On the Road Again!

Another planning tool for the summer holiday to Spain and maybe Portugal.  This copy is used and was formerly a library copy and so it isn't going to be up to date with the right kind of ballpark prices but I doubt historic places will have moved that much! For £4.04 including postage it will do!

I have gone over the paperwork so many times it has left copy marks on my retina! My last job was ordering some Norwegian currency from Thomas Cook. I did it online and arranged to collect the cash today. Only £60's worth. There wasn't much choice as all the other companies had very high minimums. My usual source, the Post Office, the minimum was £400! Norge dosh As we are on a cruise with pretty much all-inclusive food and drink I didn't want too much cash. We have plenty of cards to use if we buy anything. We have stops in Stavanger, Olden and Alesund and so we might need a few krone in the pockets in case of a coffee or maybe a postcard. Do people still send postcards? We have been to Stavanger and Olden before so we can be a little more relaxed and choose where we want to go rather than going at it like tourist bees.  . Alesund is new territory. I have a Rough Guide to Norway booklet I bought a while back to look at and also there will be Tripadvisor. We are due in Ber...

Like Tripadvisor,  I always take what I read in a Rough Guide with a little pinch of salt. I have quite a few copies from different areas around the world.  You can't argue with facts but sometimes the bias and language is easy to detect.  Although "getting there" to Arizona, RG reckons flying into Las Vegas is cheapest. Maybe from within the US but for next year it was £125 per person more than Phoenix. Enough saved to cover the car hire... I bought this used copy of the Rough Guide for £1.99 recently. It's a couple of years old but the Grand Canyon might be the same now..... 2009 Edition! What I like about these guides is the additional information provided, what RG calls "context", the history of an area.