Why I Go To Icelands

Advantages: Great range of frozen food, free delivery when spending £25
Disadvantages: Small, crowded, waiting at tills

...Although the town I live in is quite small, we are blessed with almost all the big supermarket chains, some of which I use more often than others. Icelands is one of those supermarkets, and the one I use to stock up my freezer. My local store is situated in a retail park a few minutes from Clacton town centre and a handy 5 minute walk from my home. Being on a retail park there's plenty of free parking with a bus stop literally a minutes walk from the entrance. While I have used other branches I'm going to focus on this particular store as it's the one I've used most recently. I don't use Icelands daily or even weekly, in fact I tend to go there about once a month when my freezer needs restocking. You see, Iceland specialises in selling frozen food, although they do sell a limited number of fresh and dried food the range of these...

sandemp 13.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Iceland (Shop)

All alone on an island

Advantages: Fun family film
Disadvantages: Unrealistic, poor acting from Jodie Foster

...A pleasant little film this one, not the greatest children's adventure film ever made, but a reasonable effort. Synopsis Nim is an 11 year old girl who lost her mother when she was a toddler. He father who's a writer and marine biologist told her she was swallowed by a blue whale which was on the run from a ship called the Buccaneer. Nim and her father Jack live on an island they discovered after sailing around the world for several years. They are the only inhabitants, unless you count a collection of animals which Nim has befriended, included a sealion, a bearded dragon and a pelican. Occasionally they receive parcels from the mainland which contain items they can't produce for themselves, some of Nim's favourite items are books, particularly those of the great adventurer Alex Rover. Across the other side...

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Review of Nim's Island

The Island

Advantages: Clearly written. Nice progression.
Disadvantages: Some tragedy but it all might end in something good, is that naive?

...nice and easy to read. It was difficult to put down. When you realise the action is taking you to Greece's leper colony off Crete you might think there could be no adventure, romance or interest. The action takes you through the most unthinkable situations with a human and heroic life and love story that makes gripping reading! 25 year old Alexis isn't sure about her partner and on holiday wants to go off alone and find out a bit about where her mother comes from, a small fishing village in Crete. Her mother gives her a letter to show an old friend. Her mother never talked about her childhood ever, so in the background there must be secrets to probe. The village of Plaka looks over the sea to an island called Spinalonga. Alexis visits it and finds tumbledown remains of a thriving community. A leper community which existed from 1903 to 1957...

parker-munn 22.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Island - Victoria Hislop

river island

Advantages: great shop
Disadvantages: n/a

...When it comes to shops on the high street and i need an outfit River Island is one of the first shops that i will go into as i almost everytime manage to find something tht i like. Although shopping in River Island is deadly with my store card i get very carried away. River Island is a shop that is in most towns and also has a website if you do not have the chance to pop to your local branch and recently they have started putting sales items online so you can grab a bargain anytime. River Island is a shop that stores ladies and mens wear. In the lasies sections you have footwear, jeans, tops, jackets, shorts, dresses, accessories and skirts. They stock sizes 6 to 16 6-16.. You have clothes for all occassions and at an affordable price. I also think that there is a high quality to al the items they sell. River Island are...

jo_field26 17.10.2008 · Read review
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Iceland - Free delivery!

Advantages: Fairly small easy to get around, lots of variety, cheaper bread!
Disadvantages: None really.

...My review is based on our local Iceland in Harlow, Essex. I go here quite frequently with my sister, as she's on her own during the day and has four children (3 at school) it's impossible for her to push the babies basket and do a full weeks shopping so I am always on hand to help out. As soon as we arrive at the store my sister goes over to the Home Delivery area (just a little stand with a notebook or something similar on it) and gives them her surname and then advises them that she is doing her shopping now and she normally books a slot for the same day either 1-3pm or 3-5pm, this is about 10am that we are booking it so there always seems to be slots available the same day if you go nice and early. Once we pick up a trolley (with a massive bar on the right hand side to stop you leaving the store with it) you can begin to browse...

katyeverett 17.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Iceland (Shop)

