Compact Guide to Croatia

Advantages: Compact size and waterproof cover
Disadvantages: Disjointed and hard to find information.

...I am the sort of person who enjoys planning for their holiday. I love researching our destination and I devour as much information as I can before I go as I find that if I am knowledgeable about a place I enjoy myself much more. Embarking on a cruise last year was my idea of heaven as it gave me ample opportunity to research lots of different places. One of our ports of call was Dubrovnik and it soon became apparent that this would be a suitable destination for an independent sightseeing tour. I read quite a bit on the internet but decided that taking a guidebook with us was probably a wise move. My local bookshop only had one book covering Croatia so that?s how I came to purchase the Berlitz Pocket Guide at £4.99. Appearance First impressions of this guidebook were very positive. It is, as the name suggest, compact in...

Meggysmum 15.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Croatia Berlitz Pocket Guide

Pula (croatia)

Advantages: a stupendous sea and an unique reception.
Disadvantages: perhaps the absence of sand-blasts to whom likes!

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the-crazy-brother 27.07.2004 · Read review
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My kind of clubbing

Advantages: Save money on something you were going to do anyway
Disadvantages: Waistline!

...Do you know what? They made it better! It's still the same price, but they now give a voucher for a free bottle of Proseco (Italian sparkler) with your membership every year when you renew (or two for a joint membership) and you can now submit a members questionnaire every quarter for a £10 voucher. This all just makes this great scheme even better! *** This is a bit of an addicts club (could have been called 'Pizza Anonymous' I suppose) but I am a big fan of it. Now in my 5th year of continuous membership, I continue to enjoy the benefits - and the pizza - and heartily recommend it. *It works like this?* Membership is £40 per annum for one person, £80 per annum for a couple. Four times a year, each member is sent a voucher, valid for the quarter, which can be used at any time in any Pizza Express restaurant in the UK...

andyk910 23.08.2007 (04.11.2009) · Read review
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The Spirit of Clubbing and Collecting

Advantages: 3 points per pound spent = 3% off voucher
Disadvantages: combining club points with 10% student discount doesn't work

...[Esprit: French, from Latin spiritus, English: spirit] ESPRIT are an international fashion chain with a number of outlets in the UK, mainly in and around the London area. Their trademark white ESPRIT logo on warm red background can be easily identified. Initially a company formed in San Francisco in 1968 is now majority German owned. That?s probably why I always thought it was a German fashion label. I have become a regular visitor to the ESPRIT stores (plus I occasionally order online) and one of the first things I did was to sign up to their loyalty card scheme. What is the ESPRIT Club Card Like so many loyalty cards, you are hoping to get something for nothing, not realising that to receive rewards you have to put in time and money. ESPRIT Club is a loyalty card system that allows you to collect loyalty points...

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Club Penguin Elite Penguin Force DS Game - Virtual penguin world

Advantages: Upload coins to your club penguin website account
Disadvantages: Once you have completed it. thats it.

...The game is pretty basic, with good colouring throughout, but it has a nice style and the simplicity works well for the target age group. There is a certain amount of vagueness that potentially makes the game more difficult. If a player gets stuck there isn't a lot in the game that says what to do next. There is a lot of reading through speach bubbles between the penguins, though the reading level is very basic. Adventure games rely heavily on the story and writing, and in Club Penguin the writing is actually pretty good. There's a lot of humor and charm with the characters of the Elite Penguin Force, and the story is very kid-friendly, but manages to be fairly action packed. The game very linear, but the over a dozen missions offer a fairly lengthy gaming experience. During the adventure the player will participate in a number...

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Pearl of the Adriatic

Advantages: Attractive, unique city
Disadvantages: Gets very busy in mid-summer.

...Dubrovnik, in Croatia, is sometimes referred to as the Pearl of the Adriatic. The most delightful way so come across this medieval city is by cruise ship across the Adriatic. An early morning vista of white walls and terracotta roofs in the morning sun is a sight that will not be forgotten by any lucky enough to witness it. I was entranced as I gazed out from our balcony as we passed the city to enter the port. Background This peaceful looking gem suffered terribly in the 1990s when an attack by the Yugoslav army laid siege to the city for over 6 months. The occupants were trapped within the medieval walls and bombarded by shelling from the hills overlooking the city. There was no electricity of communication in the city itself. It is difficult to imagine the extent of the damage that was done as there has been a great...

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The ups and downs of Zagreb

Advantages: Elegant architecture, plenty of green spaces, lots of museums, good food
Disadvantages: Not so good for people with mobility problems

...A couple of weeks ago, to celebrate the auspicious occasion of my mother's birthday, we took my parents to Zagreb for the day. Of course, we set out from Slovenia so it wasn't the enormous undertaking that sounds. The Croatian capital is well worth a stay of at least a couple of days, but it also makes an excellent day trip and is a viable destination from the holiday resorts of Croatian Istria, the coastal towns and other places in Slovenia, Venice and Trieste in northern Italy and the Plitvice Lakes in northern Croatia. I wouldn't recommend it as a day trip for people staying further south in Croatia as distances take longer to cover in this part of Europe. The train to Split (as far south as you can travel by train in Croatia) is an overnight one and you may have a few hours to kill before it departs, fortunately the station is...

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Join The Club

Advantages: Clean, comfortable, well-located. Can be very good value for money.
Disadvantages: Can be very expensive on weekdays

...Club Quarters began as a members-only hotel in Boston, and has now grown to include twelve hotels in the US and UK - a thirteenth is opening shortly at the old Ministry of Defence headquarters site in Northumberland Avenue. The ethos of Club Quarters is to provide a comfortable and competitively-priced in a club-like atmosphere. However for the average traveller in London the secret of staying at Club Quarters for a good price (whether the St. Paul's or Gracechurch versions) is normally to avoid weekdays when the price shoots up, driven by the business customers or members. Although many tourists flock to the hotels in the West End and the Kensington to Earl's Court area, there is a lot to be said for the City as a tourist location. Many of London's oldest places of interest are located in, or near it, it is the most interesting part...

JoePoirot 24.11.2006 · Read review
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THE CLUB PS3

Advantages: AMAZING ON-LINE PLAY, GRAPHICS, SOUND, VARIETY
Disadvantages: OFF-LINE PLAY A BIG LET DOWN

...The Club on the Playstation 3 is definitely up there with some of the top on-line shoot 'em ups available to the console to date. Although, I say this as I have access to Sony's 'Playstation Network' which is the PS3's on-line network. I will explain why I mentioned this in the following. This game is based around the idea of 10 extraordinarily talented gun fighters hand-picked by a rich cult, who are then kidnapped and set up in battle arenas to have their limits put to the test. The off-line gameplay involves you having to get from point to point in an arena, in a certain time and score a minimum amount of points by killing other men who will try and attack you throughout the level. There are 10 different characters to choose from all with their own advantages, such as more strength, health, stamina etc. There are also a good...

danielfudge 12.08.2008 · Read review
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fight club

Advantages: brilliant fightin
Disadvantages: werid story

...Fight club is a very werid but brilliant film and offers a realy good story, but very very complicated, the main caracter has a split personality and joins groups of people that are dieing and he makes his own club witch is fight club, where people go to pub and clubs under ground late at night and fight for fun. There they can release all there anger and rage and you have to fight on your first time this film is fantastic and well worth buying also the price is very good to, it was released some time ago but still one of the best ever fighting films and has a twist at the end of the film, the fighting is brilliant and the blood is great for people with a strong stomatch....

rickov2009 10.06.2009 · Read review
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