow itinerary above for Bangkok but add in Chinatown, Lumphini Park and a night out in Silom at Patpong Night Market.
DAY 4-11: CHIANG MAI & PAI: Take the night train to Chiang Mai and explore the temples including Wat Phra That Doi Suthep and then wander around the Night Market. Make sure to take a Thai Cooking Class and spend a day at a Elephant Sanctuary. Take the bus to Pai and spend a few days relaxing, renting motorbikes and exploring the hippy town. Check out the Waterfalls, Pai Canyon, Boon Ko Ku So Bridge. Eat at Lemon Thyme Cafe for brunch then onto Armina or Om Cafe later. Get a Massage, go hiking and watch the sunset. Spend the evenings at the Night Market then onto Yellow Sun Bar and Don't Cry Bar.
DAY 11-13: SUKHOTHAI: Get a bus from Chiang Mai to Sukhothai and spend a day exploring the Historical Park. Take breaks for delicious Thai food, foot massages and make sure you're in the park for sunset when the scenes are epic.
DAY 14-28: ISLAND HOP: Take a bus to Bangkok then onto Surat Thani or fly. From Surat Thani take the boat to Koh Tao, then to Koh Samui and Koh Pha Ngan. Book a transfer or fly to Phuket and head over Koh Phi Phi for beach parties and scuba diving. Rent a long-tail boat for swimming and snorkelling.
WEEK 1: BANGKOK, KANCHANABURI, AYUTTHAYA: Follow itinerary above for a few days in Bangkok to start off the trip. Get a bus to Kanchanaburi and spend a day or two exploring the waterfalls, the death railway and enjoying the town. Next head to Ayutthaya to see the ruins, temples, reclining Buddha and take a river tour .
WEEK 2: LOPBURI, KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK & ESSAN: Head up to Lopburi to see the historic town and famous wild monkeys who co-exist with the locals. Spend a day or two in Khao Yai for a hiking trip at the national park. It's focused on wildlife and there's a chance you could see wild elephants. If you want to get off the beaten track, head to Essan which is North Eastern Thailand. You can explore unique temples, taste the best Thai food in the country and have some fun nights out.
WEEK 3 & 4: CHIANG MAI, PAI, CHIANG RAI: Spend a couple weeks up north and fall in love! First in Chiang Mai, take a cooking class, roam the markets, hang out with elephants at a sanctuary and go on an overnight jungle trek. Next, take some time out in Pai to relax and chill out. Rent a motorbike and explore, eat some amazing food and get more than one massage. Head further north to Chiang Rai to see the extraordinary White Temple. If you have time, do a day tour of the Golden Triangle if you are interested in seeing Loas and the Burmese border.
WEEK 5-7: KOH TAO, KOH PHA NGAN, KOH SAMUI : Take the train to Bangkok, stay on Khao San Road then head to Koh Tao when you're ready. Take your Open Water Diving Course on the island before going to Koh Pha ngan for a full moon party. Explore the islands, chill out at the beach and take yoga and meditation classes. Head to Koh Samui to party at the Ark Bar and the pubs in Chaweng. Detox at one of the gorgeous spas on the island.
WEEK 8-10: PHUKET, KOH PHI PHI, KHAO LAK, KRABI, KOH LANTA: Transfer to Phuket for a night out on Bangla Road in Patong. Get a boat over to Koh Phi Phi and spend the days snorkelling and nights partying at the beach. Next head to Khao Lak to try out your Diving Certificate by scuba diving the Similan Islands. Take Muay Thai Lessons back in Phuket and explore the surrounding areas or head over to Krabi and Koh Lanta. Make sure to go to Railay Beach in Krabi and you can even volunteer at an Animal Shelter on Koh Lanta.
WEEK 11: KOH LIPE: Go even further South and spend some time in absolute paradise on Koh Lipe.
WEEK 12: PATTAYA & BANGKOK: For your final week in the Land of Smiles, Pattaya is great for some fun nightlife. Experience a Ping Pong Show, Go-Go Bar and Insomnia Night Club. Treat yourself to a a couple nights in a luxury hotel in Bangkok to celebrate your epic trip! Shop in Siam and end on cocktails at the Banyan Tree or Lebua. |
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A historic home with over 300 years of history, the main building at Sopwell House is home to 112 guest rooms including family and balcony suites.
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No one knew Nicolas Hulot, the French environment minister, was about to resign when he went on a radio breakfast show yesterday morning – not even himself. But as the live discussion unfolded, focusing on his government’s failures on climate change, it became clear that Hulot had reached a decision. “I don’t understand that we are witnessing the gestation of a tragedy with indifference,” Hulot said. “The planet is becoming a sauna, our natural resources are draining, biodiversity is vanishing. And we stubbornly try to revive an economic model that is the cause of all this mess.” Macron may still save face – but that will take real political courage by living up to his promises on cutting emissions, pesticides bans and wildlife protection. Sucking up to lobbyists won’t make the planet great again.
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[Machine Translation] A mission launched by the former Minister of Ecological Transition and the Minister of the Economy on the maintenance of skills in the nuclear industry recommends building six EPR from 2025. It is a report that, ensures the entourage of Nicolas Hulot, was hardly traveled by the former minister of the ecological transition and solidarity. But it is a report that would have probably fed his criticism of the “useless folly” of the nuclear he still denounced Tuesday and that would not have facilitated his task in his fight to diversify the French energy mix. Last spring, Nicolas Hulot and his counterpart of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, jointly launched a “mission concerning the maintenance of the industrial capacities of the nuclear industry with a view to potential new reactor constructions”, according to the mission letter consulted. by “Les Echos”. While the industry made the construction shutdown at the end of the 1990s responsible for repeated delays in the Flamanville (Manche) and Olkiluoto (Finland) EPR , the aim was to evaluate periods of inactivity […] and the conditions under which the industrial capacities required for the construction of reactors could be remobilized after a period of prolonged inactivity “. A concern for civil activities but also for defense – with the nuclear propulsion of submarines and aircraft carriers.
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Tiny Tips for Common Colds (Part 2)
This was such a long post that I uploaded it in two sections to make for a more manageable read. You can check out Part One here.
Take a mustard powder footbath.
This is another thing I swear by in the early stages of a cold – a bowl of really hot water with a tablespoon of mustard powder dissolved in. Soak the feet in it (or hands if you prefer) for about 15 minutes, ideally just before bed. It’s great for warming you up and helping you to sweat things out – I do this whenever I feel like I’m coming down with something. I sometimes do it just to warm my feet up as well, especially if I’ve been wearing high heels and am feeling ‘cold to the bone’. Mustard is a good detoxifier and in a footbath it draws blood to the surface (you can tell by how pink your feet go), relieving congestion from other areas. I sometimes add a cup of sea salt for added detoxifying effect. You can also apply mustard poultices externally to the chest area to assist with congestion or respiratory infections, although I have never tried this, so I can’t vouch personally for its efficacy.
Do a steam inhalation with essential oils.
This is one I like to do if I have nasal congestion, although I try really hard to prevent that from happening as I HATE being blocked up. Put a few drops of thyme oil, eucalyptus oil, and/or peppermint oil into a bowl of very hot water, lean over the bowl and place a towel over both head and bowl to keep the fumes in. Inhale the steam through your nose (if you can’t do this immediately, keep trying as the vapours should unblock things very quickly!), but keep your eyes closed, or else the oil vapours will sting them. I stay under my towel until the mixture has cooled and there is no steam left. If you’re going to let children do this, obviously do supervise them around the hot water, etc. For very young children you can just put the bowl of oil and water in the room with them – it’s a good thing to use for those who won’t take medicine.
Do a steam inhalation with chamomile flowers.
This doesn’t decongest quite as well as the one above, although as steam on its own is quite decongesting anyway, it certainly helps. What it’s great for though is soothing the kind of nose pain or sinus pain you get can from lots of nose blowing. You know when it really hurts to breathe, or your sinuses hurt? The flower vapours are quite soothing and it’s about as near to putting ointment on the area as you can get. As a herbalist’s daughter I have ready access to dried chamomile flowers, but I imagine using several chamomile teabags would work too. You can also take a bath with chamomile flowers – it’s totally safe for interstitial cystitis and should be quite soothing to PGAD.
Take a hot bath, ramp up the heating and stay warm.
Again, this helps to deactivate the cool-loving cold virus and assists you in sweating things out, while the steam of a bath helps with a blocked nose. As just mentioned, you can add chamomile flowers to a bath, but I wouldn’t add sea salt or oils unless you know your lady or gentleman parts are really hardy. If you’re terribly rich and have your own sauna or steam room, now is the time to make good use of it, as both these are ideal when suffering from a cold! (I am not terribly rich and don’t have my own, just in case you were wondering!) Please be thoughtful and don’t head off to your local communal sauna if you’re full of germs though – nobody likes getting ill. In days gone by, people used to wrap themselves in old sheets or bandages if they felt a cold coming and sleep in them so that they’d get all sweaty. Happily with the benefits of washing machines, we can just sweat into our PJs and bedsheets and wash them when we’re feeling better! Unless your temperature is dangerously high, there is no need to try to bring it down and in fact it impedes the healing process to do so.
Take aloe vera.
Yes, really! Aloe vera has antiviral properties, while the anti-inflammatory properties that make it so good for interstitial cystitis also extend to inflamed nose and throat tissue. I can’t find any information about the dosage required to fight infections, but those of you taking Desert Harvest’s Super Strength Aloe Vera Capsules on a daily basis are not only helping your bladder – you’re also giving your immune system a daily boost too! The great Patrick Holford himself lists aloe vera in ‘The Optimum Nutrition Bible’ as a natural antiviral – I came across it while looking up the mechanism by which elderberry does its thing. Given that the daily dosage for IC is 6 capsules per day and that you can more than double this during flare ups, I’d guess that 6-12 a day should confer some cold fighting benefits – but it’s only a guess on my part. It could be that less is effective and it could be that more is beneficial. If any of you want to give it a try next time you’re coming down with a cold, or have noticed that you’re getting less colds than you used to, do get in touch! On the subject of Desert Harvest, their Aloe Vera Gele is really good for soothing sore noses from too much wiping with tissues – it is one of only two things I’ve found that I can apply without stinging. The other, should you be interested, is Vaseline. My mum’s a bit more hardcore, so she can use all sorts on her sore nose, but I can only use these two things.
Wash your hands and don’t touch your face in public spaces.
Admittedly I’m a bit neurotic about washing my hands, but when I started washing my hands whenever I got in from somewhere like a supermarket and when I stopped touching my nose and mouth in public places, I noticed a significant decrease in the number of colds I got. Supermarkets are especially bad for germs, because they’re full of people touching products and then putting them back on shelves and they’re full of young children. And how do you open the carrier bags at the checkout? You lick your fingers. I challenge you all, if you do nothing else, to spend this winter washing your hands as soon as you get home from the supermarket/gym/restaurant/school/workplace and avoiding putting your hands in your mouth, eyes, nose or ears while you’re out and about. I fully hold with the notion that we can be too clean – I’m not talking about getting frantic because you have soil on your hands or refusing to have pets because they’re dirty. Given that colds are transmitted because you effectively put somebody else’s body fluid into your mouth or other facial orifices though, it makes sense to stop touching your face when you’ve been around strangers or infected people and to wash your hands!
Now we’ve talked about things you can do to help prevent or ease colds, we’d better talk about some things to avoid if you are stricken with one!
It is a vasodilator, making blood flow to the extremities, but lowering your core body temperature in the process. Since the body tries to keep the temperature higher than usual during a cold, it’s not helpful if you take things to lower it. Alcohol interferes with nutrient absorption and also reduces the ability of white blood cells to fight infection, both of which make it harder for us to resist and recover from colds. Just one night of binge drinking can interfere with our immune system and the effects can last up to 24 hours. Regularly drinking smaller amounts is also harmful. ‘Heavy drinking’ is defined as more than 7 drinks per week for women and more than 14 drinks per week for men OR more than 3 drinks (women) or 4 drinks (men) in a single a day. If you routinely have multiple drinks a night, even if you’re not getting drunk, you’re really not doing your immune system – or any other system – any favours.
You should really be doing this anyway if you want to maintain good health! However, just two cans of fizzy pop can lower our white blood cells’ ability to fight viruses by up to 40%. The effects begin within half an hour and last up to 5 hours. Cakes, sweets, biscuits, flavoured coffees, milk chocolate, ice cream – not to mention condiments and convenience foods – can easily take our sugar intake way beyond the recommended daily upper limit. Refined carbohydrates have similar effects on the immune system, although complex carbohydrates are fine. People who regularly consume sugary foods succumb to infections far more frequently than those who do not and do not recover as quickly. I used to get several heavy colds a year, from childhood until my mid-twenties. Cutting junk sugars out of my diet improved my immune system tremendously and I cannot recommend it strongly enough.
Avoid popular throat lozenges.
They’re full of sugar or artificial sweetener and they leave the throat tacky! Hopefully the list above contains lots of useful alternatives, but if you really must use them, don’t overdo them. There are actually quite a few recipes online for homemade, natural, sugar free throat sweets if you’re into the DIY approach.
Wishful thinking! I think a lot of this is down to personality type, hormones and neurotransmitter levels rather than actual circumstances – some people seem to be naturally very laid back while others, like me, are born worriers. Stress does have a huge impact on our immune system and in fact Joseph Mercola says that no matter how healthy your diet is, you will be susceptible to picking up infections if you have been very stressed about something or if your sleep has been disrupted. I got a cold for the first time in a year a couple of weeks ago and two things had happened in the two days before it started: I’d been to Slattery’s, a local chocolatier, and had a not particularly healthy lunch, including more sugar than I’d normally eat (though under the circumstances I was a model of self-control and quite proud of myself!); and I’d got stressed and upset about something, as I’m inclined to do at certain times of the month, which cost me a lot of sleep. There are some stressors that we can’t escape, but if you have things going on in your life that perpetually aggravate you and you know it would be possible to change them, do consider the impact they are having on your immune system and weigh up whether they’re really worth it in the long term.
Avoid disrupted sleep.
Again, this is often down to factors outside our control – some people can sleep anywhere and some, like me, find it difficult. There are hormonal factors, neurotransmitter levels and health issues that can make sleep impossible to come by at times, no matter how much meditating you do and counselling you have. However, if you’re always pulling all-nighters to go partying, if you consistently stay up too late on work nights, if you wilfully engage in activities that disturb your sleep without ever slowing down to rest and recuperate, this has both short and long term effects on your immune system. We really are more vulnerable to infections when we’re run down, so make sure you do all you can to stay happy and rested to cut your chances of being hit with a nasty cold. Also, if you do get a cold, allow yourself to take a day or two off and rest! Sleep and laughter really are some of the best medicines!
Avoid dairy products.
Research has been done to show that these don’t actually affect the amount of mucus you produce. However, many people DO find that eating large amounts of dairy products make them more snotty or catarrhal – even if they haven’t actually made the connection and don’t realise it’s the dairy products doing it! Dairy products can also affect the consistency of mucus, making it thicker and harder to expel. Lots of people have undetected intolerances to dairy products, so it could be that these are the ones who suffer increased mucus levels when they eat them. Certainly lots of ‘allergic’ type children seem to have perpetually blocked noses – often accompanying the standard eczema/asthma combination that screams ‘food intolerance issues’ to those within the alternative health community! I’d definitely give milk and cheese a wide berth if you’re down with a cold. The recommendation still doled out by many a person that children with colds and sore throats should be fed ice cream, because it helps to soothe and heal absolutely makes my blood boil. An iced dairy food laden with sugar is the last thing people should be eating if they’re ill. Make it hard for the body to stay warm, bring the immune system down with sugar, affect mucus production, cultivate a sweet tooth and impede the healing process of a young person – all in one nutrient-devoid food. Grrrrr!
They’re mucus forming too and not many people realise it!
Avoid going out.
Okay, this one’s not just for you – it’s for everyone else too! Nobody likes being ill, so when we are infected with something, we all have a duty of care to those around us to isolate ourselves as much as possible. I hear loads of people brag that they absolutely never take a day off work, or that they send their children to school no matter how ill they are. Is it just me who thinks, ‘How silly and selfish’?! Of course there are going to be times when we absolutely can’t take a day off, or absolutely have to be somewhere. Sometimes it’s unavoidable. However, unless you’re the Prime Minister, have dependants to tend to, or have the-most-important-day-at-work-ever, it’s probably not going to matter, really matter in the grand scheme of your life, if you take a day off and don’t go to public places. Your colleagues will thank you for keeping your germs to yourself and your body will thank you for the chance to stay warm and rest. Light exercise can be beneficial if you’re up to it, but a half hour walk and a 90 minute gym session aren’t really the same thing and anyway, out in the fresh air your germs can dissipate and won’t affect other people as much. Convalescence is very much a lost art, but great store used to be set by taking time to properly recover from illness, so think of your day or two out of action as an investment in your future health and a good deed to society!
Time your painkillers well.
Over the counter medications for colds often act to suppress the very mechanisms employed by the body to clear out the virus – most notably by lowering body temperature and blocking up nasal discharge. This means hammering painkillers all day for several days is going to impede the healing process. However, sometimes a bit of respite can really offset that, especially if it makes the difference between you being able to get some sleep and not. I try not to take painkillers for colds during the day unless I’m so ill that I don’t know how I’m going to get through the next couple of hours, but I do take them at night if I’m feeling rotten to try to buy a good night’s sleep, because a good night’s sleep is the best medicine of all. There’s no need to be heroic and refuse to take anything whatsoever to alleviate the symptoms, as long as you’re making an informed decision and are also doing what you can to support your body in its healing.
Most adults get two or three colds a year, while children get around five. However, while it’s always unpleasant having a cold, there is a school of thought that having one cold every year or two is actually quite good for you. My mum knew a herbalist who would try to ward off some colds, but then would allow one to run its course every once in a while to give her immune system a really good work out and her body a good clear out. In fact it takes a lot of resources for the body to power up an immune response on the scale required to produce the symptoms of a cold, so if you’re suffering with one, take heart that you’re healthy enough to do so. Although it might seem like a blessing to not be robust enough to have an inflammatory reaction to an acute infection, in fact it makes you more vulnerable to chronic, more complicated issues. It is said that a truly healthy person should be able to produce an inflammatory response strong enough to see a cold off in 24-48 hours, feeling worse than if they suppressed the symptoms of the cold, but enjoying milder symptoms and a faster recovery than a less robust person.
My health goal is to suffer only one cold every year or two and to see each one off in no more than two days. Although I have a very healthy diet and a strong supplement regime, stress and sleep are my downfalls, so I do get hit harder with colds than I’d ideally like to be. We should suffer with fewer colds as we age though, as we will have built up antibodies to more strains of cold virus – one definite plus to ageing!
I feel like I’ve said just about everything I wanted to say on the topic of colds now, so if you’ve read the whole lot, you definitely deserve good health just on account of your staying power! If you’re a relative newcomer to using complementary approaches to manage your health, I do hope you’ll have picked up some useful ideas. Once upon a time everybody knew this kind of thing and I can’t help but feel that if everyone still did know how to manage minor issues at home, there would be a lot less strain on the NHS and on poor, overwrought GPs. I hope you’ll consider trying some of the things in this post and that you’ll enjoy fewer colds and more speedy recoveries as a result!
Wishing you the best of health,
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This beautiful 2 bedroom apartment sits in an ideal position on one of the most popular golf courses in the Western Algarve, ideally located close to the town and the beach, offering superb golf and lake views.
The property is composed by a bright living dining area that leads onto a nice terrace, a fully fitted kitchen, two double sized bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes and terraces, and 2 bathrooms (1 ensuite).
There is a large garden on the back of the apartment with 70m2, ideal for outside meals with friends and family with view over one of the golf holes.
Air conditioning, heating, electric shutters and a private garage with 2 parking spaces and storage are some of the extras that the property has.
You can also enjoy the facilities that the Resort has to offer such as the indoor heated and outdoor pools, gym, sauna and discounts for golf fees and health spa membership.
This is an ideal holiday property with fantastic rental potential able to generate a good return on investment or for a permanent residence.
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From the moment you enter the stylish Reception, to the warm welcome every guest is assured, you'll know you made the right decision to stay at Ramada Telford Ironbridge Hotel in the heart of Telford. This stylish, comfortable hotel provides everything you would expect - great facilities, comfortable accommodation, a stylish restaurant and great service delivered by the friendly hotel team.
Restaurant and Bar
Stylish, comfortable and spacious with a wide choice of menu including À la carte, Table d'hote and a Carvery, the Restaurant at Ramada is open to both residents and non-residents alike for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The friendly restaurant team will make sure service is efficient and the food is all freshly prepared by a team of talented chefs. Table reservations are recommended at this popular restaurant and the bar serves tea, coffee and a food menu throughout the day.
The hotel's 90 en-suite rooms are set over 3 floors and provide comfortable and stylish accommodation with all of the facilities you would expect in a modern hotel, including hospitality tray, iron / ironing board and trouser press. There are 6 large executive rooms for upgrades or families, along with 11 single rooms featuring skylights, so you can drift off looking at the stars! Rooms are light and airy with views out onto landscaped lawns.
Conveniently located in the heart of Telford Town Centre, just minutes away from the International Centre and the M54 motorway, Ramada Telford Ironbridge is set in attractive, landscaped gardens. With the M5/M6 motorways, along with Birmingham, Shrewsbury and the Midlands all just 20-30 minutes away, this is a perfect venue for business, be that an overnight stay before or after seeing local clients, or attending a meeting, seminar or event.
Conference & Meeting Rooms
The hotel was purpose built for hosting business events and seminars. The modern technical facilities; the wide choice of room sizes and layouts - all air-conditioned and WiFi connected; the plentiful free on-site parking; and of course a dedicated events management team who'll make sure that everything is taken care of, all combine to make this a perfect venue for all types of business activities.
Leisure & Pleasure
With its own leisure facilities including an indoor swimming pool, sauna, gym, games room and tennis court; along with an on-site beautician, Ramada Telford Ironbridge is the perfect base for shopping or sightseeing. All of Shropshire's visitor attractions are on your doorstep such as the Ironbridge Gorge and Blists Hill Victorian Town, with Shrewsbury just a short drive away. Telford's excellent shopping centre is within walking distance and Birmingham's Bull Ring is just 40 minutes drive.
The dedicated hotel Wedding Co-ordinators will help to ensure that you plan and work to your budget, but your wedding day celebration is everything you want it to be. Tailor make your menu; have exclusive use of the hotel subject to booking 40 bedrooms with your package and have your wedding photos taken in the spectacular landscaped gardens.
In summary, Ramada Telford Ironbridge is a perfect venue for almost any occasion. With 90 bedrooms and 19 conference rooms; superb leisure facilities; plentiful free on-site parking and a convenient location in the heart of Telford, it is ideal for pretty much any occasion, from business meetings to leisure breaks and weddings. Celebrate a special occasion; enjoy a night out with friends or unwind after a busy day doing business - you won’t be disappointed. Please do visit the hotel website for more information, or give the friendly team a call on the number opposite.
Loved and relaxed, clean hotel. Attentive, polite and helpful staff. Nothing was too much for them. Made us feel at home. spoilt my daughter.
There was very nice food, good staff, comfy beds, clean hotel and a lovely room. A good stay.
Thank you for the wonderful service - especially Sam and Lyndsey (25 May 14)
The Ramada Telford Ironbridge is a fantastic hotel! Beautiful bedrooms, a brand new reception area and the most friendly and efficient staff you would wish to meet.
Excellent service from reservation, reception, housekeeping and dining room staff. A lovely hotel, ideal for couples. we were grandparents with 2 children 4 and 6. "Really warm swimming pool and …
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2012 Spring Retreat with headliners Bonnie Wakeman and Ron Hansen! Due to the nature of Bonnie's class, retreat size is limited. 5 day all inclusive retreat May 2 – May 6 Included in your retreat stay...
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Everyone truly has a wonderful time at the retreats. There is nothing else like them and they are all unique. After your daily classes you will enjoy sumptuous meals, s'mores around the campfire, Zumba or Salsa dancing, massage or sip wine by the fireplace. . If you prefer some alone time you can go fishing or go for a hike around the lake. Canoeing, boating, fishing, hot tub, sauna, Wii are also available. |
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Project description: High-end refurbishment with basement
Location: Kensington, London
Client type: High-end refurbishment contractor
Brief Description: Full internal refurbishment of a five-storey terrace house, with the addition of a lower ground rear extension, vaults extension, and lowering and underpinning of the whole of the lower ground floor, infill extension at ground floor and installation of a lift and garden works, including lowering of levels and installation of stepped planters and associated works.
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Where can I recharge my batteries after the Cannes Film Festival and the Formula1 at Monaco ?
29 May 2017
If after the events of the last few days such as the Cannes Film Festival and the Monaco Grand Prix, you have only one idea in mind, relax, we have the ideal solution for you: to discover the brand new Spa Givenchy of the Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo. With its sharp, hovering and sensory protocols, the brand succeeds the feat of driving us illico in weightlessness.
A few steps from the famous Casino of Monaco, in the heart of the Carré d'Or, the Hotel Metropole overlooks the Mediterranean. A place of dream signed by the designer Jacques Garcia and of which Karl Lagerfeld thought the pool house Odyssey. Around the swimming pool, the space evolves according to the seasons. From the sunny days, the walls disappear for sunbathing feet in the water and lunches in the open air. On the restaurant side, chef Joël Robuchon combines Mediterranean cuisine at the Odyssey, intimate and cosmopolitan in the Lobby Bar, gastronomic in its 2 stars and exotic at the Yoshi, a star-studded and unique table in the world that gives pride of place to the cuisine Japanese. With a special mention on the menu "Noir Couture" that can be enjoyed around the swimming pool during an Elégance Spa Day.Hotel Métropole,
The Spa Métropole by Givenchy
Spread out over 2000 m² within the hotel, the Spa Métropole by Givenchy takes back the emblematic codes of the house. The black and the white, the purity and the sophistication ... This case of marble to the asserted luxury is an invitation to the disconnection. Inside ? 10 cabins, a shop to rediscover the essentials of the brand, a studio Pedicure / Manicure signed Bastien Gonzales a gym a sauna, sensory showers, a hammam loaded with positive energies via crystals ...
Hôtel Métropole: 4 avenue de la Madone, 98000 Monaco. Tél : +377 93 15 15 15. http://www.metropole.com/ |
Sunrise is a magnificent modern villa in Limassol, which is executed in a minimalist style with high-tech elements. The building is located on a slope with a beautiful view of the Mediterranean Sea. The privacy of the mansion is perfectly matched with its proximity to the main attractions of Limassol.
The Sunrise Villa in Limassol was created by a Russian group of architects, managed by director Alexei Mazmanov. The project was put into operation in 2020, and now it is waiting for a buyer.
The luxury 4-storey villa Sunrise located in Limassol is located on a plot of 1065 square meters, while the area of the villa itself is 762 square meters, including a basement and a garage. In addition to the spiral staircase, the villa has its own elevator for more comfortable movement around the mansion. What makes this villa unique is that on the roof there is a bar counter with a fireplace and a jacuzzi.
The favorable Sunrise location makes the villa even more attractive.
It is within walking distance of the sandy beaches, which are perfectly visible from the windows. Despite the seeming remoteness of the mansion, it will not be difficult to get to the main infrastructure of the city. The road to the center is only 2 km away. The plot is located in a prestigious area of Limassol.
There are many boutiques, SPA salons, educational institutions and medical centers nearby. The nearest shops and restaurants are 50 m away.
To the sea300m
Limassol center2 km
On the lower level of the Sunrise villa there is a garage for 2 cars, as well as utility rooms (boiler room, storage room, laundry room). You will certainly be pleased with the presence of a bar, a sauna and a relaxation room there. There is also a veranda overlooking the sea. There is a separate entrance for the servants' room.
A large part of the ground floor of the Sunrise Villa is occupied by the living room. The large area of its glazing allows it to look even more impressive. From the living room there is access to the terrace with pool, BBQ area and garden on the south coast. The ground floor is open plan and high ceilings greatly enhance the feeling of free space.
The spacious salon is complemented by a hall, a kitchen-dining room, a hall with a fireplace and an office. A spiral staircase adds charm to the room.
The second floor of the building is a place where you come to relax in a calm atmosphere. There are as many as 4 bedrooms, each of which is equipped with a private bathroom, built-in wardrobe or wardrobe. All of them are located on the south side, and thanks to the panoramic windows, you can constantly observe the Mediterranean Sea.
The upper level is an open terrace of the exploited roof. You can get there from the staircase-elevator hall. A barbecue area, a recreation area with a fireplace and a jacuzzi are available for the owners. Plants are planted along the edges of the roof to complement the surroundings.
All rooms in the Sunrise building are designed in a minimalist style. Every detail of the interior complements the rest of its elements. The rooms in the villa are spacious and the large glass area makes the villa even brighter and lighter.
If you look at the Sunrise mansion from the outside, the first thing you notice is the unusual shape of the building. A large number of straight lines and curves make the geometry of the building extremely interesting for lovers of this architectural style.
When decorating the facades, specialists limited themselves to only natural materials, including granite, wood and stone. The construction was carried out using modern engineering equipment and in compliance with all European requirements. You can be sure that the appearance of the building will not deteriorate even after decades.
Thanks to the large amount of glass in the structure, the effect of merging with the environment is created. Even the minimalist architectural style does not look alien against the background of palm trees and other plants. The villa is especially beautiful in the evenings when the lights come on to match the local sunsets. It is also worth noting separately the pronounced relief of the area, which further enhances its charm.
The team of architects perfectly coped with the tasks that faced them at the stage of designing the mansion. The building is at the highest level in terms of aesthetics. In terms of security, it is also in no way inferior to more expensive options. The territory of the villa is fenced with a small fence, and it itself is equipped with sensors and alarms.
The city of Limassol is located in the south of Cyprus. Its popularity is largely due to its access to the Mediterranean Sea and its pleasant climate. There are many equipped beaches on the coast, among which there are those marked with the Blue Flag. This means that the water in them meets all quality standards and is suitable for bathing without any harm to health.
Cyprus has a rich history, so people who come to Limassol have the opportunity to enjoy viewing local attractions, of which there are a huge number. Remembering its past, the city does not forget to keep up with the times. Experts note its constant development in terms of economy and economy. Currently, the population of Limassol is more than 200,000, and by this indicator it overtakes even the capital of Cyprus. The city is vibrant and rich in its cultural heritage.
Considering buying a villa in Limassol from a practical point of view, such an investment would be an excellent option. The deal will open up many opportunities for you. Businessmen who have invested at least € 300,000 in Cypriot real estate are eligible to obtain permanent residence in the country. After that, if you wish, you can also make a Cypriot Citizenship. On the plus side, it can be noted that neither knowledge of the language, nor interviews, nor any investments in the future will be required.
Cypriot citizens get the following opportunities:
You can move to Limassol both for work and for life and leisure with your family. The city is well equipped for both options. There are a huge number of schools, kindergartens, parks and shopping centers here. Limassol is an important region for Cyprus in terms of economy and culture.
In addition, a large Russian-speaking community lives in Cyprus. It will not be a problem for you to find people with whom you can simply communicate or collaborate.
Villa Sunrise is located in one of the most prestigious areas of Limassol with a low crime rate and a developed economy. Despite this, the price for the mansion is quite low. It is enough to pay 5,500,000 euros for it. This is a great deal when compared to other options available. |
Bedroom Description: Other.
Cooling Description: Central Cooling.
Dining Description: Dining/Living Room.
Equipment Appliances: Dishwasher, Disposal, Dryer, Microwave, Electric Range, Refrigerator, Self Cleaning Oven, Washer.
Exterior Features: Open Balcony.
Floor Description: Marble Floors.
Heating Description: Central Heat.
Interior Features: Walk-In Closets.
Parking Description: 1 Space, 1 Assigned Space, Covered Parking.
Rooms Description: Storage Room.
Tax Information: Tax Reflects Homestead Tax.
Type of Association: None.
Water Access: Other.
Windows Treatment: Sliding.
Windows Amenities: Basketball Courts, Bike/Jog Path, Bike Storage, Billiard Room, Business Center, Community Room, Exercise Room, Heated Pool, Sauna, Spa/Hot Tub, Tennis.
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Intersection of Jianyang Road And Maya Road, Jieyang, China
This destination can have additional per person taxes which are excluded in the prices below
Temeisi Hotel is located in Jieyang and features free Wi-Fi. It also offers a beauty centre, a sauna and an outdoor pool.
This 4-star hotel provides a hair salon, meeting rooms and massage se...
Distance to city centre
Distance to airport
Policies vary by room type and provider.
+86 663 822 1999
With a distance of 15.3 km between Temeisi Hotel and the nearest airport, Jieyang Shantou, the drive typically takes about 18min depending on traffic. Be sure to check traffic trends near the hotel and airport as some areas experience higher traffic than others and can increase your expected travel time.
Rideshare apps and taxis remain a very common solution for Temeisi Hotel guests. This is often the most cost-effective method of transportation when visiting Jieyang.
For questions about Temeisi Hotel and your reservation, contact the front desk directly at +86 663 822 1999.
Yes, Temeisi Hotel has Wi-Fi available to hotel guests.
The standard check-out time at Temeisi Hotel is 12:00. Guests can usually check-in from 14:00. Special arrangements may be available if discussed with the front desk.
This accommodation does offer laundry services. |
In case of cancellation:
-more than three days before arrival no cost will be charged.
-1-3 days before arrival we charge 50% on the first day and 25% on the second day.
-day of arrival, we charge 100% on the first day, 50% on the second day and 25% on the third day.
Cancellation major bookings apply to other rules!
Check-in and check-out.
Cabins and hostels are available from 03:00 pm the day of arrival until 11:00 am on the day of departure.
Upon check-out, the room or cabin must be cleaned and fresh for the next guest.
Campsite is available from 03:00 pm the day of arrival until 03:00 pm on the day of departure.
Check-out after the stated time will be charged for the next night.
In the area, there is a speedlimit of 10km/h.
Avoid driving in the area unnecessarily as we try to provide a high level of safety for our guests.
Between 11:00 pm and 07:00 am the bars are locked.
Tents, caravans and RV´s must be in placed in the dedicated area with a safety distance of 4 meters.
Caravans must be placed on the gravel surface with the towbar towards the road. The car must be parked on the gravel surface in front.
There are 10A or 16A electrical connection depending on location.
Wireless Internet / Wi-Fi.
Available to buy at the reception. Price 20sek/day or 35sek/week.
2 devices can be connected to one code.
You can pay with SEK or EURO, as well as most debit cards.
There are two washing machines and two dryers in the service house.
These are booked through the reception.
We have a classic 10-hole course in good quality.
Clubs and balls are available at the reception.
The sauna can be booked through the reception for 60sek/hour.
There is plenty of room for about 8 people. Shower and wc is in the same building.
Open all year round.
In our area there must be quiet between 11:00 pm and 07:00 am. That is as respect for our guests every day in the week.
With in the hostel there is no smoking!.
Beside the servicehouse there is an recyclingstation where you can sort garbage for glass, metal and household waste. |
FINTAN McCarthy has had far more good days than bad since he became an Olympic champion.
At the Tokyo Olympics in late July, the dream Skibbereen team of Fintan and Paul O’Donovan rowed their way to a glorious gold medal – and into the history books – when they rubber stamped their standing as the dominant force in the men’s lightweight double.
That was the highest of highs. Pure and utter euphoria. But it’s important, too, to note the post-Olympic period isn’t all smooth water, as athletes transition back to every-day life.
For years, athletes work towards a goal, pouring their life into it. There’s the build-up and hype and excitement. Then the lucky ones touch the sun and live the dream, but life moves on and suddenly it’s all over.
‘I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have some bad days. It’s inevitable, really,’ Olympic gold medal winner Fintan (25) says.
‘You have just had an incredible experience, we had such a great time in Tokyo and we have some incredible memories, and then it’s all over.
‘You have to wait another few years to experience it again but there is no certainty you’ll ever get back to an Olympics again.
‘Some days are harder than others, and it does feel crap when you are having one of those days, but you can’t sit around and wallow. You have to do your best to work towards the next one, that’s all you can do now. Still, it’s nice to have those memories.’
It’s in those ‘crap’ moments that the Skibbereen rower reminds himself why he rows. It’s not about Olympic gold or World gold or European gold or world best times – because he has all those boxes ticked. Fintan rows because he loves rowing. It’s his sport. It’s what makes him happy.
‘Even reflecting on the last Olympics, the best times and the best memories were when we were training,’ he says.
‘We had some funny chats in the sauna in Banyoles doing our heat training ahead of the Games, and we had the craic on camp and in training every day. It’s great that we get the chance to do what we love every day and that’s why we do it. That’s what you have to remind yourself of. Especially when you are new to it, there is the excitement around the Olympics but that is only one aspect of the sport.’
Fintan feels he has adjusted well to life post-Olympics. There’s more attention and turning heads and he is more recognisable – in a recent phone call, after hearing his name, the woman at the other end of the phone enquired if he was ‘the rower’ – but he’s still the same Fintan who doesn’t like hot drinks and who likes structure to his day.
His decision to return to UCC and start a research Masters in the Physiology Department is a smart move on many levels, post-Olympics. It’s a different focus and another interest after a long stretch where rowing consumed every facet of his life pre-Tokyo.
‘The last few years have been so focussed on rowing, it’s easy to get caught up in that and think about it all the time, but that’s not the best way to live life,’ he says.
‘I’m looking forward to having something different to think about other than training. I think this will actually help my training because I will need to be really efficient with my time and make the most out of training when I am.’
He’ll admit, too, he wasn’t jumping up and down when he returned to training last month. Again, that’s natural. For the last few years, it was all geared towards the Tokyo Olympics where Fintan and Paul delivered, incredibly. They summited their Everest. But that cycle is over now. They’re back at base camp, organising the next adventure: the 2024 Paris Olympics. It is over 1,000 days away. 146 weeks. Just under 34 months. But Olympic, World and European champion Fintan is experienced enough already to know how to approach this behemoth in the distance.
‘When you are looking ahead to another Olympic cycle of training it can be a little daunting because you know much work goes into it, but you just have to break it down into little steps along the way,’ Fintan explains.
‘It’s about building each week and being better than you were the day before. If you look at anything three months or three years in advance you think, “Oh Jesus, how am I going to manage this?”, but it’s about the next session, the next day and that accumulates then, it’s that consistency that gets the results.’
There are short-term goals, like trials and erg tests, but the Paris Games will always be in the back of Fintan’s mind. So too is holding on to his seat in the best men’s lightweight double in the world. In the men’s senior single sculls final at the Irish Rowing Championships in August, just over three seconds separated Paul O’Donovan (6:54.117) in second from Gary O’Donovan in fifth (6:57.773), with Fintan (6:54.773) and Jake McCarthy (6:56.807) in between. Fintan’s plan is straightforward: keep the head down and get faster.
‘Fitness and performance are such changeable things; you could be the best in the world one day and then the next day someone else could beat you,’ he says, knowing there are no guarantees in sport, but that intense competition for those two seats in the boat focuses the mind.
There’s still room for fun, too. Like the Henley Regatta in August when Paul and Fintan added the Double Sculls Challenge Cup to their bulging collection of honours. On the horizon also is the Basel Head Regatta on the Rhine in mid November. There, Fintan and Paul are taking their seats in an eight that also includes Croatia's Sinkovic brothers who won Olympic gold in the men’s pair, Greek rower Stefanos Ntouskos who won men's single sculls gold in Tokyo, German sculler Oliver Zeidler and the the Dutch duo that won silver in the men’s double sculls in Tokyo. It’s an all-star line-up, and a perk of being the best lightweight double in the world.
‘It will be something different, a bit of fun and you are always learning,’ Fintan says, and it’s a distraction he’s looking forward to as life after the Olympics settles down to its new normal.
- Fintan McCarthy was honoured with a Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Sports Star monthly award for July in recognition of his Olympic gold-medal winning exploits alongside Paul O’Donovan at the Games in Tokyo. |
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San Miguel de Allende Mexico Free Walking and Shopping Guide offers a fascinating blend of walking tours around the historic streets of San Miguel de Allende. This colourful town is a mixture of history, indigenous traditions and cosy courtyard shops, studios and many great restaurants. San Miguel de Allende Mexico is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We spent six weeks in San Miguel de Allende and simply enjoyed living like a local.
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We explored San Miguel de Allende with the quarterly issued “San Miguel de Allende Walking & Shopping Guide“. The guide depicts seven walks blending history, culture and shopping. The walks can be completed in a few days. It is a perfect way to visit San Miguel de Allende and you can do it at your own pace. The guide is very well written. You can pick up a copy at any of the boutique shops. You can be your own tour guide without the group.
The Free Walking Guide:
- contains seven walks with clear route instructions
- originates in the Jardin in front of San Miguel de Allende’s famous church – La Parroquia de San Miguel
- can take up to a few hours depending on your pace
- tackle one or two a day if you have the time
We would like to share with you some of our highlights on one of the walks.
