As we draw to the end of the Olympics commentators and the public start to try and score the London 2012 games against other games in the past, to ask questions about strange events that happened during the games and to work out whether the games were in the spirit of the Olympic movement. There…
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Living in an Olympic City – Part 13 – Gold or Trains – which is better?
Apart from the extraordinary sight of a winning Gold Medalist taking public transport home in the small hours of the morning: Ruben Limado from Venezuela won Gold in Fencing, and took the DLR in to Central London, complete with Gold Medal, to the cheers of the other passengers. Apart from that – well there hasn’t…
Living in an Olympic City – Part 8 – Transport Changes
Arrival of President of International Olympic Committee The Daily Mail reports the arrival of Jacques Rogge at Heathrow and, complete with Police outriders, he gets to use one of the temporary Olympic lanes. Also interesting to note that Mr. Rogge is now also able to make decisions around prosecutions as they relate to Olmypic matters.…
Living in an Olympic City – part 7 – A guide to the British
The Guardian Newspaper has published a handy guide for visitors to the UK for the Olympics. It serves as a handy guide to all thing British – you can find the full article here Pay no attention to those bow-tied etiquette experts you sometimes see on CNN International, telling you how to behave while in…
Living in an Olympic City – part 3 – Tube marked up with Olympic venues and the surprise hit!
During my travels over the weekend I noticed that TFL (Transport for London) has started to add temporary markers to many of its tube signs. These show station information for Olympic venues – in a lovely pink – as shown above. Once you get to your station, exits are marked with venue information. The surprise…
Emirates’ Air-Line – latest London attraction
I took a trip on the Emirates Air Line this morning and wanted to let you all know about one of the newest London attractions, available at a reasonable cost. The cable car runs from the South to the North (and vice-verse) of the Thames, roughly between the O2 Arena (the Dome) and the ExCel…
Living in an Olympic City – part 2 – Transport Challenges
A lot has been made here about how much more troublesome it will be to travel around London (and other areas) during the Olympics period. Some of the following are worth noting if you are in London, for the games or other reason, and are likely to need to travel. Heathrow Airport Heathrow have issued…
Living in an Olympic City – LIAOC (part 1) – Thinking of coming?
I am starting an occasional series today, looking at how life in London is being impacted by the imminent arrival of the Olympics. My Paralympics tickets came on Saturday, which set me off thinking about what happens if people still want to come to the big event: Reward Flights There do seem to be award…
Park Plaza Riverside, London – Last Club Carlson bonus stay
Club Carlson launched the latest promotion last week. I have previously written about my stays at the Park Inn Heathrow and the Radisson Blu Edwardian Heathrow. The offer last week applied to Park Plaza hotels. There are about half-a-dozen Park Plaza’s in London and when searching I found that the Riverside property not only had…
BA about to announce premium cabin sale for summer – from the UK
After the 5 day European sale last week, BA appear ready to launch a Business and First Class sale from London. Rumour has it tomorrow will see the supporting marketing, however the tickets are on sale now on the BA web site. Especially good value is Miami: Other fares as follows: Terms are restrictive –…
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