Hotel Ostend, Ostend, Belgium

Advantages: Very centrally placed
Disadvantages: Noisy side street!!!

...I've just returned from a 7 day holiday with WA Shearings (see my other reviews for opinions on Shearings) staying at the Hotel Ostend. We stayed for 6 nights on a half board basis (July 30th- Aug 5th). The hotel has a website: http://www.hotelostend.be/ For anyone travelling independently, you can check and book reservations online. The website also has a photo- guided tour of the hotel. The hotel is quite centrally placed. It's pretty much over the road from the beach (about 50m away.....but down a side street so you can't see the sea!) near to the marina. I'd say it was a medium sized hotel offering 122 en-suite rooms (some family rooms too) with a fairly large restaurant, a small bar (called the Safari bar and decorated in rather fetching tiger and zebra print!) It also has a children's room next to the bar which has a bouncy...

loum70 06.08.2006 · Read review
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classic feeling again, nokia 3500

Advantages: compact design, solid body, stereo FM
Disadvantages: no Wi-Fi and 3G, dosent support hot swap

...Nokia 3500 classic ************** Classic, name is something related to old style or old peoples etc. It means classic is a tradition which has its fan in modern tradition also. Here in phone category this classic tradition is alive and popular also. **** Nokia has launched some good classic phones within couple of years and they got good response from classic lovers like Nokia 6500 classic, Nokia 3110 classic, Nokia 6120 classic and latest model is 6220 classic. Nokia 3500 classic is also a good features phone with good design and can be consider in slim category. Now I will discuss here it's some good features with its advantages and some disadvantages also. **** Design and look Phone is measured about 107 x 45 x 13.1 mm, 59 cc, and the total weight is about 81gm. Now the good point here is that its thickness is only about 13mm...

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Taste of Sprouts: The proxamity of Belgium

Advantages: It's close, it's charms are well known
Disadvantages: It's confusing

...inform me) and high-speed rail links are being forged at a great rate and further considerable expense. It is home to the third largest port in the world and has a large system of navigable rivers and canals. Brussels is also home to N.A.T.O. The countryside is largely flat. The main centres of population (and the areas of most interest to the first time visitor) are Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges and Ghent. We arrived by air and stayed in a recently renovated hotel on the Avenue Louise. This is a resume of our activities. I make no apology for the length of this review. BRUSSELS. The capital of Belgium (and home to its monarchy) is quite small and compact in comparison with other capital cities around the world. The most noticeable feature is the fact that it is a bilingual city (a constitutional requirement). Everything is repeated...

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Review of Brussels (Belgium)

The Belgium of theme parks

Advantages: Good range of rides, decent range of food and drink, no pressure selling
Disadvantages: Queues on certain rides

...Twenty-five minutes drive south-east of Brussels, and just south of the French-Brussels language border is the town of Wavre, on the outskirts of which is a theme park, Walibi Belgium. Originally opened in 1975 by Eric Meeus (there is a plaque in his honour just inside the gates), the park has changed names a number of times in the few years we have lived here ? Walibi, Six Flags and back to Walibi again. On part of the complex, there is Aqualibi, which is a water theme park, but since I have never been inside, this review will only deal with the park. Aqualibi is subject to a separate charge from the main park. WHAT RIDES ARE THERE? Walibi is a serious theme park, with lots of rides that you would expect at places like Alton Towers or Chessington World of Adventures. The park has classified the rides under four headings...

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Beer, Breweries, Bars and Belgium!

Advantages: A good guide with useful info and humour.
Disadvantages: Is only his opinions.

...to behave and what to expect. This section also combines the humorous and the factual! Good and easy to follow information is given about currency, language, place names, places to stay, driving, food and drink. Webb also gives a few useful websites, such as hotel finders and food information. Hopefully by the time you have finished this chapter you will know the basics of Belgium and will know much of what you need to get by. I found this section especially useful because I found out that place names can alter depending on whether the sign is written in French or Dutch ~ certainly stopped us from getting lost a good few times! ***Beer Tourism, making beer and beer styles*** The next few chapters are really just a background and much of the information can be found in other sources too. The calendar of Beer Tourism bit was...