Standing in the front of La Parroquia with the Jardin behind you head towards the right to Cuna de Allende.
At #7 Cuna de Allende street you will find a quaint courtyard restaurant in the Hotel Posada Carmina. It is a colonial restored 18th-century house with orange trees in the traditional courtyard.
On the corner of Cuna de Allende and Cuadrante Street is the Ten Ten Pie Cafe offering an outside area under umbrellas and orange trees.
There are fountains all over San Miguel de Allende Mexico and this one is located on Hospicio Street.
The architecture and colours create one of the most colourful colonial towns in Mexico. Around each corner, there is another delight. Do not forget to look into courtyards and driveways for many more surprises.
One of the most colourful traditional shops is Galeria Buena Vida located at #42 Aldama Street. Buena Vida translated means the Good Life and it is the best place in San Miguel de Allende to buy colourful cowboy boots.
Relax and spend some time in Parque Benito Juarez
To Travel Too Tip: enjoy a sunset drink or two with tapas in the evenings. The views are amazing, we recommend that you take a jacket it can get cool in the evening.
One of our favourite streets to wander down with its restaurants and galleries in San Miguel de Allende Mexico is Sollano Street.
- wear comfortable shoes as most of the roads are cobblestoned
- take plenty of water with you
- apply sunscreen
- take your time, there is no rush, this is one tour that you take at your own pace
Things To Do in San Miguel de Allende
Tacos & Tequila Tour
One of the best day tours! Mexico is well known for its tacos and tequila and to experience both of them in one tour – what could be better, you also get to visit local spots and do a lot of tasting!
Half-Day Horseback Riding Adventure
Ride through canyons, rivers, and past ranches along the way. You will enjoy a packed lunch back at the ranch. What a great way to see the Mexican countryside from horseback. Book your tour here.
Downtown San Miguel Food Tour
Do you enjoy food tours? “Wander the beautiful streets of San Miguel with this food and city walking tour featuring 6 food-tasting locations carefully chosen to highlight the best regional flavours. Learn about the history and culture, while enjoying delicious dishes and drinks.”
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Recommended Hotels in San Miguel de Allende:
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Address: Nemesio Diez 11 Col Centro San Miguel De Allende Historic Centre.
This is our favourite hotel in San Miguel de Allende. The 5-star 67 room hotel is in a great location, has a sauna, terrace, and swimming pool. We would recommend using the valet parking service as parking can be at a premium. It is perfect for families as it has a kids club.
Address: Cuna de Allende 7 San Miguel de Allende Historical Centre.
This hotel is perfect for families and family rooms available. The hotel offers free WiFi.
Address: 15 de los Chiquitos San Miguel de Allende Historical Centre
The 4 room 5-star hotel is located in the middle of San Miguel de Allende. It offers its own library and onsite bar.
Casa No Name Small Luxury Hotel (strange name this one but it is popular)
Address: Hernandez Macias 52 Centro Historic San Miguel de Allende
The 5-star 6 room hotel is centrally located and offers free WiFI, massages, swimming pool, terrace and an on-site library.
Address: Hidalgo No. 8 Colonia Centro
This 5 star 15 room hotel offers free WiFi and a swimming pool in a central location, just perfect for exploring San Miguel de Allende.
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Where to Eat in San Miguel de Allende
Tripadvisor Recommended Restaurant – La Parada
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How to Travel to San Miguel De Allende Mexico
San Miguel de Allende Mexico is not an easy destination to travel to.
San Miguel de Allende Airport – the closest is Leon which is about 70 miles away or Querétaro 45 miles away. Then it is a taxi ride to San Miguel.
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Comfortable hotel “Console Sport” is located in the urban-type village of Nikita, a two-minute walk from the embankment near the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. The territory is part of the Yalta administrative district and is part of the city. Convenient location on the beach, comfortable rooms and a modern spa makes the hotel popular among tourists who come here on vacation. Guests are provided with walks through the park area of the famous botanical garden, a warm welcome, excellent living and leisure conditions.Check Rates
The modern spa hotel is built on the first coastline. The beach is just 200 metres away. Here you can stay all year round. Free parking is available for car owners. It can also be reached by public transport. By bus from the railway station of Simferopol to the bus station of Yalta, then by taxi to the stop “Nikitsky Botanical Garden”.
Pay attention! A shuttle service is available. Applications are accepted by the administrator.
It offers – the best spa complex in the Crimea, a cozy restaurant, comfortable rooms with views of the sea, park or mountains, opportunities for active recreation at sea. But they choose this place also because the residential building is located almost on the territory of the main park ensemble of the peninsula – the Nikitsky Botanical Garden.
Back in 1811, Emperor Alexander I signed a decree on the establishment of a state-owned imperial botanical garden in the Crimea. Climatic conditions allowed to break up here an amazing park ensemble, in which tens of thousands of different plants grow. A unique research base has been created here, but holidaymakers are more attracted by the amazing beauty of man-made nature. Walking in the garden is a pleasure for both adults and their little companions.
“Accidentally discovered this hotel and immediately booked a room in it. We arrived with a friend in March to breathe a little Crimean air. Therefore, we chose a hotel near the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. Never regretted this trip. In the afternoon – walks, in the evening – spa. This is not some out-of-state sauna, but a full-fledged bath complex with professional massage, herbal and bio saunas, heated sunbeds and a large swimming pool with Jacuzzi. I do not know how it is here in the summer, but in early spring such a holiday went to our advantage only” Vera, Russia
The fund presents 35 rooms of different comfort levels. Everywhere there are air conditioners, refrigerators, TV and Wi-Fi. The rooms have tea stations, dishes, mini-bar (for an additional fee). Communication with the porter is carried out by internal telephone. For things there are spacious wardrobes. The owner took care of the guests by placing an elegant clock on the walls. The bathrooms have a hairdryer. The six-storey building has an elevator.
Rooms of the following comfort categories are available for accommodation:
- Standard class “A” (26 sq. m) – 9 double rooms without a balcony overlooking the patio. Three of them have sofa beds that can be used as extra beds. The interior is made in calm pastel colors. The bathroom has a sink and a modern shower.
- Standard class “Comfort” (21 sq. m) – 5 double rooms, two of which without a balcony. It offers views of the village and partly of the sea. Accommodation is not provided, only two people can live. The bathroom has a modern shower.
- Comfort (36 sq. m) – 2 spacious two-room suites without a balcony. In the living room there is a sofa that can accommodate a third person. The bathroom has a shower cabin and a water heater. Guests are provided with hot water at any time of the day. Equipped with a kitchenette with countertop, kettle and shelves for dishes.
- Junior Suite (35 sq. m)- 8 quadruple single rooms. There is a double bed and a large sofa for two people. In addition to the kettle, the room has a set of dishes. Bathroom with shower. From the room there is an exit to the balcony.
- Suite (60 sq. m) – 4 one-room quadruple rooms are located at the end of the building. The balcony offers mountain and sea views. Bathrobes are provided in the bathroom. Extra beds are available on sofas.
- Deluxe (60 sq. m.) – 3 three-room suites with two bedrooms. French balconies offer sea views. In the hall there is a sofa, a small bar counter. Up to 5 people can live at a time.
- Family Suite (95 sq. m.) – one three-room suite without a balcony with two bedrooms and a living room-studio. As an extra bed there is a spacious sofa. The view from the windows opens to the sea.
- Class “A” apartment (91 sq. m.) – one two-room suite for 4 people. The spacious living room has upholstered furniture, a dining table, a separate area with a bar counter. There is an elegant dressing table. The bathroom has a modern shower cabin and bidet. In the bedroom there is a double bed made of natural wood. The peculiarity lies in the panoramic view, as the room is located on the top floor. From the bedroom there is an exit to the panoramic terrace. For things there is a separate dressing room.
The price includes breakfast, access to the bath complex, gym, swimming pool, parking space and private beach.
More information! Pets are allowed. The service provides bowls for four-legged pets. The service is paid, there are restrictions.
“What pleased me was the spacious and clean rooms. The view is excellent, even if it does not go to the sea. In the Crimea everywhere there are excellent panoramic views, where you do not look. We rested in a family suite. We were very surprised that the owners provided children’s bathrobes. The service lacked water coolers on the floors and variety in nutrition. Otherwise, everything is just fine!” Polina, Russia
When booking rooms, future guests are warned that breakfast is included in the mandatory package. It is served in the dining room of the main restaurant. There are three options for morning meals served by waiters. During lunch and evening, the kitchen is à la carte. The chef specializes in European classics and Mediterranean cuisine. Something in the menu is represented by his author’s developments. For example, caprese salad in the Crimean is made not from mozzarella, but from local cheese. In the kitchen, they salt the fish and serve it with fragrant potatoes, fry rapans in a spicy sauce, feed guests with delicious soups and hot dishes.
If there is no desire to go down to the restaurant hall, then for a fee the waiters will raise the order to the room and open the table. The application can be made by phone. Spirits and cocktails are served in the café-bar “Parus”, which is located on site. Nice place with a calm interior and an outdoor terrace. In the evenings, musicians sometimes perform here or just music sounds.
It does not hurt to walk through the nearby catering facilities. For the sake of interest, gourmets should visit:
- “Eclair Boutique” (100 m) – a piece of Crimean France with cakes, cakes and croissants with coffee for breakfast;
- “Nikitsky Dvorik” (400 m) is a small cozy café at the entrance to the Nikitsky Botanical Garden.
The rest of the interesting places are in Yalta. And this is the real capital of gastro-tours, to which you can devote an entire site.
The main entertainment in the hotel is a visit to the Spa. However, for this they come here. The owner has created a unique bath complex, which today is the best on the coast. It offers the services of:
- Russian bath made of logs, with a red-hot stove, birch brooms, a steam room and an ice font;
- Roman bath with walls, ceiling, floor and benches made of natural stone, specially selected herbal preparations were added to the steam;
- herbal bath with individual seats in a niche for warming up the body and maximum cleansing of the body from toxins;
- bio-sauna with dry air and comfortable temperature for people sensitive to overheating;
- laconium is the Greek analogue of a dry bath, the traditions of which date back to the times of ancient Sparta;
- rasul is a hydro-steam Egyptian bath, combining the advantages of ancient medical technologies and the method of modern relaxation.
For heated visitors, another modern bath know-how is offered – the “snow room”. It reigns eternal cold, there is a crispy snowball, and the sub-zero temperature is maintained with the help of special refrigeration units. For those who do not want to cool completely, there is an ice fountain nearby.
The hotel has the best gym in Yalta. The equipment of the Italian company TEСHNOGYM is installed, visitors are served by professional instructors. Cardio line consists of 16 models equipped with sensors, radio, television, the ability to connect to the console gadgets. Weight machines are represented by the selection line, and fitness accessories are manufactured by Reebok.
Important! Simulators are created under medical supervision, fully meet European standards of quality and safety.
The hotel is equipped with a magnificent indoor pool. This is not just a place for swimming, but a full-fledged wellness area, which includes:
- directly the pool, the bowl of which is lined with mosaics;
- Jacuzzi area;
- relaxation area (heated water beds);
- Finnish sauna;
- Turkish hammam;
- salt pool;
- tropical and ice shower.
The beach area is privately owned. The coating is pebble. There are sun loungers, canopies. Vacationers can go windsurfing and water skiing on the sea.
The hotel accepts children from all ages. One child under 7 years of age can stay with their parents free of charge, unless they require a separate bed and breakfast. For children over 7 years old and the second small child, a surcharge of 25% of the room rate is charged. For an extra bed the price is 30%. There is a playground outside. There are children’s TV channels.
The hotel has developed hiking trails, including for parents with children. The most popular place is the Adventure Park, located on the territory of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. This unusual place appeared in the village recently, but already causes delight among visitors of all ages. The territory is decorated with creations of landscape designers. Here you can see shrubs trimmed in the form of various figures, fairy-tale heroes, a Japanese corner with a flock of Buddha and a garden of stones. You can spend time at the musical bamboo fountain and cascading waterfall.
In addition to the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, there are other attractions in the village. These include:
- Park “Monter” – a unique combination of characteristic for the Crimea and rare tropical plants. The territory is decorated with ponds with colorful fish, turtles, water lilies.
- Cape Martian is a natural monument. On its top, the ruins of the fortress ruskofil-Kale (13th century), Paleokastron – the remains of fortifications (12th century) have been preserved.
- Nikita Yayla is a plateau of the mountain forest reserve with an amazing panoramic view.
“Consol-Sport” in the village of Nikita is a great place to relax for single travelers, couples with children and large companies. The staff is polite, the accommodation is excellent. Here you can combine a pleasant stay with wellness procedures in the SPA complex, recharge your batteries for the whole next year. |
Find Brentwood Oceano Vs Saatva…The popularity of the Saatva bed mattress has escalated recently. Why has this occurred? In this article we will try to comprehend why this bed mattress has actually been viewed as better than the Tempurpedic mattress. Both of these mattresses are available in a variety of various designs, which are differentiated by their construction. While both types of mattress deal exceptional support, there are subtle distinctions between the two that make a difference when choosing a bed mattress for your back.
The most visible distinction between the 2 is the firmness of the mattress. If you sleep on your back and have a lot of pressure put on your spine, the Saatva is the better mattress since of its softer, more encouraging feel.
Another distinction between the 2 is the material on the bed mattress is made from. While the majority of individuals think of memory foam when they hear the term Tempurpedic, there are in fact numerous different variations of this mattress product.
There are many advantages to owning a great mattress such as durability and comfort. Both Tempurpedic and Sauna offer high quality bed mattress and both use memory foam in their mattresses. The initial Sauna bed mattress was made from memory foam and has a track record as being very comfy. When it comes to the Tempurpedic brand name, it’s popular for its exceptional style and numerous consumers delight in the distinct styling of these bed mattress.
It all depends on how your specific back condition is and what you desire from a bed mattress. If you have back pain or need some type of orthopedic assistance in order to feel more comfortable, then a Tempurpedic bed mattress may be better fit to your needs. Brentwood Oceano Vs Saatva
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Uunisaari island is located close to the city centre, offering a tranquil and relaxing seaside atmosphere. Close to the Kaivopuisto park, the island is a short boat ride from Merisatama (Komapassi). In wintertime, approx. from mid-November to mid-April, there is a pedestrian bridge connection to the island. Uunisaari café serves delicacies, there are saunas to rent (also with public sauna hours) and a beach, which is popular in summer. |
Offering free WiFi and a fitness centre with a sauna. Fraser Suites Sydney features luxury apartments with modern furnishings, kitchen facilities and views of the city skyline. Located in Sydney CBD (Central Business District), facilities include a hot tub and indoor heated swimming pool. Each stylish suite is fully furnished with a designer kitchen and luxury bathroom with hairdryer, bathrobes and designer amenities. The lounge area has a 32-inch LCD cable TV and DVD player. Fraser Suites are a 2-minute walk from Town Hall Station, providing easy access to the sights of Sydney Harbour and the rest of the city's attractions. It is less than 5 minutes’ walk from Darling Harbour and 8 minutes' drive from ICC Sydney (International Convention Centre Sydney). Guests can start the day with an a la carte breakfast featuring organic produce, fresh juices, and gourmet tea and coffee. There are many restaurants on the doorstep, in Chinatown and the Spanish Quarter. Fraser Suites Sydney provides direct access to the specialty stores and stylish boutiques at Regent Place, an upmarket retail precinct within the building.
We speak your language! Native language: VI, IT, HI, EN. Fraser Suites Sydney has been welcoming guests since June 14, 2021 at TodayTourism.com hotel booking website.
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The most expensive accommodation in this neighborhood is: Fraser Suites Sydney ( 1,166AUD = 827 US$). The cheapest accommodation in this neighborhood is: Fraser Suites Sydney (226AUD = 160 US$)
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Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply. This property will not accommodate hen, stag or similar parties. Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), this property is taking steps to help protect the safety of guests and staff. Certain services and amenities may be reduced or unavailable as a result. Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), please ensure that you are only booking this property following the local government guidelines of the destination, including but not limited to the purpose of travel, and maximum allowed group size. Please note that guests are required to present a valid photo ID and a copy of the reservation confirmation upon check in. You must show a valid credit card upon check in. This credit card must be in the same name as the guest's name on the booking confirmation, and be the same credit card used to make the booking. Please note that there is a 1.3% charge for payments with a credit card. Please note that this hotel has a strict 'No Party Policy'. Any violation of this policy will result in eviction from the property and additional cleaning fees will be charged.
There are a variety of shops and restaurants near our accommodation - Fraser Suites Sydney. During your stay, you and your family or group can enjoy a short walk to these nearby destinations. Whether you like pizza, sandwiches, steaks or a little of everything. And, if you want to pick up some souvenirs or gifts in Sydney, you'll find everything you need in the town's little boutiques and shops.Find nearby restaurants |
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Zoello Je Suis Hotel is located at the foot of the green hills of Castelvetro, a medieval village which is the homeland of Lambrusco Grasparossa and Balsamic Vinegar.
In 1938 Zoello and Imelde opened a little tavern that was easy to reach also by train thanks to the train stop in Settecani di Castelvetro. Here people stopped to drink red wine, to eat homemade pasta and to dance.
The next generation expanded the facility and started selling homemade and local products. Later, thanks to the central and favourable position in order to reach the nearby cities, some rooms were added for travellers.
So the first hotel in the area was born with an enviable position. It is located near Maranello, with its Ferrari, near Sassuolo, with its ceramics area, near Vignola, with its cherries, near Bologna, with its fairs, and near Modena, with its Duomo and Ghirlandina.
Today the third generation still preserve the main feature of Hotel Zoello Je Suis, that is, the family management, which gives the place simplicity, uniqueness and care for authentic things. This is why guests are welcomed by smiling people who will be able to advise on both where to eat and what to visit in the surrounding area.
A garden, an interactive meeting room, a large breakfast room, a small gym with sauna and Turkish bath have been recently added thanks to some expansion and renovation works.
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A few months ago my sister was telling me about her college roommate who has perfect complexion on her face. I asked what her secret was and she told me “She uses no special facial products at all, she just steams her face everyday in our kitchen using a pot of boiling water”
And now, months later, I can officially say that the only product I use on my face (besides makeup) is coconut oil. For more info, see this post: Coconut Oil Facial Scrub (This post lists two options: a facial wash, and a facial scrub. If you are steaming, you will want to simply wash your face and save exfoliating for after you have steamed your face).
Here's how to do a facial steam with a pot of water
**Disclaimer: as always with any DIY post, us common sense and be smart. Don't put your face too close to the steam or steam for too long. I take no responsibility if you burn your face 🙂
- While the water is warming up, wash your face with warm water (or coconut oil actually works really well, just make sure it's organic, extra virgin coconut oil). You want your face to be free of all makeup.
- Once your water is boiling, you can either use the pot you boiled the water in, or you can pour the water into a separate bowl. Rest your face over the steam and drape a towel over your head to trap in some of the steam.
- Steam your face for about 8-10 minutes and enjoy the relaxation of it! You can even add some essential oils to the water for added effect. I use peppermint for a rejuvenating effect (or if I have a headache), Eucalyptus or breathe oils if I have a cold (also great for allergies), or lavender if it's right before bed.
- After you are finished steaming and your pores are now open, now is the time to use a mask if you have one. This will pull stuff out of your pours. I like to use honey and coconut oil because it works as a mask and moisturizer at the same time. Don't forget to moisturize after a steam as it can dry out your skin!
Not into the whole pot of water thing? You can also get a facial sauna/steamer that does the same thing for a pretty good price. For now, a pot of water works for me!
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I'm posting this from the domestic airport in Buenos Aires in early December, and like the Christmas decorations are up. This got me thinking: How is Christmas celebrated around the world? Never one to let a question go unanswered, let's begin in:
Japan has only a small percentage of religious Christians, but many Japanese enjoy the spirit of gift-giving and decorating home and stores in tribute to the seasonal festivities. Instead of Santa Claus, Japanese children look to a legendary Buddhist monk named Hotei-osho, known for bringing children gifts, and making sure they behave.
Ethiopia’s calendar differs from our western calendar, which is why they celebrated the year 2000 seven years after we did, and why Christmas takes place on January 7th. They also have a different clock, but that’s another story. Christianity in the country dates back to the 4th century AD, and its famous rock churches were built as a new Jerusalem by Ethiopian kings. The Xmas church ceremony has three rings of prayer: men and boys sit inside a ring of women and girls, with a choir on the outside circle. Candles in hand, worshippers also walk around the church three times during mass. Instead of turkey dinners, traditional feasts involve injera (the pancake-like bread of Ethiopia) and various stews and curries.
Many North American Xmas traditions derive from Scandinavia, with Santa Clause living in Greenland or Finland, depending on whom you speak to. Millions of people have written letters and posted it to Santa’s address, just outside of Rovaniemi on the Finnish Arctic Circle (write to: Santa Claus' Main Post Office, Santa Village, FIN-96930 NAPAPIIRI). Yuletide has always had special significance in the Scandinavia, where traditions were formed to hold off the dark, cold days of winter. The Yule log was an entire tree, fed into the fire over the course of the winter, with much ceremony. In Finland, Xmas dinner is preceded by a visit to the sauna to bathe and clean for the meal. Candles are important throughout the region as a means of ushering in the warmth of light during a dark time of year.
The Bulgarian Christmas Eve dinner consists of 12 courses, with each course representing a month of the year. Made with nuts, beans, vegetables and sweets, no meat is served. Tradition has the family seated on straw, and sitting down and getting up at the same time. In the past, boys and single men would visit houses singing carols for the health of the families (and maybe the eye of a maiden too).
Around the country, in churches, homes and shops, many Brazilians set up nativity scenes called Presèpio, named after the bed of straw Jesus slept on in Bethlehem. Father Christmas is known as Papa Noel, flying in from Greenland to pass out gifts, dressed in silk because it’s too hot to be robed in furs. Religious Catholics head to Missa do Galo, the midnight mass named after the rooster that announces the coming day. Even the streets of Rio de Janeiro are quiet on Christmas Eve, as families gather for their Ceia de Natal feast. Like most days in Rio, Christmas Day is a perfect time to hit the beach.
The only major Christian nation in Asia also celebrates its Misa do Galo, a tradition dating to its Spanish occupation. Unlike Brazil however, this mass takes place nine days before Christmas, and involves reading the story of Jesus. On Christmas Day, masses are held hourly so that everyone has a chance to attend. Pastore are plays based on the birth of Christ, performed at many religious services. Children go carolling for tips and treats and setting off fireworks, with another tradition being the making of lanterns, a symbol of the guiding star. Xmas dinner involves a lavish feast, often started after midnight when the family returns from midnight mass.
The inspiration of Santa Claus, St Nicholas, holds a special place in the heart of Russians. Revered as a saint since the 11th century, his name adorns many churches, and is commonly passed onto Russian boys. During the communist era, the role St Nick was transformed into Grandfather Frost, enabling traditions to be kept without antagonizing the atheist principles of the time. Similarly, Christmas trees became New Year’s Trees, although both traditions have reverted with the fall of the Soviet Union. Russians also talk about Babouschka, a woman who roams the countryside in search of Christ, giving gifts to children as she does so. Eastern Orthodox Russians customarily fast until after the first church service on Christmas Eve, and their feast contains no meat. One traditional dish is called kutya, a sweet porridge symbolizing hope and happiness, eaten from a common dish.
Christians are a minority in Vietnam, but Christmas is celebrated as one of the four major holidays of the year (along with New Year, the Buddha’s birthday, and the mid-autumn festival). Jesus Christ is known as Kito, and Christmas is a big cause for celebration, although this was not always the case. During communist rule, Christmas was relegated to the home and was not the public spectacle. As the country modernized and liberalized, Xmas has returned with a bang, with the usual lights and decorum proudly displayed throughout cities, shops, villages and homes.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and all the best for the silly season!
Fresh and rotten in time for Halloween, here’s a gallery of the places that blasted chills down my spine. Haunted, sinister, evil or just plain weird, for those that dream about travelling the world, welcome to your nightmare.
The Bone Church of Kutna Hora
Some time in the 13th century, a monk brought sand from Jerusalem to this small ossuary in central Europe. Suddenly everyone wanted to be buried there, but soon enough, space ran out. The monks collected and stored the bones. Several hundred years later, a local woodcarver decided he’d get creative with the surplus skeletons. Using the bones of some 40,000 people, he created wall art, columns, even a chandelier made with every bone in the human body. Today you can visit this small bizarre church, marvel at its morbid creativity, and literally stare death in the face.
San Franciscan Monastery
Sticking with the bone theme (“the hip bone’s connected to the…thigh bone”), the 17th century San Franciscan Monastery in the Peruvian capital of Lima is high on most visitors list. It looks amazing from the outside, but head inside and below to the narrow, creepy catacombs. You’ll find carefully geometrically arranged skeletons of some 25,000 has-beens. Built using bricks of guano, the air is dense, lit with a distinct atmosphere of spookiness, as opposed to the intended religious devotion. One catacomb is piled head-high in skulls. With the low ceilings, you might want to watch your head too.
The Killing Fields
There is creepy and there is spooky, and then there is just plain evil. Nothing makes your hair stand up, your throat parch, your nerves collapse and your faith in humanity shatter like the physical site of genocide. And yet, sickening places like the killing fields of Cambodia, the Nazi death camps in Europe, and the Kigali Genocide Museum in Rwanda are vital to understand the horrors of the past, and make sure they never happen again. It is beyond comprehension to picture mass graves, murdered skulls piled 30ft high, or pools of human ashes. It is also beyond the tone of a column of this nature. And yet I’ll continue to draw attention to historical acts of genocide, the importance that travellers acknowledge them, and the fact that even today, the horror of mass murder continues to exist.
The Museum of Medieval Torture
My head is on the chopping block. This actual piece of wood above was used in dozens of decapitations, which believe it or not, is one of the kinder punishments you’ll find in this gruesome collection of authentic medieval torture instruments. This bizarre museum, located off the main square of Tallinn’s old town, has wooden, iron and spiked contraptions that date back to the inquisition. Accused of being a witch? They’d lower you on a giant wooden spike and split you in two. Spanish Tickle Torture was a device used to strip flesh from bones. You can see the genuine rack, used to split a body in in two, thumbscrews, and iron contraptions designed to expire the victim in unbelievable agony. I’m not sure what’s sicker: The wicked contraptions, that someone has actually collected them, or that I paid good money to visit the museum in the first place.
Transylvania is the birthplace of modern horror. At least in books and movies. Fictional Dracula was based on Vlad the Impaler, a ruthless leader who enjoyed the sight of his Turkish enemies being skewered. “Dracula’s Castle” is in Romania, but it’s a renowned hokey tourist joint. Hang on, aren’t the hills of Transylvania perfect roaming grounds for werewolves. Nobody has seen one of them in ages, in fact, nobody has ever seen one outside of a movie theatre. What you will see in Transylvania are small villages alive with traditional music and cuisine. You’ll visit the capital of Cluj Napoca (above), full of cool bars, frequented by hip students listening to dance music or reggae. There’s nothing particularly creepy about Transylvania at all, other than the fact that, hey, it’s Transylvania. I’m not walking alone in those woods, pal.
Lamanai Mayan Ruins
Most ancient ruins up the creep factor, which is why they frequently feature in horror movies. Some Mayan ruins have the added bonus of having been the setting for human sacrifice, where decapitated heads echoed off the jungle as they bounced down the steps of temple pyramids. Found throughout Central America, the fate of Mayan civilization remains steeped in mystery. Why and how did one of the most powerful empires in history suddenly disappear? It is uncertain if human sacrifices took place here in Lamanai as it did in other later Mayan temples, although blood-letting sacrifices almost certainly did. I walk up the blackened stairs, soak up the mystery, with silence so spooky it could break my fall.
Chernobyl and Prypiat
Site of the worst nuclear disaster in history, it didn’t feel that weird standing outside reactor number 4. That’s because radiation is a silent killer, and sure enough the Geiger counter was reading levels dozens of times higher than in the nearest major city of Kiev. The true creep only sets when you visit the nearby deserted city of Prypiat. Residents had just hours to leave, abandoning everything, including their pets. A quarter century later, the city is a post-apocalyptic nuclear nightmare. Dead silence, school books flapping in the wind, buildings cracking with time. Since everything inside the 30km Zone of Alienation is considered nuclear waste, there they will remain. Including this haunting doll, one of many to be found in an eerily silent school.
The Kataragama Festival
Hang on, there’s nothing creepy about the Katharagama Festival! It’s an incredible, peaceful and unforgettable celebration of faith, as three major religions congregate in worship and respect. Still, when I stumbled on this unique Muslim ceremony, I witnessed a spectacle soaked in blood and wide-eyed fear. Holy men had gathered in a circle, and to demonstrate the intensity and extent of their faith, proceeded to stab themselves with knives and spears. To the chant of voices and the beat of drums, the holy man pictured jammed two knives deep in his skull, slashed his tongue and chest, but seemed to recover perfectly with a dab of ash on the wounds. Filming an episode of Word Travels, the reaction of our sound guy Paul (look right) speaks volumes.
Bonus: Introducing The Creepiest Guy I Ever Met. In Ethiopia's Southern Omo Valley. Oh, he was holding an AK-47. I believe I complimented him on his hair style, maintained eye contact, and backed away, very, very slowly....
When people talk about travelling for" the food", this is what they're referring to.
Nasi Kander - Malaysia
Nasi Kander is a northern Malaysian dish that combines a variety of elements – meat, rice, vegetables – and smothers it with various types of sweet-spicy curry sauces. Served in buffet-type street stalls, the result is a gift to
your taste buds. Eggplant, beef, chicken, squid, peppers, and okra are all flooded with flavour, soaked up by coconut rice and scooped with the right hand.
Ceviche - Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica
You can get ceviche around the world, but not the way they make it here. Raw fish, shrimp and calamari are drowned in limejuice, herbs and spices. The acidity of the lime cooks the fish, creating a mouthwatering delicacy that is served in the finest restaurants, all the way to roadside shacks. In Peru, it is often served with giant corn, and people sometimes order the leftover juice on its own, called Tiger Juice. In Ecuador, and other parts of the continent, ceviche is served with crackers. My favourite ceviche of all time is served out of a big tub in a tiny ice-cream store in Santa Theresa, Costa Rica.
Borscht - Russia
I struggled with the food in the Russia, easily reaching my limit of boiled meat and potato. One thing I never got tired of however was the borscht – a soup made of beetroot, with meats, dill and sour cream. Considering how bland Russian cuisine can be, the complexity of taste in well-prepared borscht is staggering. Sweet, sour, tangy, and always ready to warm you up on a cold day. My favourite borscht was served in Irkutsk, Siberia, where a vegetarian friend and I ordered borscht without the mystery meat, and it still knocked our socks off.
Biltong - South Africa
The easiest way to describe biltong is to compare it to beef jerky, but that’s like comparing a Prius to a Porsche. South Africans have been making biltong for hundreds of years, spicing, salting and hanging strips of raw meat until it dries out, but not too much. No sugar, no preservatives, no neat wafer thin slices. Biltong is served in chunks, sometimes wet (rarer) and sometimes dry (tough). It can be salty, spicy, fatty or lean. Choosing the right piece is part of the fun. It makes the perfect accompaniment to any sports game or road trip.
Farofa - Brazil
If you visit a Brazilian churrascaria, where a never-ending stream of meat is served until you’re ready to explode, you might notice a bowl on the table of something that looks like breadcrumbs. Brazilians eat it with everything – meat, fish, stews, roasts. It’s not breadcrumbs, but rather manioc flour, fried with butter. Somehow it adds something to the dish – more substance, certainly, but also a way to carry the taste a few yards further. It took me a while to get used to it, but these days, when the BBQ is firing, there’s always a bowl of farofa on my dinner table.
Ika Mata - Cook Islands
Cook Islanders have created their own little slice of culinary heaven, using a resource that surrounds them in abundance - fish and coconuts. Similar to ceviche, raw fish is marinated in limejuice and spices, with the addition of coconut milk. It’s not quite as tangy as ceviche, but just as fresh. The coconut milk softens the spices and also tenderizes the fish. It goes down smooth on a hot island day, a rich treat available just about everywhere you go on the islands.
Awaze Tibs and Injera - Ethiopia
Awaze tibs is a lamb or beef stew, cooked with onions, peppers and spiced with awazare, also known as berbere. Berbere, which features in many Ethiopian dishes, is a ground spice made of garlic, chili, ginger, basil, pepper, and fenugreek. The stew is slow cooked and served with injera, a spongy pancake-like flat bread made with teff flour, the taste almost sour. Using your hands, you scoop up the meat and sauce with the injera, creating a perfect blend of flavour.
Pide - Turkey
Kebab shops around the world now serve pide and for good reason. A thin oval bread is covered with ground lamb, and seasoned with tomato paste, red peppers, garlic and spices. It might be topped with eggs, fresh mint, and lemon juice. The pide is baked much like a pizza until the crust is crispy, and cut into strips. It’s so good it’s hard to order only one. Meat, bread and tasty vegetables in every bite.
Roo Burgers - Australia
It’s sometimes difficult for tourists to understand, but kangaroos can be quite a problem for Australians. They breed like rabbits, destroy the countryside, and are often referred to as pests. No surprise then that kangaroo features on the menu, meat that has become increasingly popular in recent years. It tastes gamey, kind of like venison with a touch of rabbit mixed in there as well. Much like ostrich meat, kangaroo meat is healthy and lean. If only they didn’t look so damn cute.
Photo: Renee S
Meat Pies - New Zealand
In New Zealand, every garage station, bakery or corner store sells savory meat pies. They’re cheap, they’re tasty, and they come in surprising varieties: Tandoori Chicken, Bacon and Egg, Thai Beef. With flaky crusts and thick filling, pies are a sense of pride across New Zealand. There are various competitions for the Best Pie, and intense customer loyalty for bakeries and brands. All for under a fiver.
Photos: Robbi Baba
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We – finnish people – are often proud of our multifaceted seasons. We have cold, white winter, rainy, cloudy and sunny spring, short but light summer and colorful autumn. Though, in reality, our autumn is a three-month-long period of rainy, dark evenings. Our winter is a combination of slush and slipery roads whereas spring stir us to miss warm, sunny summer which temperature actually is barely between + 5 and 15 degrees. We often have different expectations about the weather as it is in real life. That is one of the reasons why we often speak about the weather, I guess.
According to the researches, finnish people are the happiest people in the world. Would you have believed that? Well, I know from my own experience that our happiness haven´t always been seemed. Finnish people like to complain – usually about everyday things – for example just about the weather: The weather has been too cold or too hot. There is a lack of snow or too much snow in the winter time et cetera. Honestly, there is a solid trust in society in the background and it gives us a possibility to complain. Our life is really safe and definite and we are content with it.
We take many good things in our society for granted and we often don’t remember to appreciate those things enough. However, I think we have learned something important due to Covid-19-pandemic: the appreciation of finnish nature has increased. Nature and four seasons have offered us a wonderful possibility to do exercise, to be with our friends and close relatives when the society has been closed. And now I can understand an old lady who walked past me in the forest one day, stopped, gasped very happily and asked me: It is a really great weather, isn’t it? And we stood quietly in the snowy forest, in “winter wonderland”, breathing a biting frost air and looking sunset which spread red and yellow colors to the sky.
On the other hand, finnish happiness can also be seemed in our just ordinary life – even when we speak with the strangers about the forecast.
For me, Finnishness means a lot of different things, but the first thing that came to my mind is the dramatic contrast between seasons in the wilds of Lapland.
Spring brings finally back the light and life after a long, harsh winter. The first rays of sunlight glister on the snow, the snow melts away, and the birds sing. This time is great for snowmobiling trips across the ice of the still frozen lakes and rivers, forests or over fells.
As summer comes closer, the nights get lighter day by day. The landscapes that were just a few months ago covered by ice and snow turn slowly green.
When summer arrives, so do the countless mosquitos and the time of the nightless nights starts. This time of the year is excellent to experience the wilderness of Lapland by trekking or other means of outdoor activities.
The first frost and the shorter nights mark the end of summer and the start of autumn. Now it is time to harvest the berries and mushrooms in the forest. The landscapes change colour from green to shades of yellow, orange, red, purple and brown. This phenomenon is called Ruska. Nature starts to prepare for the coming winter, insects disappear, birds such as the swan head direction south.
With the first snowfall, the landscapes begin to turn white, winter is here! Winter is the most extended season in Lapland. Christmastime is the darkest time, there are only a few hours of daylight. This time of the year is excellent to observe northern lights across the sky.
I was borned in Eastern Finland near the National Park Koli. I have been living there my first nineteen years of my life and enjoyed it a lot. After high school it was time to move forward to study some interesting for me, so I moved to West Finland Southern Ostrobothnia.
People are different in different parts of Finland. In East Finland we used to talk lot about our personal life and happenings, but in West Finland it takes time to make friends and get the trust to invite you in someone others homes. People in Eastern Finland are more open and take people as friends really quickly. We like to be open minded and show our personality straight.
I´m posing naked at Koli and it’s okay for me. So I understood very quickly, that no need to go further out to sea to fish, as us Finnish people like to say, to understand difference between our little country and how people feel and think about your talking and acting about your personal life.
For me, Finnishness means lots of different things. The first thing that came to my mind is nature. I feel like most Finnish people have a close connection with it. There’s always nature nearby and you don’t have to walk far to find a forest. I love how easy it is to find a place where there’s no one else and you can just be alone and enjoy the silence and calmness. It’s the perfect place to collect your thoughts together if you feel stressed about something. Us Finns really appreciate the quietness and our own personal space.
I also love the contrasts in Finland such as the cold, long, dark winters and the warm, short, light-filled summers. Also, the change of seasons looks so beautiful in nature, especially in the autumn.
Even though the Finnish summer is short, there’s even more to do for example visiting the local markets, music festivals and amusement parks. The local markets in Finland offer lots of traditional Finnish foods and you should definitely go to one if you are visiting Finland. Finns love fish and I would recommend trying the traditional Finnish salmon soup or fried vendace. Afterwards, you should have a cinnamon bun with a cup of coffee. Did you know that Finnish people consume the most coffee in the world? Well, now you know!
My absolute favourite thing during the summer is to have a swim in the lake and go to a sauna after that. Sauna, swim, repeat! There’s nothing more Finnish than a sauna. In winter cross-country skiing is a must and would recommend that to anyone who’s visiting Finland during the winter. Nothing beats a cup of hot chocolate after your skiing session.
And you can’t forget mushroom hunting and berry picking. There are so many great things that nature offers us here!
Writing about Finnishness is actually pretty hard. I wouldn’t say that I am the most Finnish person that there is or that I am super hyped about Finland as a country but it is definitely a great thing to be a Finn. Here’s some reasons:
I am not a huge nature loving person myself even though Finland gives one of the best opportunities for enjoying it in the world. You can freely walk wherever you want to, go camping or swimming and collect berries and mushrooms pretty much anywhere for free. Still, I often find myself being amazed of the beautiful surroundings.
Finnish people are often being told to be shy and quiet. I think that is both a good and a bad thing. I personally love that you don’t have to make small talk with everyone in Finland if you are having a bad day because no one is expecting you to. It is also great that Finnish people usually have a big need of personal space and it is ok not to be the most social person ever.
Then again, it can be a bit weird for foreigners when trying to get to know a Finn. We might easily seem mean or not interested, but that usually is not the case. I have being told so many times by my foreign and also some Finnish friends that ‘you seem so shy and focused on your own stuff but when you start to talk you just wont stop’, and I think that applies to quite many Finns. We just need a little time to get comfortable.
It’s safe in here
Finland is a safe country to live in. You can walk alone in in the middle of the night even in the big cities and you don’t have to be afraid. Finnish people are also usually very helpful, if something happens, someone will help you – though you might have to ask for the help yourself, Finns might not offer it to you without asking. It’s also safe in the way that you can trust the police and health care to take care of you. We are also offered a lot of support by the government in form of free education, maternity leaves, unemployment support and other great things which you might not get elsewhere.
Since I was a kid I’ve always been sort of a little forest fairy or nymph. I spent the first few years of my life in Finland, the second half of my childhood in Sweden, and now that I’ve gotten to do a bit of traveling, I couldn’t be happier to have got to grow up in the north.
So many moments lost and found in the woods, magic discovered in hidden ponds and adventures made in wet swamps, on steep cliffs and misty fields.
My nationality is something I’ve always kinda thought about a lot, and never really been able to pinpoint what I am. What I should answer when someone asks me where I’m from. Here and there? Is that good enough of an answer? Being a bilingual dual citizen and culturally confused kid, I’ve spent a lot of my life wondering who I really am, and what country I really belong to. Because even though technically it’s just a word on a passport or ID, it still matters and means a lot to us.
If you’re a bit of a “citizen of the world” instead of belonging one country in specific, nationality can be tricky.