Blue Lagoon Iceland

Advantages: Relaxing and breath taking
Disadvantages: Expensive

...The Blue Lagoon in Iceland is an experience that cannot really be described without being there first hand, but I will try no less to tell you about this lovely place. Location / Getting There ------------------------------ The Lagoon is based in the middle of nowhere in Iceland; it is about a 35-40 minute drive from Reykjavik via road, and is a short detour past Keflavik airport. The only way to the Lagoon is via road as I stated, there are regular departures from Reykjavik Excursions BSI bus terminal daily or there are other excursions from different tour operators. The actual Lagoon is literally in the middle of nowhere in the depths of the beautiful Icelandic landscape. The surrounding area is barren and reminded me of what I would expect the moon to look like. There are a few mountain ranges within view and besides...

chugglebunny 12.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Blue Lagoon, Iceland

Island of disappointment

Advantages: great visuals
Disadvantages: no original ideas

...All the ideas of this film are taken from other places. The whole one story which we think is right and actually turns out to be the total opposite is taken from The Running Man. The whole being chased, once again The Running Man & Blade Runner, also Logan's Run. Establishing that there has been some sort of pollution and people can't go outside apart from one place on Earth known as The Island is the first 20 minutes or so of the film. We learn about their lifestyle and characters, learn a little about The Island. You get there by winning the lottery. Everyone dressing the same and looking the same and not knowing anything about sex? Directly lifted from George Lucas' THX 1138. The main character has weird dreams of drowning, being chased and killed or hurt. You totally know most of these things are going to happen or come close to...

atytyut2434 14.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Island DVD

Island adventure

Advantages: Beautiful and unspoilt.
Disadvantages: Can get a little busy.

...The island of Bréhat, actually two islands joined by a tiny bridge built in the 18th Century by Vauban (the man responsible for much of the fortifications built around France at the time), is situated North-Northeast of Paimpol, in the Côtes d'Armor, Brittany. We decided to visit one day, not knowing very much about it other than it was meant to be very pretty and cars aren't allowed there. If you have read my review on the island of Gigha (Scotland), you will know that this is the kind of place I love the most. ~How to get there~ ******************** If you are driving, to go to Bréhat, you first need to get to Paimpol and from there, the island is well signposted. Five kilometres after Paimpol, you will come to the 'Pointe de l'Arcouest', the point where you can get a boat to the island. The 'Vedettes de Bréhat', a boat...

weetoon 10.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Island of Brehat

Iceland, Iceland, King of Countries

Advantages: Friendly, Clean, Comfortable
Disadvantages: Not cheap, Located in the Busines District

...In September 2006 my boyfriend took me on a surprise holiday. We got up at 3am and headed off to the airport and I still had no idea where we were heading. With this in mind I?d packed clothes for every occasion. My boyfriend had told me I?d probably need a jumper, but didn?t go into much more detail. So when I got to the airport he handed me a package and when I unwrapped it I saw a guidebook to Iceland in my hands! I was sooo excited! I had an amazing time in Iceland and I thought I?d review the hotel we stayed in as I?ve read a few reviews online since and they seem rather unduly negative to me. ~~First Impressions~~ When we arrived in Iceland we caught a bus Reykjavik and they delivered us right to the door of our hotel. They asked where we were staying and my boyfriend said Park Inn Iceland ? we were soon corrected that...

tac20 19.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Park Inn Island Hotel, Reykjavik

Spinalonga - An island with a history - the Island by V. Hislop

Advantages: Easy to read, inteesting story with lovely setting
Disadvantages: Not a lot of action if you want that in the book - for me none

...The Island The version I am reviewing is a paperback published by Headline Book Publishing with 373 pages.This novel is the debut novel of Victoria Hislop, wife of Ian Hislop the editor of Private Eye. Prior to her novel writing she was a travel journalist and both this book and her next novel, 'The Return' are based in foreign lands, Crete and Spain respectively. The Island is an international bestseller not sure if this was helped by he fact that it was selected by Richard and Judy for their Summer Read and thus got publicity on their show. It also won the "Newcomer of the Year" Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2007. Since this time it has been translated into more than a dozen languages. I was given this book by my daughter as we are going to Crete in the next couple of weeks and I do enjoy books based in places where I have...

catsholiday 14.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Island - Victoria Hislop