Excellent travel system

Advantages: Folding down, multifunctional
Disadvantages: Slightly heavy

...Being a first time Mum, I searched around all the high street shops for a functional and attractive travel system. Out of all the prams this one had the easiest folding down system, even tho it was slightly on the heavy side I could fold it down with 1 hand! The carry cot was great for the first 4 months fitting in to the pram snuggly as the seat folded flat (which I found alot of other prams didn't do) The car seat had a base that made it so easy to take the baby in and out of the car (no messing around with seat belts every time!) It is also very well padded, however it didnt come with cushioned protectors on the straps. When we were taking baby home for the first time, the midwife told us it needed them which were only £5 extra to buy. She's in the buggy part now which has three postions and harnesses which is great. Overall fab...

amylc 28.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Graco Quattro Tour Travel System

Best Travel System but for how long?

Advantages: all in one solution
Disadvantages: Heavy and large when folded

...We bought the Graco Quattro Tour Travel System after looking at everything on the market comparing costs, accessories, weight etc. This travel system was for my first child so I had no previous experience to help me. The whole concept of the travel system is revolutionary; my mom was so impressed. Having the car seat/infant carrier which effectively turns the buggy into a pram and also means that your baby who has fallen asleep in the car can be effortlessly moved into the buggy, is a marvelous invention! We bought the Graco fro Babies R Us in January 2005 for £190. It came with an auto base, weather shield, foot muff and changing bag (the only thing I have had to buy additionally is a parasol). The autobase is a brilliant idea. You fix it in the car once and the infant carrier just clicks in place. No messing around...

mashford01 10.07.2006 · Read review
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Travelling compactly

Advantages: Folds up compactly, bright colours, use as a cot or play pen
Disadvantages: Thin mattress base

...~*~*~INTRODUCTION~*~*~ My mother in law wanted to buy a travel cot when my son was born as she will be looking after him when I go back to work. We looked around on the internet and when she saw the Graco compact she decided that was the one, she loved that it was nice and bright and thought my son would enjoy playing in there as well as sleeping. We ordered it from Kiddicare but unfortunately they have stopped selling it. I have since seen it on Amazon, Halfords and Ebay though for roughly the same prices. ~*~*~FEATURES~*~*~ -Suitable from birth to around 3 years. -It comes in a handy carry case, making it easy for travel. -The travel cot unfolds easily and I actually put it up in a couple of minutes on my first attempt. -The sides are mesh which is nice and soft for wriggly babies banging their heads, also...

ashton08 12.09.2008 · Read review
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The Time Traveller's Wife

Advantages: beautiful story, moving
Disadvantages: none

...My husband bought himself Audrey Niffenegger?s The Time Traveller?s Wife as he is a sci-fi fan. He read the book and put it on the bookshelf. After a few weeks I read a few reviews on it and discovered that we have this book so I started reading it. It was a very engaging reading I could hardly put the book down. When we heard that there will be a film based on this exciting and brilliant novel we decided to go together to the cinema to watch it. Well, I had to wait a lot until I could really watch it but it was worth waiting for it. The Time Traveller?s Wife was planned for a fall 2008 release but it was delayed until August 2009. The reason of the delay was that they had to do a reshoot and they had to wait for the meadow to look the same again and funny but for Eric Bana?s hair to grow out again. He had a role in Star Trek where he...

D_i_a_n_e 26.11.2009 · Read review
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A bulky travel system

Advantages: Big Shopping basket, Suitable until baby wants to walk, Great for Ramming people out of the way (joke)
Disadvantages: Very Heavy, Bulky and Hard to find somewhere to put the pushchair when not using it.

...I bought this travel system because i thought it looked good, boy was i wrong. Ever since i brought it i hated but my partner wouldnt let me take it back because he liked it. -Car Seat- My son never liked the car seat so it didnt get used much. It scrunched him up to much and even though they say you can use it until the baby is 29lbs my son would fit in it when he got to 20lbs. The only good thing about the car seat was that it was easy to fit into a car and onto the pushcchair to make it a travel system. -Pushchair- As i said above my son didnt like it in the carseat so i had to put him in the pushchair from about 2weeks old, this pushchair is ment to be suitable from birth. The strap did not fit properly so many times i found that my son had wriggled out from them, this is not good especially when you start having your...

thiswayhome 17.04.2007 · Read review
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Euro Trip