But when I swim in Finnish lakes in the golden evenings, run through Finnish woods in the foggy mornings, light candles on Finnish cemeteries around the cold, harsh Christmas times… I feel like yeah, this is who I am. I am really Finnish, and I feel like I am home.
It’s like a tangible magical dust floating in the air.
Finnishness is something I can feel on my skin.
It’s the light on summer nights when the sun doesn’t set. It’s the raindrops on your face when you leave your umbrella at home because there’s no way it will suddenly start raining when the sky looks so clear (but this is Finland we’re talking about, so you should know better and always be prepared!). It’s the chilly breeze in the autumn. It’s the frost biting your cheeks, and it’s the wet pine branches slapping against your body when you take a brisk morning walk in the forest.
Finnish people value honesty, silence, responsibility, cleanness, calm, loyalty, security and determination.
I love how our nature and the beautiful, peaceful landscapes around us are a constant reminder and expression of all those values.
That’s the kind of Finnishness I want to be a part of.
I’m always impressed by the honesty and kindness of Finnish people. I still remembered the first day I came to Finland, which was three years ago. When I reached my place, I met my flatmate, who was also a Fin. She was friendly and always tried to create a warm atmosphere to welcome me as a newcomer. We were talking a lot about our own cultures and why we decided to stay in this city. To be honest, on my first day in Finland, I felt homesick a little bit in the first place, but then I felt warm after meeting the local people who were always hospitable towards the visitors.
What is more, I attended a course which was called “Intercultural Communication.” My Finnish teacher said that a Fin was very honest and straight. If they complimented someone on something, they really meant it. On the other hand, if they were not satisfied with anything, they might show their expression on their face or tried not to talk about it. And I love this character of the Finnish as I thought, although sometimes it might be frank, I still preferred what would be real, coming from the bottom of the heart.
Moreover, when I moved to Tampere from Joensuu, I got help from an old Finnish lady on my first day to TAMK. At that time, I did not acknowledge the bus schedule system in Tampere, so I was lost. Luckily, the old lady was enthusiastic about helping me, although she only spoke Finnish. She was supposed to get off to her place, but she still stayed with me until the end of the trip. When we got off the bus number 3 to catch another bus to TAMK, she held my hand and said in Finnish. I knew some Finnish and said “Kiitos paljon” to her. I just felt like I was her niece and taken care by a grandmother. I felt grateful to receive help from the local people in Finland.
There is a joke on Facebook, “When months in Finland are different to months elsewhere.” It means that the winter in Finland lasts for months, more than six months. Everything will be covered by the white snow, and the darkness will dominate the whole thing for such a long time when it comes to winter.
To be honest, I get depressed from time to time because of the coldness and silence. However, I still know how to enjoy the winter here. If it’s cold, I’ll go to the sauna to warm myself up. Sauna is part of Finnish culture, and Finland is the homeland of the sauna. I love the heat, sitting by the heated stone in one corner and pouring the water down the rock. I don’t know if anyone has tried this before. It’s kind of going to the winter lake, dimming oneself into it and then go for a sauna and just take a turn like that. If you stay in Finland, you should definitely try that once.
Besides, another winter activity I love most is sledding. At first, I was terrified, but after that, I got used to it and tried doing it many times. I also take an interest in walking on the frozen lake, although I am afraid that this activity might be dangerous. I feel like I have a superpower to step on the water. I find it interesting to walk on the lake because it will save time to go from place to another.
Finland is considered to be the land of thousand lakes. Everywhere I go, I always see lakes. I never row a boat on the lake, but only stand on the bridge and look at the surroundings, especially in summer. The atmosphere is fresh, I can smell the lake and the trees. The view is bright with the sunlight and blue sky, but in winter, the lake will be covered with white snow.
In autumn, I love the yellow leaves falling down from the trees. It looks romantic. Yes, it is indeed. I also want to take a rest at the lake again to enjoy watching the breathtaking view again. I can see that the lake view is quite typical in Finland. It is different from other places that I have ever been to. I find it peaceful and colorful with blue and green. It gives a relaxing atmosphere whenever I feel depressed.
Finland is a small country with big opportunities. We have four beautiful seasons, outstanding pure nature and a society that takes care of its members. Like all countries, Finland has its issues, but I highly believe that they are been seeing smaller when putting in to perspective. This is one reason why people should explore the world and its differences; it makes you see your home country in a whole new light. In this case – very positively.
Finland has some things that no other country can offer to a Finn, such as sauna and the outstanding nature that gives us energy and pure oxygen to breathe. We have climate that provides us with four seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter. Every Finn waits for the Finnish summer through all of the other seasons and just wishes it is a warm one. I guess that’s the beauty of it – you never know how it’s going to be, but you know it’s coming.
Personally I love all the four seasons and each one has its own good sides. Spring is the time when everything comes back to life and the nature starts to really show its beauty. Finnish summer is amazing with all its pure lakes to swim in, grilled food and cottage life. It is a time when you can explore different cities in Finland and feel like a tourist. Fall is stunning with all its colors and fallen leaves. The weather is crispy and this is a time of the year when usually something new starts. Finnish winter is like no other – endless possibilities for activities, breathtaking views and a perfect season for the Finnish privilige – the sauna. Nothing beats the combination of cross-country skiing followed by sauna on a crispy winter day.
Finland is a great place to live in. When travelling, you will see that not many countries take care of their members the way Finland does. Our country offers same options for everyone, regardless of the background. We have a free education which is utopia for most of the people. So let’s appreciate our beautiful home country and all the things it offers to us.
“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”. That is how Andy Williams describes Christmas in his song released in 1963.
Finland is located in the Northern Hemisphere. Winter is the longest season in Lapland. It begins in the end of october and ends in May. In southern Finland winter lasts for about four months. After a long, cold and dark fall first snow turns Finland into winter wonderland. Well, sometimes into a wet and slushy wonderland too. Days are very short and in Lapland sun doesn’t rise in three months. Temperatures varies from +5 celsius to -35 celsius. Winter is also the best season to see Northern Lights.
Finland’s Independence Day and Christmas holidays will give a break from work and studies. It’s a good time to celebrate, enjoy of the beautiful nature and eat well. Additionally students have a winter holiday in February so they can enjoy winter weather and winter sports. In winter you can enjoy activities like ice-skating, cross country skiing and downhill skiing. Thousands of lakes in Finland will be frozen in winter. You can go walking, skiing, ice-skating, ice fishing or even drive a car on ice. The bravest will go swimming in an ice hole. Ice will be melting in midsummer in the Northern part of Finland. Or you can be at home in front of a fireplace enjoying a hot drink wearing the coziest clothes and woolen stocks.
Finland’s Independence Day is a national public holiday held on 6th of December. Many festivities are being kept all around Finland. In the evening the Presidential Independence Day reception is being broadcasted from the Presidential Palace. Independence day is all about respecting veterans and being grateful for our beautiful country.
As we all know Santa Claus lives in Korvatunturi, Finland. Christmas Eve is being celebrated on 24th of December. It includes eating lots of traditional Christmas foods and sparing time with family. Santa Claus delivers gifts in Christmas Eve. Many Finnish people goes to church and visits graveyards.
When I think of Finland I can see a beautiful landscape of snowy nature. To me, winter is the best season to enjoy Finnish nature and culture.
For me what I find most beautiful about Finland is the nature and the constantly changing seasons. I think it’s awesome to live in country with full four seasons and see the changes the seasons have in the nature. As a Finn I live constantly seeing the seasons change and how the season effect the nature. I think it’s nice that so many cities in Finland have threes in the city. It’s nice because then you can easier follow the change of the seasons.
Because it’s spring right now I think it just right to start with admiring how beautiful spring is in Finland. Spring starts with a little bit of bad weather but I’m always clad that the snow melts away. It’s always lovely to see the plants start to thrive and we can finally start to leave our winter clothes to the closet. We celebrate Easter in spring. I personally think that Finnish Easter celebration is fun for children. When spring is coming to an end the threes are full of green leaves and we are finally ready for the summer and summer vacations.
Finnish summer might not be the warmest but that doesn’t stop us from enjoying the summer. Even when our summer might me little too cold and rainy we still enjoy it. In Finland many families have summer cottages near a lake. If a family doesn’t have their own cottage they might rent one for brief time because it’s part of Finnish summer. It is almost a tradition to go to a summer cottage for Juhannus. The other Juhannus tradition is to go to a music festival. Music festivals are also a big part of our summer. There is so many that I think almost every music genre has their own music festival in Finland. Finnish summer is not about the warmest weather it’s about the ability to enjoy the even a slightly warmer weather. And of course, the lovely colorful nature.
When you get bored of the warm and sunny weather finally comes the fall. Leaves start to fall and it’s starting to get colder and it’s going to rain but not too much. When all the leaves have fallen you just know or hope that it’s going to start snowing soon. I think the fall weather is the best weather for jogging and running. It is not too hot and not too cold. During fall you are just waiting for winter.
Even though winter is cold in summer. Everyone waits for it. Almost everyone has that one winter sport they do. During winter there is so many different sports you can do. For children I think winter is a wonderful time of the year because it’s so fun to play in the snow. Not everyone likes winter but everyone wants to have snow during Christmas. When we don’t have snow during Christmas that doesn’t stop us from having a great Christmas. I love to spend Christmas with my family and it’s our tradition to spend our Christmas with family. I think this is almost every family’s tradition in Finland.
At the end of winter everybody is already waiting for spring and summer. But when summer end everybody is already waiting for winter and Christmas. I think this is the most beautiful part in Finland, the four seasons and how our lives revolve around the four seasons. I don’t think I could live in a country where there is constantly warm. I want to experience all the four seasons and admire their beauty and in Finland I can do that. |
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Room service. Conference room. Business Center. Transfer to / from the hotel (at an additional cost). Breakfast available in the room. Souvenir shop. Mini-market in the territory. Facsimile and copying services. Call of taxi, ambulance. Waking up to a certain time.
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JUULs usually have a considerably larger amount of nicotine per puff than some other kinds of e-cigarettes and cigarettes. Because of this, JUUL and JUUL-like products could also be more addictive than other kinds of e-cigarettes. Some youngsters have become bodily depending on nicotine through the use of these merchandise.
n the UK, a small number of outstanding public well being teachers vehemently oppose e-cigarettes. Sally Davies, until recently the UK’s chief medical officer , backs a ban on flavours which may attract youngsters. She’s worried that we don’t know the long-time period well being results of vaping, which she described as a “ticking time bomb”.
They launched Juul in 2015, which shortly outlined the market; by July 2019, Juul accounted for 75% of US e-cigarette gross sales. The firm is accused, in dozens of lawsuits from San Diego to New York City, of targeting young customers by way of social media campaigns that includes youthful fashions. Although e-cigarettes don’t give off smoke like tobacco cigarettes, they do expose individuals to secondhand aerosol or “vapor” which will contain harmful substances. Scientists are still learning about the health results of being uncovered to secondhand e-cigarette aerosol.
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Nor are different public health our bodies such as the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association. In the wake of this alarming spate of hospitalisations and deaths, the New York state governor, Andrew Cuomo, took emergency action in September, attempting to ban flavoured e-cigarette merchandise. President Trump entered the fray, telling the FDA to act and imposing a brief ban on any flavours that may appeal to young folks. In December, New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio, signed a regulation banning flavours. “Manufacturers of fruit and sweet-flavoured e-cigarettes are deliberately and recklessly targeting young people,” said Cuomo, citing flavours including bubblegum, cotton sweet and Captain Crunch. The state ban was overturned in January 2020 by Justice Catherine Cholakis, who mentioned it was an overreach.
There was contemporary alarm in the US last yr when 2,500 instances of lung disease and fifty five deaths were related to vaping. E-cigarettes work by heating liquid containing nicotine to produce vapour, which is then inhaled. There is no smoke or tar involved, however there are small quantities of chemical flavourings, including diacetyl, which has been linked to lung illness, and propylene glycol or vegetable glycerin. In fact, none of these chemical substances have been to blame in these circumstances – it turned out that the people who fell ill had been utilizing bootleg devices containing cannabis – but the reputational injury was done. The soaring recognition of vaping among the many young in the US is largely all the way down to Juul – a tiny black or chrome system that appears like a USB stick and fits into the palm of the hand. In 2004, two design graduate students got here up with the idea for an digital alternative to smoking.
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Almost a 3rd of highschool students reported being current vapers in 2019 and a couple of third of those reported frequent use, meaning they vaped a minimum of 20 occasions a month,in accordance with the CDC. Nicotine is a major ingredient in e-cigarettes, and it’s highly addictive.
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The first floor features gorgeous hardwood running throughout and a mostly open floor plan, aside from a small reading nook near the entryway. The kitchen is outfitted with every necessity and then some, including granite countertops and a spacious island. The area flows naturally into an amply furnished living room, which can open up and extend out onto a large screened-in porch with similarly indulgent furnishings. After a brief climb up the regal staircase that centers the room, you'll come to an expansive main bedroom on the left wing of the second floor. With a king-size bed, a small lounge area, a private bath, and a walk-out porch, this space provides the height of luxury. On the right are another two bedrooms, each with a queen-size bed, as well as a bunk room and a large bath. On the top floor, fun and relaxation is the name of the game: a full-size Ping-Pong table frames the space, with another queen bedroom and a small kitchenette on either side. The fifth bedroom offers a queen-size bed as well.
Whether you find yourself sunbathing in the garden, stepping into the sauna, or curling up on the porch with a good book, you truly couldn’t find a better spot to get away from it all.
Things to know:
Smart TV (but no cable service)
The hot tub, sauna, and outdoor fireplace are open all winter
* Please note that there is an active security camera that faces out towards the driveway
* The beach closest to this home is currently closed due to erosion
This property is managed by Vacasa Michigan, LLC.
Parking Notes: There is parking for 4 cars in the driveway.
You must be 28 years or older to rent this property. |
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Via Paolo Orsi 15 snc, Tropea, Calabria, Italy
This destination can have additional per person taxes which are excluded in the prices below
Featuring a sauna and a Jacuzzi, La Porta del mare SPA is located in Tropea and provides comfortable accommodation. It also offers a tour desk, bicycle rental and a ticket service.
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Distance to city centre
Wi-Fi available in all areas
Pets allowed on request. Charges may apply.
Policies vary by room type and provider.
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A Mediterranean-style home with 100 feet of frontage on Long Island Sound that’s completely solar powered is listing in Mattituck for $2.65 million.
"You feel truly like you’re on vacation the minute that you walk into this house," says listing agent Sheri Winter Parker of The Corcoran Group, adding that the home was built by a commercial builder for himself and his family.
"It’s so incredibly solidly built," she says. "It’s 10-inch poured concrete."
Built in 2002, the 9,086-square-foot home has an open concept, high ceilings, five en-suite bedrooms, four of which have waterside balconies, and 5½ bathrooms.
The electricity in the house runs completely on solar energy, but there is also a backup full-house generator, says Winter Parker. The electric bills, lower than what they would be without solar, have averaged about $3,000 a year, she says.
Other features include a gourmet kitchen with cherry cabinets, stainless steel appliances and two dishwashers. There's a distinctive curved staircase with an intricate wrought iron railing and a double-sided gas fireplace between the living room and great room. The finished walkout basement has a wine cellar, sauna, steam shower, gym and game room.
Located on Lloyds Lane, the 0.85-acre property, which is in the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District, has a waterside heated pool and hot tub and a large, covered slate patio terrace off the kitchen/dining room.
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It was so nice to get away and go to Jamaica last week with Daniel. I’ve been meaning to do a post on it because I’ve been getting all the questions – basically, since we got there!
It came at a really great time. I didn’t feel so great Saturday, but I woke up Sunday (at 4 am) READY TO GO. We flew out of Atlanta (we always try to travel as inexpensive as we can) and y’all, everything was perfect. Not one thing went wrong. Perfect check in. Perfect trip through TSA. I got an amazing burrito while we waited to board (and FYI, that pic Daniel posted was NOT me eating two burritos. It was one, and we split it. Although, I am not above having my own burrito, or two for that matter. #GirlsWhoEat). Flight was great. The Jamaican airport people said that the line to get through customs was the smallest they’ve seen in awhile. The company who shuttled us from the airport (Reggae Tours) was ready to go when we were. Basically, we didn’t have to wait for anything. Shoutout to our travel agent, Mitch, from Trip Guy for always setting everything up. I mean, I guess that’s what travel agents do, but he always gets us great deals and takes care of everything for us. We’ve sent other people to him too, so if you want his info, let me know, and I’ll get it to you.
I discovered “Big Little Lies” on the airplane (the HBO show based on the book). I fell in love with it from the beginning. Pretty cool too because the book is by the same author who wrote the book I brought to read on vacay (What Alice Forgot).
OK! The fun part! We stayed at the Excellence Resort – Oyster Bay. It was a 35 min drive from the airport. We enjoyed the drive. It was cool to see 35 min worth of Jamaican sites (Montego Bay style, so not the MOST authentic, but still).
Ok, before we jump into the details… I think it’s really important to get away and get out of town with your husband/wife. It doesn’t have to look like 5 nights in Jamaica. It could be a road trip, or a weekend exploring a new city. And I’m sure if you have kids, it’s even more important. I am realllllll thankful Daniel likes to get out of town with me every now and then.
Ok, back to the details.
If you’ve ever been to an Excellence Resort, you know you are getting the HOOK UP. You get champagne firs thing, and you’re told “WELCOME HOME” as soon as you get out of the car. We got a quick golf cart tour of the property as we drove to the Club Lounge. We’ve never done the Club before because, let’s be real…we’re just happy to be in any room there. But we took advantage of it this time. We got some chicken wings and plantains and a rum punch (prob the hotel’s favorite) found a spot on the beach and relaxed. It was a little cloudy, but we didn’t care at all.
Our room was BEAUTIFUL (as expected). We had our own little private pool and deck, which came with a (small) view of the ocean. There is a Jacuzzi hot tub in every room too, and a stocked mini bar, and unlimited mnms. Also, I appreciate how the Excellence keeps the rooms stocked with bottled water. And then, there is water everywhere! Necessary.
The restaurants were all great. There is a nice buffet for breakfast that we did most days. Breakfast buffet. That’s my jam. We went to the club restaurant called Magna for breakfast one morning. It was good, and I loved the view, but we like to eat a little of everything, so you better believe we hit up that buffet most days.
I literally only ate patties for lunch. Jamaica is known for their patties. I went to Jamaica with a friend and her family in high school, and we stayed in a little cute beach shack in Negril (public beach) so I would buy and eat authentic patties every day from a lady on the beach. These weren’t as authentic, but they were good. A patty is definitely something I wouldn’t eat a whole lot of at home. It is literally a hot pocket with chicken or beef. But in Jamaica, I ate all the patties. There are so many lunch options (restaurants, room service, and/or the food they have out at the bar daily) but I just wanted patties. Daniel usually had jerk chicken wings.
The dinner restaurants are similar to other Excellence resorts. There isn’t a Mexican or an Indian restaurant though. Sad. I wish they made up for this by having an authentic Jamaican restaurant. But it’s all good. The service was great, and the food felt so fancy because it was always presented so nicely. It was really good too. We had everything from sushi to steak to chicken and shrimp, to lamb, and I am probably forgetting a lot. Oh, there is a Hibachi area in Spice (Japanese and sushi restaurant) but you have to make reservations. We did one night, and it was the best hibachi experience of our lives. We instantly became friends with the couples there (one from Louisiana, one from Texas, and one from Georgia). It was a guy’s 60th bday, so the waitress kept brining us sake. The club restaurant (magna) was so amazing. It alone makes it worth doing the club.
Let’s see…. Ok, if you look at Trip Advisor, there can be some slightly negative reviews. I would say that while we didn’t have someone waiting on us at the beach/pool area 24/7, we still feel like the service was great. And honestly, we prefer getting up and getting our own drinks anyway. The bars are all so close by, so we hit them all up throughout the day.
In the afternoons, we would go to the Club pool. It is a beautiful infinity pool. The service was always really good there.
The entertainment was great (but noting any more special than other all inclusive resorts). I’m glad we saw that Pop show though. One night there was a Bob Marley tribute band, and… phenomenal. Loved it so much. That was probably my favorite night.
We loved every single person we met that works here. They were all hilarious. Helpful, but still not super serious. We like that. I wrote a review on Trip Advisor here (my first one actually) where I mentioned names of some of the staff.
We did the hydro spa thing. Ok, truthfully, I would rather it just be a sauna, steam room, and a cool water bucket drop thing (hot and cold) than all the fancy stuff they do. I would have liked to have gone multiple times during our stay, but only used the sauna and steam room and cold water thing). If you can do that first thing in the morning, it makes you feel like a brand new person.
Ok, I am probably forgetting some details, so if you have any questions, ask me.
WORKOUTS: All workouts done in 40 ish min or less. Nothing was done at crazy high intensity or anything, but somehow my heart rate was sky hiiiigghhh. In the past, I would spend a little longer in the hotel gym, but it seems like every year, I spend less and less time there. I am thankful for that..ya know? Daniel also went every day. He had to make sure he kept those thunderbro arms. He would leave a little before me, pick up some coffee on the way back, and have it ready for me when I got back to the room. He’s the best.
Sunday: traveled and then no time for working out because too much champagne and patties.
Monday: Truform/Assault runner style treadmill warmup
4 Rounds (70% effort because you know…)
-400 meter run on truform/assault runner style treadmill that felt way tougher than the last assault runner I ran on
-20 weighted box step ups (15 Kilo KB – 35 ish lb) – alternate legs
-20 1 arm thrusters (switch every 10 reps)
-20 1 arm hang snatch (switch every 10 reps)
-20 ring rows (made them not very challenging)
-3 rounds of 30 russian twists with 20 lb medball
Tuesday: Run 2 miles (mostly on beach, but not fast at all, and wave to everyone you see)
**One of the grounds workers actually watched me do this entire workout. I would stop every now and then to talk to him and/or wipe my burning eyes (eyelash probs)
Truform/Assault runner style treadmill warmup
Back Squats from rack (increase weight each set)
10 KB Swings in between each set (American, with 15 Kilo KB – 35 ish lb)
**Ok, I can convert kilos to lbs, but for real, when you just keep adding weight, it can be so tricky. When I competed in Iceland, Taylor and Colin made me a cheat sheet, which was helpful. I def should have brought it here. I had my running shoes on, and by the time I got to 5 reps, I was already at 80% of my 1RM, which wouldn’t be bad at all if I were warmed up and not 4 days in on vacation. Anyway, after that, I quit adding weight, and it was still tough, even at 1 rep.
Row 50 cal
100 Box Step Ups – 20 inch box(alternating – no weight)
Row 50 cal
800 meter tru form/assault runner style run. On this one, you could bump the resistance up, so I did that, but then I walked some on it, so that prob defeated the purpose.
100 DB hang clusters (hang squat cleans) for time (2 dumbbells – weight for the dumbbells is still undetermined, but I think if you convert, it was 27 lb/each?)
EMOM (including 0:00) stop and do 5 burpees
Then: For time: 50 hollow rocks
Then (a few hours later): pool aerobics and pool stretching. It was delightful.
Friday: We left this day around noon. I realized how nice it was to be in the pool and stretch in the pool, so before breakfast, I stretched a little in our little private pool and then did some yoga in our little terrace thing. |
WELCOME TO HAWTHORN HIDEAWAY
Hello and welcome to Hawthorn Hideaway, a luxury, romantic, adults only getaway. Our site is situated in Nottinghamshire but borders the counties of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It is alongside the picturesque green flag awarded Chesterfield Canal, a site of special scientific interest.
Our unique and luxurious cabins are sited in the adjacent woodland. Each cabin has its own private outdoor space. Currently we have a choice of just two cabins, Owl Lodge and the treehouse-style Swan lodge, both individually styled.
We provide a breakfast hamper of local produce and enough wood and charcoal to get you started. Our free range chickens are a friendly bunch and provide tasty eggs for your hampers, when the eggs are available. Our wood burners are cosy and romantic, but for convenience each cabin also has central heating so you don't have to worry about waking up in the night to feed the fire. The cabins can provide a hideaway all year round.
Once you get here, there are enough activities onsite meaning you never need to leave. Relax by reading a book, playing a game, doing some fishing or just watching canal life going by. Or just de-stress in the hot tub and sauna, and be pampered with treatments in your cabin. However, you could choose to explore the nearby walks, cycling, horse riding and excellent choice of high quality eating and drinking establishments, as well as local attractions.
Getting here - If you're coming from Leeds, Hull or Sheffield we're close to an hour away. Nearby Retford and Doncaster both have excellent train links and both can be reached from London in under 90 minutes. For those arriving by air, the Doncaster Sheffield Airport is 20 a minute drive away. We're close to the A1 amd M180 for those coming by car. Or try something different and reduce your carbon footprint and arrive by bus or arrive via the Chesterfield Canal towpath by cycle or foot.
We are now Covid secure. We offer digital check in, registration and a digital information pack. We take the safety of all at Hawthorn Hideaway seriously. Please see our website for further information. |
Estonians call their homeland Eesti or Eesti Vabariik and refer to themselves as Eestlaseds. This name can be traced back to the first century by a Roman historian, but likely the name came from the Germans, referring to the people to their east. The country is bordered to the west by the Baltic Sea and with Lake Peipsi forming a border with Russia to the east, Latvia lies just to the south and Finland is not too far across the Gulf of Finland to the north. The language, Estonian, is closely related to Finnish and considered to be one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn. Many Estonians also speak Russian and English is now being taught in schools as a third language.
Estonia has been ruled by the Poles, Danes, Germans, Swedes and Russians. They first gained independence on February 24, 1918 and it is celebrated each year as National Day with fireworks, concerts and parades. They also have a second Independence Day called the Restoration of Estonian Independence.
The Soviets occupied Estonia from 1940 until 1991. Estonia’s second independence began in 1991 after the 50 year long, Soviet occupation ended. During this occupation Estonia held a song festival every five years, called Laulupidu. In 1947 when the first song festival was held after the Soviet occupation, a century old poem was set to music called, “Mu isamaa on minu arm” or “Land of my fathers, Land that I Love.” This song somehow slipped by the Soviet censor, and for fifty years it was sung as the Estonians hoped for freedom.
Eventually the Soviets tried to ban the singing of the song, but the Estonians would sing it anyway, in deviance. There was not much the Soviets could do to stop over 100,000 Estonians from erupting in song! In the mid 1980’s, the Estonians began their peaceful movement, known as the Singing Revolution, to gain independence, which was finally achieved on August 20, 1991. Needless to say, music and song hold an extra special place in the hearts of Estonians and the Lalupidu song festival is still there held today.
Estonia is part of the Baltic States, along with Latvia and Lithuania, although Estonians like to think of themselves more as Europeans. Estonia’s currency is the euro and they are part of what is known as the Schengen area, which shares open borders with several other countries in Europe. In winter, cross-country skiing is extremely popular in Estonia and in the summer hiking and foraging for mushrooms and berries is a national pastime.
Nearly 40 percent of the country is covered by dense forest. It is also home to over 1520 islands and inlets. There were over 78,000 people living on these islands before the Soviet occupation. People were forced to leave and the islands became military bases for the Soviets. Today the island populations are slowly starting to grow again. The islands hold a rich, traditional history for the Estonians, offering a slower pace and a naturalistic connection to the abundant fish and wildlife.
Estonia has several capitals. Tallinn is the main capital and is the largest city in Estonia. Tartu is considered the cultural capital and is often ranked among the most popular as a university town. Parnu is considered to be the summer capital as it is a popular summer retreat with beautiful, white sand beaches.
Estonia is run as a democratic, parliamentary republic. It is small in size and in population with just over 1.3 million people. They were one of the first countries to implement a flat tax system. Estonia is known as the most “wired” country in Europe. All of the schools have internet connections and you can get service just about anywhere. They also were the first country to hold “internet” political elections. They invented Skype and Hotmail among other things related to high tech. Estonians are well educated and have a fantastic literacy rate, at 99.8 percent.
As we look into the cuisine of Estonia, we recognize it was greatly affected by the Soviet occupation. Scandinavia and Germany have also influenced her cuisine. Since the second Independence, Estonians have created some new combinations of flavors using local flavors and ingredients. However, their traditional meals are simple; usually meat and potatoes drowned in a creamy sauce.
The most typical foods eaten are rye bread and pork. The starter course in traditional Estonian cuisine, is typically a cold one. Their signature dish, called rossolje, is based on beetroot, potatoes and herring. Herring, sprats, flounder and perch are all popular fish dishes. Soup served with black, rye bread may often comprise the main meal.
The soups are usually blended with sour cream, milk or yogurt. Black pudding, a blood and barley sausage, is often times listed as the national dish of Estonia, but actually, it is usually just served around Christmas time. Speaking of Christmas, Estonians are not religious. In fact, they are considered to be one of the least religious countries in the world, with only 14 percent of the population declaring religion as part of their lives.
So let’s eat Estonian style:
Toorjuustu-Suitulohepasteet (Smoked salmon and cream cheese pate)
Rossolje (Potato and herring salad)
Roosamanna ehk mannavaht
We set the table with the colors of the Estonian flag; blue, black and white. The blue represents the clear blue skies and the vast coastal areas of the country. It also stands for the hope and aspirations of the people of Estonia. Black symbolizes the dark past and the suffering that the people endured. White is the traditional color of peace. We used a beautiful, Estonian folk art, embroidery pattern for our napkin rings and decorated with the national flower, the corn flower. We ate continental style, knife in right hand, fork in the left.
We began the meal by saying, “Jatku leiba” which means “may your bread last.” Our first course was a lovely, cold salmon pate served on crisp rye bread. It was garnished with edible borage flowers that tasted like cucumber and dill, (Dill is a popular herb in Estonian cuisine.)
The main course was a pan-fried, beef steak, smothered in a creamy gravy and topped with caramelized onions, awesome! This was served with Estonian’s signature dish, called rossolje. This potato, beet and herring salad was the dish that surprised me the most. I am not sure where I got my reluctance to eat herring but I was amazed at how delicious the combinations of flavors blended together. It was excellent.
For dessert, we had a simple, berry mousse, made with semolina or cream of wheat, if you will. I made ours with fresh raspberries and it was a lovely dessert. Berries of all sorts are found in Estonia. Some that are said to have wonderful, healing powers, are considered super berries. One that I really wanted to try but I could only find it in pill form was the sea-thorn berry. Well, perhaps a berry-picking trip to Estonia is in order.
After we ate every morsel on our plates, we ended our meal with a toast; vodka of course and said “Terviseks,” which means “to your health.” Then we were off for a sauna, a very popular pastime in Estonia. But first we had to put on our reflectors of brightly colored bands. It is mandatory for everyone to wear them at night, even just while walking. It’s the law. Later, we would play a game of chess, in honor of the Estonian born, chess grandmaster, Paul Keres. When he died in 1975, over 100,000 Estonians attended his funeral.
As we say goodbye to Estonia we do so with an Estonian saying:
“Most wars could be avoided if people went to the sauna together”
I feel the same way about sharing a meal!
Until next week, |
Sick of it all.
Karen was the librarian at a newspaper in Los Angeles where I worked. When we moved to new offices, somebody told her the library's bookshelves contained formaldehyde. Soon she was suffering from a headache, aching joints, and labored breathing. But then Karen heard there was no formaldehyde in the shelves. Suddenly the symptoms disappeared. A colleague later told me that it turned out the shelves contained formaldehyde after all, but Karen remained blissfully ignorant of this and hence free of symptoms.
Depending on whom you ask, either this was clearly not a case of multiple chemical sensitivity, because the woman's symptoms were psychosomatic, or it was a good illustration of what multiple chemical sensitivity is in fact all about.
"Multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS) is a dangerous diagnosis," begins an editorial by Ronald E. Gots in the March 1995 Journal of Toxicology. Gots is executive director of Environmental Sensitivities Research Institute in Rockville, Maryland, a clearinghouse for scientific data. He continues: "Unlike many 'alternative medical practices,' the diagnosis of MCS begins a downward spiral of fruitless treatments, culminating in withdrawal from society and condemning the sufferer to a life of misery and disability. This is a phenomenon in which the diagnosis is far more disabling than the symptoms."
Mainstream medical science agrees with Gots. But many Americans beg to differ, because they're convinced they have the disease. To them, the symptoms of MCS are all too real, and an MCS diagnosis simply tells it like it is. And even the most cynical observer has to admit that many of these people are suffering terribly. They often bounce from doctor to doctor, seeing as many as two dozen in a year because nobody seems able to treat them or to take their complaints seriously. (Only 400 or so U.S. doctors, known as "clinical ecologists" or "environmental physicians," treat MCS.) MCS patients sometimes have scores of complaints. They give up much of what most Americans consider the necessities of life. Sometimes they feel forced to move away from friends and family in search of a "safer community."
People who claim to suffer from MCS are receiving not just sympathy but official recognition and legal privileges. In 1992, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said people with MCS can seek protection under federal housing discrimination laws. In one lawsuit, a Virginia housing development agreed to stop using pesticides near the home of a woman who claimed to be chemically sensitive. MCS advocates argue that the case should set a precedent for lawsuits in the workplace as well. Many federal agencies, including the Social Security Administration, the Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, have issued policy statements to help staff members deal with citizens' MCS claims. The Social Security Administration will now make disability payments to people who can demonstrate to the government's satisfaction that they have been incapacitated by MCS. HUD provided $1.2 million to build an Ecology House for MCS sufferers in Marin County as part of a program intended to "support housing for people with disabilities." Many journalists have been credulous as well, to judge from articles with titles such as "Sick of Work: Chemical Poisons at the Office Can Put You at Risk" (Calgary Herald), "When Life is Toxic" (The New York Times), "Environmental Illness: The New Plague" (Utne Reader), "Why You May Be Allergic to Your Home" (McCall's), and "Allergic to the 20th Century" (Health).
So who's right? Are MCS sufferers really sick? Or is what has been called "the ultimate 20th century illness" really one of the great hoaxes of the 20th century? Could it be both?
The idea of MCS has a certain intuitive appeal to anyone who is familiar with allergies. But both the causes and effects of MCS are said to be much broader. People who believe MCS is real generally describe it as a breakdown of the immune or nervous system caused by an overload of offending agents. Often a single agent is cited as the proverbial back-breaking straw. The agents blamed for MCS are not always chemicals (electromagnetic fields are often mentioned), which is why many prefer the term "ecological illness" to MCS. Other names include "chemical hypersensitivity," "environmental hypersensitivity," "total allergy syndrome," "cerebral allergy," "chemical AIDS," and "20th Century Disease." In February a World Health Organization (WHO) workshop in Berlin concluded that MCS should be called "idiopathic environmental intolerances," with idiopathic defined as "self-originated" or "of unknown causation."
Most medical authorities have another name for it: hogwash. Here are a few of their views:
American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, 1986: "Review of the clinical ecology literature provides inadequate support for the beliefs and practices of clinical ecology....Diagnoses and treatments involve procedures of no proven efficacy."
The American College of Physicians, 1989: "The existence of an environmental illness as presented in clinical ecology theory must be questioned because of the lack of clinical definition." There is "inadequate support" for the basic beliefs of clinical ecology.
American Medical Association Council on Scientific Affairs, 1992: "No scientific evidence supports the contention that [MCS] is a significant cause of disease or that the diagnostic tests and the treatments used have any therapeutic value....[M]ultiple chemical sensitivity should not be considered a recognized clinical syndrome."
WHO Workshop on Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, 1996 (as summarized by Gots, who participated): MCS "cannot be recognized as a clinically-defined disease. There are neither accepted underlying mechanisms nor validated clinical criteria for diagnosis. A relationship between exposures and symptoms is unproven."
Defenders of the MCS concept sometimes assert, without offering evidence, that the syndrome is getting more recognition. In her 1989 Utne Reader article, Lynette Lamb declared, "The National Institutes of Health, MIT, Yale and Johns Hopkins University are among recent converts to the existence of [MCS]." Yet schools don't even have a mechanism for "converting" to a position. What Lamb should have said is that at least one professor (out of hundreds) at those schools accepts MCS. As for the NIH, it has never convened a panel nor issued a position paper, nor weighed in any way on the existence of MCS.
Official authorities proclaim the existence of MCS so rarely that when they do they are eagerly quoted by the media. Thus many newspapers and magazines gave favorable coverage to the New Jersey Department of Health's 1989 report on MCS, which said MCS "is widespread in nature and is not limited to what some observers would describe as malingering workers, hysterical housewives and workers experiencing psychogenic illness.... [C]hemical sensitivity is increasing and could become a large problem with significant economic consequences related to the disablement of productive members of society."
The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times Magazine, and the environmentalist E magazine reported these conclusions without telling their readers the background of the two individuals who prepared the report. One was MIT chemist and lawyer Nicholas A. Ashford, who for decades has been an environmental activist focusing on harms caused by chemical exposures. In 1980 he was kicked off an EPA advisory board because of his perceived leftist activities. The other was University of Texas at San Antonio allergist and immunologist Claudia S. Miller, who makes her living in part by treating MCS patients and who co-wrote a book on the subject with Ashford, Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes. Miller has argued the existence of MCS since at least 1978 and continues to be frequently quoted on the subject. She also advocates recognition of the controversial Gulf War Syndrome. In short, Ashford and Miller's judgment that MCS is a real and pressing problem is about as newsworthy as Pope John Paul's position on abortion.
In the battle of authorities, those who accept MCS as a bona fide disease are the clear losers. But authorities have been wrong before on scientific issues. Let's look at the evidence.
The traditional definition of organic disease would lead us to expect a fairly narrow range of symptoms, of causes, and of treatments (if any). Furthermore, there should be biological tests to confirm the disease. All tuberculosis, for example, is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or a related germ, Mycobacterium bovis. The symptoms of active tuberculosis can vary somewhat from patient to patient but typically include coughing up blood and labored breathing, along with perhaps a couple of other problems. The disease is transmitted through contact with another individual. The causative germ can be seen under a microscope, and it can be killed with antibiotics. AIDS is an apparent exception to the narrow-range-of-symptoms rule, but that's because it drops the immune system's shields, allowing any number of opportunistic infections to flourish. And even here a handful of symptoms appear regularly in most victims.
But with MCS, as one Internet writer who believes in the condition put it, "the illness can cause all the symptoms of every disease or disorder known [in] psychology, psychiatry, and the general medical profession." Indeed, a paper provided by the Chemical Injury Information Network of White Sulphur Springs, Montana, lists more than 100 symptoms that may result from MCS, including sneezing, itching, twitching, numbness, difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, earache, chest pain, easy bruising, high or low blood pressure, sore muscles, cramps, eczema, "heavy eyes," blurred vision, dyslexia, frequent urination, genital itching, PMS, backache, nausea, belching, constipation, hunger, thirst, headaches, apathy, forgetfulness, insomnia, IQ drop, depression, bitter or sweet slime in mouth, heat sensitivity, cold sensitivity, stiffness, swelling, neck pain, anxiety attacks, agitation, liver pain, hair loss, premature gray hair, brain fog, and genital sweating. A note at the bottom of the page adds: "Unfortunately this is not a complete list of symptoms." If you haven't suffered at least a dozen of the listed symptoms in the past year, you're probably an android.
If the sky is the limit on the symptoms of MCS sufferers, what about causes? Here, too, anything and everything. The most common include formaldehyde (found in furniture glue, particle board, and synthetic carpeting, among other materials), pesticides, solvents, acrylic resins, mercury compounds, polyester, latex, gasoline, glues, paints, detergents and other cleaners, tobacco smoke, perfumes, newspaper print, hair cream, oral contraceptives, dry-cleaning solvents, and bleach. But the etiology of MCS goes beyond synthetic agents. In addition to contaminated air and water, writes Boston Globe environmental reporter Nicholas Tate in his book, The Sick Building Syndrome, MCS can be caused by "viruses, molds, bacteria, and pollens."
"It gets a little bit trendy in terms of what's the latest fad," says Herman Staudenmayer, a Denver psychologist and MCS skeptic who has assessed and treated several hundred clients complaining of the syndrome since 1980. Lately, he says, the emphasis has been on carpets, formaldehyde, solvents, and pesticides. "Those are the things getting lot of attention, as well as certain cleaning products," he says. But "there's no exclusion, and this is important. There's no chemical that is safe. There's no food that is safe." Explaining how MCS causes become "trendy," Gots says, "Support groups are contagious. They tell everybody what all the things are that give them symptoms, and that's a contagious thing to do."
So it seems that practically anything can cause MCS and that practically any symptom can be the result of MCS. But what about treatments? It is not uncommon in medicine to be diagnosed by your treatment. The doctor suspects you have a certain illness and gives you medicine for it. If the medicine works, he was probably right. Can we define MCS by a common successful treatment? No, because MCS is not considered a curable disease, and the treatments are as diverse as the symptoms and causes.
