Its Friday Aftenoon and Barcelona is looking great

Its Friday afternoon. It's the last day of work before Xmas and once again I am looking for cool stuff for our customers. I came across this website and blog on Barcelona.

It is a community site, for anyone interested in Barcelona, travelling to Barcelona, living in Barcelona…..or just wanting to join in the fun!

It's been set up by people who are currently living in Barcelona, often travel to Barcelona, or are actually from Barcelona!

What they all have in common is that they LOVE Barcelona!

So before you buy your Lonely Planet, Rough Guide or Lets Go get the lastest up to date info from the guys that actually live there

Merry Xmas to All
Pops

Driving a Piece of East German History

Ciao
Hey, I've finally got back to the office after two weeks away polishing up the old Italian. It went really well but a speed demon I am not.

The resort where I work is closed down over christmas and it seems that half of Italy's stray cats are hanging round our office scrounging food. It reminds me of the song Kitty Cat from the Presidents of the United Staes a few years ago. OUTSIDE!!!!

I found this really cool thing to do when you are in Berlin or Dresden and want to go back in time. Not quite a De Lorean but nevermind. Hire a Trabi!! Check it Out

Driving a Piece of East German History

Posted Dec 13th 2006 8:30PM by David Luna

Ever wonder what life was like on the east side of the Berlin Wall? Well, you can still experience a remnant of that bygone era behind the wheel of an East German icon: the Trabant. The Trabant's determined 25HP engine and non-existent electrical system make the car resemble a riding mower more than a modern automobile, but that's what makes driving one so exciting.

Tour company Trabi Safari maintains fleets of Trabants in Berlin and Dresden. Their tours marry sightseeing with a unique "do it yourself" experience as tourists drive themselves in authentic Trabants on the streets of Germany. Drivers receive a very short operations tutorial before the trip. (Instructions include: "This is the gas. Very important!" and "Don't touch this button.") After everyone is briefed, the Trabant convoy follows the tour guide whose voice is piped in over the car's (aftermarket) radio. The hour and a half journey is really about piloting East Germany's Ultimate Driving Machine, so the audio tour is fairly light on historical narration.

Tour prices range from 25 to 35 Euros per person and reservations are required. If German isn't your thing, you will need to request an English language tour guide.

What is it about Sunday Mornings

Well here we are again. It's Sunday morning and I am work again why Katy snoozes through a lazy Sunday morning lie in. I wasn't going to go to work. But as my PC at home for some reason doesn't want anything to do with blogging software and its such a nice morning. I thought that I might as well get organised for the week while sipping coffee over looking the chianti country side. Lifes not all that bad!

We have loads of stuff on at the present. We are just about to open our new hostel in Prague, so I am in the process of buiding a new website for that along with a major revamp of the Plus website
Both are due to go live before christmas. And I wonder what I am doing here on a Sunday again!

I was scanning through a few blogs last night and came across something that I had a chuckle about. Hostelworld is taking on Google!!!
If I had a Euro for everytime that I heard that Hostelworld was being bought,out taken over or getting out of hostel reservations I think that I may be rather rich! Me thinks that there may be quite a few people in the Irish IT indusry that have spent to much time kissing the Blarney stone. Mind you you never know- Ray needs a new Porsche soon.

For those in Florence over the next couple of weeks check out the Christmas Market- The Heidleberg markets in Piazza Santa Croce. The Hotdogs with Saurkraut are amazing!! Apparently there is also a Scottish market as well, so i will check those out next week.