Vibrant and cosmopolitan, yet oozing with history and culture; Rome is the perfect place for a weekend away. You will be spoiled for choice with the accommodation on offer. Luxury hotels, Rome apartments and magnificent villas, you will find something to suit your taste and budget.

In fact there is so much to see and do that you will find that a weekend there is not enough. The classics such as the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish steps and St. Peters Basilica have to be seen to be believed.

Don't forget to marvel at the Sistine Chapel. The ancient classics such as the Coliseum, the Pantheon and the Roman Forum are also not to be missed and you will be amazed at how advanced the Roman civilisation was two thousand years ago and you will understand the legacy they have left us today. (more...)

This is an issue that really does get my goat: the disgusting price of rail travel in the United Kingdom! When you price-up a simple journey (let us say a return ticket between Birmingham and Newcastle as an example), you are offered prices that are far more expensive than if you were to fly.

You could be looking at ticket prices of over £200 and this would actually allow you to fly to Budapest four times over, in comparison with a certain (not difficult!) airline. Then, of course, you have the fact that rail companies are quite intent on ripping us all off even further, through the fact that they have just announced yet another disproportionate hike in fares of 8% for next year.

It feels like the very national companies that should be giving the public a break, in these times of austerity, are jumping on the bandwagon and sticking the knife in - this is certainly how I view these actions of the rail companies. It is more than enough to make you consider purchasing your own Sterling caravan and taking to the road yourself. (more...)