If you search the Internet, you can find the name of Pietr Hitzig, a Maryland physician who prescribes a combination of the drugs phentermine and fenfluramine for MCS. Nowhere on his World Wide Web page does he tell you that these are actually weight loss drugs in the amphetamine family. Perhaps Hitzig feels that if he can't cure his patients, he can at least make them happy by helping them drop a few pounds.
One clinical ecologist, Sherry Rogers of Syracuse, New York, has prescribed a macrobiotic diet - based on grains and vegetables, free of wheat and dairy products - for MCS. Rogers says it works by detoxifying the body, especially critical in today's toxin-ridden world. Another clinical ecologist, Joseph Weissman, who has a practice in Torrance, California, reportedly agrees with the macrobiotic diet but also recommends avoiding tap water, caffeine, and alcohol. He tells MCS sufferers to rid their homes of toxic chemicals such as cleaners and pesticides, improve the ventilation system, and avoid all drags, whether prescription or over the counter.
A favorite MCS treatment is saunas, which supposedly "sweat out toxins." One correspondent in an Internet news group said the government ought to provide all MCS sufferers with a sauna. They would probably like that (who wouldn't?), but you can't sweat out a toxin, because the sweat glands aren't connected to any of the organs that process toxins. And no, saunas don't help you lose fat either.
Other treatments include coffee enemas, something called "salt-neutralization therapy," gamma globulin, interferon, vitamins, ginseng, and the patient's urine (as a beverage or injection). A Sacramento-area specialist treats many of his patients with injections of "the north wind." He bubbles air through water, then injects the water as a "neutralizer." Why "the north wind"? Because many of his patients complain they feel worse when the wind blows from that direction.
A common treatment for MCS is simple avoidance. This can be mild, as in avoiding, say, formaldehyde or solvents. But sometimes it means making yourself a prisoner in your own home, living in a small porcelain house (porcelain being one of the few materials said to be safe for MCS sufferers), or, in extreme cases, moving away from civilization. One favorite refuge is the small scorpion- and fire ant-infested town of Wimberly, Texas, an hour's drive from San Antonio. MCS patients are often referred there by Gerald Ross and William Rea, physicians at the Environmental Health Center in Dallas. In Wimberly can be found a woman who hangs her mail on a clothesline for weeks before reading it, to allow the toxins in the ink to dissipate. Another woman tried living in a six-by-nine-foot porcelain hut but now just spends almost all her time on her porch, no matter how cold it gets. Yet another wears a protective mask while shopping but still develops breathlessness, palpitations, and vomiting when she smells gasoline fumes.
If most of the these treatments seem to have a voodoo quality about them, that's because, as with voodoo rituals, many people swear by them, but there's no science to back them up. As the Berlin WHO workshop concluded, MCS treatment has not been validated in controlled clinical trials.
The final criterion for disease, along with symptoms, causes, and treatments, is whether it can be detected with a test. Clinical ecologists and their supporters sometimes turn this requirement on its head, saying that if tests for all other types of disease come up negative, then the sufferer must have MCS. Clearly, that's unsatisfactory. It's like a doctor announcing that some skin cancers are caused by energy waves from UFOs: If no other cause of the skin cancer (such as sun-burn) can be found, then it must be a UFO-related illness. Impossible to prove, yes, but also impossible to disprove. That's the beauty of an MCS diagnosis and MCS in general. It's what logicians call a nonfalsifiable argument.
So is there an objective, clinical way of telling whether your twitching, headaches, and graying hair are MCS or just, well, twitching, headaches, and graying hair? Doctors with MCS practices use various tests. Grace Ziem, a Baltimore occupational medicine therapist who has about 200 MCS complainants under her care, seems to rely heavily on questionnaires and interviews, but she says she also does some laboratory testing, such as neuroimaging. The problem is that objective scientific tests can be interpreted subjectively. An X-ray is an objective thing, but a chiropractor might look at a back X-ray and see misalignment, while an orthopedic surgeon will look at the same X-ray and see a perfectly aligned spine. The WHO workshop concluded as much, saying that none of the tests used to diagnose MCS give clear results.
Ziem grants the possibility that some patients simply have psychosomatic illness. "If their lab results are negative," she says, "it looks like more of a personality thing." But somehow her tests are never negative. "I don't remember having someone who is just having a psychological reaction," she says. "Some people do, but in our experience we're not finding it."
The most commonly used test for MCS is probably provocation-neutralization, in which subjects are given a tiny dose of various agents and questioned about how they feel. (This procedure is much more subjective than a conventional allergy test, in which a substance is injected just below the skin, and a positive result is indicated by redness and swelling.) Once an offending agent has been identified, the clinical ecologist injects it in various rising concentrations until a "neutralizing dose" is found. The problem with such testing is obvious. If MCS is brought on by suggestion, this procedure will not eliminate that possibility. A young woman convinced she's sensitive to Pierre Cardin cologne will get sick when you tell her you are now exposing her to Pierre Cardin.
In 1990 this test was put to the test. The study, which followed a protocol considered fair by both advocates and detractors of MCS, was financed by two clinical ecology organizations, the Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy and the American Academy of Environmental Medicine. Seven experienced clinical ecologists used their own food extracts in their own offices with their own patients. They gave 18 patients injections, some of which contained test substances and some of which contained saline as a placebo. The study was double-blind, meaning neither doctor nor patient knew who was getting what. The results, reported in the August 16, 1990, New England Journal of Medicine, were not to the liking of the people who paid for them. The subjects reported the same number of symptoms whether they received test agents or saline solution. Furthermore, "neutralizing" doses of the food extracts and the placebo were equally likely to provide relief.
The chief researcher for this project was Don L. Jewett, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of California at San Francisco. He told a reporter he was surprised by the study's negative findings. "I believed it was going to be positive," he said. "I looked at it every way I could think of. It's just completely consistent with randomness. And that's the only thing it's consistent with." Jewett said that at one time he had been very much a believer, having been treated by a clinical ecologist. Now he's one of clinical ecology's major critics. "I had believed in it [MCS] and when we did the experiment we expected it would turn out positive. We designed it carefully to convince any skeptics. So when it didn't work out it clearly showed the methods they [clinical ecologists] were using at that time did not work as claimed. Their basis was the doctor's impressions and I believe that's all they still use. It's not science."
By all traditional standards of illness - symptoms, causes, treatments, and tests - MCS comes up wanting. "Most physicians would agree that there are chemical sensitivities," says Staudenmayer, the Denver psychologist. "I believe there are. We have found them in toxicology and in industrial medicine. So you have a legitimate basis of toxic evidence." But he emphasizes that it's one thing to be sensitive to a certain chemical, quite another to say that a sensitivity can somehow overwhelm the immune system, causing broad vulnerability to illness.
So what's causing all these strange maladies? In a study reported in The Journal of the American Medical Association in 1990, University of Iowa psychiatrist Donald Black and his colleagues tried to find out. Black discovered that patients who had been diagnosed by clinical ecologists as having MCS were far more likely than other people to have psychological problems such as depression, anxiety disorders, and panic attacks. "It's my belief," he said at the time, "that people diagnosed as having environmental illness in most cases do have something wrong: a garden-variety emotional disorder." Don Jewett agrees: "My basic underlying theory is that these patients are very stressed. Almost all have very unsatisfactory lives."
Stephen Barrett, a retired Allentown, Pennsylvania, psychiatrist and author of The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America, notes that the symptoms most commonly exhibited by MCS sufferers "have to do with the body's reaction to stress. That means you're going to get a lot more complaints of insomnia and headaches than of nose bleeds." Adds Staudenmayer, "These patients sort of live their belief. They believe their illness is caused by factors external to themselves, so they project problems or cause of problems onto the physical environment."
But couldn't it be that suffering for years from untreated MCS leads to the psychological disorders, rather than the other way around? No, says Black. "In many, if not most, of the cases," he explains, "their psychiatric history long predates any chemical exposure the clinical ecologist thinks is causing their problem." One woman he saw had hospital records of psychosomatic problems dating back to the 1930s, though her MCS diagnosis had been made just 10 years earlier. "We have that kind of history on a number of patients," he says. Furthermore, "a lot of these people have psychiatric problems that you wouldn't expect to see if it were just a reaction to chronic illness, such as panic attacks and somatizations" (turning psychological stress into physical symptoms). The kinds of mental illness you'd be more likely to see if this were a response to chronic demoralization, he says, are depression, mild anxiety, and marital discord.
Doctors who treat MCS patients, like Ziem, seem rarely if ever to find that their patients have psychological problems. In the mid-1980s Canadian researchers preparing a report on MCS for the Ontario Ministry of Health looked through the files of the most prominent clinical ecologist, William Rea of the Environmental Health Center in Dallas. They found that only four out of 2,000 of Rea's patients had tested negative for environmental sensitivity, and those four were found to have cancer. The reviewers said Rea used "no appropriate controls and the patients were assumed to have environmental hypersensitivity mainly by being referred to the unit." It strains belief that out of all the hypochondriacs and people with psychosomatic illness out there, none manage to find their way to Rea's clinic.
Likewise, the New York City physician Warren M. Levin testified in court a few years ago that since 1974, when he began practicing clinical ecology, he had diagnosed every patient he saw as suffering from environmental illness. The suit was brought by the estate of a young man who had previously been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic convinced that "foods were out to get him." Levin gave him the usual diagnosis and put him on a restrictive diet and supplements. He continued the treatment for several years, until the man's suicide. The jury found Levin negligent and awarded the estate $900,000 in damages.
Among the main instigators of the MCS syndrome, say MCS critics, are the clinical ecologists themselves. "They have a significant role in keeping these people sick," says Gots. "They tell them they're poisoned, and if you're told you're being poisoned you believe you're being poisoned. I've seen hundreds of patients like this." Black, the University of Iowa psychiatrist, says "people who receive this label of MCS are psychologically vulnerable. They tend to be suggestible individuals. Many have physical complaints of unknown origin and shop from doctor to doctor and are just delighted when a clinical ecologist gives them an explanation for years and years of ailments."
It has long been understood that suggestion can be very powerful in both curing and causing illness, but historically the emphasis has been on the positive side. The negative side is called a nocebo. It shows up regularly in tests in which one group is given a real drug and another a fake drug as a control. For example, in one study of the antidepressant Prozac, 15 percent of the subjects claimed to have gotten headaches even though it turned out they were receiving a placebo. We've probably all suffered the nocebo effect, developing symptoms in response to somebody else's symptoms or upon receiving a diagnosis of illness.
The fact that a person's illness is psychosomatic doesn't mean the person isn't really suffering. A headache is a headache, whether it was caused by a blow to the head or because you smell cleaning solvent and are convinced cleaning solvent smells make you ill. Your head hurts just the same.
I know this from personal experience. During my first year in the Army I began breaking out in terrible hives. Whole parts of my body, including hands, feet, and lips, would swell up. My face was covered with huge red welts. I felt like throwing a hood over my head and proclaiming to gawkers: "I...AM...A MAN!" This continued on and off for several horrible weeks. No allergen could be found. Then one day a savvy soldier told me, "You're allergic to the color green." Well put and well diagnosed. Long before I began writing for libertarian magazines I had come to hate the authoritarianism of the Army. I was unwilling to desert, unable to resign. My body burst out because I could not. Fortunately, the cure for my hives came in understanding the cause, and soon they were gone - though it took more than three years to eliminate the "causative agent."
Anxiety-induced illnesses are so common one wonders if there aren't other pseudo-illnesses stalking the land. Absolutely, says Gots. "Gulf War Syndrome is not particularly different from this," he says. "Neither are the breast implant complaints. I see a lot of those."
Those familiar with the role that litigation has played in the silicone implant controversy (see "A Confederacy of Boobs," October 1995) will wonder about that side of MCS. Some insurers and defendants attorneys are convinced that the threat from MCS suits is huge. So are trial lawyers. In 1987, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America voted to establish a clearinghouse on ecological illness and its legal aspects. In addition to personal injury lawsuits, MCS gives rise to worker's compensation and Social Security disability claims.
In a nice twist, the Environmental Protection Agency - whose noncommittal position on MCS has allowed backers to claim the agency is on their side - was sued in 1990 by employees at its Washington, D.C., headquarters who claimed that their new building had given them MCS. In 1993, the jury awarded five employees a total of about $1 million, but the D.C. Superior Court later threw out the verdict and granted a judgment in favor of the EPA. The court essentially said the whole thing was quite silly, that the plaintiffs hadn't proven their case or established damages and seemed to be remarkably healthy for people claiming to be so sick. Some of the plaintiffs had even requested damages for emotional harm, meaning they felt they should receive money even without showing that anything was physically wrong with them. The court said no to that, too.
Potential deep pockets abound, says Bonnie Semilof, an attorney with Spriggs and Hollingsworth in Washington, D.C., who often litigates MCS cases for defendants. "Manufacturers and applicators of a Variety of substances found at home and workplace" are vulnerable, she says, as are "makers of carpeting, pesticides, formaldehyde, etc." Some MCS plaintiffs have received millions of dollars in damage awards. In 1985, based on the testimony of two clinical ecologists, a jury awarded $49.2 million in compensatory and punitive damages to 32 people who lived near a chemical plant in Sedalia, Missouri. "Even though the science behind them hasn't been established, you can't disprove it, either," Semilof says. "Anyone who tells you to laugh at these claims and dismiss them is full of it. From a legal and medical point of view, it needs to be taken quite seriously."
MCS may soon become fodder for "public interest" suits. Julia Kendall of the Chemical Injury Litigation Project told the Cato Institute's James Bovard, "No one should be wearing perfume to the theater. Why should we have brain damage because people are wearing toxic chemicals?" Her agenda? "Basically, we want to destroy the fragrance industry." Targets include clothing softeners, scented deodorants, aftershaves, and hair sprays.
The nocebo effect can be accompanied by what is called "secondary gain." If a person thinks there is something to gain by remaining ill, that belief may help perpetuate symptoms. Sometimes the reward is just sympathy. Other times it's relief from a disagreeable job. And sometimes it's big bucks, which is where the lawyers come in. Says New York University psychiatrist Herbert Spiegel, an authority on secondary gain, "All day long we get various sensations we can't account for. If we can associate a sensation with a deep pocket, it's easy to interpret in such a way that I'm getting a toxic effect from such and such."
Still, the vast majority of MCS sufferers never file lawsuits or worker's compensation claims. Money is not what they're looking for. Says Gots, "People take care of you, are solicitous of you; you can't do certain things, like working. Clearly, getting money from worker's comp or tort claims is a compensation, but frankly I think that's not a major stimulus."
What most MCS sufferers want is help. Their strange symptoms are their way of asking for it. Some people in trouble turn to alcohol or other drugs. Some become spouse or child abusers. People who believe they have MCS make themselves sick, expressing their unhappiness as physical illness. By blaming their troubles on outside forces - carpet makers, oil refiners, or house builders - they gain sympathy and avoid responsibility. But they continue to suffer.
If they see the right people, MCS sufferers can be helped. Not with houses built out of toilet-bowl material and unbleached, non-colored clothing, but by working through the real underlying cause of their problems. Staudenmayer, the Denver psychologist, claims a 75 percent success rate. In his office, he can expose a patient to the odor of a substance the patient blames for previous illness, or expose the patient to the basic chemical substance without the odor. Time and again Staudenmayer and the patient together discover that the connection is mental.
"One of the things that happens with these patients is their belief system gets more elaborate as they are treated by clinical ecologists," he says. "I try to give them a belief system more in line with the real world." Some of his patients refuse to accept the results of his tests and storm out of his office. But for others the experiment is an epiphany. "I do show them they have symptoms, but not necessarily caused by environmental agents," Staudenmayer says. "I teach them to regulate their stress response physiology and thereby mitigate their symptoms. The most important part of the relationship is trust and understanding....I don't challenge their belief system, I [just] say, 'Let's see if I can make you better.' When they start telling you their life story - which is often a horror story about their childhood - and you listen, some gain insight and progress to more insight-oriented psychotherapy."
Thus for many MCS sufferers, help is just a good, understanding therapist away. "It's clear just from talking with some [MCS patients] that they had ordinary depression," Black said when his study came out. "If they were offered standard antidepression treatments, their symptoms would probably go away very promptly." Sadly, for all too many that will never happen. With clinical ecologists raking in the bucks by keeping their patients ill, journalists who think they're doing MCS sufferers a favor by eschewing medical science in favor of victims' beliefs, and government agencies like the EPA refusing to take a strong position that nonsense is nonsense, all too many sick people remain destined to stay that way, trapped in a hell of their own - and their doctor's - creation.
Michael Fumento ([email protected]) is REASON's science correspondent, under a grant from the William H. Donner Foundation. He is the author of Science Under Siege: Balancing Technology and the Environment, now in paperback from Quill.
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Caraochefighissima+++a dedication practice
Caraochefighissima+++ richiede una preprazione e tecnologie di supporto minime. Può attivarsi in qualsiasi contesto, pubblico o privato, laddove ci sia una comunità di persone radunate per un evento pianificato, o determinato da circostanze causali, come la coda in cassa o l’attesa al ristorante.
1) SCEGLI UN PEZZO CHE CROSSA CON LA TUA STORIA INTIMA E PERSONALE (PUò ANCHE ESSERE UN ESTRATTO AUDIO CHE CONOSCI A MEMORIA)
2) CERCHIAMOLO SU YOUTUBE
3) CAMBIA OUTIFT. SE SEI FORTUNAT* TROVERARI UNA SERIE DI ABITI A DISPOSIZIONE NEL BACKSTAGE, ALTRIMENTI CAMBIA OUTFIT INSIDE.
4) GET ON THE STAGE (REMIND: ANY PLACE IS A POTENTIAL STAGE)
5) AVVICINA IL MICROFONO
Caraochefichissime practice is currently cared for by Lucia Gallone (MINA) and Sara Leghissa (Buttandetro) with the occasional partecipation of special guests/ Fabio Artese aka Citazionista, Francesco Michele Laterza aka Parcheggiami, Filippo Andreatta aka Groupie, Tomas Gonzalez & Marzia Dalfini & Yara Dowani for the special Italo Arabic Disco Music Karaoke (Ramallah).
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Puke lovevomit as a practice of personal dissent
Vomit is a simple and direct act.
Vomit is a daily code, readable by anyone.
As action, it can be done in many different situations, if we feel uncomfortable and disappointed for any reason and we want to remark it. It can be perceived as an urgency in any moment of our daily life. The act of vomiting helps to clarify the position that we have about a topic, in front of everyone’s eyes. It’s a peculiar, mimetic and not questionable way of protesting. Vomiting is a physiological right.
Choose your own ingredients, mix up it, bottle it, keep your vomit with you and when you feel it, use it.
Practice initiated by ZEBRA (temporary collective) for AB-STRIKE, as a protest against EXPO urban redevelopment, Milano 2015
It’s ok to cryshort daily workout practice
1) Check today’s date.
> Imagine that today is the 17th of September
2) Find out which other more or less famous people were born today (a quick way is through the internet )
> On the 17th of September were born: Anastacia, Anne Brancoft, Sophie Xeon, Reinhold Messner
3) Choose an excerpt from youtube of one of the people born today that moves you or that in a certain way is connected to your personal experience
> SOPHIE — It's Okay To Cry
4) Take the plank position
5) Push play on the video and watch it, keeping the plank position for the entire duration of it
There is a secret between usconversation practice
1) Buy some fake vampire teeths
2) Wear them
3) Keep them in your mouth
4) Go to a place where there are other people
4) Start a conversation with a person, even a very short one
Practice initiated by Michele Rizzo during Nobodys Indiscipline/ Milano 2018
On Salea business practice
NESSUNO t-shirt & NESSUNO Cappellinj !
to support Nobodys Indiscipline/ Indipendent platform for sharing practice in the performing arts
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Beauty Saloon & Co.a transformative practice
Beauty Saloon is a practice that positions the participation of the body at its centre. It empowers the confort of being in conversation with others bodies and with your own, in terms of proximity, listening, transformation.
Beauty Saloon Masterpieces:
-Monobrow: cut your own hair, attach them between your brows and cut them to the length you want. Professional: me.
(Digital version: Tomboys Don’t Cry Insta filter, EYEBROWSING_2)
-Haircuts in the darkness: ask someone to cut your hair during a situation happening at night, like a party or in a dark room.
(Suggestion: Haircuts by children, Mammalian Driving Reflex)
-Kill the Drone: make a braid in front of your face.
Professional: Jennifer Carducci
(Practice ispired by the Hong Kong protests: The hair becomes a mask to get around the "mask ban")
-For your eyes only: draw two eyes on your eyes
Professional: Jacopo Miliani
(Suggestion: Indiana Jones Love You Clip)
-Timeshare Sauna: a work in progress proposal for gathering a naked community of people and spending time togheter
(Suggestions: Hope Springs Eternal &
Common Sweat Sauna )
>>> A call for support PAF Performing Arts Forum
TO BE CONTINUED |
The hotel of beaches Mimosa is a traditionally built and hotel in Cyprus, that has a unique beauty and a atmosphere in a relaxed and peaceful regulation, apart from a calm bight.
The hotel of beaches Mimosa, one of the better hotels in Cyprus is found in one of the bay of resort, with the direct access in the beach.
All the rooms are completely being air-conditioned, with the direct telephone of tables, the radio, the box sure-deposit, the balcony or the terrace and most with a direct opinion of sea.
Swimming-pool of sweet water, children’s' lake, terrace, floodlit ground of tennis, gymnastics and sauna, region of games, children’s' playground, diving suit centre, sailing installations and other athletic installations of water here near.
Our region of reception is manned 24 hours each day and it can help with all your requirements of interruptions, included a office of exchange for your facility.
57 twin placed in the bed rooms with the complete bath, the air conditioning, the telephone direct-table, the radio, sure box of deposit (payable local), the balcony or the terrace. Most rooms enjoy a explicit view of sea.
The sweet water lakes us are checked biologically and they are cleaned each day, that it provides in you the most excellent swimming and the relaxation. The showers and the toilets are provided poolside.
A place in order to are assembled with the old and new friends with your beloved drinks, cocktail and beers, with lake-secondary off-hand foods, the salads and the delicacies. |
Hello, people of the internet! I’m glad you guys are here, and I genuinely hope you are all healthy and well. Let me start by saying that this is not our sauna, but this will be very similar to what our sauna looks like. This photo is from saunafin.com, which just happens to be the place we ordered our sauna from.
About three months into quarantine we realized that the home goals that we had made for the year were quickly changing. We had talked about getting the house painted and adding onto the deck at the cabin maybe even getting a hot tub, but all of that began to melt away as the days of quarantine lingered on. Then, after a champagne fueled morning, we decided we needed a project so our weekend mornings wouldn’t be entirely filled with just drinking champ. What could we do that didn’t involve a contractor but could be a significant improvement and investment to the cabin? What about a barrel sauna? We’ve always talked about how it would be so cool and magical to have one tucked into the woods. We have always enjoyed a hot sauna followed by a lake jump, or a steamy sauna in the middle of winter. Why the hell not make it a reality?
And so it began, we started researching Sauna kit companies, comparing prices, figuring out what features we wanted and taking trips into the woods to figure out where the best spot for our sauna would be. It was really fun to have something to focus our energies on. I especially, was so thankful to have a project.
After much consideration we decided the sauna couldn’t be too far from the cabin, because we plan on using it all year round and when it’s -20º you don’t want to take too long of a walk through the woods. The sauna would be nestled into the woods near the front of the cabin (aka not the lake side). To make the space really feel magical we wanted to clear out a bit of the woods that took up the “side yard” (aka side forest) of the cabin. We’d move the trampoline further into the woods, put the sauna where the trampoline formally lived, and create garden beds and trails to connect the spaces in the woods.
Just a quick side note: someday we’d like to continue the “trails” down the side of the house and out to the lake, that way there would be a straight shot from the sauna to the lake – we might even put a hot tub destination in between the two – more on that in tomorrow’w post outlining the landscaping.
There was a 12+ week wait for the sauna, so we placed our order and I got to work on figuring out the logistics of building a floating deck.
My go to favorite tool for designing ANYTHING is sketchup, and it was such a big help for figuring out the best way to frame and float a deck. Not only does it work as a planning tool, but it also provides me a way to create an accurate shopping list and limit waste and over spending. I myself had never made a deck, so I was a little nervous going into it. I decided to used pre-formed concrete deck blocks that are built to fit 2x framing horizontally or 4×4 posts vertically. They were a life saver and I highly recommend to anyone looking to build a floating deck. Figuring out a plan for the framing took a bit of head scratching. I wanted to use the concrete deck blocks, but I also wanted to include a skirting around the outside of the framing so the blocks themselves wouldn’t be visible.
The inner framing was made up of 2×6 pressure treaded cedar tone boards, and the skirt around the perimeter was 2×10 boards. We decided to use cedar decking since the sauna itself is made up of clear red cedar. At the front of the deck I added two steps going up to the deck. I nearly had my brain explode tryin to figure out how to build runners for the steps, but thanks to sketchup I was able to finally get my measurements correct after about 5 attempts. I ordered all the lumber online and then had no contact pickup at the home depot. God bless my Toyota 4Runner, it basically converts from a glorified mom-car into a truck when I need it too.
I don’t feel like such a profesh deck builder that I can hand out advice, but I can tell you I watched this video a few times and took a lot of info from it before I dove into my project.
The deck is basically complete, I have plans of getting my hands on some 1x cedar so that I can put a finish trim around the decking. Besides that though, we are just waiting for the sauna to be delivered (hopefully within the next two weeks). The sauna comes as a kit and needs to be assembled, and it should take a few days from start to finish to complete the build. I’m so excited to get at it!
Check back tomorrow for the scoop on creating woodland gardens in the woods! |
Yes so Kingsdown Select Mattress Meritage… In this post we will attempt to comprehend why this bed mattress has actually been viewed as much better than the Tempurpedic mattress. While both types of bed mattress deal exceptional support, there are subtle distinctions in between the 2 that make a distinction when choosing a mattress for your back.
The most obvious distinction in between the 2 is the firmness of the mattress. If you sleep on your back and have a lot of pressure put on your spine, the Saatva is the much better bed mattress since of its softer, more encouraging feel.
Another distinction in between the two is the material on the bed mattress is made from. While most individuals think of memory foam when they hear the term Tempurpedic, there are really a number of different variations of this mattress product.
There are many advantages to owning a good bed mattress such as sturdiness and comfort. Both Tempurpedic and Sauna use high quality mattresses and both use memory foam in their bed mattress. The initial Sauna mattress was made from memory foam and has a credibility as being exceptionally comfy. As for the Tempurpedic brand, it’s popular for its excellent design and many consumers enjoy the unique styling of these bed mattress.
It all depends on how your specific back condition is and what you want from a mattress. If you have back discomfort or need some type of orthopedic assistance in order to feel more comfy, then a Tempurpedic mattress might be better fit to your requirements.
If you have a particular type of back issue that requires some type of orthopedic support, then selecting a Tempurpedic bed mattress might be much better. If your back trouble is less extreme, then you’ll most likely do well with a Sauna mattress. Kingsdown Select Mattress Meritage |
March 25, 2020
A weekend of romance: 2 days on Waiheke Island
Sometimes a dreamy, romantic weekend on Waiheke Island is all we need to reconnect. Away from the hustle and bustle of it all, you can escape to Waiheke and indulge in the sweet life together. Whether it’s for a special birthday, anniversary, or a surprise getaway to show your spontaneous side – here are some of our favourite things to do for a wonderful, whimsical weekend on Waiheke for two.
Soar to new heights on a tandem zipline
Love is always in the air at EcoZip. And what better way to experience something exhilarating together than a tandem, side-by-side zipline across vineyards and native bush? You’ll get decked out in matching helmets and harnesses and be able to live out your me Tarzan and you Jane fantasies together. Zip along from one course to the next, sing your praises for the breathtaking beauty around you and remember to declare your love for one another before taking the next big leap of faith. Once back on solid ground, you’ll be whisked away on a guided walk through an ancient forest, deep into the lush green surrounds full of legends and natural wonders. Hand holding absolutely permitted.
Wine and Dine amongst the Vines
The sprawling vineyards on Waiheke Island are dreamy in every way. Especially at places like Peacock Sky Vineyard where you can wine and dine amongst the vines amidst stunning creatures like peacocks and pea hens. Enjoy a decadent dining experience in the atrium or the outdoor terrace surrounded by exquisite winged creatures roaming peacefully about. Stroll through a beautiful nature trail of native bush and cross a wooden bridge over enchanting streams. Or sample award-winning wines in the Tasting Room each accompanied by complimentary food pairing. Here’s a toast to island life!
Sunset on the beach
Watching the sun set on one of Waiheke’s beautiful beaches together is as romantic as it gets. The soft white sands, that soft coastal breeze in your hair, it all feels a bit like happily ever after. As it should be, given that Waiheke Island is one of the top holiday destinations here in New Zealand. The sheltered bays and beaches on Waiheke are popular for swimming and boating, with magical sunset kayaking tours also available.
Brunch in bed
Pop out to Timbuktu Nomadic Deli and grab breakfast treats to surprise to your partner with. A blissful brunch in bed is definitely a good way to win hearts, especially with some of the incredibly divine creations you’ll find at Timbuktu Nomadic Deli. Amazing coffee, mouth-watering meals with plenty of vegan options available, this is a global tasting experience located in Ostend that you won’t soon forget.
Delamore Day Spa
For the ultimate pampering experience on Waiheke Island, escape to Delamore Day Spa to top off your wonderful weekend of romance. This is where couples can indulge in exquisite pampering from head to toe. It’s not everyday you get time away together like this, so a relaxing body therapy session with access to a jacuzzi and sauna is just what you need, and will leave you both in such a blissful state of mind that you’ll be planning your return to Waiheke Island before the days end.
Where to Stay:
From intimate luxury hotels to cosy cottages, boutique lodges and villas with a view, there is a variety of accommodation options on Waiheke Island to choose from for the most romantic island getaway. You’ll find a beautiful selection of accommodation dotted all around the island whether its hilltop or beachside, so come and discover your piece of paradise here on Waiheke Island.
Contact us for more inspiration on how to spend your time on Waiheke Island. |
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Coming up for rent is this three-bedroom family home that is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in the Buderim Meadows Estate. Includes two bathrooms and a 2-car double lock-up garage and new blinds and curtains throughout. The master bedroom includes a spacious walk-in robe and ensuite, with air conditioning in the master bedroom and in the living areas. Ceiling fans in living areas and the additional 2 bedrooms. Good sized kitchen with breakfast bar and ample cupboard space. This home is in a great location, close to parks, shops, and cafes. Renting for $665 a week.
This amazing unfurnished 4-5 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom multi-level home in the Golden Triangle of Noosa’s famous Hinterland, sits high and proud on this 1.9 acre block. Breath-taking views abound from multiple decks overlooking the stunning rain forest canopies of Doonan through to Lake Weyba and the Noosa river mouth. Architect designed and built by a builder for a builder, this New Zealand custom designed and engineered Lockwood home was factory-made and engineered in Rotorua. After entering the property and down a lush driveway, one can head to a forecourt and the formal entrance, or, head down to the huge 3 car garage and storage underneath the home. Entering from the forecourt, the soaring vaulted ceilings come into view, this is the middle level of the home and hosts a large open living and dining area with a double-sided fireplace and an entertainers kitchen with an island bench. Off these areas, enormous wrap-around decks lead to a beautiful pool and undercover entertaining area with barbeque and wine fridges. From every angle, the views are magnificent. At one end of this level, a large study could be used as a further bedroom. Further down the hallway, a vast master suite has BIR’s and a large marble ensuite. Upstairs, a second master suite boasts a WIR, large ensuite, and a separate lounge/study area. A decked balcony takes in the lush views. Garden maintenance included! Inspection by appointment only. Pool chemicals at tenants cost 1form applications accepted
Near new, modern, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house in the sought after Harmony Estate. Comes with two separate living areas, stainless steel appliances, all open plan and ready for you to move into! 3 Bedrooms Bath Tub Separate Laundry Dishwasher Large open plan living and dining Built-in robes with shelving Air-conditioned to the main living and main bedroom Single garage with remote Alfresco under roof Fully fenced Water charges invoiced to the tenant 1form applications accepted.
What a great location! Walk to the lake, Currimundi, or Dicky beach. Quiet cul-de-sac location, close to schools (Talara Primary, Meridan State College, Currimundi Primary, and Currimundi Special School) and under 1km away from Currimundi Markets. This home offers three good size bedrooms with built-in wardrobes, ceiling fans, open plan tiled living area, a Multipurpose room at the front of the house that can be used as a fourth bedroom or another living area, light & bright kitchen with loads of cupboard space. Large undercover entertainment area overlooking a large, fenced backyard. Double bay shed with room for two cars as well as plenty of storage. Comes with solar electricity, water charges invoiced to tenants 1form applications accepted.
What a great house only a short stroll to the lovely Alex Beach. Upstairs consists of a large lounge area with air conditioning leading to the modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances and loads of cupboard space. Three generous-sized bedrooms, all with ceiling fans, built-in wardrobes, and floorboards throughout. The main comes with a sunroom. The property comes with a large back balcony, fully covered which overlooks the large fully fenced backyard. An entertainer's dream! Downstairs there is a garage space for one car and off-street parking for another two, internal laundry, second toilet and another large room which would be great for an office space or man cave! This area is very quiet and sort after. Pets considered on application Water usage will be invoiced to tenants 1form applications accepted
Situated in close proximity to 3 beautiful beaches, less than 15-minute walk (950m) to Dicky beach, local shops, and cafes, while Currimundi Marketplace is only 1.7km away Immaculate inside and out, this property features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, off-street parking, expansive master bedroom, separate laundry with exterior access, gated entry, built-in robes, ceiling fans, and ample storage throughout. The open plan kitchen boasts a sleek, modern design and incorporates the dining area with the living zone flowing seamlessly between the indoor and outdoor areas. Large stacking doors lead out to the poolside timber deck which overlooks the tropical gardens and stunning inground pool with glass fencing. Two of the bedrooms are serviced by the main bathroom which has a full-sized bathtub, floating vanity, and separate toilet, while the third bedroom has a private ensuite. The master bedroom is a true retreat with pendant lighting, huge walk in robe, and ultra-modern ensuite. Added features in this beachside residence include split reverse air conditioning in the living area and master, plus a huge 6.6 KW solar and low maintenance yard to make life easier.
First time on the rental market comes this near new 2 bedroom furnished apartment right on the water in the new Bokarina location. Comes with 2 double sized bedrooms with built-ins, modern bathroom, good sized lounge area opening out to the large outdoor entertaining area. So private yet close to all Bokarina amenities including the beautiful beach. WIFI and gas included in the rent. 1form applications accepted.
Hear the waves from your living room at this quiet, beachfront apartment in the heart of Cotton Tree. Comes partly furnished with a queen bed, x2 single beds, washing machine, and lounge. Ceiling fans throughout the apartment, both bedrooms have built-in wardrobes with the main having access to the balcony. Large kitchen with loads of cupboard space and dishwasher. Great size living area that opens out to the lovely balcony. Leave the car in the lock-up garage (with extra cage storage) and walk across the road to the beach or stay and enjoy the complex inground pool. Internal laundry. 1form applications only
Live right on the water in this fully furnished and spacious Sebel apartment. Set on the 8th floor with some of the best coastal views available, the master bedroom is located to the front of the apartment and adjoins the sunny balcony. The ensuite is lavish and the walk-in robe will be plenty big enough for most. Bedroom two is located to the rear of the apartment and is serviced by a private bathroom. There is also a second living area to the rear of the unit. The remainder of the unit is fully tiled throughout with a stone-topped kitchen and top-notch appliances. Secure parking for 1 car. Complex comes with a communal rooftop and lap pool.
New to the rental market is this freshly painted, 3-bedroom, one bathroom beach shack just walking distance to Mooloolaba Beach, cafes, restaurants, and everything else Mooloolaba offers! Three good-sized bedrooms, all with fly screens, two have built-in wardrobes and ceiling fan in the main. Two living areas at each end of the house with the back lounge opening to the large outdoor balcony. Great size kitchen with ample cupboard space and dishwasher. The large fenced backyard is suitable for pets. Carport. Water charges to be passed onto tenants. 1form applications accepted
This contemporary style apartment is located only a short stroll to Mooloolaba main beach, cafes, restaurants and everything else Mooloolaba has to over! This 6th floor apartment comes with 2 bedrooms, master having its own balcony with views to the Glass House Mountains, spacious ensuite and both bedrooms have built in's. Open plan kitchen, dining and lounge space with large windows for loads of natural light. The kitchen has ample storage and bench space, breakfast bar, plus a hidden internal laundry space. The apartment comes with fully ducted air conditioning and ceiling fans throughout.
Only minutes from the beach, this property offers three good sized bedrooms, all with built in robes, master with an ensuite and a large main bathroom for the two remaining bedrooms. The home is open plan with floor tiles for easy maintenance. The modern kitchen is well designed with ample storage & bench space and of course a gas cooktop & electric oven. The dining room opens out to the covered outdoor entertaining area, perfect for outdoor living. Single remote garage, storage shed suitable for boat or trailer and side access to the rear of the property with a fully fenced back yard. With all garden/lawn maintenance included, this is a great opportunity to live in a quiet leafy location, with the beaches just minutes from the property.
You will not be disappointed in calling this your home! Comes partly renovated with 4 spacious bedrooms, master with ensuite and large walk in wardrobe, two separate living areas and large open plan kitchen with gas cooking and stainless steel dishwasher. Fully fenced back yard with garden shed, entertainers patio area and an inground pool. Rainsford Place is known for their Christmas lights so get ready to join in the fun with the Christmas lights provided.
This 3 bedroom home is ready for you to move into now! Tastefully renovated and only a 5 minute walk to the beach. Modern kitchen with island beach, loads of cupboard space and dishwasher. Lovely open plan living/dining area with ceiling fans and a new split system air conditioning unit big enough to cool or heat the house. 3 bedrooms all with built in’s and black out blinds, bathroom with bath and shower with separate toilet. Internal laundry. Great security with new high fences and a security remote gate to access the double garage.
Situated across the road from the Maroochydore river, with walking distance to many convenient locational characteristics such as the newly upgraded Sunshine Plaza, Ocean Street bars and restaurants, the Cotton Tree Hub of cafes and boutique shops, and many public transport options. The contemporary coastal architectural design of the apartment includes modern fixtures and finishes, from the stainless-steel appliances, separate bathtub, large shower, soft-closing drawers and sliding mirror built-in wardrobe. This resort styled complex offers modern gym facilities, 2 heated swimming pools, 2 spas, sauna and barbeque entertaining areas in a safe and quiet building arrangement
Set well back from the street giving you absolute privacy is this leafy, 4 bedroom house ready for you and your family to call home. Fully fenced with an inground pool, double garage and additional off-street parking for up to 3 extra cars or a boat! Upon entering you are welcomed by a large open-plan lounge with enough space for a separate sitting/reading area with split system air con and ceiling fans. A second living area leads out to the fully covered entertainer’s patio that overlooks the large inground pool which is surrounded by a tropical oasis of palm trees and ferns. There is also enough room for the kids to play on the grassed area in the fully fenced back yard.
Fully tiled 3 bedroom half house with a renovated bathroom and brand new kitchen area. Very private with new blinds installed throughout, built in’s in the double size bedrooms and an undercover patio area to sit back and relax in. Electricity, water and garden maintenance are included in the rent.
This gorgeous 3 bedroom half house has all the extras that you look for in a rental. 3 double bedrooms with built in’s, air conditioning in the lounge area, large modern kitchen with gas cooking and a large private balcony for entertaining. Electricity, water and garden maintenance are included in the rent
This apartment is fully renovated and ready for the first tenant to move in and enjoy right in the heart of Cotton Tree. Spacious fully furnished 3-bedroom apartment with full water views, front and rear balconies, ceiling fans throughout and loads of natural light and breezes. Walk across the road and let the kids play in the playground, go kayaking on the water or why not just sit back and enjoy the resort pool in the complex with a BBQ area. Or leave the car behind and walk to your heart's content with cafes, restaurants, shops, the river and patrolled beaches all so close! Features include: 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms Furnished Smart TV Ceiling fans Ocean Views Dishwasher Single lock up garage Water will be passed onto the tenant. 1form applications accepted No Pets
This stylish townhouse will tick all the boxes! Two spacious bedrooms with built ins and ceiling fans, ensuite to the main bedroom and air conditioning. The spacious open plan lounge area comes with high ceilings, air conditioning and bi-fold doors that open out to the large balcony with full panoramic views. Just beautiful. Modern kitchen with a double draw dishwasher, large pantry and induction cooktop. Separate dining area that can convert into a study area. This property has a double garage, separate internal laundry area and loads of storage space. Complex comes with a communal BBQ area. Water charges will be passed onto the tenant. 1form applications accepted.
