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* If you're beaching, do not go down to the beaches in Barcelona. Well, you can, but they're shite and busy. Get a train down to Castelldefells or Sitges, the beaches there are natural and far more pleasant experiences. | * If you're beaching, do not go down to the beaches in Barcelona. Well, you can, but they're shite and busy. Get a train down to Castelldefells or Sitges, the beaches there are natural and far more pleasant experiences. | ||
==Eating=== | ===Eating=== | ||
There are good fooderies everywhere really, follow the Timeout guide (there's a food and drink specific one). I liked Gracia, there's some great places there (look out for an Iraqi place and a Cuban place). | There are good fooderies everywhere really, follow the Timeout guide (there's a food and drink specific one). I liked Gracia, there's some great places there (look out for an Iraqi place and a Cuban place). | ||
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* I liked Bar Benidorm, 39 Joaquin Costa (near Placa Angel). | * I liked Bar Benidorm, 39 Joaquin Costa (near Placa Angel). | ||
== Bratislava & Prague == | |||
* Recommendations: Hotel Duka (Bratislava, pricey), Aparthotel Residence Trinidad (Prague, central) | |||
* Pay in cash for accommodation usually, as you can get screwed with exchange rates & credit card | |||
== China == | |||
* Terracotta Army (30 hours train from Shanghai?) | |||
* Forbidden City (audio tour narrated by Roger Moore!) | |||
* Fly a kite in Tianamen Square | |||
* Peking Opera - not great! Szechaun Opera - weird. | |||
* Teenagers/Hotel people good for language problems. Get people to write out place names on paper before you go, just in case you need it for taxi drivers! Always carry a card from your Hotel too... | |||
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== Nairobi/Kenya == | |||
* The Carnivore restaurant. Eat lots of animals. | |||
* Sanctuaries dotted around the outskirts of the city, in case you can't find full Safari | |||
* City Market, couple of streets away from Moi Avenue, good for carvings | |||
* Useless nightclubs? | |||
* Tea in the Norfolk Hotel | |||
* Safari: Planet Safari, Moi Avenue, 50 dollars/day, 5-day trip, 3 days in Massai Mara, tents all the way | |||
==Rome== | ==Rome== | ||
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Other options for visits include the Colesseum and the Palantine (both covered by the same ticket, you can save time if you buy at the Palantine). | Other options for visits include the Colesseum and the Palantine (both covered by the same ticket, you can save time if you buy at the Palantine). | ||
==Stockholm== | |||
* Expensive place, especially for drinking! The people are universally agreed to be stunning. | |||
* Travelling: Ryanair do Dublin -> Vasteras (tiny airport in the middle of nowhere, like the size of Farrenfore airport in Tralee). Flight is 2 hrs 20 mins, Bus journey is 1 hr 20 mins to Stockholm. The main bus/train station is very central. | |||
* Take a walk into the old town, and around the palace, where the King of Sweden sometimes hangs out! | |||
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