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by **arachnid** » 17 Sep 2008, 14:56

Here's a few pics of our holiday!

The Bay of Chaleur

The Cabot Trail

Anne of Greengables House

The Fort at Louisbourg
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Moose 1

Moose 2

The American Falls

The Horseshoe Falls

by **teddygirl** » 17 Sep 2008, 16:43

Lovely pics Arachnid, looks like you had a great holiday.

by **arachnid** » 17 Sep 2008, 21:22

by **arachnid** » 18 Nov 2008, 23:03

by **rapunzell** » 19 Nov 2008, 00:01

by **SoupDragon** » 20 Nov 2008, 11:03

Looks like a lovely trip Arachnid
Wrap up well this weekend

Good luck Rapunzell, you hap up well too, looks like its getting chilly soon

by **teddygirl** » 26 Nov 2008, 23:30

by **arachnid** » 28 Nov 2008, 15:51

Yes, had a great weekend Teddygirl! Although Mr. Arachnid had to dig himself out the hotel carpark on Sunday morning!It rained that afternoon and evening so the roads were alright for driving home again! Stayed at the Ugie House Hotel in Keith, been there before and it's a nice hotel.

on our way up to Keith

on our way up to Keith 2

view from our hotel room

one of the low flying jets!

by **SoupDragon** » 09 Dec 2008, 14:07

We were away at the weekend

Enjoying Scotts View

Melrose Abbey

No roadworks but other hazards!

by **SoupDragon** » 11 Dec 2008, 12:05

Wallace Monument - Dryburgh

Temple of natures muse
Dryburgh

by **BeachBum** » 11 Dec 2008, 13:44

Im from around that area.

By the looks of the wallance monument some of the grafitti has been cleaned off, its forever being vadalised.

by **SoupDragon** » 11 Dec 2008, 17:09

I'm sure it's just co- incidence that the monument is free from graffiti since you came to live here :lol:

by **Bob Jefferson** » 01 Feb 2009, 10:38

by **Maria** » 01 Feb 2009, 11:24

Ah! That answers a lot of questions! Ignore my email :lol:

Like the video (it played OK in Safari ) though had expected a version of . The weather looked good. You'd recommend Venice then?

by **Bob Jefferson** » 01 Feb 2009, 12:57

by **Bob Jefferson** » 01 Feb 2009, 15:13

For anyone contemplating a trip to Venice, there is also a new website called which (allegedly) allows visitors to save time and money by buying tickets and services before they arrive.

One disadvantage of going in Winter is that you may well find yourself wading through flood water, or 'aqua alta' as the Venetians call it. We saw a bit of it but not as bad as a few weeks ago when you could row a boat through Piazza San Marco.

by **Maria** » 03 Feb 2009, 10:41

by **BeachBum** » 03 Feb 2009, 12:05

by **Maria** » 03 Feb 2009, 12:13

by **seashell** » 03 Feb 2009, 12:50

by **Maria** » 03 Feb 2009, 13:14

by **seashell** » 03 Feb 2009, 15:35

by **arachnid** » 05 Feb 2009, 23:26

by **Bob Jefferson** » 06 Feb 2009, 18:30

M&S coffee is consistently excellent. The staff are properly trained and the coffee is all Fairtrade. I just need to persuade them to start using organic milk and I'll be happy.

We found a great coffee bar in Venice and found an excuse to go there every day. The terminology is a little different. Latte means milk and that's what you will get if you ask for it. You could ask for a caffèlatte but what you probably want is a cappuccino. And the concept of takeaway coffee doesn't really exist - you drink your coffee at the bar or counter, which is much more sociable. Nor do they use the term 'espresso' - just ask for un caffè if that's what you want. And Italians consider it very odd to drink a coffee made with milk after a meal. Cappuccino is considered a meal in itself and it comes in one size only. The idea of a bucket of coffee-flavoured frothy milk is, as you might imagine, an American one to go with the bucket of popcorn and greedy piggy-sized portions of everything else. Italians invariably add sugar to their caffè and it's often served with a glass of water.

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