This home ticks all the boxes for your next family home! 4 bedrooms all with built in’s and ceiling fans (air con in one of the bedrooms) and the main bedroom with an ensuite. Separate study area, two separate lounge rooms with the main having air conditioning and bi-fold doors opening out into the large undercover patio area. The kitchen has a large gas oven for those who love to cook, dishwasher and a butler’s pantry. The owners have thought of everything here with having security screens installed. Large internal laundry area and double garage. ELECTRICITY WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE RENT! Pets upon application 1form applications accepted
Situated on a flat 400m2 block, rests this very large 5 bedroom home that will be freshly painted white throughout the interior. 3 separate ensuite's plus 1 main bathroom servicing the 4th & 5th bedrooms, each room has the added benefit of separate reverse cycle air conditioners, the whole family will have the space and privacy they desire! The centrally positioned kitchen comes equipped with modern appliances, stone benches and plumbed fridge cavity, all flowing effortlessly on to the adjoining living and dining area to compliment the family lifestyle. Oversized outdoor entertainment area that catches the ocean breezes. Parkland at the rear fence so no back neighbours. Pets upon application.
Coming up for rent in the Heart of Mooloolaba is this spacious, modern executive apartment. Located opposite the Mooloolaba Wharf precinct, and just a short stroll to the main beach Mooloolaba this is a lifestyle for those who enjoy living life to the full. Security is a priority here with security gates into the complex. Take the lift to the first floor. As you walk in you will see how spacious and light the apartment is! This comes fully furnished with stylish pieces that compliment the design of the apartment. - 2 spacious bedrooms with built in wardrobes - Main bedroom comes with an ensuite - 1 car space inside secure gate - Large balcony - Air Conditioning - TV’s in both bedrooms - New Carpet
Walk into the spacious hallway and you will see that space will not be an issue here! Great location in the sought after Pineview Estate, this duplex has so much to offer. 3 spacious bedrooms all with built-ins, (main has large walk in wardrobe), air conditioning in the lounge and main bedroom, open plan kitchen, dining and living area with a large fully fenced backyard with two garden sheds. Features include: * 3 large bedrooms all with ceiling fans * 2 bathrooms * Dishwasher and quality appliances * Gas hot water * 2 Garden sheds * Air-conditioning in the lounge and main bedroom * Main bedroom comes with large walk in wardrobe * Remote double lock up garage * Close to schools, public transport and all local amenities.
Come and check out this spacious 2 bedroom half house just walking distance to Mooloolaba Beach, surf clubs, restaurants, public transport and more! Main bedroom is king size with built ins, air conditioning and ceiling fan, second bedroom with two wardrobes and new curtains. Large kitchen with ample storage and new dishwasher. Sit back on your private balcony with ocean glimpses and enjoy the quiet neighbourhood. Own internal laundry with washing machine, Large lounge room with air conditioning, fly screens throughout. Bathroom comes with shower and bath with a separate toilet. Garden maintenance, Internet and electricity is included in the rent! One car space available for only a short time - Please contact agent to discuss further.
This large semi furnished family home is a must to inspect. If location is important to you then with public transport, schools and shops right outside your door, you will love the convenience. Centrally located on the top of Buderim this double storey home offers: Four generous size bedrooms Two spacious open plan living areas Polished timber floors North facing massive fenced back yard Two bathrooms Undercover balcony upstairs & downstairs Partly furnished – inventory upon request Fully fenced Outside pets considered
This 3 bedroom apartment is newly renovated, cosy and spacious and has been fitted out with everything you need. Beautifully furnished top floor apartment with fully equipped kitchen, one bathroom with a separate shower and bathtub. Space for one car. Comes with x2 queen beds and x2 single. Rent includes free WIFI, electricity and water. The apartment is centrally located with everything at your door step. Just a few minutes walk away, you find the highly desirable Mooloolaba beach, the Esplanade with its restaurants, great shopping and nightlife as well as the popular Mooloolaba Wharf. Coles complex with supermarket and stores for your daily needs is across the road.
Waiting for you is this stunning, unique, private cabin made with pre-loved materials. Comes furnished with Queen bed, TV (inc Chrome-cast), fully functional kitchenette with toaster, electric jug, mini bar Fridge/freezer, microwave bench Cooktop plates, not to mention the welcoming fireplace to snuggle up next to. The rustic bathroom comes complete with shower and toilet. Wrought Iron French inspired garden setting including 2 chairs and a table are located outside to take in the natural grove. WIFi, Electricity and Water are included in the rent. Gas hot water which will be at the tenant’s expense should the bottles need to be filled. Comes with one car space.
This home located right in the heart of Maroochydore and will certainly tick all the boxes. Within a short walk to Maroochydore Town center, local restaurants, shopping centers and some of Queensland's finest beaches. The kitchen is centrally located in the home with a crisp neutral kitchen with stainless steel appliances. The dining room which is just off the kitchen is equipped with air-conditioning and access to the al fresco entertaining area under the main roof for all year round enjoyment. The main bedroom which has a walk in robe, air-conditioning and a sliding door that opens up to the backyard, comes complete with your own private ensuite. All bedrooms are generous sized rooms that feature ceilings fans and built in wardrobes. The main bathroom has also been renovated and has a bath and separate shower
Do you work at the Hospital and want to live near work? Well this Bok Beach home will suit you! Brand new luxury home located only 300 metres from magnificent Bokarina Beach and all amenities. Features include: • 4 double bedrooms (1 King, x3 Queen beds) • Fully ducted air conditioning throughout • Gourment kitchen with all top of the range appliances • Indoor and outdoor living/entertaining • Inground pool • Walk in robe in master bedroom • 2.5 bathrooms • Study • Outdoor shower • Beach location • Double garage You will love what this home has to offer, you will never want to leave home!
Be the first to live in this lovely, modern, BRAND NEW 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house in the sought after Harmony Estate. Comes with two separate living areas, stainless steel appliances, all open plan and ready for you to move into! 3 Bedrooms Bath Tub Separate Laundry Dishwasher Large open plan living and dining Built in robes with shelving Air conditioned to main living and main bedroom Single garage with remote Alfresco under roof Fully fenced
Set in the fabulous Ocean Boulevard complex, this 2nd floor one bedroom fully furnished apartment is phenomenal! The unit comes complete with one double sized bedroom, a good size living area, full laundry and bathroom and kitchen. With a northern aspect and perfect sunny setting, you will love sitting back on the balcony and soak up the sun all day long. Comes fully air-conditioned, but you may never need it with the breezes on offer here.
This apartment over two levels is so rare you must come and see for yourself! Drive through the security gate to your double remote lock up garage with ample storage. Walk up one level to the spacious lounge room with balcony right on the water front. Just stunning! Spacious kitchen, separate large laundry and a second lounge, fourth bedroom or rumpus room. Walk up to the second level to get to the massive main bedroom with full water views, air conditioning, large walk in wardrobe, ensuite with bath and another large balcony with full views. Two more double bedrooms, both with built ins, ceiling fans and a large bathroom with laundry chute. Need more? Well how about your own private roof top overlooking Maroochy River and an inground complex pool! This will surely impress your friends and family. |
Aug. 26, 2012 -- He extols the virtues of poverty and humility, but the German bishop of Limburg enjoys first-class flights and a luxurious new living complex. As the truth comes out about their secretive shepherd, local Catholics are threatening to abandon the fold en masse.
The Catholic bishop of Limburg, a small city in western Germany, apparently had noble motives when he boarded a plane to India with his vicar general in mid-January. "We were there to support social projects in and around Bangalore," Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst reported after his return. They wanted to help children "who worked breaking stones," he added.
But this man of God didn't just want to do something good for the poor. He also wanted to do something nice for himself. On the upper deck of a jumbo jet, he and Vicar General Franz Kaspar had made themselves comfortable in the plane's first-class section, which offers such amenities as champagne, caviar and a bed. "Traveling first class means you should always be able to expect the extraordinary," Germany's Lufthansa airline, which Kaspar flew with, promises.
SPIEGEL inquiries about this luxury trip to the slums triggered a flurry of contradictory reports. Questions directed to the diocese press office were answered by a law firm in nearby Frankfurt. The 10-page document contained a cease and desist declaration with a penalty clause forbidding the publication of the claim that the bishop had flown first-class to India -- as well as a €1,890.91 ($2,400) bill for the legal warning. The bishop's lawyer said that the claim "is untrue" and that his client had "flown business class."
But after a follow-up written inquiry, the whole story changed a few days later. Suddenly, the truth was out. Now it was admitted that the bishop and his vicar general had, in fact, sat in first class on both the outbound and return flights. But this was qualified with a claim that this was only made possible because the vicar general -- who enjoys "Senator" status with Lufthansa, which requires at least 100,000 annual status miles -- had used reward points to purchase upgrades from business class in what the lawyer described as a "purely private" action.
The total value of the ticket price and mileage upgrade for the outbound and return flights for both men: roughly €7,000 each.
Of course, this also gives rise to another question: Why would a vicar general travel enough to earn "Senator" status at Lufthansa and the bishop himself to earn "Frequent Traveler" status, which requires over 35,000 status miles in a calendar year? Members of the diocese say they knew practically nothing about the church officials' global jaunts because they weren't reported on the diocese website, in its newspaper or in the local press.
Bishop Tebartz-van Elst, 52, doesn't only embrace luxury when he travels to India to visit poor children and nuns. He also puts a premium on a pleasant standard of living back home in Limburg, one that befits his status. His new, multi-million-euro bishop's residence right next to the city's cathedral is about to be finished. But the complex has sparked a mix of amazement, rage and resignation among the 600,000 Catholics in the diocese. Many cannot comprehend how they are supposed to live in want while their bishop splurges.
Tebartz-van Elst preaches to his flock to sate their thirst with water not wine. "Renewal begins where the efforts toward making due with less are made," he has instructed them. "The person of faith is dirt poor and rich in mercy," he once said in a Christmas sermon. And on the Assumption, he declared: "Whoever experiences poverty in person will discover the true greatness of God."
Meanwhile, funds are tight or insufficient across the diocese. There isn't enough money for the upkeep of churches, parishes are being consolidated and funding for Catholic day care centers is being slashed. All of this is part of the bishop's tough cost-cutting measures.
Ever since construction on the bishop's complex began and the extent of his ambitions became known, the atmosphere among Limburg's Catholics has been poisoned. Indeed, the contradictions between the bishop's words and his lifestyle have enraged many believers. One member of the cathedral's choir loudly voiced her anger immediately after a mass. "Many church communities don't know where they are going to get the money to pay to heat their churches next winter or to make urgently needed repairs to their church roofs," she said.
In the bishop's new complex, however, hardly any wish has gone unmet. Still, the congregation hasn't been able to learn much about the luxurious residence, which bears the humble name of the St. Nicolas Diocese Center.
Men in red T-shirts immediately appear whenever one approaches the construction site. "No photos!" they warn passersby, even though one can still make out very little from behind the high brick wall.
Workers on the mystery-enshrouded construction site keep quiet as if they'd been forced to swear a vow of silence. Members of Limburg's building board haven't even been allowed to take a quick look at everything. And county council officials haven't been able to check on any of the rumors that have been circulating in the city. Taken together, these hold that the complex boasts dedicated rooms for reliquaries, a sauna, a fireplace, a wine cellar, gemstone detailing, statues of holy figures and a heatable roof that can protect the bishop's private chapel from snow and ice.
The magnificent estate can only be seen from outside from a nearby balcony. But the woman with access to the balcony seems intimidated when asked about it. Certain "gentlemen," she says, have strictly forbidden her to allow interested visitors access to the balcony.
The bishop says he knows nothing about all this secretiveness. He says he didn't order it, that it doesn't exist. Speaking through his lawyer, he adds: "There is nothing to hide on the construction site." The document goes on to say that there will be no sauna, wine cellar or precious stones, and that the heatable roof had only been "contemplated" for safety reasons, but will not be installed.
Nothing But the BestTebartz-van Elst's predecessor, Franz Kamphaus, lived in a markedly different way. He once moved into modest lodgings in a seminary for priests so that asylum-seekers could be housed in the bishop's residence. Although the elements of the new property are built close together, the current bishop will still have plenty of space for contemplation and ostentation. Indeed, the difference between a shepherd who is close to his flock and a church dignitary enamored of his status could not be greater.
Although the cathedral lies just a short walk away, the new estate has a private bishop's chapel that looks like a jet-black monolith. The building has appalled local residents, architects and historical-preservation officials alike. People in the city have already come to disparage it as the "Kaaba of Limburg" because some think it resembles the huge sacred cubical stone structure in Mecca.
A small park has also been built for the bishop. In the evenings, Tebartz-van Elst will now be able to stroll through the designer garden while reading his breviary.
All of the structures on the property are linked by corridors and underground passageways, which the bishop's lawyers say are for "logistical reasons." Workers had to spend weeks under the most trying conditions drilling into the bedrock and pouring a huge amount of concrete.
Of course, the plans also envision a library, guestrooms and a room for storing precious reliquaries. A wood-burning stove in the living room adds to its coziness, and expensive construction materials have been ordered. Still, the bishop stresses that "only native materials" have been used, such as limestone from Bavaria, slate from the Mosel region and wood from central Hesse.
While in Rome for the birthday reception of Pope Benedict XVI, people were puzzled when Tebartz-van Elst said that his new, 120-square-meter (1,300-square-foot) quarters only cost €200,000. But his figure ignores the costs for the reception rooms, chapel, offices and rooms for his driver and the two nuns who assist him. The entire complex reportedly costs at least €5.5 million, and the diocese says that it will pay for anything exceeding that amount itself. The current bishop and his chief administrator, the vicar general, have sole oversight over the diocese's assets. Hardly anyone in Limburg knows its true wealth, and financial authorities haven't looked into it.
The bishop has also tried to deflect criticism by claiming that the decision to build the complex was made before his time. But there are indications that this is not the case. Kamphaus stepped down as Limburg's bishop on Feb. 2, 2007, and the position remained vacant until the end of the year, when the pope appointed Tebartz-van Elst to head the diocese. No decisions like this one could have been made during this interim period, and members of the diocese board say that concrete planning for the complex didn't begin until December 2007 -- and that it was designed according to Tebartz-van Elst's wishes.
Calls for TransparencyLimburg's Catholics don't want to follow their bishop anymore. Berthold Nebgen, 69, the longest-serving acolyte at the cathedral, says the bishop himself has "lost all sense of reality." He calls the bishop's private chapel an "eyesore in the heart of the old city," thinks it is "ugly and unneeded" and says it drives "a black wedge between the diocese leadership and the population." He now says he intends to stop performing "all services for the church."
Sigrid Grabmeier, the spokeswoman for the German branch of the international We Are Church initiative, which advocates reforms in the Catholic Church's authority structures, says that the bishop "has apparently lost all sense of the external effects" of his actions.
Opinions about Tebartz-van Elst are also divided among the priests under his control. Huburtus Janssen, 74, a well-known priest in the city, say that "the church's members have a right to transparency."
Frank Speth, a local politician with the center-left Social Democratic Party and a Catholic religion teacher, has also come to sense just how heated the mood has gotten. He received a letter criticizing the diocese's "parallel world of well-filled coffers and secret assets." The very next day, his mailbox held a postcard apparently written by a fanatic supporter of the bishop. It addressed him as "little Frank" and said he wouldn't dare to criticize the Catholic Church if he belonged to a different religion -- because then he would have to "seriously worry about getting a knife between the ribs." |
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In anticipation of Stepping Stones’ release on August 25th, I’ve dug out my old manuscripts and compared them, one by one. It hasn’t been pretty, but it has been fun! I’ve had help from my trusty sidekicks, Stephanie Keyes (of The Star Child fame) and Hannah R. Goodman (Founder and Editor of Sucker Literary and All the Way YA). These ladies have read over my early drafts and marked then up with red pen. (Side note: Print out your manuscripts and use red pen. It’s SO satisfying!)
Now we’ve reached the moment you’ve been waiting for: THE FINAL FIRST SCENE REVEAL (with a few comments thrown in). I know I’ve said it before and I’ll probably say it (at least!) a million more times, but I love this book. I’m so excited to share Onna and Everett’s story with you. You can preorder the digital version of Stepping Stones from Amazon, or add it on Goodreads.
Version Four – 2014
KACEY: I wrote SEVEN OTHER novels from Version One until Version Four. (There is an incomplete Version Three somewhere on my hard drive…I’ll post it if I can locate it.) That number is an estimate because my memory is hazy. I joined the Flint Area Writers. I branched out into short fiction. I read A LOT.
Things I learned between then and now:
*Writing is HARD. Writing WELL is harder.
*There are some words you shouldn’t use. A shortlist:
- Seems, in any form.
- Wonder, as in she wonders if…
- Was, Is, Had, Has, etc.
*A successful novel takes multiple drafts. Hours, days, week, months, years (EVEN DECADES) of struggling.
*You’re still a writer even if you suck. (HANNAH: YES! Because being a writer is not something one can judge without being prejudice. Meaning, being a writer is like having blue eyes…you are born this way.)
*You really should listen to those who are older/wiser/more experienced than you. They’re not critiquing you to be rude (usually), they’re critiquing you so you can learn and grow and become a better writer.
*If writing is something you’re passionate about, don’t give up. It’s always worth it in the long run if it makes you happy.
**In this version, Onna’s brother’s name is now Caleb. Name changes are often part of reaching a final draft.
**The point of view has changed from first person to third person.
This is the first scene of Stepping Stones, which will publish on August 25th. This book is my baby, my rambunctious problem child. I’m SO PROUD of how far it’s come (and how far I’ve come as a writer!). I took this excerpt straight from the digital version of the document, which is ready for publication. See? Just for sticking with me, you get a sneak peek!
Divorce. The word BURROWED deep in Onna’s chest, BARBED like the sharp quills of a porcupine. The sting RADIATED from her heart into her lungs, her head, her hands. She knew she should stick around and listen to her parents’ STUMBLING apologies and paper-thin explanations, but she couldn’t.
She BURST through the front door into DAZZLING sunshine. The sky hung endless above her from horizon to horizon—perfect, crisp blue. She glanced back at the windows, rooms hidden by curtains and blinds. Houses were facades, masks to cover pain and heartbreak. She could stare at the glass all day, where cheery vines and flowers SPILLED from window boxes, and never see past the guise. Even now, her parents were probably sitting in cruel silence, debating how to avoid each other until one of them moved out.
HANNAH: I could go on but I will stop and focus on this section to highlight that this is what makes writing have a sense of movement, a sense that SOMETHING IS HAPPENING even if it really isn’t. The language here allows us to get back story in a way that feels like we are moving through the events of the plot. Amen. (The words Hannah is referring to are BOLDED.)
It made her sick.
Sliding into the driver seat of her Grand Am felt like stepping into a sauna. End-of-summer heat collected in the car and made the interior stifling. Onna CRANKS the windows and cursed her parents for not buying her a car with automatic anything, and the air conditioner was broken. Her dad promised to fix it four months ago. Guess he was too busy planning the divorce to get around to it.
Onna PRESSED her phone to her ear before she backed out of the driveway. Caleb answered on the first ring.
“Baby sister,” he said, a smile in his voice. The knot around Onna’s heart EASED. “What’s shakin’?”
She pictured him on the balcony of his apartment in Traverse City, feet propped on the banister, staring out over Lake Michigan. She stayed with him for two weeks in July, spending her days sprawled on the beach with a book in her hands while Caleb studied for medical boards. At night, they PROWLED the town and sampled swanky restaurants, and Cora, Caleb’s girlfriend, took Onna dancing at a beachside club.
“Caleb—” Onna said, wondering how to break the news.
“They finally told you.”
Onna nearly dropped the phone. An angry honk sounded from behind her, and she realized she’d stopped at a green light. Muttering, she passed through the intersection and pulled into a parking lot. The convenience store was dead, the lot deserted. The relentless heat drove everyone indoors where there was air conditioning and iced-tea and Saturday afternoon movie marathons. Neon signs advertising beer and cigarettes flickered in the window. The attendant inside LEANED over the counter, watching her.
Returning to her conversation with Caleb, she hissed, “You knew?” The pause was long enough to serve as Caleb’s confession.
“Don’t be upset, Leelee.” He fell back on her childhood nickname, even though she’d asked him to stop. Onnie, Leelee, Leigha—her name, Onnaleigh Evelyn Moore, was too easily shortened. “They fell out of love,” Caleb continued. “We can’t expect them to stay together if they’re unhappy.”
“Easy for you to say, you don’t live with them. You didn’t see how Dad looked at Mom. You didn’t see him cry.” Onna closed her eyes. Tears burned behind her lids. She wished she were with Caleb now. He’d tell her a dirty joke or let her drink half his six-pack. He’d make it bearable.
Her parents always laughed about Onna’s devotion to her older brother. Whenever she hurt herself as a child, she ran to Caleb. From the time she could walk, Caleb was the one who kissed her scrapes and chased the boogeyman from beneath her bed. Even now, she called him with breakups and bad grades and for advice about everything. He was the only twenty-five-year-old male Onna knew who would listen to her ramble about boys, makeup, and what color dress she wanted for prom.
During Caleb’s drawn out silence, a vintage, kelly green Mustang pulled into the convenience store lot, all sleek lines and muscle. Onna GROANED as the driver, instead of choosing a space near the entrance, pulled in next to her at the far corner. She wiped her eyes and debated rolling up the windows. There was nothing worse than crying in public, except having a witness. In the end, she settled for glowering at the driver as he emerged.
Much like his car, which was a sex-machine with four wheels, the guy was hard lines and hotness. He wore board shorts and a blue t-shirt over dark, olive skin. A longish crop of unruly brown hair hung to his eyebrows. Black aviators perched on a straight nose.
HANNAH: Enter the Hot Dude. What an entrance. It is short and teasing, just how it should be. I particularly love hard lines and hotness, as it evokes voice. I like the varied sentence structure of the three lines after it. This is sophisticated writing. This is good.
Onna swore she felt his gaze on her face. She sank lower into the seat and her cheeks heated. The guy nodded in her direction before crossing the lot and disappearing into the store. The doorbell’s jangle reached her ears, followed by Caleb’s worried voice.
She swallowed, heart thudding against her ribs in a frantic dash to be free. The Grand Am’s vents blew hot against damp cheeks. She propped her door open and gulped fresh air. Who is that guy?
“I’m here,” she said, peeking over the seat back. She lost sight of the guy between the shelves.
“Cora and I are coming home next weekend. Can you survive until then? I have some time off saved for a special occasion, but I wouldn’t mind spending it on you.” In the background, the excited tone of Cora’s voice rose, and Caleb mumbled, “It’s Onna.”
There was a moment of deafening static, and then Cora was on the line. “We’re engaged!” she yelled.
Onna squealed. “You’vegottabekiddingme!”
“Not kidding. He got me a rock. I can hardly hold my hand up.”
“Lies,” Caleb said, voice far away. Another rumble of static and Caleb spoke again. “She was supposed to wait until next weekend.” His voice distorted as if he covered the mouthpiece with his palm. “You were supposed to wait… You know, wait. Should I spell it for you?”
Cora giggled and Caleb’s voice lifted to full strength. “Keep it to yourself. With everything going on…” he trailed off and suddenly Onna was back in the living room, seeing her mom glare at her dad while tension churned around them.
“Right,” she said, forcing brightness into her words. “Congratulations, Caleb.”
“Thanks. Hang in there. At least school starts soon. Senior year.” He faked a sob. “My baby sister’s growing up. Anyways, call me if you want to talk. Cora and I are headed out to tell her parents. She thinks her dad will chase me with a shovel.”
Onna was horrified. “He wouldn’t.”
“That’s what I said,” Caleb agreed, laughing.
“He’s got a shotgun,” Cora yelled.
She’d just hung up when the guy came out of the store carrying two jumbo blue slushes. Prickles crawled up Onna’s neck. She tossed her phone onto the passenger seat and closed her driver door. When she looked up, he was outside her window, dripping plastic cup held through the opening. A red swirly straw sat atop the melting blue drink.
“You looked like you could use this,” he said, leaning down so his face filled her open window. His mouth curled in a sexy smile that made Onna lose conscious thought. She wished she could see his eyes, but the lenses of his glasses were so opaque she couldn’t guess the color behind them.
“Uh—thanks?” she said, hoping he’d go away.
He pushed the drink closer. The sharp sting of cold condensation falling onto her bare legs jolted her from the stupor. She took the slippery cup, burning fingers brushing his freezing ones. Her stomach tickled.
“See you around, Onna,” he said, standing.
She watched him climb into his car. He rolled down the windows—also manual—giving her a view of an all leather interior and shiny four-speed shifter on the floor. The guy put the straw of his slush—also red swirly—to his lips and drank deeply. Onna thought she would die before that sip ended. Then he smiled, backed neatly around her car, and tore out of the parking lot.
HANNAH: Steamy awesomeness. What’s awesome is that this is actually a sex scene and yet, no sex has been had.
STEPH: LOVE, LOVE! So much stronger than the earlier version. You know the expression. There are no good writers, only good re-writers. The only thing I’d like to see is more of a transition in the first paragraph when she runs out. A glimpse of what her parents look like. A line from them and then, boom, she runs.
HANNAH: A huge improvement that really showcases your skills and hard work. I love that now I know how you grew as a writer. Bravo! (KACEY: I just love her…)
KACEY: You can see how the scene progressed from version to version. A lot of the same things still happen, we learn about the divorce, Onna’s devotion to her brother, and we get to meet (YAY!) the male main character and introduce his mystery to the story. The backstory remains, but it’s woven in between action scenes that move the story along. Onna doesn’t spend much time sitting around thinking. Information is learned from her dialogue with Caleb and Cora, along with a glimpse into her personality and values.
Now, I’ll never say that a draft is perfect. Perfection is IMPOSSIBLE to achieve, but feeling satisfied over a journey is allowed. I hope you’re intrigued enough to pick up a copy of Stepping Stones when it releases August 25th, especially now that you’ve seen the process it underwent from inception to final draft.
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A.Alexander, сайт museumoflondon.org.uk, 1999
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Seva Novgorodsev was born in Leningrad in Russia in 1940. A jazz musician and DJ, he left the Soviet Union in 1975 and lived in Rome before coming to London in 1977. He works as a presenter for the BBC World Service.
Seva Novgorodsev was interviewed by Adriana Alexander in 1999.Photograph by Torla Evans
My name is Seva, S-E-V-A Novgorodsev, like town of Novgorod plus S-E-V at the end. I was born on 9th of July 1940 in Leningrad. My father by then was managing the Baltic Fleet, he was the Vice Chairman of the Baltic Fleet Company. His wife died one year previously and he had a son of - about '33 - about 7 by then. And so my mum remembers that he was courting her very dynamically. So within 3 months she was swept off her feet. And looking at his photograph I understand why. He belonged to that generation of Russians, he was Jewish, who had all the energy in the world. That was the time when the twentieth century was built I think, and he was extremely dynamic, extremely sort of virile and energetic person.
Now he comes from Kronstadt and the story of that family is interesting because in 1895 there was this Jewish family of Levinsteins who lived in Libava, which is now Lijepaja in Latvia, and I plan to go there one day. And in 1895 the family split, one branch went to America some went to Cincinnati and we lost all connections with them, but the other bit went to Kronstadt which is a small fortress, military fortress, just outside St Petersburg. It is essentially a naval base and you can see the town from there - the reason my grandfather went there because there was this Tsarist edict or bylaw whereby the Jews could not live in the capital proper. We have one relative who had 3 Iron Crosses for bravery and there was a special dispensation for him to live in Leningrad. Now funnily enough, a student of university and registered prostitutes were allowed to live in Leningrad, so many young Jewish girls were officially registered as prostitutes to be able to stay in town. Anyway, enough of that.
So he settled down in Kronstadt and opened a tailoring business, he was a tailor, but by the time my father was born he was part of a big naval academy and he was making all the uniforms and equipping the officers with all the paraphernalia that they had. So it was a sort of thriving business of about 12 or 15 people working, so the family was pretty prosperous. My father told me that in Kronstadt the main street was divided: one side was known as the velvet side and the other one was known as the calico side. Now calico side could be used by say ordinary sailors and cooks and cleaners, but the other side, the posh side, could not. And the family lived on the good side.
So my dad was okay, I mean I've seen his photograph in local gymnasium uniform, which is the highest kind of school, with silver buttons and beautifully tailored overcoat. And he said that their curriculum was absolutely identical for everybody but when they had religious lessons, religious education, he and other Jewish boys were taken to a separate classroom and the Rabbi was leading them. So I think it was pretty democratic at the time. However, he didn't want to become a tailor, he desperately wanted to be a sailor and a seaman so he can run away from home at the age of 14 and went to wash dishes and be a cook or whatever on a tug boat and he went on from there.
Another very interesting story about him, there was, after the Revolution in 1921 there was an uprising in Kronstadt which in Russian history is a pretty momentous event, whereby the revolutionary sailors rose against the Bolsheviks. This uprising was crushed with upmost severity and my father was involved in it by default, because he was a young sailor, part of the garrison. And his life and his family's life was spared because for some reason my grandfather was imprisoned by the mutineers for that week and so when the Bolsheviks came and he was released it was assumed that, you know, they were on the Bolshevik side. And from there on my father became a sailor and then a navigator and in the early '30s he was one of the youngest captains on the Baltic Fleet and then he became a manager of the whole Baltic Fleet. And then you know, he met my mum and I was born.
And then the war started. And so pretty soon the Germans were around Leningrad and it was besieged and as we know it lasted for over three hundred days and people were dying and whatnot. So everybody and everything that could be evacuated was evacuated and my mother and my father were split because dad stayed for the front and he was sort of managing some auxiliary kind of work, you know, managing supplies for the front and using all sorts of ship movement. So he was part of the headquarters. And my poor mother picked me up and we just went somewhere, or wherever we were sent, and we ended up in Siberia. There's this God forsaken place called Korgan and if you go any further inside there's this Korgan area, I think it's largely steppes, you know very cold in winter very hot in summer. And that particular collective farm was producing grain, it was just a grain, huge you know, like sort of Texas of Siberia. And of course my mum didn't have any agricultural skills, she was a young sort of town girl and there wasn't any work for her, and God knows how we survived.
Anyway my earliest memory when we came back finally to Leningrad and the family was reunited, is actually June 1945, it is my first visual memory, I don't remember anything before that. We're standing on the Nevsky Prospect, by that famous foodshop, and the troops are coming back from the front. It is absolutely, you know, the situation was not pompous but absolutely the other way, what I mean is there was no fanfare, no red flags, no victorious speeches. The whole thing happened in total silence. The troops were just in huge columns going down the middle of the street and there was no music, no cheering, no flowers, nothing. And what was amazing what impressed me most was that the troops were the colour of dust, everything was faded sort of greenish grey and the faces, those faces you can never forget, they were faces full of power and pride and extreme sort of tiredness. Most men wore moustaches and they were baked by the sun and frozen through their bones. Anyway this is something that you can never forget and that was the taste of what the War must have been like for these people, for those who survived the War. Because you know Russians got the rough end of the War, because of the number of them who died and they were treated appallingly by their own commanders, because Stalin's philosophy was not to spare people.
So then in 1947 I went to school. I began reading very early in life, probably three and a half, four years I was reading, so by the age of seven I was an experienced reader with three years behind me.
However, in 1949 in Russia there was a kind of semi-official anti-Semitic campaign, under the guise of I think they were called 'Anti-Cosmopolitanism'. It was Anti-Cosmopolitanism Campaign, everything was a euphemism under Stalin, and so my father was an obvious target, being a Jew. And the opportunity for the authorities to persecute him arose when there was a disaster.
One of the ships, he was managing like maybe two hundred ships, you know, thousands of people, it was a huge organisation, the whole Baltic Fleet. And on one of the ships the second mate, the second navigator, they were still using the magnetic compasses then and magnetic compass has what is known as a deviation because the magnetic field is changing, so you have to calculate, and he added this deviation with the wrong prefix, plus instead of minus or so. So the actual course on the map was altered by this amount and he was thinking he was going that way but he was going veering a little bit off the course. So they ended up on rocks and the ship ran aground and then there was a storm and the ship was banged violently against those rocks, they had to save the cargo and people, and my father was in charge of the saving of the operation. Unfortunately, one woman was washed overboard and some of the cargo perished because there were pelts or furs or something like that.
Anyway the justice was pretty harsh in those times, the captain got a firing squad, second navigator who made a mistake got fifteen years and my father was accused as well but he defended himself, he didn't have a lawyer. And it was proven beyond any doubt during that procedure that he did everything humanly possible and didn't make any mistakes. But the mistake he made during that court proceeding is when the poor captain was sentenced to a firing squad, my dad who knew him for many years gave him his last embrace publicly and they never forgave him that. So in the end he was chucked out of the Party, dismissed from work, ended with a complete nervous breakdown in hospital for a month.
And then friends in the industry organised for him to be transferred to Estonia and he began his career all over again as a simple clerk in an Estonian shipping agency. And this is what I remember vividly, after arriving in Estonia in 1949, in summer on one of those American Douglas Planes, you know with the two propellers, and lived in a tiny flat, and my sister was born, on the 1st of May 1949 and when she was born Mum fell and we moved, and poverty, what he was getting was a pittance. And so we lived in this tiny one-roomed flat for I don't know how many years. But then he got promoted and he ended his career being Fleet Manager again, so he kind of repeated his career twice, only in Estonia.
So I lived in Estonia until 1957 when I finished my school. And I was dreaming about going back to Leningrad because although Estonia was very 'Russified', it was part of the Soviet Union, still there were areas where Russians couldn't get in. There was a national culture, there was a national theatre there and intelligentsia they were all Estonians, because the kind of Russians who lived in Estonia then were mainly sort of workers. Small clerical staff, fisherman, that kind of proletariat type, and they were pushed to the outskirts to new building made of concrete. But the older part of town was still inhabited by Estonians and they kind of ruled the day. So it gave me my first taste of emigration, although I lived in the same country technically, looking back at it you realise that it was an emigration experience. So there was, you know, we were taught Estonian at school and I could sort of speak it a little bit. So then as soon as I got out of school I immediately went back to Leningrad.
By then I was a child actor and I had some prizes on a national sort of level, so they all thought I should go to acting school and the best ones were in Moscow. The way that entry exams are organised, acting schools test their students before the actual, you know, curriculum exams. So I went to Moscow and did one school and then the other. I remember that the chances were very slim, they were taking seventeen students that year and there were five thousand applicants. And many applicants came from the republic under the auspices of very powerful people, so it was, you know, just no go from the start. But when I was rejected I was still very, very distraught because that was my sole aim for the last sort of four or five years.
So when I came back home my father said 'well it didn't work out your way', you know, 'you might as well follow in my steps'. And so in three weeks I passed the entry exams to the Marine Academy, which is sort of higher Marine kind of school for Merchant Fleet, where I spent the next five and a half years, that was in Leningrad. So I was put into uniform and the first thing was pretty degrading because you know, you come from a reasonable school - I couldn't swear until I was sixteen or seventeen you know, I used to blush, couldn't do it, and I'm now in the midst of these rough and tough people who used to swear. So my family was pretty strict and I was well brought up, I didn't even swear at that age, I find myself in the middle of 120 crowd of rough sailors who swear like troopers and drink and smoke.
The first thing they do to you, they did to me anyway, they cut your hair off completely, they give you some awful sort of cotton clothes and we were sent to dig potatoes. Which was the custom in Russia in those days, that all students, especially all new students had to do their bit for agriculture. We were put on a ship and in 1967 it was interesting to see that this ship still had two wheels on the sides just like a Mississippi passenger liner of a hundred years before that. And we sailed across Ladoga and Onezhskoye Lakes, sort of towards north-east into the depths of Leningrad area. There was a small nation of Finnish tribe of gypsy lived there.
Now the village had eleven houses, eleven households, no electricity. The local farmer didn't have any chimney so they were doing still sort of 16th, 17th century stuff, whereby you burn your wood, made your stones hot but the smoke comes out of the door. So if you want to get in you have to crawl on the floor where the smoke hasn't reached yet because it tends to stay higher. And they were blacks almost, because there were no chimneys so everything was covered in soot inside. It was an eye opener for me you know, after forty years of Soviet Regime to find a village with no electricity like that. The ploughing equipment was on a par with a sauna, because it was a horse and a wooden crook and he would just open up a barrow of potatoes and we had to go behind him and just fill the sacks and you know put the stuff. Obviously we were not used to agricultural work, our backs were breaking, our hands were chipped and I remember my skin was cracked and you could see flesh through it you know, we were raw and bleeding. And I used to, on top of the things, I tore my towel into two parts and made two straw cushions which I used to tie to my knees. At least in that way I could sustain work for those eight hours. It was pretty much labour camp stuff. There was no accommodation for us in the village so I slept next to a cow who used to make passionate noises all night, and there were some insects crawling over me you know, the whole thing.
And the education proper began and it was difficult because I was not used to discipline. After the first year we were sent to do the sailing on proper old sailing ships, had to climb the masts and do all the tricks, all the tricks that, you know, a sailor is supposed to do.
And then after the second year I realised I wouldn't last long in that school and I had to do something if I wanted to survive. And there was this brass band and I was kind of leaning towards music. I wanted to play something and there was this brass band who was looking for volunteers so I joined them and took some lessons and played this small sort of tuba thing very soon. The perks of that business were that we lived separately in small quarters in the little, sort of, under the roof there were a couple of rooms and in exchange for our services the school gave us a little leeway. We didn't have to be checked every night at eleven o'clock in the evening, you know, all this role call, which I found pretty humiliating because you stand there for nearly half an hour until they check you. And the discipline was slightly more relaxed but you know we obviously had to rehearse and play and go through the lectures and do all the things that other people did.
And this brass band had a kind of an entertainment side and there was a jazz sort of dance band. And pretty soon my band leader, sending me off for the next sailing practice sort of trip, he gave me a clarinet and said 'you come back you'd better play it boy because you're going to play clarinet next year'. Now the beauty of that brass band was that all the boys who graduated and who were proficient musicians, they were leaving the school so they had to fill the vacancies all the time and this was how I got my clarinet.
I remember that year I was sailing for Archangel, a shipping company, and they didn't have any vacancies for a sailor for about six weeks so I had to be a stoker and I have the dubious distinction of sailing on the very last coal powered steam ship in Russia in 1959. And I can tell you this is pure unadulterated hell, because you go down and there are these furnaces that go 'whoo' they are burning coal violently and then the main stoker where the coal burned actually grabs it and there is a special sort of tool, he breaks it up first and he pulls it straight on the steel floor. And you have a pile probably four or five foot high, maybe a ton or maybe more, absolutely burning bright red coal. My job was to pour water over it, now you couldn't see anything for about five minutes, and the smell and all the sulphuric acid and all that. After it cooled down I was supposed to shift it to the end of the ship and there were special contraptions that would throw it bit by bit overboard. So by the end of the shift, which was four hours, your hands were absolutely, all the sockets on your limbs were pulled and your hand would go to sleep immediately as soon as you bent it at the elbow, so very little chance of playing clarinet.
Anyway I came back and I could play a little and so I became a clarinet player and by default a saxophone player in the jazz band, so they gave me a tenor saxophone. Another interesting thing about this school, I don't know how this saxophone got there but we had in our collection an 1871 French saxophone tenor, I mean you couldn't find an instrument like this for a million pounds nowadays but somehow it ended up being in our collection. It had a slightly shorter horn section - normally on a saxophone the last note is a 'B-flat' but this was just natural 'B' so that bit was missing. Considering that sax was invented by Adolph Sax in 1840, this instrument was just thirty years old from the very beginning of its time and it was fascinating to play it. Anyway, these music pursuits got me involved more and more in music and I ended up playing in a semi-professional band, sort of old town students. And then we were part of some television programme and I met people who later became my colleagues and, you know, brothers-in-arms in our travels across the country.
However, I graduated and I was sent for a military bit because we were all trained as military officers as well and my military speciality was submarine navigator, so I was supposed to go to one of the Arctic Bases and serve as a sort of under-Officer for four months. However, I didn't have the slightest wish to be on a submarine or go to sea or whatever, so we went straight for the local Officer's Club and said that we were jazz musicians and we could help them. And they desperately needed some expertise in arranging and organising things. Because it is a big base, you know we were talking about 15- to 20,000 people or maybe more, so Officer's Club was a pretty important place and the quality of music on weekends or sometimes on Wednesdays was pretty important too.
And because it's one big kind of family, you as an Officer you can move in and out freely. Nobody bothered whether I was part of the submarine or not, somehow they, you know, embraced us, and I was playing the first alto in the band and the friend of mine played bass. And we were writing some stuff for them. And used the Officer's Swimming Pool in the morning which was absolutely empty. So you have minus 25 centigrade outside, Arctic temperature, you're swimming in a reasonably sort of clean and warm swimming pool for half a day with nobody to bother you. And then maybe go to cinema, then have a rehearsal, then play in the evening. There was one snag, we didn't have a bed, none of us, because the way we kind of structured our lives, especially we were not part of any contingent within the troops. We were lost, we deliberately lost ourselves between the cogs, so we were perpetually on the lookout for a bed to sleep. No problem with food because canteen is for everybody, you know, you come for lunch they feed you, if you are an officer that is enough.
