I travelled via Belgium last week and decided to stay overnight at Dinant, where I have stayed previously and found to be marginally less bad than most towns in Belgium.To anyone contemplating a similar stop - don't.The whole of the town is being
At La Dolce Vita exhibition at Olympia this year I bought a jar of garlic cloves preserved in a pizzaiola type oil and vinegar mixture.It is just amazing for snacking, the whole cloves are really crunchy with a fairly mild flavour of the garlic an
I need to buy a tyre for my car. I googled all the usual words but came up with nothing. Back in UK I would simply go to Kwikfit, or ATS etc and it would be done on the spot.
Does anybody have a contact for a sun blind maker?Think of a conventional, rather old-fashioned roller blind with the roller fixed at the top of the window and the blind hanging vertically down.
Agreed, great route.It's just that I resent paying something like €35 each way for the tunnel, compared with €0 for the Swiss tunnels. (I need a Swiss vignette anyway, so the cost of that is not an issue).But again, weekends in the season can result in long delays on the Italian side.
If you want to eat early in Milan - say around 7 p.m. - many pubs/bars do a terrific buffet arrangement for a low fixed price. The Brera area has quite a selection. A lot cheaper than the restaurants in the same area!
I must be doing something wrong - I drive to and fro regularly and always go straight through Basle without any problems. Truckers have a big problem but I've never had to wait in the car. They only give you a cursory glance to check your vignette is up to date, so you don't even need to stop. I usually travel mid-week.Similarly, I have never had a problem at Gotthard, though I have read some dreadful reports of delays there too.
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Agreed, great route.It's just that I resent paying something like €35 each way for the tunnel, compared with €0 for the Swiss tunnels. (I need a Swiss vignette anyway, so the cost of that is not an issue).But again, weekends in the season can result in long delays on the Italian side.
If you want to eat early in Milan - say around 7 p.m. - many pubs/bars do a terrific buffet arrangement for a low fixed price. The Brera area has quite a selection. A lot cheaper than the restaurants in the same area!
I must be doing something wrong - I drive to and fro regularly and always go straight through Basle without any problems. Truckers have a big problem but I've never had to wait in the car. They only give you a cursory glance to check your vignette is up to date, so you don't even need to stop. I usually travel mid-week.Similarly, I have never had a problem at Gotthard, though I have read some dreadful reports of delays there too.