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The Simplicity of the Nokia 3500 Classic.

Advantages: A SImple easy to use mobile phone. Great 2MP Camera
Disadvantages: Phone bills.

...I must say owning a mobile phone now a days has become an essential necessity for most, I dare leave home without it and thankfully gone are the days of carrying 10p's or 20p's in your pockets for the red telephone box. 'Nokia 3500 Classic'------------------------------------------- I have owned a few mobile phones in my time, which include a Motorola,Philips, and now the 'Nokia 3500 Classic' which I've had for just over a year now.. Firstly may I point out that the 'Nokia 3500 Classic' is an extremely well made,robust mobile phone, just.the feel and touch of it shouts out quality. On most modern up-to-date mobile phones now there's usually more features than the average pay-as-you-go user like myself could possibly need such as Bluetooth, ,MP3 player,Video recorder,3G etc but having said that the 2 MP (mega Pixel...

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The Strand Palace Hotel

Advantages: Central location, clean
Disadvantages: Food, rooms

...We stayed at this hotel in London a little over a month ago now for two nights, we chose this hotel mainly because of the central location and because it was only a ten minuite walk from the show we had booked to go too. Check in was very quick - About ten minuites and the staff at the reception seemed very friendly. My first thoughts on the hotel was that it looked really clean and that it was nicely decorated and it looked modern. I was a little dissapointed with our room as it was very small and basic, our room had a double bed, tea and coffee making facilities, a tv with satellite and a small, basic en suite bathroom with a shower. The views from our room very very poor - A block of offices which made our room dark as they were so close. The hotel has two bars and two resturaunts, the bars were again nicely decorated...

kate44 03.05.2007 · Read review
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Some ADMIRAL-able Qualities!

Advantages: Friendly, clean and well situated.
Disadvantages: A bit dated and wasn't really for us.

...Following on from my review on the Hotel Eden in Ghent, I thought I would write about the hotel we stayed in on our previous visit to Belgium. On this occasion we stayed in the Hotel Admiral in Ostende ~ quite a different hotel to the Eden in many ways?but, was it better or worse? Read on?.. ~~~WHERE IS THE ADMIRAL HOTEL? Ostende can be found in the West Flanders region of Belgium, not far from Bruges, and is a bustling little seaside resort. It is a popular holiday destination and also makes an excellent base for exploring Belgium ~ it has a good train station and provides a tram link to neighbouring towns and villages. The Admiral Hotel is located on Langestraat; a busy area of Ostende. It has a number of bars, shops and other hotels nearby and is only 100 metres from the main promenade (Albert Promenade) and sea front...

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Hotel International

Advantages: Location, breakfasts
Disadvantages: Poor rooms

...I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights. LOCATION: The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal. PRICE: Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time...

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The Classic Nokia 3500

Advantages: Cheap, Design, Useability,
Disadvantages: Camera not up to standard of others

...I have recently purchased the Nokia 3500 Classic (in pink) and thought I'd give you my first thoughts and feelings on the phone. Hopefully I wont have to change my opinions as the phone gets older! The 3500 is a well made phone, and reminds me slightly of the iPhone in appearance (but at a fraction of the cost!) I bought mine from Carphone Warehouse for £69.99, although I did have to purchase £10 credit. The features the 3500 boasts include Bluetooth, MP3 player, Video recorder, PTT (push to talk - like a walkie talkie) and 2MP camera. The quality of the camera is not quite as clear as previous Sony Ericssons I've had - but it does the job when you're on the go. The simple layout of the 3500 is very simple to use and understand - which I think is common with Nokias. The screen resolution is quite low compared to other phones...

Beckiboo83 03.03.2008 · Read review
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