And so we had this blissful four months, well I got ill in the end, ended up in hospital and they were treating me for something they couldn't treat so they were giving me huge doses of antibiotics. Now you have to remember that that was happening in the autumn, and from October onwards, end of September, we have no daylight. I remember in November and early December the dawn comes at half an hour before lunch, at lunch it's evening again, so you have a greyish sort of sky in the east for half an hour and that's your daylight. Obviously it's stressful although you don't realise it at the time but the stress of this darkness for four months, looking perpetually, you know, for a place to sleep, and then being fed with these huge doses of antibiotics, something cracked in me and my digestive system has never been the same. Now sort of thirty five years later I'm still suffering. Anyway I got through that and came back and got my diploma.
And was sent to Estonia to work as a Ship's Mate. I began as a fourth officer and then became a third and after the first year, because on a ship you tend to work with no days off so I had about two months or more accumulated over the whole year. There were lovely stories from those days, wonderful. I was actually working for the Estonian Shipping Agency and we were on a line from Riga, Riga to Bremen in Germany, going through Kiel Canal and all that. I was amazed to see how neat nature was in Germany, you know grass cut neatly and mowed and it looked something out of a fairy tale because it was not real. Everything was so small and neat, and we come from these vast spaces of nature which is hostile to you, you know, if you are not careful it will kill you. And everything is, you know, tiny little factories and tiny little pathways and roads, it was an eye opener.
Anyway, in Bremen what does a Russian sailor do when he is off duty? You know you have to do something and we had a little fund provided to us by the government, I think it was 40 or 60p a day per person and then it accumulated and you can buy a ticket to the cinema or something. I was in charge of the money by the way, you know. There were certain mates on board ship who had to be the ship's cashier, so I had to do this, all these financial papers and accounts and how much I give out, and then all the money to do with the shipping agent, he would bring it. So we had a political officer who was a clever chap and he decided rather than to waste little bits of money on everybody he would put it in one pot and buy something that is worthwhile and lasting.
And they would go to the stern of the ship and just take pot shots on rows of matches or fix a potato and shoot at it. Now Russian sea ports are closed affairs, public cannot walk there because it's heavily protected - used to be and probably still is for the fear of people running away and such like. But in Bremen in Germany of course it was open and all Germans would bring their grandchildren to show them different flags of the world and, you know, give them a real lesson in geography. And so there was this old German who came up to our ship and saw us shooting at the target, and he was desperately trying to remember something and then a serene smile appeared on his face and waved his hand and he shouted to us 'I'll shoot you like a dog' in Russian. Which is something he remembered from his guards when he was a Prisoner of War. And it was a funny mixture of his kind of sentimental remembrance of his younger days and the awfulness of the sentence.
Yes I survived one fire, I was on duty when fire happened, because the electricians got these fuses blowing all the time and finally it was getting in the way of drinking. And so they put this huge, what we'd call a bug, you know, a fuse made artificially with a bit of wire that would never wear out. Apparently the electric supplies they were both for lifting cranes which was three hundred and eighty volts and ordinary lighting two hundred and forty, Russian design they were identical, so the ship burned down completely. I remember some member of the crew coming back in the morning, well I don't know where he has been, and finding his cabin not only empty of things that he was bringing back to the family but there was no cabin. There was a black metal box with two rows of bolts hanging from the ceiling, so, you know, that was a moral lesson to him, he should think next time where he spends his night I thought.
Anyway I went to Leningrad to see my musician friends after a year and I spent with them maybe seven or ten days going here and there, playing occasionally, and this chap gets an offer to put together a band to go on the road. We were pretty experienced by then and this music was fairly simple, just, you know, ordinary variety type of style, so we put together the things that we were supposed to play and passed the audition, passed the artistic committee. So they say 'Okay, just go to the Personnel Department, get yourself registered and off you go'. Now I couldn't do that because I was still a navigator working for the Estonian Shipping Company and Russia government gives you or they claim to give you education for free but in exchange by law you are bound to work for them for three years and there is no way you can get out of that. Well I did, it took me eight days and it took a falsified duodenal ulcer and all sorts of things but I was determined because I wanted to be a musician by then.
Anyway, sort of ten days later I was there again at the Personnel Department and here was beginning of my music career. Then after a year because we were known as jazz musicians as up-and-coming, so there was this famous jazz big band who deliberately play in a big dance hall, not perform on a stage and to be relatively free of the repertoire control. So they were playing proper stuff, they were playing sort of Stan Kenton, Count Basie arrangements, and we were invited, the little group of us. And you know I ended up playing in this band, which probably you know the most formative and the best years of my life, because that was kind of serious music you had to practice most of the day.
And I got married. And then about three or four years we went on the road because the band leader had some aspirations for glory or whatever, which in the end was probably a mistake because the travelling and dealing with cultural authorities ground us down bit by bit. And so you do a little compromise here, a little compromise there, and then before you know it the style has gone and you have a different kind of people working for you. But, part of us trying to be entertaining, there was this emerging pop music, there were the first musicians. And the first pop musicians in England were all failed students of jazz. I had several of them, there was one clarinet player who never made it, several who took up a guitar and several of his friends formed a pop band and they became pretty popular in the area. So there was this idea to incorporate them in our show because with a new band it was very exciting, which we did, and I wrote arrangements for them and they left pretty soon because they wanted bigger glory and more money but they spent about a year with us.
And so a year later they found me and suggested that I join them as a bandleader, they said 'we need someone who is experienced in cultural plotting and intrigue'. Because that was the main thing, you know, you can't get past the artistic committee unless you know the ropes - quality of music had nothing to do with it, you know, it was all bound with politics. And they wanted me to take them from the local philharmonic society they were working for in Siberia, where control was lax and things were possible, they had aspirations to go to Moscow. So in the end I managed to take them to Moscow to the Central Concert Organisations of Russia. But we suffered, God we suffered, because we found ourselves in the middle of all the political and cultural struggle all at petty levels.
For instance, our angle on the music was you couldn't just go on stage and play whatever you liked, you had to find a sort of modus vivendi, some sort of way of excusing yourself why you are doing this. And their line was they were playing old folk songs, Russian, very often forgotten or little or not well known in a sort of nice melodic guitar arrangement. And so they kind of reinvented Russian folk, which one would have thought should have been grabbed by both hands by the cultural authorities, but because the folk singers of the old school were very jealous they started putting hurdles in our way. And as a bandleader I had to kind of fight through all this. So we ended up playing eleven artistic committees, one every about three to four weeks, being smashed into smithereens every time and consequently couldn't work.
And if you don't work you don't get paid because performers in Russia are paid by the show, by the performance. And we were practically starving for eight months living in a luxurious hotel because by a quirk of the Russian system hotel is paid for by the agency, they can do that but they can't give you any money because you haven't earned any, so there was nothing to eat. So we were living in the hotel, which was probably the most prestigious hotel in the land with beautiful views of the Moskva River, and walking all these carpeted corridors and passing all these beautiful buffets with foreigners eating the most exotic things and being hungry as wolves you know. A friend of mine, the trombone player, survived on just a little bread roll a day and a packet of dry soup that was simply awful.
Anyway we got through that but the concert agency realised that we would just die of starvation, so they organised a semi-official kind of tour for us somewhere in Stavropol. Actually Gorbachev was then the First Secretary there when we arrived and the local philharmonia organised a tour of the sort of smaller places, although we played Stavropol itself a couple of times. And this is how it went. And then we became pretty sort of well known if not famous, playing stadiums and all sorts of things, but you could never be safe.
The further east you go the more backwards the local authorities were and they still saw this kind of music as the utmost stress to their control and power. And ultimately my bandleader's career ended on the Sakhalin Islands. Although they are just ninety miles from Japan, all the civilised ideas and tolerance and Western values seem to have to travel across Siberia before they reach that part of Russia. So they were simply livid seeing what we do on stage, especially they hated the fact that we had a foreign PA system. Well there weren't any Russian PA systems at the time you could work on so we had to do a black market deal with some Yugoslavs in Moscow and, you know, spend ten thousand roubles of our own money to get something to get a decent sound on sound. Obviously it bore some labels, I remember it was Italian sync called Montarbo or something.
The local scribes, the local hacks wrote that you know 'these people insult the essence of Russian music, performing on the Montarbo rubbish'. And next day having read the newspaper we sat down and wrote them a letter that every day thousands of piano players insult the memory of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Rubenstein and such like performing them on Blutner, Beckstein and Somme pianos. However they didn't find it funny and sent a letter to Moscow Ministry of Culture and you know how it goes, it's a vertical kind of hierarchy, if the Ministry says that you should do something, Concert Agency better listen to them. So I was summoned to the Head of my Department, he said 'look I have nothing against you and I'll tell you more. Please don't leave the band because we need you there, but we have to do something, we have to show that we have reacted, so you are no longer a bandleader'.
So I worked another year and then I got sort of slightly spiritual, I was reading a yogic book and fasting was popular among the musicians as a curative thing, kind of for all kinds of diseases. And I did fasting for three days, then for a week and then for twenty one days. Now on the sixteenth day one's flesh was fairly mortified, I had a spiritual experience, you know you're half dead so your flesh is no longer there to hold the spirit and you kind of fly free of it. And I saw myself. I asked myself, you know, 'what am I doing? Entertaining people, you know, playing silly songs' and so I just left the whole thing there and then and went home.
And I'd earned enough money to just stay at home for about the next five or six months, just playing a little, thinking and, but because I'd travelled so much and my personal life was in absolute disarray. We were divorced with my wife and then because there were strong ties between us and we had child then we remarried again, or I wanted to remarry, then there was nowhere to live but in the same flat. She lived in one room, I lived in another, trying to gain her favours again. And she wanted to emigrate now. She is a Tartar, Russian Muslim girl and she had some problems with the local KGB Officer. She worked for the Aeroflot in the ticket office and she dealt with foreigners, she spoke French. And the local KGB Resident Officer who is there to look after them didn't like the fact that she was looking elegant and probably fraternising with the foreigners, saying he wanted to get rid of her just to be on the safe side. So he organised an absolutely ghastly thing, a new book of tickets was stolen from her desk and they were trying to start criminal procedures for negligence and all sorts of things and she took it very, very badly. Because in the end this officer said 'look, I can forget this if you just leave, just write a piece of paper, write an application and leave', so she did. And after that she decided that we shouldn't stay in the country.
Now I had been abroad by then, I had been aboard a ship and I knew that immigration was not the answer to any problems. Because after all I used to tell them 'you are going to be the same Russian speaking people in a foreign speaking land, you are never going to be on a par with the local population, you are going to be second grade for as long as you live with your funny accents and your manners and being totally different'. But they wouldn't listen to me and they were sort of grinding me down bit by bit and after six months I surrendered.
And so we left in November '75. It was technically possible because I have this Jewish half in my matriculation papers and technically we were able to apply through certain channels and the Israelis sent us an invitation. And so we left in November '75, went to Austria, were interviewed by the Jewish Agency who didn't recognise me as a Jew because my mum was Russian and with my wife being Muslim Tartar and son being half Tartar, you know, we were hardly the best people for Israel. And so we were refused. We said 'no, won't go' and they pushed us hard for about an hour but in the end they relented, say 'okay well'.
There was another agency for mixed couples or for non-Jewish couples, it was called the International Rescue Committee and it was based in Rome, so we were sent to Rome and our papers were sent there. They would give us a little dole money, we would find a place to live and rent it and our papers were processed in the ordinary kind of, you know, just ordinary way. So they take down your professional qualifications, you know, what you can do. And I thought at the time that a saxophonist is a non-starter, you know, wherever you go. So I quoted my Marine diplomas and things and yes, I might have ended up being a tugboat probably skipper somewhere on the Hudson River by now, but luckily it didn't happen.
Now Italy, it was expensive to live in Rome so Russians tended to congregate on the sea coast. There was a town of Lido d'Ostia, which obviously had all the flats in the world standing empty during the winter periods, which is sort of from October onwards, and we arrived in December so it was a natural choice. And because we were long-term tenants these cheap prices tend to spread all across the year and there were probably about five or six thousand Russians there at the time. There was a little community, they congregated around the Post Office. They all had nothing to do so they were having a lovely time, although very little money and doing all sorts of things, you know, people were fixing cars for each other and whoever could do whatever were doing this.
Besides we all brought with us the legacy of our lifetime you know, whatever we have saved. Money couldn't be taken out of the country, just ninety dollars per person, but objects according to the list given by the Customs Office, you could take certain amounts of cameras and you know bed linen and whatnot. So no matter how you lived you ended up with all these suitcases of stuff which you brought especially just to take it out, and you don't need all these sheets and three cameras and, you know, whatever you brought with you, so you tend to go and sell it on the market.
Now the market was called Americana, it's no longer there, it used to be in Porta Popese Street in Rome. It was a sort of bombed down part of Rome and nothing was built there yet at that time. And there was a slum area which was transformed into a, just an ordinary sort of Portobello type, Portobello Market type, you know, all sorts of things were sold there and there was a Russian Section where you could buy. And Italians tended to like it because pension owners could buy good quality sheets for cheap and camera shop owners could buy new Russian cameras for next to nothing. The trade was brisk and we would start at four in the morning, arrive while it was still dark, bonfires burning you know. And in this dilapidated shack there was this tiny little Neapolitan prostitute who was old by then, with the most powerful voice you could ever hear, and she would rent the food boxes for us, a pound a piece for a day, so you had something to put your stuff on. She was making decent money I would say.
And that's how we'd spend our day every Sunday. Obviously we were not used to trade and it was pretty degrading, I mean we felt degraded anyway. So by 10.30 when the bars were open the three of us - me, the musician and navigator; the dentist next to me; and there was some sort of designer, technical designer - so we used to get sloshed on a bottle of vodka and spend the rest of the day being quite merry and irresponsible. But it gave me my first taste of trade, you're never out of pocket, something is always sold, there is always a tenner in your pocket, you know, there is a little money always to be made.
And I bought my first car, which was Volkswagen Beetle with Dutch numberplates, you know, sold by one of those travelling students. And I was quite blissfully happy because if you have a little stash you could go in the evening. And my family wasn't interested in that, my wife spoke French and my son was small, so I used to drive to Rome along this beautiful highway going from the sea through the pine forests to Rome, at night, you know the stars are shining. There was a small film theatre called Pasquina in the old Trastevere part of town which was showing old English and American films, and it was something I desperately wanted to see because that was a gap in my kind of cultural background. The fact that they were old didn't matter because they were all new to me. So the entrance tickets were about million lira, which is about a dollar, and it was shown always in parts because there was one projection, so they had to change it over. Wonderful, wonderful period, beautiful town and most romantic memories that I've got. I went there back about ten years ago and Rome wasn't the same, it wasn't as clean, it wasn't as fine as in '76.
And then strange things started to happen. Suddenly a gentleman turned up at our doorstep who recognised my wife, now they used to be in Leningrad in the same university together, and then he saw me and sort of screamed out 'what are you doing here?'. He was one of our jazz fans who knew me very, very well because he used to watch me on stage, who by then was working for the BBC World Service. And he came to Rome to meet his mother who was on her way from Russia to America, going to his older brother. So he instigated the whole process and he organised the entrance exams for me, but, because I was by then a certified translator interpreter, because I worked for Interace for a while and I also got the four year degree course from some, multiple courses or whatever. Anyway so I qualified, just scraped through this entry exam and I had an interview and then they checked my papers and in the end the work contract arrived.
But the problem was I couldn't cross the border, I couldn't leave Italy and go to England because we were refugees with no papers at all, and we left Russia with just the exit visa. So the Italians were supposed to issue a travel passport for me - you go to the Police Headquarters in Rome, they fill in your form. And the clerk who was filling the form was asking me questions, you know, 'your address?'. And then we lived in a street called Umberto Cogne, which I think is one of the Italian admirals who is well known in Italy but virtually unknown everywhere else. And Umberto Cogne Street is everywhere, I mean in every little town there is an Umberto Cogne. So my number was 21. So he says 'what's your address?', I said 'ventuno Umberto Cogne' he said 'ooh, I also live in 21 Umberto Cogne, obviously in a different town' and then he was asking about the family. Now my son, a Tartar, had a Tartar name of Renat, and he said 'I'm Renato as well', and this is how he remembered me. But on the next week when you come to see if there's been any progress you obviously, on rotation principle, get to see another clerk and there's nothing in the system so he says 'come next week'. So you come next week, nothing again, and those weeks were dragging on and on and on and nothing was happening.
So finally during one of those four hour sitting in a queue periods I met up with the chap who was sitting next to me, and he looked over my shoulder and I was as usual reading something in English, so we started speaking and he was an American sort of religious person, you know, some sort of priest, working with the Vatican and doing some sort of film distribution. And he said 'we have, I have in my collection four science films', you know science pop films, 'but which are not kind of leaning towards the sciences but towards religion, we just show how complex nature is and it could never have happened without a design', and he said 'the strangest thing, they're dubbed in Russian, So do you fancy showing them to your lot?', he said 'we just organise, I'll hire a space' and that's what we've done. The first night we had five people and then it started to grow and then we had a regular audience of as many people as could fit into the room, which was about three hundred and fifty. And he would speak after that and I would translate or interpret, he used to jokingly call me 'his interrupter'.
And we would distribute the Bible, and people liked the handouts because Bible was something that was prohibited in Russia, they would take it whether they read it or not. And obviously to be a better translator I had to read the Bible and then I had to read all this Creationist books that his friends gave me and over a course of several weeks it just grows up on you, grows on you. So, and I could see that I would never leave Italy until I made a certain decision, and there were voices in my head and so I said to this friend of mine as a joke 'I'm ready to accept the Lord, would you please baptise me'. Now he did it in an American sort of proper way, submerging me in a pool of water with a white sort of shirt streaming down to the floor, and it was marvellous. And the church, the Italian church, it was a marble pool with heated up water, and the church was nearly four hundred years old so it was a very, very stylish affair.
Now next week I go to Cristora and for some strange reason I get to the same clerk, there are over a hundred of them, and he looks at me, obviously several months have gone by, he doesn't recognise me. He said again 'oh, no answer, come next week', then he looks at me again, he said 'wait a minute, you're the bloke who lives in ventuno Umberto Cogne and your son is Renato like me?', I said 'yes', 'oh' he said, he went to the lowest drawer in his desk and for some reason my file was there put away. I can't explain why he did that. So he wrote in it ' urgenta' and I was gone within two weeks.
Now the divine intervention in my life could be seen from little signs they were giving to me, and the car that I mentioned was a Dutch license plate, had a Dutch license plate which normally begin with two letters. I didn't know that I was going to be a successful music presenter and virtually create the DJing within the Russian context, but the letters on my license plate were 'DJ'. I didn't know what it meant. And then I came to London, just studying and performing ordinary broadcasting duties, translating and reading on air all sorts of news and dispatches. And a few months later because of my music background they suggested that I should share it with the other presenter, and then he left BBC and I was left with the whole programme so from June '77 I was presenting it.
Now because I was touring Russia for so many years I could visualise the audience, because for twelve years or more I stood in front of them and you knew when the concert wasn't working, whether they couldn't understand the music or it wasn't taking them along or whatever reason. So you develop this sense of, well if you like, a responsibility, because you are performing, you mustn't let people down. So I was trying to be as entertaining as I could from the very beginning and I had to write jokes that were short and funny, so I used to stay 'til 2 or 3 in the morning in the office, testing them on colleagues who did the night shift. And I suppose, I don't know why I drove myself so hard but gradually over the months and the years I developed a style which defined the genre and became very popular.
I arrived in London and obviously there was a problem of, you know, where you live, where you stay, where is your place. For a while we stayed with a sort of British / Polish person who worked for the British Museum and the British Library. And she had a systematic approach, she was about to be married to a gentleman of means and she was looking for a house for herself, and being a librarian she kept meticulous records of what she had seen and what the potential of property, and there were some off-cuts. She found a couple of houses which she thought had a great potential and which were within our price range and she knew that they were in a nice area and the right size for us, so she suggested a couple of properties for us.
And I went to see one, it had a sitting tenant, near Mornington Crescent in Camden, wonderful address. I could use my bicycle, because I refused to take public transport in London, it was so unreliable I was late several times and I was still on my probation period and I decided it was not for me. Bus number 15, just forget it from Kensington, they used to play dominoes on the terminal stations so the buses would either not come at all or come five you know, zoom, zoom, zoom one after another to continue the game. So I was a cyclist very, very early on in London and my principle was within a five mile radius from Bush House and that address suited me very nicely.
Now the house was in a very poor state and with a sitting tenant, no building society would lend me any money. And finally I found a local building society, which consequently had been swallowed by a bigger organisation, who knew the area and who lent me part of the money that was agreed on paper with a proviso that either this, that and the other change, the electric system, renovate the roof, make good the wall that was falling down in the back of the house etc. So with no money left I had to do it all myself and I didn't have any skills for that either. However, I had been working as a sailor on ships so I could use my hands and had a basic idea how things were done. And so I embarked on this renovation programme and for six months I would get up early in the morning, on my cycle, go to the BBC do my eight hour day, on my bike to Camden, chop off plaster or whatever 'til one in the morning, come back home, sleep, and all over again. Six months later when just one floor, the kitchen and the living room were ready, I was covered with some unsightly sort of red sort of pimples all over. It was nervous stress plus over-work plus probably bad diet or whatever, but I did succeed, I did manage to get this house right and we moved in and I was just gaining more and more space in it as the years went by.
Now to earn a little more money I was involved in technical translations. Because being trained as some sort of engineer you have some technical know-how. And technical translations were plentiful at the time because Russians were buying lots of equipment and all the documentation had to come with it. Now the fastest way to do it is to work in a team: you have your typist and you get a dictating machine and you dictate it on tape, give it to your typist, she puts it on paper. Now if anybody tries to do that you immediately realise that a long winded sentence in a foreign language would probably translate backwards in your language and you have to juggle it about in your head. And in the beginning it was absolutely impossible, it's just, you know, your head would just burst before you could construct a sentence because you have to do it like in a virtual memory in computer parlance, because you don't write it down.
But a few months later when I managed to get the technique together it was getting faster, I could just read off the page, reading English, saying Russian into my microphone. My wife was spitting brass tacks at me whenever I was missing a comma or a full stop or my diction wasn't good enough, so under pressure from her I was more and more meticulous in my dictation. And now, more than twenty years later I write all my radio programmes this way, which appears to be ideal for radio work because you begin your script with something and it has a natural rhythm of the spoken word and all these little alliterations and the sequence of sound and everything is just right. And then when you type it off the tape, you do just editing, whatever, you don't like, you just change as you type. So out of need a technique was born, which was nice.
However this family life didn't work, because we were remarried again, and we spent some years apart and she probably had someone in that period and I did and it never quite gelled again. So the family didn't survive and we, and I left my wife in '82 because I met, by then I was working as film consultant doing all sort of things and I met some British actress who I moved in with in June '82.
But this film consultant business, because there were lots of productions done at BBC Television and if it concerned Russian reality they didn't practically knew nothing. They didn't know what uniforms looked like, what they were supposed to say, what the backgrounds should be, how the slogans should be written and myriads and myriads of problems for production teams. So I started helping and my kind of memory, because I've travelled so much and seen so much, tends to retain the, you know, insignificant details, sort of mundane stuff, and it used to prove to be very useful and successful. Then there was this film called 'Englishman Abroad' about Guy Burgess, with Alan Bates, and it got five BAFTA Awards and I was a consultant on it, so the film owed a great deal of its success to a great degree to what we'd put into it. And then the Americans got wind of it and they started approaching me and I began working for large productions here.
So beginning from '84, and as you are consulting and working with a director he suddenly needs something little said or a little appearance, a cameo appearance. So you do that and sometimes I did three or four parts, little parts within a film, and then it led to bigger parts and finally you end up sort of almost starring in a Hollywood. I have a dubious distinction of being shot down by James Bond in 'A View to a Kill', in the opening sequence I'm the helicopter pilot. I'm almost blown as a border guards officer in 'Spies Like Us', John Landis, et cetera, you know, one thing leads to another. So I did a bit of film work '84 to '85, then some television productions later.
Now when I was doing my rock programmes, because the jokes were on the sort of cutting edge and they were not really fitting within the BBC sort of image that they thought they were, some editors didn't like that and we had a bit of a tug of war around 1980. And I was frustrated, so out of frustration I started a record company. I just used to go round the clubs looking for an act to find and finally I found a reggae group from Grenada. Now they didn't know I was a musician to start with so I would produce the first single then started doing their first album. And then I brought my saxophone with me on one rehearsal and obviously, you know, I'd played in Russia and I was good enough for them, they said 'man, you can blow'. So I started playing with them, doing the college circuits and recording with them, so we did an album and a couple of singles, but because I had to promote them and do the sales and everything it was too much for me. I mean commercial, I have no commercial talents, I probably can conduct a meeting or two but looking after books is not my forte, I am not a man of any kind of system, and meticulousness and me you know we just don't go together. I can generate ideas but looking after the shop is not my forte. So we finally called it a day, but I still keep all those records and occasionally produce them to play my interviewees.
What happened then? After I'd left Russia, I communicated with my parents, I used to ring them and write to them. But as soon as I began working for the BBC and especially when my jokes of dubious character started to be on air, there was a concerted campaign in the Russian Press against me because I could tell then that the jokes were working. They were getting nervous - in the Soviet system you have to understand has highly trained psychologists and KGB Officers and Information Officers at their disposal. They could pass any so-called facts that were broadcast in their direction from the West but they couldn't cope with a joke, because a joke goes around all their carefully constructed defence systems. A joke goes straight to a person and he laughs and that's it, because in a joke like in a nutshell you get everything. Like there were food problems, obviously everybody knew about them, but the radio was blasting about the achievements of Soviet agriculture, so I mean it's not my joke it was invented by people and they said 'If you want your fridge to be full of foodstuff just plug into a cable radio system', you know, stuff like that.
But my main concern was that the Soviet media were killing the language. The language became very stale, lifeless, none of our leaders could speak and they invented this kind of what I suppose the nearest you get is a militant Trade Union of Congress speeches, you know, 'at this moment in time comrades', you know, which was satirised in 'I'm Alright Jack' film here in England. But in Russia it was much, much, much worse and so to twist that kind of silly stupefied language and make a joke out of it was fairly easy. Also we had our own demons like we constantly were bombarded with information about agriculture which was so specific nobody could understand it, all this 'yields' and, you know, all this kind of 'crop rotations' and whatnot. And also heavy metal production stuff was bombarded at us, which I used in Heavy Metal music, I kind of created a language built up of their converters and stainless steel kind of additives and all this kind of stuff that I cannot translate into English because it's a specific technical language that exists within the realm of Russian and which is incredibly funny if taken out of context. So people were splitting their sides open.
But the campaign against me in the newspapers meant that my parents were around some sort of attention. And obviously I couldn't go there for many years and it was thirteen years before I could see my mother again from the moment I left until the moment when she could travel and arrive there. I couldn't go there until 1990, which was, you know, fifteen years. By then I had a fan club and they came to meet me and they stopped the airport working and all of that. But yes, my first years in Britain were total isolation and you could just guess what was happening and the occasional conversation with someone who has been there, or sometimes you would call your parents knowing full well it's being monitored. And they used to write letters to me and I used to write to them, but you have to be careful of what you write et cetera et cetera. So you lived with an idea that probably, that you probably will never see your parents again, but it turned out quite differently.
I felt comfortable in England from the very beginning because it was my kind of theoretical motherland in a way. Because of appalling situation with the Russians, for the last seven years while I was in Russia I couldn't read anything written in Russian, unless you read Dostoyevsky or Chekhov, but they, you know, used to write a hundred years prior to you so the language is different then and the relevance of what they write about is not quite today. So my only escape was to read English paperback books, which would fit in a, so I lived in this virtual English language environment which I created for myself. So when I arrived in this country, obviously I always say to people who think they're fluent in English 'if you're fluent in English and Russian this is the very starting point at which you arrive', because you know the English they're obsessed with regional accents, they want to try and figure it out where you come from et cetera et cetera.
And living in England your English is never good enough, no matter who you are, so I realised that very quickly. But the stroke of luck for me was I wasn't working for Barclays Bank or something like that, I was working for the World Service and rather than being a second rate Englishman I became a first rate Russian, because here the quality of your Russian was something that you were employed for. And we have some English staff as well who spoke fluent Russian and were broadcasting as well, but obviously as months and years went by they could compete and they went and made their careers, while we stayed on the purely sort of vernacular level, being what we are. I was never uncomfortable here because people are nice and you know they obviously see who you are but they accept you as you are.
The sitting tenant in my first property, funnily enough, was a member of trade union and activist and a communist. So it was like, you know, from frying pan to fire.
Anyway he was paying a pound a week which I thought was unreasonable so I had to study the by-laws and I found the loophole and I invited the Fair Rent Officer so I managed to create at least some sort of parity. In the end, you know, he was paying something more than he used to for many, many years, which gave me a purely sort of moral sense of moral victory, because he was riding on my back as far as I was concerned, he was using almost half the house for one hundredth of what I would have had to pay to the mortgage company. In the end he made an invaluable contribution to family finances, because when he died the house, which was freehold, became our full property and that was a boom period in properties. We bought it for I think £14,000, well presumably I worked on it for the next six or seven years and we spent a lot of money, but we sold it for £122,000, so there was a bit of a difference. So [person name] was present in that chunk of money that we suddenly got out of sale.
There is always a problem for Russian emigre to find friends and to, you know, find people who you talk to. Now in Russia I had problems of finding friends because my criteria was: he must have some sort of higher education, be interested in Western culture, be a decent person, not be connected with the KGB, you know, and when you list all these things there aren't that many people. I mean probably there are but how do you find them? Now the first day I entered the BBC Meeting Room, there they are, all have higher education, they all speak English, they definitely are not connected with the KGB, interested in Western culture, so the BBC Personnel have sort of seized them for me. And you could become a friend with virtually anybody and all of them became my friends to various degrees. So that was wonderful, coming to work and not feeling a foreigner but rather feeling a first rate vernacular speaker.
So on the periphery, whatever I had to do to communicate with the English side of life wasn't to me intimidating or frightening at all, especially if you remember that I grew up in Estonia and the idea of a parallel culture where you're not welcomed is with you all the time. Obviously if I was just a Russian speaker coming from a purely Russian town where everything was part of me and I was part of everything and you get into a strange environment, you could die of stress you know. There are so many things to learn, there are so many things to get used to and in the end you probably never do. You see these old Polish immigrants from the World War Two period, they are unmistakably still Poles and they speak and they behave and they eat and they live and everything like Poles.
I made a concerted effort when I was a jazz musician to become a western person because I was playing western music, I was interested in that, I was reading this and I was trying to live that kind of life. And obviously you never become an Englishman but I was sort of, you know, relationships between people. It is no longer some abstract idea that some committee decides that you should go and do this and that. And I deal with these people because they are my publishers, former fan club you know, they are my publishers, they're reasonably successful, they survive on what they earn. And the country obviously is in disarray, the old system collapsed, the new one hasn't emerged yet. All these colossi of industry which used to employ thirty or fifty thousand people no longer working like huge slave dragons lying on their side with a little smoke coming out of the severed head.
And it'll take a long while before the new economy will just grow like blades of grass from these chunks of dead concrete, but it'll be new grass and new nature will emerge eventually. But the experiment that's happened in Russia is a tragic thing for the country and God know how many years it will need until it's all healed and mended and forgotten. But Russians are dynamic people, fairly talented, reasonably well educated, full of energy and initiative, they will think of something. All the recent troubles that have happened to the country is through deeply entrenched corrupt practices that exist around the government and all the subsequent levels of managemmanagement of the country. I don't know what's going to happen, maybe because there's no economy, there's no revenue to talk about, the central political leverage or power will dwindle and we will see in the many centres of self-rule emerging. And I don't exclude the possibility of the country being split into parts in one way or another and that will be a price to pay for breaking the moral laws that every government should adhere to if they have God in their head.
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Australia is one of the most biologically unique places on earth. Most Australian animals do not occur anywhere else. It is also a huge country and the best way to explore Australian nature is on a road trip, like the epic Adelaide to Darwin road trip my friend and I recently took.
I spent weeks researching the best places to see wildlife and diverse habitats in Australia and in the end, came up with an action-packed itinerary for a three-week Adelaide to Darwin Road Trip with stops at all major natural and wildlife attractions along the way.
We drove across the entire continent through deserts and wetlands, ancient mountain ranges and secret gorges and saw an incredible array of Australian animals.
Adelaide to Darwin Road Trip
We chose to camp on our trip, and it worked out very well, as some of the places we visited didn’t have any accommodation available.
A word of advice: if you are going to spend a long time on the road and camp in the harsh environment of Australia’s Red Center, you will want to invest in a large and fully weather-insulated tent. The Shiftpod tent tried and tested at the Burning Man festival, would be perfect for the Australian adventure.
Another way, of course, would be to make this journey in a camper van, which you could pick up second hand on a site like Gumtree. But whatever option you choose, make sure you are familiar with Australian road trip essentials and prepared for driving across vast and unforgiving landscapes.
Australia is not the cheapest country, but a road trip is a relatively inexpensive way of travelling around, perfect if you would like to explore Australia on a budget.
So, if you are curious about what are some of the best places to see unique Australian wildlife on Adelaide to Darwin road trip, read on and explore Australia’s wild places and creatures. Or add some of these destinations to your Australia bucket list.
Adelaide – Kangaroo Island
The drive across Australia is an iconic Australian road trip, so we decided to follow the convention and start our Australian wildlife road trip in Adelaide. Because of its position on the coast, Adelaide is the perfect base for exploring South Australia wildlife attractions.
The Kangaroo Island with its sea lions & koalas is within easy reach. Victor Harbour – a whale-watching hotspot, is even closer. Or you can take a dolphin-watching cruise straight from Adelaide.
We have explored the area on earlier trips, and this time we headed straight for Flinders Ranges National Park – home of the adorable Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby.
Flinders Ranges National Park
One thing you appreciate on a road trip across Australia is just how huge the country is. Especially when driving through the interior of the country, where most places of interest are at least 500 km apart. As we left Adelaide, our GPS happily announced that we had 468 km to go until our destination in Flinders Ranges National Park.
Flinders Ranges is the largest mountain range in South Australia that is millions of years old. You reach it about 200km north of Adelaide, and it makes for a very scenic drive.
We spent the first night of our Australian safari camping at Wilpena Pound, and our wildlife adventures started right at the campsite the following morning. Western grey kangaroos snoozed in the shade, bright-coloured Mallee Ringneck parrots hopped on the ground between the tents and Apostlebirds perched in the low-hanging branches.
As the first order of business, we drove to the spectacular Brachina Gorge, and sure enough, we spotted some Yellow-footed Rock-wallabies sunning themselves in the early morning sun. I personally think that they are the most good-looking macropods in Australia.
As we drove around the park, we spotted plenty more of iconic Australian animals: Common Wallaroo, also known as Euro, Red kangaroos, Emus – Australian largest birds and a Brown Falcon perched right by the road on a hilltop.
For more details check out this post about wildlife of Flinders Ranges National Park.
Coober Pedy & the Breakaways Conservation Park
At 712 km, the drive from Flinders Ranges to Coober Pedy is epic even by Australian road trip standards. It is of course, possible to break the journey in Port Augusta, but I’ve already been there twice that year, and it is not an interesting enough town to keep revisiting. So, we pushed on all the way to Coober Pedy.
We arrived after dark and straight away checked in at the Underground Motel – the town’s specialty. It was not obvious at night, but we knew that Coober Pedy is a ridiculously hot place. In the middle of the day, the ground temperatures here may reach 60 degrees centigrade. To avoid the scorching heat, most of the town’s service buildings are located underground. There are underground apartments, underground shops and hotel, an underground church and even an underground caravan park!
The town is a fun place to explore and you can even try your hand at digging opals in Coober Pedy! The most spectacular natural formation near Coober Pedy is the Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park, 33 km out of town.
There isn’t much wildlife above ground in the Breakaways, not during the day. But the landscape of the park is certainly worth a look. It looks like something straight out of a sci-fi film. In fact, it is. The first film in the Chronicles of Riddick, Pitch Black, was filmed here.
The stark landscape of the Breakaways is made up of a series of multi-coloured eroded mounds rising over the desolate rocky plane. The plane, known as the stony gibber desert in Australia, looks remarkably similar to the images from the surface of Mars.
Before leaving the Breakaways, we checked out the Dingo fence – a 5,614 km construction built in the late 1800s to exclude dingos from the sheep country in southeastern Australia. North of the fence, where we were heading, sheep are replaced by cattle that are not as vulnerable to dingo predation.
Check this post for details on visiting Coober Pedy and the Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
This was another epic day on the road. Uluru is almost 690km from Coober Pedy. Thankfully about halfway along, we crossed the South Australia / Northern Territory border, and the speed limit increased to 130 km/h.
When we arrived at Yulara, the service village for the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, we were thrilled to discover a very inviting swimming pool at the Ayers Rock Resort’s campground.
Uluru, also known as the Ayers Rock, needs no introduction. It is by far the most recognizable Australian landmark and a popular destination for any Central Australian road trip. The nearby Kata Tjuta is another interesting geological feature made up of boulders and cobbles of different sizes and rock types.
We spent three days exploring the park and checking out the local Uluru wildlife, walking in the early hours to avoid the heat of the day and driving around in the middle of the day.
We spotted plenty of desert-dwelling birds during our walks, the most memorable being the brightly-painted Zebra finches, Mistletoebird and Spinifex pigeons. But most of the wildlife spotting took place after the sunset.
Uluru lookout gets quite crowded just before sunset, with visitor lining up for those iconic views of the Rock changing colour under the setting sun. But as soon as the sun dips below the horizon, ALL visitors leave and miss seeing a little wildlife spectacle.
Even before the last cars drove off, we could see some movement in the grass. Minutes later, the car park became the hive of activity once again as Spinifex hopping mice emerged to browse on the crumbs left after the day of tourist activities.
The hopping mice are rodents, not marsupials, but very have long and powerful back legs that allow them to hop like the tiny little kangaroos. Among the hoppies, there were some Sandy inland mice and some feral House mice. We also had all three species at the campsite, particularly on the dunes near the kitchen.
There is a short walking trail at the entrance to the campsite that leads to the top of a dune, where you can find an abandoned corrugated iron shack. We found some Broad-nosed bats roosting in it.
Kings Canyon – Watarrka National Park
From Uluru, we headed to the Kings Canyon – another stunning geological feature of Australia’s Red Centre.
We camped at the Kings Canyon Resort, and this is where I saw my first ever Dingo. First thing in the morning, I unzipped the tent door, and there it was, standing just a couple of meters in front of me, sniffing something in the grass.
After the exciting dingo encounter, we spent the morning hiking the Grand Canyon Rim trail. With the day temperatures reaching mid-40s Centigrade, this walk is best done before the sun gets too high in the sky.
We didn’t spot much wildlife on the walk, apart from a very well camouflaged Ringtail dragon, but the scenery of this monumental landscape easily compensated for the lack of wildlife activity.
The car park, however, was teaming with life. Hooded robins, Spinifex pigeons, Diamond dove, Crested pigeon, Grey honeyeater and even a Rock ctenotus were all happy to escape the heat of the day under cover of trees and bushes.
The following day we spotted one of the most unusual Australian animals – the Thorny Devil. Apart from a menacing array of conical spikes, this desert lizard is endowed with a false head! Just to confuse the predators (and some tourists).
West MacDonnell Ranges
From the Kings Canyon, we followed the Mereenie Loop Road to explore the West MacDonnell Ranges.
Our first stop was the Palm Valley – the least explored part of the ranges. Located within Finke Gorge National Park, Palm Valley is one of the most unusual places in Central Australia.
Here, one of the most ancient rivers in the world cuts its way through a rugged gorge, creating a valley filled with Red Cabbage Palms. It is thought that the palms originated here back when the area enjoyed a gentler tropical climate.
The access road to the valley is very rough and requires a high-clearance 4WD and a cautious approach. When we arrived at the campsite, we were happy to discover that we were the only visitors – we had the entire valley to ourselves.
We found our first wildlife species, Spencer’s burrowing frogs, on the river bank at the campsite. These unusual amphibians spend most of the year in the subterranean chambers that they dig for themselves – a perfect adaptation for life in the arid environment.
The following morning a beautiful female Dingo visited us at the campsite and stayed with us most of the morning.
Back on the Mereenie Loop, we headed to Glen Helen Gorge where we spent a lazy afternoon watching birds coming to the river for a drink. There was a flock of noisy Zebra finches, some Spinifex doves, and even a Great cormorant!
