The world produces a billion tons of salt each year, irrespective of claims that salt is bad for our health. Salt however is essential in our diet, without it our brains wouldn’t work and our muscles would grow weak. Tons of salt is used to melt ice on roads and is an important product inContinue reading “Seeing is believing: 5 awesome salt mines”
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Famous Five Department Stores For the Compulsive Shopper
Galaries Layfayette Think gold and you’ll get what it looks like in this fabulous department store located in the Opera district of Paris. With 10 floors glittering with golden lighting, it’s a stunning example of what every woman wants in a shopping experience. The whole store is canopied with the most glorious glass dome ceiling.Continue reading “Famous Five Department Stores For the Compulsive Shopper”
Take One Desert and a Whole Load of Spaghetti
Hidden away in the Tabernas desert, traditionally known as the Badlands, Mini Hollywood is Spain’s best kept secret. If you are a still a kid at heart you will love playing cowboys and Indians in Fort Bravo and Western Leone, two film sets once used to make Spaghetti westerns such as The Good, The BadContinue reading “Take One Desert and a Whole Load of Spaghetti”
Grandma Grey Surfs to Paris
Grandma Grey is a fictional character who has recently discovered the art of travel. Since there is no stopping her now, I would like to introduce you to her first blog. She is a new-comer to blogging and to travel so I hope you will follow her on her adventures Grandma Grey It was myContinue reading “Grandma Grey Surfs to Paris”
New York
You might think a trip to New York is quite conventional and quite expensive. Millions of people travel there as tourists and on business every year. When I told people I was visiting for the first time, I got loads of advice about the “10 things” I must see and do. Of course I wantedContinue reading “New York”
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