Hiking on the Franz Josef glacier

Advantages: Challenging, amazing views, doing something you will never forget!
Disadvantages: Cold!

...Franz Josef glacier is on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Nowhere else in the world, at this latitude, have glaciers advanced so close to the sea. High snow fall on the tops of the mountains becomes compact and turns to ice, this ice is then forced down the mountain and is what causes the glacier to move. The glacier moves at least 1 metre a day, sometimes up to 5 metres...

Allyalcock 03.06.2006 06:24 · Read review
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The Lady of the Rivers

Advantages: Well researched & well written
Disadvantages: None for me

...The Lady of the Rivers is the third book in Philippa Gregory's Cousin's War series, set throughout the War of the Roses. The first two are the White Queen about Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV and mother of the Princes in the Tower; and The Red Queen about Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. The Lady of the Rivers is all about Jacquetta, the mother of Elizabeth Woodville...

MrsW2011 27.09.2012 18:22 · Read review
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The Iron Lady

Advantages: The legendary Meryl Streep who absolutely nails this role
Disadvantages: Everything else - clumsy direction, boring script, a completely unsatisfactory look at the leader

...upbeat ABBA songs. With ?The Iron Lady,? Lloyd doesn?t have the Swedish pop group to fall back on, as she is left alone with the legendary actress in a narrative that really should have gripped the audience. Margaret Thatcher, no matter what your opinion may be, was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, a milestone further boosted by the fact that she served a whopping ten and a half...

goldenbat666 12.01.2012 07:59 · Read review
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