Next stop was the Ormiston Gorge, but we had most of our wildlife sightings along the road. I spotted my first-ever Brumby – a feral wild horse and a flock of Budgies. When I was a kid, I used to have a pet Budgie, and for a moment it seemed crazy that I was now living in a country where Budgies live in the wild.
The gorge itself turned up Dusky grasswrens, Brown honeyeater and Grey-headed honeyeater, as well as a couple of distant Black-footed rock wallabies at night.
In the morning, I took a dip in the swimming hole and found some company – a Perentie – the largest goanna in Australia, rustling in the reeds.
Our last stop on the way to Alice Springs was the Simpson Gap where we hoped to watch Black-footed rock wallabies sunning themselves in the late afternoon sun.
Unfortunately, as soon as the wallabies emerged, a Wedge-tail eagle appeared overhead and the wallabies scattered out of sight. The eagle seemed to be involved in some dispute with a family of Peregrine falcons which continued until sunset. Luckily, we got a chance to watch some Red-tailed black cockatoos at the park’s headquarters on the way in, so not the entire afternoon was unlucky.
For more details check out this post about West MacDonnell Ranges
After almost two weeks on the road on our Adelaide to Darwin road trip, we arrived in Alice Springs and used the opportunity to re-stock, have some decent coffee and run some domestic chores. Neither of us like the city much, so we spent the day at the Alice Springs Desert Park checking out some of the wildlife we missed in the wilderness.
In the late afternoon, we took a quick trip to Heavitree Gap caravan park to watch the Black-footed rock wallabies at close range. The animals live in the hills above the park, and you can even buy some pre-packaged wallaby food at the park’s shop.
Simpson Desert – Old Andado Station
So far, we’ve been visiting mostly well-known, even iconic parts of Central Australia, the ‘must-see’ stops for any Adelaide to Darwin road trip. But our next destination was completely off the radar, and I was very excited to check it out. Old Andado is a former cattle station that lies on the edge of the Simpson Desert, 330km south-east of Alice Springs.
The homestead of the now abandoned station functions as a free museum of Outback life in the 1920s. You can camp for free in the home paddock or stay in one of the basic dorm rooms for a small fee. But for us, the most interesting part was the surrounding landscape of bright red sand dunes and the Australian desert animals living there.
In the desert, life flows in boom and bust cycles, as animals respond to the change in conditions from drought to rainfall. And we happened to be visiting during a very obvious boom. There were more birds around the homestead than I saw in any one place in Central Australia. Galahs, Little Corellas, swallows and martins moved around in large groups and Black kites perched in trees in their dozens.
At night we explored the dunes that were teeming with rodent activity. Spinifex hopping mice, Australian Desert mice and Long-haired rats were busy raising their young before the period of bounty ended. I recently learned that a group of mice is called a mischief of mice, and these guys certainly looked quite mischievous.
On the gibber plains, we spotted a Lesser hairy-footed dunnart and dozens of desert frogs. Such an abundance of prey attracted high numbers of predators. Apart from Dingos, we spotted a cat and a fox – both species introduced to Australia by the European settlers and largely responsible for severe biodiversity loss in Australia.
There is a concept of the Critical Weight Range in the field of Conservation Biology in Australia to identify the native species that are at the highest risk of predation by the two introduced predators. Most species in this weight range, like the iconic Bilby, Numbat and the candy floss- like Rufus hair wallaby, have undergone dramatic population declines that placed them on the Endangered Species List.
The post on visiting the Old Andado Station provides more tips and ‘know how’ on visiting the Simpson Desert
In stark contrast to the dry climate of Australia’s Red Centre, the northern part of the Northern Territory, known as the Top End, is characterized by the humid tropical heat, high rainfall and much more lush vegetation. It is also home to an entirely different variety of wildlife species
Wycliffe Well & Devil’s Marbles
After a night in Alice Springs, we hit the road again and started the second part of our Adelaide to Darwin road trip. Though, while we crossed the Tropic of Capricorn 30 km north of Alice Springs, we haven’t felt the increased humidity the entire first day of driving.
We drove as far as Wycliffe Well – The self-proclaimed UFO Capital of Australia, where we camped among the alien paraphernalia. The reason we stayed at Wycliffe Well was its proximity to Devils Marbles or Karlu Karlu – a curious rock formation made up of rounded boulders precariously balancing on top of each other.
One of the most recognizable symbols of Australian Outback, Devils Marbles is also one of the most visited reserves in the Northern Territory. Though when we visited, at about 9 in the morning, there were only two other cars parked at the entrance. And a Dingo!
Exploring the boulders, we found a pair of courting Painted finches, a Spinifex bird, a tiny little Weebill and some Diamond doves.
From the Marbles, we got on the road and drove north pretty much for the rest of the day until arriving at Mataranka campground late in the evening.
For details see the post on Devil’s Marbled and Mataranka
Mataranka Hot Springs in Elsey National Park
Stepping out of the car at Mataranka in Elsey National Park, we knew straight away that we had reached the tropics. Even in the evening, it felt like a sauna. And humid heat at night usually means that a lot of frogs will be out and about.
Before turning in for the night, we went on an exploratory walk around the campground and found some giant Northern Green Tree frogs, Rocket frogs, Roth’s tree frogs, Ornate burrowing frogs and the inevitable Cane toads – an introduced species that is steadily making its way across Australia wiping out native wildlife.
In the morning, the campground was a different world entirely, dominated by the Agile wallabies on the ground and Little red flying foxes in the canopy. Agile wallabies are the most common Australian native mammals in the Top End, but this was my first encounter with them, and I was fascinated by their familiarity with people. A relaxed female was snoozing so close to our tent that she was practically leaning on it.
The main attraction of Mataranka, the hot springs, was very busy, so we headed to the slightly less popular Bitter Springs for a swim and found a Merten’s water monitor munching on a crab.
Katherine Gorge & Nitmiluk National Park
From Bitter Springs we headed to Katherine Gorge, locally known by its Aboriginal name – Nitmiluk. Typically, the main reason for visiting Nitmiluk is to take a Katherine Gorge river cruise, but in April, the water still runs too high & too fast after the rainy season. So we explored the area on foot.
There were plenty of bird species at the campsite: Bar-shouldered dove, Silver-crowned Friarbird, Great bowerbird, Australasian yellow oriole, Red-winged parrot and Blue-faced honeyeater. The walk along the river turned up some Agile wallabies, a Forest kingfisher, Collared lorikeets and an elusive Oriental cuckoo.
At night we walked around the campsite and found a Brown tree snake, a few Rocket frogs and a couple of Bush Stone-curlews, which are more often heard than seen. Their wailing cry at night is not a sound for the faint-hearted.
Kakadu National Park
It’s only 230 kilometres from Katherine Gorge to Kakadu National Park – a breeze of a drive, compared to some of the distances we covered on this trip.
And of all the Northern Territory National Parks that we visited, Kakadu was the most remarkable. This part of our Adelaide to Darwin road trip was the closest we came to a traditional wildlife safari. Wildlife watching on the Yellow River Billabong must be some of the finest in the country.
We’ve done two billabong cruises because we simply couldn’t get enough of this spectacular place. Giant Saltwater crocodiles, Crested jacanas (known as Jesus birds for their ability to ‘walk on water’), Jabiru stalks, White-bellied sea eagles, Kingfishers & Bee-eaters – the amount of wildlife on the Billabong is astonishing.
But there is more to Kakadu than the Billabong, of course. They Ubirr rock, famous for its Aboriginal art, is also a good place to spot the Short-eared rock wallabies.
Other mammal species we spotted while exploring the park were: Dingos, Agile wallabies, Black flying foxes, a Northern Brushtail possum and a Black-footed tree rat.
We also found three different species of pythons: Children’s, Black-headed and Carpet. And all that in just two days! Kakadu is a must for anyone with an interest in seeing native Australian animals in the wild.
You may like this post about wildlife we spotted in Kakadu National Park
Arnhem Highway and Marry River
Our next destination – Mary River was 210 km from Kakadu, along the Arnhem Highway, but we spent the best part of the day on the road. Why? Because Arnhem Highway is a wildlife watching destination in itself, much like the Transpantaneira Highway in the Brazilian Pantanal.
The grassy paddocks on the sides of the road were absolutely teeming with birds. We constantly stopped and got out of the car to explore the various hubs of activity. There were Jabiru stalks, Magpie geese, Gull-billed terns, Raja shell ducks and sparkling-white egrets in breeding plumage.
We arrived at Mary River just in time for the afternoon cruise. And even after Kakadu, we still managed to find new species here, including the rather cute Freshwater crocodiles and the impossibly vivid Azure kingfishes.
Our last destination before reaching Darwin was Fogg Dam. The dam was created to flood the surrounding countryside & and turn it into rice paddies. And if a dam does not immediately sound like a winning wildlife destination, here is an interesting fact about Fogg Dam – it supports the highest biomass of any place on earth.
It is home to a huge population of Dusky rats and the equally impressive numbers of Water pythons and Olive pythons, that prey on the rats. Apart from the rats and the pythons, we spotted a few Barking owls, Nankeen night herons, Large-tailed nightjars and Tawny frogmouths. Oh, and the Saltwater crocodiles, of course!
One word of warning for Fogg Dam – bring plenty of insect repellent and keep your car windows rolled up when you can. The amount of bugs in the air is staggering.
By day, Fogg Dam is the domain of waterbirds. They congregate here in the hundreds, and in April, many species spot their striking breeding plumage.
The post about Fogg Dam and Mary River has more information about visiting both destinations.
We finally reached the final destination of our epic Adelaide to Darwin road trip. In three weeks, we crossed the continent from coast to coast over 3,000 kilometers and technically, this was only our half-way point since we had to go back to western NSW. But first we had to check out Darwin’s wildlife watching opportunities.
Darwin Botanic gardens
Botanic gardens are always a good place to see urban wildlife and Darwin’s gardens were not an exception. We spotted our first Blue-winged kookaburra, as well as some Double-barred and Crimson finches, not to mention the more common species of Darwin wildlife that we have already encountered on our trip.
Darwin’s Lee Point is the perfect illustration of what an Australian beach looks like when it’s not overrun by people. Since swimming is not on the cards in the Top End (thanks to the crocs and the deadly jellyfish), the beaches are not of much interest to the sunbathers. Instead, they were occupied by all kinds of birds.
A weary Beach stone curlew foraged in the sand, dozens of Black kites perched on the branches of dead trees and dozens more circle overhead, while Red-capped plovers darted along the beach.
The rock shelves were overtaken by the breeding colonies of Crested terns, Little terns, Caspian terns and Silver gulls. Slightly further along the rock shelf a mixed group of Great knots and Red knots whiled away the afternoon. It is amazing how many different species we, humans, displace when we take over an area.
We took a ferry to Mandorah island on a friend’s advice, who told us about a bat colony roosting underneath Mandorah jetty. We found the bats between the boards of the jetty walkway and they were very hard to see through the small crack. We left them be and spent an hour watching White-bellied sea eagles and Brahmins kites circling above the beach
At night, we drove back to Fogg Dam, simply because it was the best wildlife watching spot around. Apart from the usual suspects, we spotted a Dingo, a slaty-grey snake, a Northern brush-tail possum, a Barn owl and sadly, a dead Northern Brown Bandicoot on the road.
But the most interesting creature we came across was the Northern death adder. Australia is famous for being home to most of the world’s poisonous snakes. Out of 25 most venomous snakes in the world, 21 live in Australia, and the Death adder is one of the top 10 most venomous Australian snakes.
I did get out of the car to photograph the silent killer as it was crossing the road, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone with a healthy sense of self-preservation.
For more tips on spotting wildlife in Darwin, check out this post.
The journey back
The drive back may seem like a daunting task – you have to retrace your steps for over 3,000 kilometres. But the beauty of it is – it gives you the chance to re-visit the greatest hits of your Adelaide to Darwin road trip. And if you planned the trip wisely, you’ve left a few destinations up your sleeve to check out on the way back. That’s plenty of excitement to keep you motivated.
Colors of Australian Outback
The colours of Australian Outback are rich and vivid, somewhat unexpected in the harsh environment of the arid landscape. Rolling dunes of orange sand set against the background of clear blue sky, peppered with splashes of green vegetation. And when the rain does come to the desert it usually does so in spectacular summer storms.
Adelaide to Darwin road trip is only one option for exploring Australian wildlife and habitats, of course. Here are some ideas for wildlife hotspots in Queensland. |
In this blog article, I will be discussing temperature, temperature scales, temperature units, and temperature unit conversions.
Explanation of the above picture
The above infographics illustrate a quick comparison between temperature units in a few common temperatures. Sure a room temperature varies and the human body temperature is not always 37°C (98.6°F). Also, the boiling point of water depends on air pressure and is not always exactly 100°C. But a real Finnish sauna is always at least 100°C (212°F) when properly heated… :-)
A while ago I wrote a blog post about pressure units and I was thinking it would be a good idea to write a similar one on temperature units and their conversions. Let’s first take a short look at what temperature really is, then take a look at some of the most common temperature units, and finally the conversions between them.
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- What is temperature?
- So, what is hot and what is cold?
- International temperature scales
- Temperature Units
- Conversions between temperature units
- Cgs unit of temperature
- Temperature unit converter
- Beamex temperature calibration products
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What is temperature?
Temperature is an intensive quantity and describes the energy state of the matter. All materials have atoms and molecules that are in constant movement, vibrating or rotating. A difficult subject simplified, the more they move, the more temperature the material will have. The temperature of an object can be defined by the average kinetic energy of its atoms and molecules, a definition for temperature that we can understand relatively easily. Kelvin is the unit of a fundamental physical quantity called thermodynamic temperature (T) and is currently defined as the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water (exactly 0.01 °C / 32.02 °F).
So, what is hot and what is cold?
It is all pretty relative, so these terms hot and cold are not very accurate or scientific. So we need a more specific way to indicate temperature. Several different temperature scales and units have been developed during the recent centuries. And since different scales have been used in different parts of the world, there are still several different scales in use. The actual specifications of some of the old temperature scales were not initially very accurate (such as a human’s body temperature), but later on, specific and accurate reference points and specifications were created.
For high temperatures, there is not really any limit, and it is possible to go to a very high temperature. For example, the temperature at the sun’s surface is 5800 kelvin, while the temperature inside the sun is up to 13.6 million kelvins.
But for the low end of temperature, there is a very specific limit, being the absolute zero temperature, which is the lowest possible temperature. Absolute zero is a theoretical state that possibly cannot ever be achieved. Theoretically, all the movement of atoms would cease almost completely, retaining only quantum mechanical zero-point energy. Absolute zero temperature equals 0 kelvin, -273.15 °Celsius or -459.67 °Fahrenheit. In outer space, the temperature is pretty cold and the average temperature of the universe is less than 3 kelvin.
But let’s next take a look at some of the most common temperature scales and units.
International temperature scales
Thermodynamic temperature is very difficult to measure and several international temperature scales for practical measurements have been published:
- ITS-27; International Temperature Scale of 1927
- IPTS-48; International Practical Temperature Scale of 1948
- IPTS-68; International Practical Temperature Scale of 1968
- ITS-90; International Temperature Scale of 1990
Some additional scales have also been used, for example, PLTS-2000 for improved measurements of very low temperatures in the range 0.9 mK...1 K (Provisional Low-Temperature Scale of 2000).
By international agreement, the current ITS-90 scale is based on the before mentioned thermodynamic temperature (T). The scale defines the methods for calibrating a specified kind of thermometers in a way that the results are precise and repeatable all over the world. Also, the numerical values are believed to be as close to the actual thermodynamic temperature (T) as possible at the time. The methods for realizing the ITS-90 temperature scale include fixed points and functions for interpolating the temperatures in between the fixed values.
The fixed points in the ITS-90 scale are the following:
Kelvin is the base unit of temperature in the SI system (International System of Units). Kelvin unit’s abbreviation is K (no degree or degree sign). Kelvin unit was first presented by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) in 1848.
As mentioned earlier, the kelvin is currently defined as the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water, absolute zero point being 0 K. The size of one kelvin is the same as a Celsius degree. The temperature of melting ice is 273.15 K (the triple point of water is 273.16 K).
The kelvin is often used in science and technology. It is anyhow not that much used in everyday life. The symbol of kelvin temperature in terms of ITS-90 is the upper case letter T90.
A new definition of kelvin is expected to be published in the near future linking kelvin to the Boltzmann constant, continuing the work for defining all the SI units by fundamental physical constants.
Celsius is currently a derived unit for temperature in the SI system, kelvin being the base unit. The abbreviation of Celsius is °C (degree Celsius) and the size of one Celsius degree is the same size as one kelvin. The unit and the actual Celsius scale were first presented by a Swede Anders Celsius in 1742. The two main reference points of the Celsius scale were the freezing point of water (or melting point of ice) being defined as 0 °C and the boiling point of water being 100 °C.
The melting point of ice is a relatively accurate specification (assuming you have purified ice and it is properly stirred), but the boiling temperature of the water is not such an accurate temperature in practice as the boiling temperature depends a lot on the atmospheric pressure. As Celsius is an SI unit derived from Kelvin, it’s also linked to ITS-90 and its symbol is the lower case letter t90. In terms of ITS-90, the melting point of the ice is slightly below 0 °C and the boiling point of the water at the normal atmospheric pressure is approximately 99.974 °C.
The Celsius unit is better suited for everyday use than kelvin and is very popular globally, although not so much used in the USA. A Celsius degree is sometimes also called a Centigrade.
Fahrenheit unit’s abbreviation is °F. The Fahrenheit scale was first introduced by a Dutchman named Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724. The two main reference points of the scale are the freezing point of water being specified as 32°F and the temperature of the human body being 96°F.
In practice, it is easy to see that the temperature of a human body is not a very precise definition.
Nowadays the Fahrenheit scale is redefined in a way that the melting point of ice is exactly 32 °F and the boiling point of water exactly 212 °F. The temperature of the human body is about 98 °F on the revised scale.
In many areas, Fahrenheit has been replaced with Celsius as a temperature unit, but Fahrenheit is still in use in the USA, in the Caribbean, and also in parallel use with Celsius in Australia and in the UK.
Rankine (°R, °Ra)
Rankine scale is abbreviated as °R or °Ra. Rankine scale was presented by a Scottish William Rankine in 1859, so a few years after the Kelvin scale. The reference point of the Rankine scale is the absolute zero point being 0 °R, like in the Kelvin scale.
The size of one Rankine degree is the same as the size of one Fahrenheit degree, but as mentioned, the zero point is very different.
The freezing point of water equals 491.67 °Rankine.
Rankine is not a widely used scale. It was used in some fields of technology in the USA, but NIST does not recommend the use of Rankine anymore.
Réaumur (°Ré, °Re)
Réaumur scales were introduced by Réne de Réaumur in 1730. It has the reference points being the freezing point of water 0 °Ré and boiling point of water being 80 °Ré.
The Réaumur scale was used in some parts of Europe and Russia, but it has mainly disappeared during the last century.
Conversions between temperature units
The table below provides calculation formulas for converting temperature readings from one unit to another unit.
Cgs unit of temperature
The abbreviation “cgs” comes from the words “centimetre-gram-second”. As these words hint, the cgs system is a variation of the metric system, but instead of using the meter it uses centimeter as the unit for length, and instead of kilogram it uses gram as the unit for mass. Different cgs mechanical units are derived from using these cgs base units.
The cgs is a pretty old system and has been mostly replaced first by the MKS (meter-kilogram-second) system, which then has been replaced by the SI system. Yet, you can still sometimes run into some cgs units.
The cgs system does not have its own temperature units, so it uses the same temperature units: Kelvin, Centigrade, and Fahrenheit.
Temperature unit converter
I know that the above-presented conversion table may not be the easiest one to use…
We developed a free and easy-to-use temperature unit converter on our website that converts between the above listed 5 different temperature units. Hopefully, you will find this converter helpful.
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You have recently gotten breast implants. They look fabulous, and you are loving your added cleavage, renewed fullness and perkier appearance. But you might wonder: Am I ready for the beach? Which sun and water based activities can I safely engage in without worrying about my new implants?
You are not the only one to worry about this. At NuBody Concepts, we get many questions about breast surgery, from “Will my implants affect how well I float?” to “Could my implants boil in the hot tub?” Don’t worry, we have you covered. In general, it is safe to say that breast implants are much more resilient than you might think, and it’s unlikely that you’ll do anything that can cause breast implant damage. Here are answers to several specific questions about breast implants to help you prepare for a summer full of fun in the water and under the sun.
Can I Use a Tanning Bed with Breast Implants?
Tanning is something that you can enjoy as early as three weeks after your breast surgery (but always follow the post-op instructions of your plastic surgeon). Using a tanning bed is safe for implants. It is a common myth that breast implants melt from ultraviolet rays. The fact is that the sun emits the same ultraviolet rays as a tanning bed, and both have no impact on breast implants.
The scars from your surgery are in a discreet location to begin with, and they will fade with time. Ultraviolet light from a tanning bed or natural sunlight can cause scars to appear redder. Therefore, you should avoid exposing your incisions to ultraviolet rays, whether from a tanning bed or from the sun. We strongly recommend using sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher on any exposed areas of skin.
Will Scuba Diving Harm my Breast Implants?
This question has actually been researched at Duke University Medical Center in a study about breast implants and scuba diving. Researchers placed silicone gel and saline implants into a hyperbaric chamber to simulate the changes in pressure that scuba divers experience at different depths of water. If you are a scuba diver, you will know that increased underwater pressure causes nitrates to build up in the diver’s blood and tissues. If a diver returns the surface too quickly, built up nitrate gas can form dangerous bubbles. But the study found that this wasn’t harmful to the breast implants. While bubbles may indeed form inside the implant, which may lead to a small volume increase, they were not found to damage the implant or surrounding tissue. Any such buildup in bubbles that you might experience when scuba diving with breast implants will resolve with time.
Can I Relax in the Sauna if I Have Breast Implants?
After exercising or following a long day at work, it can be fun to relax in the sauna. But is a sauna too hot for breast implants? All breast implants, whether filled with silicone or saline, have a silicone shell. Silicone melts at temperatures higher than 392 degrees. If you use any silicone oven mitts, muffin pans, or roasting racks in your kitchen, you will know that they are safe up to most temperatures generally used in baking. Conventional saunas operate at a much lower temperature, typically between 150 and 190 degrees. You do not have to fear that your implants will melt in the sauna. Enjoy this relaxing experience!
Could My Breast Implants Boil in the Hot Tub?
Just like the sauna, you can enjoy the hot tub without any fears of your implants being harmed. They are inside of your body, and the average hot tub temperature is only 102 degrees. Even though water conducts heat better than the air in the sauna would, this temperature is way too low for your body to boil. As long as you can stand the heat of your jacuzzi, your breast implants can too. You can safely enjoy the hot tub as soon as your doctor has cleared you in your post-op exam. We suggest you do so in a new, great-looking bathing suit that accentuates your new eye-catching breasts!
Will Breast Implants Affect How Well I Float?
This may sound like a silly question, but it has merit. The answer is that it depends on the type of your implants. Saline implants are filled with a solution that is very close to seawater, so they won’t affect your buoyancy at all. You’ll still float better in saltwater than in freshwater, just like everyone else.
Silicone gel implants are somewhat denser than water, making you a teensy bit heavier. Still, this will hardly be noticeable when you swim. However, it is recommended that scuba divers complete a check dive after getting gel implants so that they can adjust their dive weights if necessary.
Will My Breast Implants Suffer from Strenuous Activity?
Summer is often a time when we relax. But it can also be an opportunity for new adventurous activities that might be more taxing on your body than your regular exercise regimen. Think of kite surfing or rock climbing. While any activity, no matter how strenuous, can be safely performed with breast implants, you should give it enough time. Make sure you follow the post-op instructions of your plastic surgeon regarding exercise. The recommended waiting period before the resumption of heavy lifting and exercise ranges from about three to seven weeks. Light exercise may be cleared by your surgeon as early as two weeks after breast surgery.
You may find these and other breast implant myths in your online research. We hope that we’ve allayed your fears but encourage you to call NuBody Concepts if you have any additional questions. In the meantime, we hope that you enjoy another fantastic summer in the sun! |
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Dragonboat paddling is an interesting way to find secret locations just beside the famous Sibelius park in Helsinki.
Paddlers sit in twos side-by-side and use a single-bladed paddle. There is also a drummer and a steerer, with everybody in the boat paddling to the rhythm of the drum. Dragon boat has ancient Chinese origins and dates back more than 2,000 years.
Ketunretket provides a nature- and wilderness guide to these tours, and meal and sauna services at the dragon boat centre can also be combined to the tour. This activity includes life jackets and paddles.
|further information:||This activity is provided in cooperation with a canoeing sport club in Helsinki. We will provide paddles and safety vests for passengers. It's also possible to take a dip in the sea after the tour. We can leave our dry spare clothing packs to a locked room.|
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|Insurances:||Ketunretket does not provide insurance to passengers. You need to have your own freetime insurance.|
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Doubles 4 Bathrooms 3
Ginestra, located in Umbria, close to the Tuscan border, is a spacious and particularly comfortable 4-bedroom cottage to rent, offering luxury and is positioned on the old hamlet’s side which boasts mesmerizing views on the surrounding valley.
Other than the wonderful restorations, little has changed at La Sommità in the last 600 years. The renovation of this very old and valuable estate has been carried out fully respecting the original beauty and structure, carefully bringing out the most significant characteristics; the beautiful mottled stone and round arches. Terra-cotta floor tiles, oak-beam ceilings, rustic antiques and bare stone walls create the finest country rustic effect with city-elegant furnishings and completely modern kitchens and bathrooms.
Set among the landscape which has formed the background to so many paintings, La Sommità radiates from every view a picture of harmony and beauty.
Indeed, this is a special place for special people who appreciate the mystic atmosphere of the countryside. It is a place to relax by the pool or under the cypress trees, to play tennis or enjoy a sauna.
La Sommità is also a center from which you can visit the most interesting cultural and religious spots of Italy such as Assisi, Gubbio, Spoleto, Orvieto, Arezzo, all of which are a short drive away.
Guests of the La Sommità are lodged in 5 beautifully decorated, spacious stone houses, two of which, the Cottage and Limonaia (Lemon House), stand on the hill below the old chapel, looking out over the valley. The other three, Olivi (Olives), Cipressi (Cypresses), and Ginestra (Broom Flower) are located among the stone farm buildings and face each other across a piazza alive with colourful flowers.
All houses have quality furnishings and the kitchens are fully equipped with all modern amenities, i.e., dishwasher, washing machine, satellite and local television, cd player, and a separate telephone line with a meter.
spacious living room (1 single sofa bed), kitchen with table for 8 and access to garden with table for 8.
bedroom 1 double bed (bed size 180cmx190cm, convertible into a twin), mosquito nets in every window,with en suite bathroom with shower.
bedroom 2 double bed (bed size 180cmx190cn, convertible into a twin), mosquito nets in every window.
bedroom 3 double bed (bed size 180cmx190cm, convertible into a twin), mosquito nets in every window.
1 bathroom with shower and bathtub.
bedroom 4 master bedroom (bed size 180cmx190cm, convertible into a twin), mosquito nets in every window, with en suite bathroom with bathtub and shower.
furnished area accessible from several ground floor French windows, with enchanting views or guests can sit in the large park a few steps from the apartment.
pets not allowed.
At the club house it is possible to have lunch or dinner, booked in advance.
Wood for the fireplace available upon extra cost.
Extra single beds and cots on request upon extra cost.
finest homes, quality guaranteed
24/7 guest support
what we love about la sommità - ginestra
- enchanting 15th Century hamlet built of pink-and-white Assisi stone
- convenient location for touring both Tuscany and Umbria
- large shared swimming pool and barbecue area, tennis court on 6 acres of estate
- sweeping valley views, ancient pines and cypresses, wild lavender and colourful flowers
- beautifully decorated, refurbished with authentic and original décor
- air conditioning-AC
- mosquito nets
- wi-fi internet connection
- satellite TV
- Sky TV
- alarm system
- fully equipped kitchen
- washing machine
- iron w/ironing board
- baby cot
- shared pool
- tennis court
- tennis equipment
- alfresco dining
- outdoor furniture
- golf villas
- tennis table
- parking area
- electric gate
- large shared swimming pool (16x8mts, depth 1,40 mts)
- air conditioning in bedrooms
- shared tennis court
- sauna at extra cost
- mosquitos net in every window of each bedroom
- club house
From - To EUR USD * GBP ** Oct 3, 2020 - Dec 19, 2020 3,200.00 3,800.00 2,750.00 Dec 19, 2020 - Jan 2, 2021 5,000.00 5,900.00 4,250.00 Jan 2, 2021 - May 1, 2021 3,200.00 3,800.00 2,750.00 May 1, 2021 - June 26, 2021 4,200.00 4,950.00 3,600.00 June 26, 2021 - Aug 28, 2021 5,000.00 5,900.00 4,250.00 Aug 28, 2021 - Oct 2, 2021 4,200.00 4,950.00 3,600.00 Oct 2, 2021 - Dec 18, 2021 3,200.00 3,800.00 2,750.00 Dec 18, 2021 - Jan 1, 2022 5,000.00 5,900.00 4,250.00 Jan 1, 2022 - Apr 30, 2022 3,200.00 3,800.00 2,750.00 Apr 30, 2022 - June 25, 2022 4,200.00 4,950.00 3,600.00 June 25, 2022 - Aug 27, 2022 5,000.00 5,900.00 4,250.00 Aug 27, 2022 - Oct 1, 2022 4,200.00 4,950.00 3,600.00 Oct 1, 2022 - Dec 17, 2022 3,200.00 3,800.00 2,750.00 Dec 17, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022 5,000.00 5,900.00 4,250.00 Security deposit 500.00 590.90 426.80
* For an indication of the weekly price in US Dollars please have a look to this reference rate: 1 EUR = 1.1818 USD
** For an indication of the weekly price in GBP please have a look to this reference rate: 1 EUR = 0.8536 GBP
Concierge service, change of linen on Saturday, change of towels on Saturday and midweek, final cleaning, air conditioning (in the bedrooms only), maid service once a week, use of the tennis court.
heating EUR 5/m3, extra maid service EUR 20 per hour, breakfast service (starting from EUR 10 per person), lunch or dinner (starting from EUR 28 per person) or private chef organized with local staff upon request, use of the sauna EUR 10 per person, wood for fireplace EUR 8 per box or charcoal EUR 7 per bag, extra changing of linen EUR 6 per bed, extra changing of towels EUR 8 per person, extra bed on request EUR 30 per night (max 3 available), baby bed on request EUR 10 per night (max 3 available).
Umbertide 12km/7miles, Cortona 30km/19miles, Gubbio 45km/28miles, Perugia 50km/31miles, Montepulciano 56Km/38miles.
airports and trains
airports: Perugia 31km/19miles, Florence 145km/90miles, Ancona 155km/96miles, Rome 270km/167miles.
trains: Perugia 48km/30miles, Umbertide 11km/7miles.
The location indicated on the map is purely indicative.
Date: September 2015
Name: Phil Hotsenpiller
"First of all, Rachele Paolucci, was unbelievable. If she lived in California I would hire her! I have never had someone so professional and informed. Give this girl a raise! The villa was great. A true dream come true. I would highly recommend La Sommità to all. We will definitely use Home In Italy again and will stay again in the Villa (Hamlet)." |
ON THE GROUND FLOOR
Wood effect entrance door with glazed panels to the side. Meters Cupboard. Quarry tiled floor. Solid timber door leading to:-
14' 6'' x 7' 0'' (4.42m x 2.13m)
Decorative cornicing and dado rail. Double built in cloaks cupboard. Large under stairs storage cupboard with light. Wood laminate flooring. Double radiator. Stairs to first floor.
Window to front with an eastern aspect. Vanity wash hand basin with mixer tap & storage cupboards under. Tiled splash backs. Low level W.C with concealed cistern. Heated towel rail. Ceramic tiled flooring.
27' 0'' x 19' 8'' (into bay) (8.22m x 5.99m)
Inglenook style fireplace with ornamental bressummer beam, inset brick fireplace, chimney and raised hearth. Feature fireside stained glass windows, open grate and display shelving. Large bay window to the front with an eastern aspect. Window to the side. Four radiators. Four wall lights. Carpet. Double glazed doors to hallway.
15' 9'' x 11' 8'' (4.80m x 3.55m)
Decorative cornicing & ceiling rose. Double aspect windows to the side & rear overlooking the garden with a western aspect. Dado rail. Two radiators. Glazed door to conservatory.
16' 0'' x 9' 9'' (4.87m x 2.97m)
Solid limed oak door & drawer fronts with traditional style incorporating display units with decorative shelving. Granite working surfaces with inset stainless steel 1 & !/2 bowl sink unit, mixer tap and waste disposal. Integrated eye level Neff double oven, five burner hob with stainless steel chimney style extractor hood over. Glass splash backs. Integrated microwave oven, fridge freezer and dishwasher. Window to rear overlooking the garden. Recessed downlighters and tiled floor. Open plan to:-
13' 4'' x 10' 0'' (4.06m x 3.05m)
Hardwood sliding double glazed patio doors onto the garden. Continuous tiled floor. Radiator. Glazed door to conservatory.
7' 8'' x 6' 6'' (2.34m x 1.98m)
Matching low level cupboards with complementing working surface & tiled splash back. White acrylic sink with mixer tap. Plumbing for washing machine. Heated towel rail. Half glazed door to garden. Window to side. Tiled floor. Extractor fan.
15' 0'' x 11' 3'' (4.57m x 3.43m)
West facing brick built with UPVC double glazed windows & half glazed roof. Double casement doors to either side leading tot he garden. Two upright radiators. Vinyl flooring.
12' 0''( into bay) x 9' 8'' (3.65m x 2.94m)
Bay window to the front with leaded light stained windows. Solid oak flooring. Recessed downlighters. Built in cupboard with consumer unit. Door to:-
SHOWER ROOM & SAUNA
9' 4'' x 6' 5'' (2.84m x 1.95m)
Shower cubicle with thermostatically controlled Aqualisa shower with fully tiled walls. Nordic Sauna. Heated towel rail. Ceramic tiled floor. Extractor fan. Recessed downlighters. Dimplex wall mounted fan heater. Door To:-
20' 2'' x 8' 2'' (6.14m x 2.49m)
With electric sectional entrance door. Solid concrete floor. Wall mounted Worcester boiler supplying central heating & hot water throughout. Window to rear. Half glazed door to rear garden. Power & light. Insulated garage door.
ON THE FIRST FLOOR
Decorative white timber balustrade and newel posts. Half landing with window to rear.
Built-in airing cupboard with water cylinder. Decorative plaster medallion. Dado rail. Carpet. Access to roof space with folding loft ladder. Radiator.
15' 6'' x 14' 1'' (4.72m x 4.29m)
BEDROOM : Extensive range of fitted wardrobes. Window to front with views of the North Downs. Decorative cornicing, ceiling rose. Radiator, carpet and wall lights. ARCHWAY to :- DRESSING AREA : Three double fitted wardrobes. Recessed downlighters. Window to rear overlooking the garden. Radiator. Carpet. Door to :-
10' 8'' x 8' 0'' (3.25m x 2.44m)
Contemporary spacious en-suite with walk-in shower, Aqualisa thermostatically controlled shower with multi-jets, remote control. Plate glass screen. Fully tiled walls with glass border. His and Hers hand wash basins with mixer taps and storage cupboards under. Fitted mirrored cabinets above. Tall storage unit. Low level W.C. with concealed cistern. Bidet. Heated towel rail. Matching tiled floor. Plaster medallion. Window to side with southern aspect. Recessed downlighters. Under floor electric heating, shaver point. Extractor light over shower.
13' 7'' x 10' 9'' (4.14m x 3.27m)
Window to front, eastern aspect with views. Built-in wardrobes with mirrored sliding doors. Large walk-in eaves storage cupboards. Double radiator. Carpet. Two wall lights. EN-SUITE : Grey suite comprising :- Shower cubicle with Triton shower. Bi-folding glass door. Fully tiled walls. Pedestal wash hand basin with mixer tap. Low level W.C. Heated towel rail. Wall lights and shaver point. Extractor fan. Vinyl flooring.
12' 0'' x 8' 8'' (3.65m x 2.64m)
Large picture window to rear overlooking garden with western aspect. Large walk-in eaves storage cupboard. Radiator. Carpet.
10' 9'' x 8' 8'' (3.27m x 2.64m)
Picture window to rear overlooking garden. Radiator. Carpet.
10' 9'' x 6' 10'' (3.27m x 2.08m)
Window to front with views. Radiator. Laminate flooring.
Contemporary style four piece white bathroom suite comprising :- Panelled bath with mixer tap and hand shower. Fully tiled walls with decorative tiled border. Vanity wash hand basin with mixer tap and storage cupboard beneath and worktop. Low level W.C. with concealed cistern. Corner shower cubicle with thermostatically controlled Aqualisa shower with body jets, remote control and sliding glass doors. Heated towel rail. Shaver point. Extractor fan. Window to front. Ceramic tiled floor. Under floor electric heating.
Extensive brick paved driveway for parking up to eight vehicles. Separate driveway leading to double garage which has great scope and potential to be used as a separate annexe. Gardens are neatly laid to lawn with mature trees and shrubs including Cherry, Rowan and Forsythia. Timber double gates to garden.
DOUBLE DETACHED GARAGE
21' 4'' x 22' 0'' (6.5m x 6.7m)
With electric sectional insulated entrance door. Solid concrete floor. Electric light, power and separate consumer unit. Door to :-
With step in shower, fully tiled walls, electric Mira shower, rail and curtain. Wall hung wash hand basin with cold tap and Triton hot water tap. Tiled splashback. Low level W.C. Extractor fan. Dimplex wall mounted fan heater. Ceramic tiled floor. Half-glazed pedestrian door to garden.
18' 8'' x 13' 9'' (5.69m x 4.19m)
Window to front and two velux windows. Pine clad walls and shaped ceiling with recessed downlighters. Pine stripped flooring.
Property stands amidst a plot of approximately 1/2 of an acre. Close boarded boundary fencing with scrub oak, Sycamore, Ash and conifers providing dappled shade. The plot is inclined to the south west with an extensive paved patio area adjacent to house from which emanates a timber pergola with climbing rose, honeysuckle, clematis and jasmine, beside which is a well stocked ornamental fish pond with rockery surround and water lilies, surrounded by dwarf conifers and shrubs. At the rear of the garden is a timber summer house, inclined to the south with decked veranda and timber and iron balustrading and light and power. Great range of shrubs, cherry tree and grapevine and Scots Pine, vegetable patch, cobnut hedging. Outside water tap and lighting. Pedestrian gates to both sides of the house. UPVC fascia and soffits. |
MOM’S THE WORD
by Fiona Clarke and Kathryn Brooks
Still struggling to find the perfect Mother’s Day gift? Just four days away, little time remains. After searching high and low, we’ve come to the rescue. All but two are available locally, the others are just an e-mail or phone call away. So get on it – pronto! Here are our ten picks that are sure to elicit “wow, you shouldn’t have” from that wonderful woman who has always been, and continues to be, there for you.
LEARN FROM THE BEST
Whether your mom’s an art lover, a foodie, a film buff or a fashionista, Masterclass is sure to have an offering that strikes her fancy. The online site offers a wide assortment of topics that are taught by some of the biggest names in their respective fields. The lineup includes such notables as chef Thomas Keller, photographer Annie Leibovitz, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, novelist James Patterson, actress Helen Mirren, comedian Steve Martin and tennis superstar Serena Williams. Each class has video lessons, exercises, workbooks and interview sessions with the instructor. A typical class has about 10-25 video lessons that are 2-5 hours each. The positive feedback from participants is that the classes provide insight into the grueling nature of artistic pursuits and endless striving for perfection while inspiring a love of the craft. An All-Access Pass is $180 per year. www.masterclass.com
IT’S IN THE BAG
The Italian luxury fashion house of Fendi, long known for its iconic Peekaboo handbag, got down to business with this updated version. Projecting an air of utility, the function-specific exterior pockets will help mom locate her cellphone, sunglasses, spare change and other essentials in record time. Made of only the finest materials, the purse is roomy but not bulky, practical yet stylish. Paneled in supple 100-percent calf leathers, there also are interior pockets and compartments to help keep everything organized inside. An adjustable, detachable crossbody strap will make it hands-free. Shown above in clementine orange, similar models are priced at $3,000 and up. Available at the Fendi Boutique, Saks Fifth Avenue, Biltmore Fashion Park.
A watch that is also a beautiful piece of jewelry, Panthère de Cartier is one of the most distinctive designs created by the Parisienne House. Introduced in the 1980s and more contemporary than ever, it is a true style icon, wonderfully feminine without being too dainty. Like its namesake, the Panthère is both strong and slinky. The case and bracelet are 18K rose gold and 44 diamonds surround the face. The movement is quartz. $27,100. Available at the Cartier Boutique, Scottsdale Fashion Square.