Advantages: Funny Teenagers in Europe
Disadvantages: Crude, rude humour

...Euro Trip is one of those teenage movies that actually can?t help but make you laugh. It?s of a similar humour to American Pie, rude, crude and a little wrong but actually a very well made movie and in my opinion very funny. Euro Trip was released in 2004 . It stars your usual bunch of teenage actors that have swamped Hollywood in recent years. Some have gone on to make more of their careers, some haven?t done very much at all. The girl in this movie who goes to Europe is Michelle Trachtenberg and she has been in Buffy and gone on to do quite well. The basic plot of this movie tells the story of Scott Thomas and his three friend?s travels across Europe in search of his pen pal Mieke. He discovers he has feelings for her after he is unceremoniesly dumped by his college girlfriend. In quite funny scenes from the beginning...

Spottydog11 13.11.2009 · Read review
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Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants

Advantages: Funny, believable, heartwarming
Disadvantages: None really

... Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants FILM ONLY REVIEW: Details: Directed By: Ken Kwapis Release Date: August 2005 (UK) Certification: PG (UK) Runtime: 119 minutes Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Romance Starring: Alexis Bledel America Ferrera Blake Lively Amber Tamblyn Plot: Tibby, Lena, Bridget and Carmen have been best friends ever since their mums were pregnant together in antenatal classes, and ever since they have been the best of friends, and family to each other. Although they're all such different characters nothing gets in the way of their friendship. Bridget is the sporty one, she is into boys and football. Carmen is the "geeky" one, she doesn't care much for her looks or been popular, and is the product of a broken home (her mum and dad are divorced). Lena is the shy...

stephbond89 22.09.2009 · Read review
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An interesting take on travels in time

Advantages: Interesting and moving story, great writing style
Disadvantages: Not very gripping, can be confusing

...My colleague offered to lend me ?The time traveler?s wife? by Audrey Niffenegger when I mentioned something about wanting to read a book with more depth than just light-hearted books about women and shopping. I heard the title before from the advertisements of its film adaptation and was quite intrigued. The plot Henry and Claire are an unusual married couple - they met when Claire was 6 and Henry 36 and got married when Claire was 22 and Henry was 30 years old. You must be thinking ?how is that possible??. The secret is that Henry suffers from a genetic condition that makes him travel back and forth in time. He doesn?t control when and where he goes nor does he know why this happens to him, but from time to time he suddenly vanishes and appears in a different place and time, leaving behind a pile of clothes. Yes, Henry...

Veronica115012 01.01.2010 · Read review
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Travel light, get a travel cot

Advantages: Has many uses,easy to store
Disadvantages: Can be a little heavy,if carrying a distance, weighing in at 43lbs.

...I have this Playpen/travel cot and unlike the old wooden ones which dont collapse down this one does. I brought it while my first daughter was 6 mths as I was going down to Hastings to see family and she had grown out of her moses basket.I kept it downstairs and set it up in the corner so she could play in it while I was doing dinner so I knew she was safe.I know some veiws about playpens are that they are bad and restrict freedom but I feel that if used properly then they are a god send.I dont agree with people who stick their child in a playpen 24/7 with no interaction- that is defeantly out of order. A baby needs to be on the floor sometimes to find out how to roll and move about-sense of space in comparision to their body.Reaching out of toys just out of their reach and moving, all aids and speeds up the will to get somewhere...

chrissiepops 17.02.2001 · Read review
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Romance, Romans and the Riviera - Thomson Cruise

Advantages: Excellent Food, Great Entertainment, Friendly Staff
Disadvantages: Ship is quite old, Not much to see in port without going on excursions

...were the youngest on the bus by at least 25 years and a maximum of 60 years (one of the passengers was 87), "Oh dear!" I thought. But I promised to keep an open mind, so I tried not to let this bother me. We made our way across the sea front at Palma and spotted the Ship in the distance, it looked fairly impressive as we travelled towards it. We then arrived at the quay side and waited on the bus for a member of staff from the ship to greet us. A young dark haired lady boarded the bus and over the bus PA system welcomed us on our holiday. We had to wait for our luggage to be unloaded from the bus, whilst enjoying a lovely view of rubbish being loaded from the ship into skips at the side of our bus. (Message to Thomson, not a great start to a holiday but I assume there is no alternative) We then got off the bus and had to...

bermudaviper 02.10.2005 · Read review
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