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• Poles apart: growing up with Warsaw
  on Feb 23, 2012 in europe Poland blogsherpa poland
  Our long term memory is a funny beast. I look on many of my childhood events and they appear to be not only distant but also dim; quite literally so. Our holidays seem to have took place if not in black and white then in a washed-out hue while memori...
• How museums get their stuff: should we care?
  on Feb 21, 2012 in Culture Travel Chatter
  London has a well-deserved reputation for being the home of many of the world’s best museums. Wander through the grand old buildings that are home to the Natural History, the Victoria and Albert or the British Museums and you can admire some of...
• Responsible travel: an impossible task?
  on Feb 16, 2012 in Travel Chatter
  In almost every aspect of our lives we are increasingly being urged to think and act responsibly. We’re all familiar with the message that in using less electricity and water and by making fewer car journeys we’re doing our planet a favou...
• What makes a good meal? Is great customer service in restaurants so tricky?
  on Feb 14, 2012 in Travel Chatter
  Eat out in enough restaurants and however careful your selections, you’re bound to have the odd bad experience. Even in the finest places chefs and waiters can have a bad day while a bad cut of meat or fish can land on your plate despite the pr...
• Visiting the same country twice: the return visit dilemma
  on Feb 7, 2012 in Travel Chatter
  We rarely spend long enough in any place on our travels. Without the luxury of  being able to take an indefinite trip, our itineraries inevitably involve plenty of compromise and the list of places in a country we’d like to visit has to be rut...
• Greed and the Olympics: will London learn the hard way?
  on Feb 2, 2012 in Marketing Travel Chatter
  The pattern has been nothing if not consistent in the last few decades. Cities that spent millions (more recently billions) in their preparations to hold the Olympic Games found to their cost that their estimates of a tourism bonanza proved way off t...
• St Albans and Samuel Ryder: A Tale of Two Cities
  on Jan 30, 2012 in europe Marketing Travel Chatter UK
  Over the weekend we had the chance to explore two cities in the south east of England that have a fair amount in common. Both are a short train ride from London; both have enough olde worlde buildings to be regularly used as a filming location for pe...
• Why nothing beats a full English Breakfast
  on Jan 26, 2012 in Offbeat Travel Chatter
  It’s not unusual in an English bed and breakfast to wake up to the smell of frying bacon. Whether you’re staying away from home on business or pleasure and whatever the day holds in store for you, there are few better ways to kick off pro...
• “Would you like fries with that?” Is upselling upsetting the customer?
  on Jan 23, 2012 in Gripes Marketing Travel Chatter
  I’m currently arranging a new mobile phone contract. In common with most people I have very low expectations of the customer service I’m likely to receive. This is borne out of years of bitter experience. While the staff often appear inca...
• The myth of the super-aurora: exposing the Northern Lies
  on Jan 18, 2012 in Travel Chatter
  So say the BBC, The Telegraph, The Observer and many other publications in relation to the chances of seeing the aurora borealis in 2012. A whole host of tour operators and cruise companies have lapped up this quote and without any apparent scrutiny...

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