CLASSIC, WITH A TWIST
While flowers are a classic, there is nothing traditional about a gift from Camelback Flowershop. Gift your mom with the Fresh Flower Delivery Subscription, and the designers will hand select the most unique stems of the season and create a lush blush pink wrap placed in their signature bag Delivered to her door as often as you’d like – weekly, bimonthly or monthly – just choose the day and the frequency, and they’ll take care of the rest. There’s a 12-time commitment, priced at $540. Or, what about The Mother’s Day Tea Box? Neatly packed in a large wooden box, filled with excelsior and tied with a ribbon, are the makings for a spot of tea: a Jar of Pure Arizona Honey, Rüze Cake House Lemon/Lavender Shortbread Cookies, Teaspressa Black Tea, a Tea Infuser and Luxe Cube Sugar Sticks. To complete the setting, there’s a Mason Jar filled with fresh, seasonal florals. $135. Available at Camelback Flowershop, 4214 E. Indian School Road, Suite 101, Phoenix.
How fabulous are these mules! The pointy toe design, modern twist and minimalist style that characterize these mid-heeled embossed leather slides scream Prada. Crafted in punchy colors of lime green and fuschia pink, the signature buttoned-strap allows for easy wear. Perfect with a floral dress, tailored pants or distressed jeans, they will keep mom on trend right down to her tippy toes. $750. Available at Saks Fifth Avenue, Biltmore Fashion Park.
Frédéric Malle, born into a third generation French family of industrialists, artists and perfumers, acquired an extensive knowledge of raw materials and olfactory balance at the prestigious perfume laboratory Roure Bertrand Dupont. Reacting to the commercially driven perfume trade of the mid-1990s that favored image over the perfume itself, Malle set out to restore quality to the industry and transform the way people viewed perfumers: to publish perfumes under their own names and establish their status as artists. Thus was born the idea of a publishing house for perfume, Editions de Parfums, where perfumes are created and published as unique works of art. Malle, whose role is much like that of an editor, accompanies his perfumers individually on their paths to compose the perfume classics of tomorrow. The line boasts 30 perfumes as well as candles, home scents and a body line. Perfume prices range from $195 to $1,500. Available at Neiman Marcus, Scottsdale Fashion Square.
No one deserves a day of pampering more than mom. Whisk her off to the Spanish-inspired Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spat at Montelucia for their Ultimate Relaxation Package. First, she’ll be treated to an 80-minute Joya Signature Massage. A strong touch is used incorporating circular movements and stretching borrowed from traditional Thai to stimulate blood and lymph circulation while easing tension. Then a 50-minute Ultra Plump & Glow Firming Facial will firm, hydrate and resurface her face, neck and décolleté area. A hydrating Manicure or Pedicure will complete the experience. Add a Spa Day Pass and she can enjoy the rooftop pool, sauna room, whirlpool and relaxation lounges. $475, Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spat at Montelucia, Paradise Valley. www.omnihotels.com
In 2005, Tom Ford, the award-winning fashion designer and creative director, added the beauty brand to his ever-growing business empire. Having created exceptional products, it’s no surprise that the line now ranks in the top three brands at specialty stores worldwide. “There is no more dramatic accessory than a perfect lip,” says Ford. “It is the focus of the face and it has the power to define a woman’s whole look.” Each lip color is Ford’s modern ideal of an essential makeup shade. Rare and exotic ingredients including soja seed extract, Brazilian murumuru butter and chamomilla flower oil create an ultra-creamy texture with an incredibly smooth application. Specially treated color pigments are blended to deliver pure color with just the right balance of luminosity. With over five formulas and 100 shades, choosing will be difficult. Individual tubes and Boys & Girls Sets are priced from $55 to $1,585. Available at Nordstrom, Scottsdale Fashion Square.
Let mom see herself in the best light.The simplehuman compact sensor mirror gives the confidence of tru-lux lighting for the gal on-the-go. Simulating natural sunlight, your mom will know when her makeup is color-correct and flawless. The 3x magnification gives a hyper-clear view of every detail. Easily slipped into her purse, the mirror comes with a protective pouch and the mirror’s sensor turns the LED light ring on automatically when taken out of the pouch, and turns it off when put back in. A fold-out ring handle is secure and comfortable in the hand, or can be used as a stand for hands-free viewing. With typical daily usage, one charge lasts up to one week and can be recharged with the enclosed USB port cable. Colors include black, brushed silver and rose gold. $100. Add the stylish, protective zip case for $20. Available at Neiman Marcus, Scottsdale Fashion Square.
ONE OF A KIND
New York-based jeweler Sharon Khazzam graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology. After nearly a decade working for exclusive jewelry labels, Khazzam launched her eponymous line in 1993, drawing praise for her intense colors, carved gemstones and polished gold settings. Drawn from her original sketches and paintings, each of her stunning creations is handcrafted and meticulously catalogued, ensuring that no two pieces are exactly alike. Pictured above are Khazzam’s Norma Drop Earrings. These delicate, small clusters reminiscent of pebbles in a stream bed or budding flowers in a field, are in high demand for those seeking day-to-night options with a modern twist. Prices range from $3,400 to $3,800. Just a phone call away, contact Barneys New York in Manhattan, 212.826.8900 or Beverly Hills, 310.276.4400. Be sure to request overnight shipping. |
Tuesday, nine am. I’m just about to head back to the air-con-bedroom with a coffee when I bump into a woman in the hostel kitchen. She’s a job search broker from New Zealand. She’s doing her washing up from breakfast. She asks me if I’ve “seen everything there is to see in Darwin”.
No, not really, I say. I think of the crocodile farm, the cyclone simulator at the museum, fishing boats down at the harbour, trips to Litchfield, etc etc. People say you should see them, but we haven’t done these things, and we’re running out of time. Two weeks is not enough for Darwin.
There’s not very much to do here, is there? she says. And the heat. Your hair is constantly dripping: drip drip drip drip drip I can’t stand it. You just never get comfortable.
She is a large woman. She’s probably having a hard time of it. I sympathise with her about the sweat. The air in Darwin is like a gentle sauna. I feel moisture in every crevice. The back of my neck where my collar touches the skin has developed a stinging roughness which I can feel with my fingers, but I can’t see it in the mirror. Is this “heat rash”?
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A few days after we got here, I had two insect bites which developed into small wounds on my right arm. They oozed a clear pus which, left alone, dried out to form a small hard cap on the raised pinch of skin. This scab-cap felt good to touch, and I would subconsciously finger it, often accidentally knocking it off, releasing more liquid and starting the cycle over again. It became almost meditative: I worried at my bites the way some men stroke their beards when they are thinking. After a week, the bites healed up. Since then I’ve been trying to stop myself scratching. I know it’s not a good idea.
Jason, on the other hand, continues to be attacked by some sort of blood sucking insect. His legs below the knee are dotted and crusted with bites. He rubs on tea tree ointment several times a day. It smells nice.
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We’re all working on computers here. Five laptops networked with bright blue cables on a low bench in the gallery.
The only one without is Hayley. She has her sewing machine. I envy her. She seems free. Her cute portable Elna is just a tool. It does things for you when you set it up right. She has repaired the split in the seat of my trousers. She’s taking up the legs of Elka’s too. She chats away while she works. She’s really here, in the room. Her machine does not pretend to be a portal to the outside world.
The rest of us sit in silence for hours tapping away on who knows what.
Last night while we were working on our computers, Julie sent Lina an “instant messenger” message. They were sitting, facing each other, less than forty centimetres separating their faces. Julie just wanted to say hi.
It was a mistake to bring computers. We need them too much.
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A man came into the gallery last night, while our heads were buried in screens. I think he was what people call a “long-grasser”. Introduced himself as a “bushman.” He rides horses. He ducked under the open rollerdoor and sat down. He looked confused. “What do you call these? Computers?” he asked. “Can they talk to you?”
No, Julie said, they don’t talk.
But, in fact, they do. They sit between us and talk to us, one on one. They are our pets. They crave our attention. They do whatever they can to get it.
Eventually, the long-grasser freaks out. He springs to his feet and points at Julie’s screen. He’s seen the Fusion Strength logo – which is the orange and black symbol used to denote nuclear power. It reminds him of “back home”, in South Australia, and he can’t handle it.
He asks us for two dollars to get a bus. “I’m frightened”, he keeps saying. I don’t give him anything, but the others chip in. He takes his coins and disappears into the night.
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A fog of “elsewhere” rises into the humidity in the gallery. Where are we? At least the heat gives some clue. If the space were air conditioned, we could be anywhere. But here we are, late September 2005, sitting in the Darwin suburb of Parap, with a fortnight prised from our busy lives, in a makeshift office. |
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Whenever I think of a break away I always think you have to get in the car and travel a fair few hours. But thats honestly not true. I live 20 minutes from the Ramside Spa and Hotel and was very luckily treat to some vouchers as a joint Christmas present from the in laws. We managed to find a deal where you got an over night stay, access to the spa and a treatment each along with an evening meal and breakfast. We got all of this for £280, which does sound like a lot but this hotel and spa is beaut. Maybe one of the best I have ever stayed in and sometimes you’ve just got to treat yourself.
The deal we booked was called Stay Sunday Spa Monday, we arrived at 3pm on the Sunday checked in and headed straight for our room. The room was stunning, we had a view of the golf course, located on the ground floor which meant we could up the patio doors and sit outside in the sun. The room consisted of a huuuuge bed, tv with sky sports (much to Alexs excitement) A mini bar and bottle of wine, with prices clearly marked. Lets just say we stayed clear of those. The bathroom was by far my favourite part.
The bathroom had a huge waterfall shower, which was honestly the best shower I have ever had. It also had a stand alone bath which was solo deep, Alex ran himself a nice hot bubble bath whilst I took a shower, time was no in my favour. It also had a huge mirror which was perfect for getting ready in, although there was a dressing table in the main part of the room. I can honestly say the room was super clean, comfortable and I would 100% stay here again. If you love the look of this room, have a look at their celebration room! This looks incredible, if I ever get the chance I would love to try out this room. BEAUTIFUL.
The spa, was amazing. There is one pool which you can swim in if you want, or just lay round the outside of the pool on the loungers which are extremely comfortable. Oh you are also given flip flops, towels and a robe to use whilst your in the spa area, this is such a perk of helping you feel relaxed whilst your in the spa. There is also butlers walking round the pool area who are able to get you drinks for around the pool rather than having to get changed to go round to the bar. There is also a jacuzzi, steam room, sauna, hydro pool and a jacuzzi pool outside. There is definitely something for everyone. We spent Sunday afternoon around the pool before our meal. On Monday we where booked in for a back, neck and shoulder massage. I must admit I was feeling pretty apprehensive about the massage as I’d never had one before. But Jasmine was lovely and really worked on the problem areas I told her I had. I felt super relaxed after the massage and was then taken into the sleep sanctuary which is as it sounds. A dark room with lots of massage chairs, towels and water. If you are going with a group or a partner this is where you get to meet them after your treatments. I have made the decision that I want to save up some of my spare money to be able to go back for a facial.
Now onto the food. We decided to head to the fusion restaurant for our evening meal, with the package we where given £25 each to spend on our meal. We really struggled picking as the choice of food was so good. We finally decided, I went for chicken wings for started and fillet beef in black bean for mains, Alex went for calamari and lamb masaman curry for his main. The food was to die for! For breakfast we where booked in for the spa brunch which consisted of a three course breakfast. I know, amazing right? We started with a fruit platter, then moved onto a pastry and then onto the main breakfast. I went for the waffles and of course Alex went for the full english.
We had the most amazing time and will 100% think about going back to the Ramside in the future. |
Maui Real Estate Blog
Olinda Estate with Room to Grow
Three separate parcels, two homes and just under forty acres make our new listing in Olinda an exciting opportunity for someone to own and develop a private, eco-friendly estate property in Maui’s Upcountry. The main home on the property sits on a six acre parcel. It is an updated take on Hawaiian Plantation style with two bedrooms/ two baths and over 3,000 square feet of living space. Amenities in the home include vaulted ceilings, two spa tubs in the bathrooms, Brazilian Cherry Floors, custom kitchen cabinets, a large covered and uncovered lanai, a photovoltaic system, outdoor hot and cold plunge pools and a sauna. The six acre parcel also includes a large producing orchard and what is thought to be the largest slip and slide on all of Maui.
A 30 acre parcel features an older two bedroom, two bath home with a four car carport and attached ag office. This parcel includes a water catchment building with two tanks and an auxiliary water catchment tank. There is also a garden area with a small greenhouse. The 30 acre parcel has huge views of the North Shore, Kahului Harbor, The West Maui Mountains and the East End of Molokai. Both the 6 acre and the 30 acre parcels have been enclosed with deer fencing and are part of a native forest restoration project. The seller has planted over 3,000 native plants on the property including Ohia and Koa Trees.
In addition to the 30 and 6 acre parcels, there is also vacant two acre parcel ready for building.
This legacy estate property has an ideal location in lower Olinda. The area boasts cool nights and sufficient rainfall to keep the area lush. It is just over five minutes drive to downtown Makawao. It is close to a variety of schooling options including Seabury Hall. North Shore Beaches such as Ho’okipa and Baldwin Beach Park are twenty minutes away and you are also within 20-25 minutes of Central Maui and its airport, shopping and medical facilities.
This Olinda Estate property already has all the elements of a spectacular, private estate. The future owners can continue to shape the property in their own vision. This property is offered by the Maui Real Estate Team for $4,400,000. Check out the 1050 Piiholo listing page for additional photos of the property. Contact The Maui Real Estate Team for additional information or to arrange an exclusive preview. |
About Original Sokos Hotel Puijonsarvi Elevation93 m (304 feet)
This hotel is located next to a park, 12 minutes' walk from Kuopio Train Station. It offers 2 restaurants and free Wi-Fi, sauna and gym access. Work desks, TVs and minibars are standard at Original Sokos Hotel Puijonsarvi. Some rooms have a private sauna. The on-site bistro Frans & Sophie offers French cuisine in a relaxed environment. The restaurant Ehta serves hamburgers and pizza. Guests can relax on the large terrace or rent a bike and explore the city. |
7 Redondo Avenue, Miami, QLD, Australia
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Boasting a private beach, a sauna and an outdoor pool, Grande Florida Beachside Resort is located in Gold Coast and offers comfortable accommodation. It also features a Jacuzzi and outdoor tennis cour...
Distance to city centre
Coolangatta Gold Coast
Distance to airport
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Policies vary by room type and provider.
+61 755 728 111
At 12.3 km away, Coolangatta Gold Coast is the closest airport to Grande Florida Beachside Resort. The average expected drive time from Grande Florida Beachside Resort to Coolangatta Gold Coast is 15min. It’s a good idea to research traffic trends between your hotel and the airport.
One of the more popular options today is to take a taxi or ridesharing service directly from Coolangatta Gold Coast to the hotel. This option is often cost-effective, but guests must keep a lookout for peak time rates.
Yes. HotelsCombined users travelling to Miami often look for hotels with a pool available. Most hotels have pool hours, so be sure to ask the front desk at Grande Florida Beachside Resort for pool rules and guidelines.
For assistance regarding your reservation at Grande Florida Beachside Resort please call +61 755 728 111.
Yes, Grande Florida Beachside Resort has Wi-Fi available to hotel guests.
Check-out should be before 10:00. For checking in at Grande Florida Beachside Resort, guests should plan for any time after 14:00 on the day of their scheduled arrival.
There’s a laundry service at Grande Florida Beachside Resort that can be used by guests. There is also an ironing board and iron in the accommodation. |
Tune up your immune system for cold and flu season. Good nutrition, proper rest, and regular exercise are the basics of staying healthy. However, you can pump up your resistance even more by adding self-massage to your daily or weekly routine.
Massage promotes relaxation and increases circulation. It also triggers measurable changes in the body’s immune and endocrine systems. One 2019 study, by a The Massage Centre, concluded that a single session massage can significantly increase production of white blood cells, which are vital to the body’s ability to fight illness.
But not all of us can afford the luxury of regular sessions with a trained therapist. Fortunately, self-massage such as dry brushing, acupressure, and Abhyanga can be just as effective. Do your body and mind a favor by practicing one or all of these three easy techniques.
1. Dry Brushing
Your skin is a first line of defense from disease. It acts as a barrier, supports detoxification, and synthesizes Vitamin D, an important element of immunity. If the skin’s integrity is compromised or its surface is clogged with dead cells, it can’t do its job properly. Dry brushing, known as Garshana in Ayurvedic medicine, exfoliates the skin, helps release impurities by encouraging blood and lymph flow, and, like any massage, helps reduce stress.
You’ll need a soft, natural-bristled brush or, for gentler exfoliation, cotton or silk gloves. Proceed with gentle, repetitive strokes, upward from the feet and hands, and always toward the heart to encourage lymph drainage. Use long strokes on the long bones of the legs and arms, and on the back. Use circular strokes on the joints, chest, and belly. Do not use too much pressure, and be careful on sensitive areas—your skin should turn just slightly pink.
A dry brushing session should take between 5 to 15 minutes, depending on the demands of your schedule. Do it before your morning shower, so you can rinse away any loosened skin cells and toxins.
2. Abhyanga Self-Massage
Abhyanga is an Ayurvedic massage technique using warm dosha-specific oils (learn about doshas here). It increases circulation, encourages lymph flow, supports detoxification, reduces stress, and promotes sound sleep. Almond, coconut, safflower, sesame, grapeseed and jojoba are all great oils for Abhyanga and can be used alone or in combination. If you add immunity-boosting essential oils, it becomes an even more potent treatment.
A baby-bottle warmer works well to heat oil in pump or squeeze bottles, while a mug warmer is perfect for ceramic or metal cups. Abhyanga is a rhythmic friction massage. Use long repetitive strokes on long bones—always toward the heart— and circular strokes on joints, abdomen, chest, and face. Don’t forget your head and feet.
Don’t be in a rush to take that oil off your skin. It’s a good idea to rest for 5 to 15 minutes afterward, to give the oil time to penetrate. Sit in a sauna or steam room, if you have access. Surface oil can then be gently buffed off with a soft, dry towel. If you need to be less greasy, a warm shower with mild soap is recommended. Abhyanga is more time consuming than dry brushing, but well worth treating yourself to once or twice a week. Visit Ayurvedic Healing for an Abhyanga consultation.
Acupressure is closely related to acupuncture. Consisting of gentle pressure at specific spots along the energy channels of the body, it can improve energy flow, diminish pain, and restore equilibrium by releasing subtle blockages. Stimulating these points at regular intervals during the day is an easy way to shore up your defenses.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the Kidney 27 points are considered strong immune boosters—they are the final points on the kidney meridians of the body, which are the energy channels that govern the strength of our constitution. Located immediately below the collarbone, about an inch from the midline on each side, they are easy to access when you’re working at your desk or heading home for the holidays in a crowded plane. You can use steady or circular pressure, or even tap to activate these points. Watch this video for a good demonstration.
Marma therapy is the Ayurvedic version of acupressure. In Marma, the tala hridaya point is found on the sole of the foot and the palm of the hand. This point is connected to the lungs and respiratory function, and is a great point to stimulate for immunity. To find it on the hand, reach down to the palm with your middle finger, pressing in just above the mound of muscle that is below the thumb (thenar eminence). On the foot, it can be found on the upper portion of the mid-sole of the foot, directly in line with the middle toe. Gentle, slow, circular stimulation is all that is needed to activate these points and help you breathe easier.
*Editor’s Note: The information in this article is intended for your educational use only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition and before undertaking any diet, supplement, fitness, or other health programs.
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Number of apartments
Terraced houses and semi-detached houses, 33 apartments in total
Types of apartments
|Apartment type||Size m²||Floor||Number of apartments|
|3h + k + s + yard||76,5 - 81,5||1 - 2||19|
|4h + k + s + yard||95,5 - 97||1 - 2||10|
|4h + k + s + yard||70 - 93,5||1||4|
- Terraced house location in the maritime Laajasalo district. Bus stop with a connection to Herttoniemi metro station is less than 50 metres away.
- Each apartment has a sauna and an apartment yard.
- Apartments in Buildings B and C are one-floor semi-detached houses. The other buildings are terraced houses with two-floor apartments.
- 3 h+k+s, 70-81,5 m²
- 4 h+k+s, 92,5-97 m²
NOTE! A defect notification may only be made by a resident of the location.
Kuvernöörintie 21 - 23
Year of construction
10,53 €/weighted m²/month
Original right-of-occupancy payment
Approx. 244,00 €/weighted m² |
Ripon Spa Baths
Situated to the west of the Market City of Ripon, The Spa baths are a short 5 minute walk from the city’s market place situated on the edge of the spa gardens. The Baths are accessible by car put parking is limited.
Built in the early 1900 the spa baths feature a 22.5m x 8m main pool which slopes from 0.8m deep to 2.30m deep and The Battenberg suite, our wood sauna.
Our programme is aimed at the community and offers a mix of sessions from General Swimming and Adults only, to Aqua babes and Family splash sessions we’re sure that there is something for everyone.
We offer a comprehensive learn to swim programme that caters for all levels of swimmers from complete beginners through to national level competition.
We also offer lessons for Adults, ‘It’s Never To Late To Learn.'
For more information please see our Swimming Development Scheme page or contact reception on 01765 603383.
We run a number of Water aerobics classes throughout the week Full details can be found on our website. These sessions are open to members and non-members and are booked in advance through reception on 01765 603383.
We have a number of party slots and party types available enabling us to create your ideal party package, We can cater for small individual parties right through to groups and large parties.
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Varala offers unique educational camps for children and youth led by professionals in their field. Our camps offer a memorable visit, no matter what time of the year you come. Varala offers a diverse range of different activities from which you can put together a phenomenal camp that you will remember for a lifetime! The participants will experience Finnish nature and learn about the arctic plants and animals by functional methods.
The camp curriculum consists of practical training in sports, physical training, cultural knowledge, natural science, science and technology. The curriculum is planned to develop participants cognitive skills, emotional skills, physical skills and social skills through the following aims:
- To encourage positive attitude towards sports and physical tasks
- To learn new physical skills
- To find enjoyment in physical activities that encourages to implement learned skills in the future
- To acknowledge the importance of good physical health as a basis of wellbeing
- To learn about a foreign country and culture
- To learn about flora and fauna in Finland
- To acknowledge individual skill to strengthen positive self confidence
- To learn the basics of computer coding
- To learn how to conduct scientific tests
- To learn to process feelings in different situations
- To develop communication skills and co-operation abilities
Come and enjoy the top quality camps and a unique location by the lake, just 10 minutes from the center of Tampere.
- Experience the Finnish forest and nature
- Learn about arctic animals and vegetation by functional methods
- Challenge your motor skills
- Try some new sports with a top athletes and coach
- Breath clean and fresh air
- Sense the silence
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Getting to know the Varala and Pyynikki area
Teambuilding – Varala Games in teams. Evening Snack by the campfire.
Let´s go for hiking and learn about Finnish Nature and Arctic Animals
Challenge your motor skills in a safe way! Learn basic skills in Acrobatics and Pyramids.
Canooing Class and Stand Up Paddling
Flowpark – Flowpark is an ecological adventure park where you can test your courage.
Flowpark continues. Relax!
Experience the Finnish forest and learn to navigate there under the quidance of a professional
Tampere City Tour and/or visiting Finnish School, Muumi –museum or other desired destination
Experience Finnish Sauna and Swimming in the lake Pyhäjärvi
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The purpose of the tank for hot water in the bath
Despite the fact, today there are many different options for electric and gas water heaters, a traditional water tank in bath does not lose its popularity. This can be explained, today vacationers are trying to save on utility costs, because. water, gas, electricity today have a decent price. Besides, sometimes there are accidents on power lines or gas lines, resulting in the factory the water heaters will not function, and your stay in the bath to stop, or did not start.
The main purpose of tanks for hot water in the bath is, to swim after the sauna the heated water, which is poured into a font. As the heated water previously used for washing clothes and other household needs. In addition, the hot water in the tank, which is installed in the steam room, contributes to higher humidity, what is particularly useful at a low temperature in the bath (if the sensor thermometer does not exceed 80onWith).
Features choice of water tank in the bath
There are several major materials manufacturing water tanks in the bath: cast iron, stainless steel and conventional metal.
The most traditional and effective is cast-iron water tank. Cast iron has low thermal conductivity, allowing longer high temperature of the water in the tank. As cast iron does not corrode, so the water in a cast iron tank for the bath is always clean. The disadvantages of cast-iron water tank is the tremendous weight of empty containers, and the fact, today there are practically no manufacturers of cast iron pots.
Quality alternative to cast iron is stainless steel. It is now often used, because. the material does not corrode, and the tanks can be manufactured in different shapes (cylindrical, box, etc.). It should also be noted, that stainless tanks for baths can be made with different design features, that allows you to install the tank, as above the heater, and near the furnace (more detail we'll discuss this a bit below).
In addition to cast iron and stainless steel, some gardeners use enamel tank. This type of capacity is not very practical, because. enamel easily bounces when mechanical damage, bringing the open space immediately to corrosion.
Well, the last, the cheapest option tank for the bath is metal container. It is not recommended to use, because. regular metal will rust quickly, have a negative impact on the longevity of the tank and the clean water. Please note that, what to paint a metal tank to protect from moisture prohibited, because. the paint will melt on fire and poison you.
Optimal tank volume
After, as you decide on the material of manufacture of the water tank in the bath, it is necessary to solve the following, an important problem – what tank size to choose.
The optimum tank volume of water in the bath should be calculated on the basis of, what one adult to stay in the bath will need at least 20-25 litres of hot water. Based on this z, if you want to relax in the bath with her family (together), you need to buy a 50-liter capacity, and if the room is meant for relaxing, the tank must have a capacity of not less than 100 liters.
Please note that, what factory tanks have a wide range of volumes, starting from 20 liters and more. Electric water heaters also, there are different volume, but it is recommended to stop your choice on models 60 and 80 liters.
Variants of installation of the tank under the water in the bath
With the tank sorted out, one last thing – correctly to set it to enable effective heating. There are three main options for the installation of the tank under water in the bath: in the furnace, over the stove and next to oven.
The first option involves the creation of furnaces for baths with mounted in the furnace tank, which is installed during the laying of the furnace (if she brick), or welded above the firebox when creating metal Assembly.
To install the tank into the firebox of the stove presented an important requirement: the wall thickness of the tank must be greater than 0,8 mm. The heating tank is directly above the hearth flame, which may impact on the capacity base, and the ends. Most often the water tank of stainless steel is installed in the furnace.
The second option (installation of the tank above the stove heater) is popular. In this case, the tank is mounted above the stones, and heat capacity. If the tank is cast iron, it is recommended to hang to the ceiling with a special hook with a rope, because. great ecig tank can crush design stoves. Very efficiently to install the water tank above the stove around the chimney. In this case, the tank will be heated not only from the stones, but chimney, which also has a high temperature.
Well last option involves the installation of the tank under the hot water away from the furnace. Most often, this variant of the installation of the tank used in saunas. This is due to the fact, that sauna has a higher temperature in the steam room (about 120onWith), which should be respected a little humidity. If the water tank will be installed in the steam room saunas, this requirement is not fulfilled. That is why the tank is mounted next, no further than 2,5 meter from a source of heat. Heating is accomplished using a special heat exchanger, from which are derived two circuits: with hot and cold water. Cold water enters the heat exchanger, heats up and spontaneously displaced into the tank, then the cycle repeats until the complete water heating.
That's all, we wanted to tell you about the tanks for the water in the bath. We also recommend you to read the article: besoms for Russian bath! |
Rathausstraße 2, Koenigsbrunn, Bavaria, Germany
This destination can have additional per person taxes which are excluded in the prices below
This comfortable hotel in Konigsbrunn offers complimentary wireless internet, as well as a sauna and a Turkish steam bath. It is ideally positioned for those wanting to visit local attractions.
Distance to city centre
Munich Franz Josef Strauss
Distance to airport
Wi-Fi available in all areas
Pets allowed on request. Charges may apply.
Policies vary by room type and provider.
+49 8231 301 950
New cleaning policies and social distancing guidelines have been implemented by BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz in response to COVID-19. Policy details may vary by location. For more details, check directly with our partner We Care Clean.
Nightly rates at BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz will generally be 32% cheaper than the average 4-stars hotel in Koenigsbrunn. When staying at BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz, you should be prepared to pay about £66/night, which is considered to be a good deal in Koenigsbrunn for a 4-stars hotel.
With no traffic, the 41.7 mi drive between BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz and Munich Franz Josef Strauss (the nearest airport) will generally only take about 1h 23min. If you’re staying in a metropolitan area, you may see your drive time increase due to busy roads.
Rideshare apps and taxis remain a very common solution for BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz guests. This is often the most cost-effective method of transportation when visiting Koenigsbrunn.
BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz is pet-friendly. Feel free to bring your household pet if you’re staying at BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz.
The best way to contact BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz is by calling +49 8231 301 950.
Yes, BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz has Wi-Fi available to hotel guests.
There is a hotel fitness centre accessible to guests of BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz. Most hotels do not have 24-hour fitness centres, so be sure to contact the front desk for gym hours and availability.
Check-out should be before 11:00. For checking in at BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz, guests should plan for any time after 14:00 on the day of their scheduled arrival.
Usually BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz room prices are around £66/night, with the cheapest deals starting from £49/night. Prices vary based on many factors (e.g. dates, time of year, room type etc.) so use the form above to see deals for your intended stay.
Yes - BEST WESTERN Hotel am Europaplatz does have a restaurant. A bar is also available on-site.
This accommodation does offer laundry services. |
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Swooping into Tremblant by private plane? Arriving from Hollywood? Or simply escaping to a sumptuous country hotel?
Quintessence — Q to insiders — is probably your destination.
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When this aristocratic mountain sanctuary opened 15 years ago, I thought of an alpine schloss in a glamorous European town such as St. Moritz.
But Q has an all-Canadian foundation, with its bold structure of stone and timber, its regionally inspired cuisine and its close-to-nature dreamscape, tucked between lake and forest, with sightings of deer, partridge and snow geese.
Service and serenity also set Q apart. When you drive up beside the Bentleys and Lamborghinis, you enter a world of indulgence. Valets appear. Housekeepers polish and fluff. Servers deliver fine food, curated wine and a connoisseurs’ selection of scotch. Masseurs are masters of their craft.
Q has been marvellous since the get-go, and continues to set the standard for Laurentian luxury. The hotel’s deeply cushy comforts are a sanctuary amid Quebec’s capricious weather and Tremblant’s strenuous sports scene.
“Q is like a retreat,” said general manager Sophie Racine. “You can live entirely within the hotel and be at peace. And we strive for very personal service — whatever you want, from heated ski boots to helicopter rides.”
News: Q is not the sort of place you want to change, but there are periodic updates. The suites have new delphinium-blue accents to reflect the lake and sky, and stylish black and white photography that pops against the classic neutrals.
The 13th edition of the fundraising evening Quintessence du Vin will be held Nov. 16, featuring a cocktail dînatoire and tastings of European and New World vintages, to support Club Rotary Mont-Tremblant’s social causes. Admission costs $150.
Executive chef Sylvio Alonso will roll out new menus in December, with regional specialties such as Atlantic black cod and Brome Lake duck.
Valectra, a smooth pianist and torchy lounge singer, will bring light jazz to the wine bar on Fridays, starting Jan. 11.
Suite life: The hotel’s concierge provides a list of seasonal activities, from alpine touring to ziplining, but I highly recommend spending a lot of time on the premises. Q is not simply a place to sleep.
All 30 lavish accommodations are sublime, supersized suites that include fireplaces, balconies with lake views, double whirlpool tubs, heated bathroom floors and divine beds. Five options range from a posh Q Suite to the extravagant Presidential, with a private penthouse terrasse and outdoor hot tub.
Imagine a languid afternoon. The tranquility is palpable. Veuve Clicquot Champagne is on ice, and the fireplace radiates warmth. It’s prime time for an in-suite massage or a room-service request of oysters or foie gras. If it rains and you have to cancel your outdoor activities, you’ll feel lucky.
Cuisine: Chef Mathieu Casavant creates brilliant breakfasts — thin buckwheat crepes with apricot-brandy jam; perfect eggs with tomatoes poached in oil, garlic and thyme; and the house favourite, butter-sautéed French toast with maple syrup.
Head chef Alonso hails from France and has worked in Paris and Provence, so Q’s cuisine at lunch and dinner is inspired by the classics.
“It’s refined, but it reflects countryside, with some robust dishes,” he said.
The current dinner menu includes quail, walleye and Angus beef. Starting Dec. 6 for high season, Alonso will add Atlantic black cod, salmon pot-au-feu, organic chicken and Brome Lake duck. The Chef’s Table is the pièce de résistance — seven or nine courses of gastronomy.
Alonso is already planning feasts for the wildly popular Christmas Day and New Year’s Day brunches ($55) and the glamorous Dec. 31 dinner festivities. I heard talk that bison will be one of the delicacies.
Lunch at Q is a special experience — one that truly says you’re on vacation. The views are inspirational: Lac Tremblant and the surrounding mountains are at their best in the mists, sunlight and colours of the season. You can choose hefty après-sports dishes such as gourmet poutine with braised venison and beer sauce, or go lighter with a sharing platter of seafood or beef tartare.
IF YOU GO
Quintessence: 866-425-3400, 819-425-3400; hotelquintessence.com ; 3004 de la Chapelle Rd., Mont-Tremblant.
Rates fluctuate and are approximate. Five levels, currently about $345-$1,350, Sun.-Thurs.; Clagett’s Cabin costs less. Rates higher Fri.-Sat. and approximately Dec. 1-March 31. CAA discount. Includes spa (not treatments), evening turndown, in-room Nespresso, resort shuttle, music/book libraries, valet parking, outdoor pool (not heated). Packages with meals and spa treatments. Discount of $25 on massages until Dec. 1.
Dining: Bistro menu until 6 p.m. in wine bar or dining room. Dinner nightly. Chef’s Table, seven or nine courses. Children’s menu.
Spa Sans Sabots: sauna, steam, outdoor hot tub included for guests; fees apply for facials, massages, body treatments, yoga, mani-pedi.
Tremblant resort/ski/activities: 888-736-2526, tremblant.ca |
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Design without a goal
is just decoration.
Brands that feel the same as everyone else, look the same as everyone else, and don’t connect with their customers are drowning in the sea of sameness.
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The foundation for your killer brand.
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The value of the BrandQuest will be applied to the BrandCoup if you continue. However, many people only buy the BrandQuest because it is so valuable on its own.
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In her yoga studio “The Yoga Gallery” in close proximity to Getreidegasse in Salzburg’s old town, Ariadna Castorena shares her passion for yoga & Ayurveda. Her courses and workshops for beginners and advanced are special sources of inspiration and joy of life.
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In careful manual work, Christine Lindsberger gets all the valuable information from herbs, woods, needles, roots, leaves or flowers and packs them as sauna infusion, room fragrance or hydrolate in a bottle. Let yourself be pampered by the naturalness and the delicate aroma and enjoy the fragrance and effect.
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Chope Díaz is a filmmaker and editor, and the stories he tells are made up of fragments such as videos, music, dialogue, graphics, effects and more. Whether he’s working on a documentary, a drama or a corporate video, he always strives to evoke a certain feeling or emotion in the viewer while creating something appealing to the eye.
Yoga & Socks
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Yoga & Socks advocates for the holistic use of yoga, educates about its therapeutic benefits, and creates marketing tools and an app that connects highly qualified yoga teachers with their communities.
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“I first worked with Alexandra on my personal brand as a yoga teacher. She nailed the brief for a personality-driven design and was able to make everything launch-ready. She also helped us with our yoga education and training project by identifying the brand personality, creating an ideal client profile, delivering a brand manual and of course the design. Alexandra’s ability to listen, understand my brands intimately, and execute projects in a creative way makes her a pleasure to work with..”
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“Alex took the time to understand my startup’s history, evolution, personality and values – all important elements I wanted to portray in the brand. Alex is not only extremely talented in design, but also a focused strategist. She is professional, goes above and beyond – nothing is ever a problem, and she delivers what she promises. If you’re looking for an agency to help you bring your brand vision to life, you’re in great hands! Thank you.“
— Founder & brand strategist
Alexandra Jeglitsch founded LUA LAB in 2016 to build confident, competitive brands for bold entrepreneurs. She sees brand positioning as an adventure journey. As a brand designer, you have to plan ahead, take on challenges, and go above and beyond to succeed. Qualities Alexandra brings to the table as a designer, digital nomad and adventurer who loves to travel.
She is as comfortable on Austrian lakes as she is in the South American desert and has spent years leaving design trends behind to create brands that are as authentic and unique as the entrepreneurs she serves.
She is an experienced designer with professional knowledge and creative skills, mastering even the most difficult brand challenges.
— Studium & Weiterbildung
Design & Product Management, B.A.
FH Salzburg, Austria
Digital Creation, M.A.
UCV, Valencia, Spain
Design & New Product Development
UDG, Guadalajara, Mexico
TextCollege Munich, Germany
Digital Marketing & Content Management
Coderhouse, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Coderhouse, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Tucked into the Sarentino Valley in Northern Italy, at 5,321 feet in altitude, is a peaceful mountain retreat known as Terra — The Magic Place (formerly named Auener Hof Dining House). They describe themselves as “discreet luxury with a nature-inspired design.” This is exactly how I found the property to be; guests receive the comfort and warmth of a mountain retreat, while experiencing the simple, personalized pampering that a small property like this is able to offer.
Terra is owned by brother-and-sister team Heinrich and Gisela Schneider, and the pair do an exquisite job of offering their guests an experience rather than just a stay. Both have children of their own and there is no question that they understand the exact needs of families.
Gisela and Heinrich came up with their unique concept by blending Heinrich’s incredible skills as a chef and Gisela’s intense knowledge of wine as a qualified sommelier. The property was opened as a ski-hut guest house by their grandfather, Johann Brugger, in 1941. Heinrich and Gisela have transformed the guest house into a beautiful space that revolves around Heinrich’s “terra” (earth) cuisine, reflecting the natural feeling of the surrounding environment. Heinrich takes his passion for mountain herbs and infuses them into his dishes to create a culinary epicurean experience like you have never known. This is the highest-situated Michelin-starred restaurant in Italy, and the mountain landscape will impress you as much as the food.
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Note that for less adventurous palates and more discerning children, dishes not on the menu can be made to order. Also, it is not likely that children will be able to sit for the full 16-course dinner. You may request the nine-course meal over the 16-course meal when dining with children. Breakfast continues with the terra cuisine theme, though guests can request made-to-order dishes. The restaurant is closed on Sundays.
With south-facing views looking over the Dolomites, the peaceful yet grand scenery will leave you breathless. Each room has a contemporary, nature-inspired design, filled with the scent of fresh pine. Bathrooms are spacious and each is equipped with a large shower, hair dryer and locally made toiletries.
With only 10 rooms, guests will discover just how peaceful a mountain holiday can be. The Junior Suite is perfect for families. There is a separate living room area that closes off from the main bedroom, with a pullout sofa bed for the children. An extra folding bed can also be put in this space. The standard rooms are spacious enough to add two fold-out beds for children.
Soak in the chromotherapy-lit whirlpool area surrounded by the full panoramic view of the sun setting behind the mountains. Children are welcome in the spa area if accompanied by an adult.
If the view and whirlpool aren’t enough to relax you, the wooden hammock-inspired swings, Finnish sauna, herbal steam bath, and aromatherapy hay loft are sure to. Massage, yoga and Pilates are available upon request.
Visitors will be greeted in the valley by the small village of Bolzano, the “Gateway to the Dolomite Mountains.” Bolzano is filled with shops, restaurants and a hospital. A picturesque 35- minute drive into the mountains from Bolzano will lead you to the property.
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An hour and a half moderate trail hike takes you to the peak of a 6,571-foot mountain. Along the hike is a small cafe (open during summer months) and a play area for children. At the peak is a stunning collection of stone formations known as “Stoanernen Mandln,” with some formations thought to date back to the Stone Age. Be sure to ask Gisela about the fascinating stories and legends that come with the formations!
During the winter months, it is just a 30-minute drive to Reinswald Ski Park, where you can ski, snowboard, slide down the toboggan run, snowshoe or go sledding. There is a fully equipped rental shop and children’s playground at the base of the ski area. Skiing and snowboarding lessons are offered for adults and children.
In the summer months, families will find lakes to swim in, endless hiking at every level, summer tobogganing, horseback riding and playtime at the ski area playground.
Editor’s Note: Laurel received a media package to review Terra — The Magic Place. As always, our thoughts and opinions are our own on Ciao Bambino. Photos by Laurel Perry.
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