[01/10/2007] Firstly - sorry about the title, I was having trouble remembering her name and our guide told me to remember it as Hat, Cheap, Suit! Getting There We were booked onto a river cruise, and our boat was docked just outside Luxor Temple, that morning we were all woken up early for a 7am breakfast and then piled onto a coach. The trip from Luxor Temple (on the East Bank of the Nile), by coach to Deir El-Bahri & Egypt's famous West Bank takes about 20 mins, crossing the river by the only bridge in Luxor, aptly named Luxor Bridge. If anyone stays in Luxor, you will probably be staying on the Ea [more]

[01/10/2007] After easing myself gently back into review writing, I think it is time for me to tackle my most favoritist subject - food (& wine, but I don't really know much about that, except that it tastes nice hic) ...As some of you may know (from last review), Snarf and I recently paid a visit to Italy and spent a night in Verona, and obviously we needed to be fed & watered, and since Verona was the very last leg of our trip, we wanted to be fed & watered well - none of this pizza / pasta muck that we had been desperately trying to dodge for the most part of our holiday. So over a glass of Soave, w [more]

[28/09/2007] Yes, I am back and finally writing reviews, my recent holiday to Italy has inspired me - after a bit of a break, I thought, ease myself in with a nice easy review - The House of Juliet or Casa di Giulietta. Finding Juliet's House As most of you know it is "fair Verona where we lay our scene", tucked between two shops on Via Capello, just off of Piazza delle Erbe, heading towards Porta Leoni. To be honest, it is not hard to find - just look for the mass of tourists gathering outside the gates. What's there? To be honest - not much, Snarf & I weren't actually particularly bothered ab [more]