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Where to sleep in Paris

As I live in Paris, I have very little knowledge of hotel standards and prices. But.

An old friend of mine, Vincent, decided to buy and restore a hotel after a long career in the beer industry. The result is quite nice and quite affordable as well. The hotel is located not far from Gare du Nord where Eurostar lands in Paris and not far either from Place de la République, where you can take the métro straight to stade Jean Bouin (line 9). Of know : at...

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An Ulster fans View of Treviso

Treviso is a small city in the North East of Italy 35 km North of Venice population around 85,000. The walled centre mostly dating back to the early 1500's and outside the walls all built during the last 110 years. This is a town to explore on foot as it's maze of canals and bridges, houses decorated with frescoes, churches and palaces cannot be seen any other way, don't forget to look up under some of the archways as the old frescos are at there best protected...

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With a population of just under half a million people, Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh, is the nation’s second largest city.

Situated on the eastern coast of the central belt, 45 miles from Glasgow, the city plays host to some 13 million visitors in year, making it the largest tourist centre in the UK outside of London.

Known as the Athens Of The North, because of the predominance of neo-classical architecture dotted around its historic city centre, it’s variety of galleries and museums,...

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