Hotels near liverpool street station, london?

August 31st, 2010
castleviewgrey asked:


Anybody know of any hotels near liverpool street station? I’m planning a shopping trip to london, flying into stansted airport then getting the train to liverpool street station. Also can anybody tell me how far / how long it takes to get to oxford street from there? Any help and information will be greatly appreciated! Thankyou…….

Hotele Oslo

can you tell me some stag do friendly hotels in liverpool city centre?

August 28th, 2010
david c asked:


going to Liverpool for a stag do at the end on june, looking for some accommodation, not to expensive mind though, any information to this would be great, cheers

Hotele Helsinki

what is a good escorted tour site for just paris that includes hotels and flights?

January 31st, 2010
lee asked:


what is a good escorted tour site for just paris that includes hotels and flights?
i’m planning on going next summer at the end of may/beginning of june. sites like contiki or goaheadtours. i’m looking around for the cheapest one. also when would be a good time to book it. now or next year?

Hotele w Budapeszcie

Cost of souvenir pictures taken at paris and venetian hotels in Vegas?

January 31st, 2010
oaspice asked:


While you’re on the gondola or at the eiffel tower at those hotels, they take your picture and afterwards offer them to you as souvenirs. Do you know the costs?

Hotele Bruksela

January 31st, 2010
Dan Fritschen asked:


A living room addition can be the answer to a number of lifestyle issues as well as space issues for families and add to the value of your home at resale. Your home may have a living room that does not meet the needs of your family or it may have no living room at all. Many new homes are designed with a great room only. While these designs are wonderful for a casual lifestyle, they may not work for you if you need for a more formal entertaining area. Many homes built in the 1940s through 1960s were designed with huge living rooms. They were intended to be the room in which the family lived – multi-functional space for relaxing, watching television, reading, listening to music and entertaining. Certainly many people add living rooms to be family living spaces, but a majority of people also add living rooms in order to create more formal settings for entertaining or escape from the television and the noise of children playing.

There are some words in the English language that are helpful in thinking about the function of a living room. A room in which guests are greeted and entertained might be referred to as a parlor. A cozy retreat might be a withdrawing room (or drawing room). A multi-functional space might be a living room. The first decision you must make in designing the new space will be the function of the room. This will help you determine the appropriate size of the space.

The second group of questions concern decisions about how the space will be created.

* Will you remodel part of your home to create your new living room?

* Will you add the room to the existing house?

* Will you divide a large existing room to create two separate spaces?

* How much space do you need in your new room? Will it be the primary family living space? Will it be a small formal room for entertaining? Will it be a relatively small but comfortable place to escape and relax? What does your lifestyle require of the space? Formal living rooms built today tend to be much smaller than those designed fifty years ago.

If your needs dictate an addition to your home, there are many considerations before you begin to demolish walls. The list below will get you started, but a successful remodel requires organization. To help make your project a success, consider getting The Complete Remodeling Workbook and Organizer, click here for more information.

* Where will you place the addition? What location seems to be indicated by the architectural style of your home? What location is best to conform with the contours of your lot?

* How will the addition affect the existing home? How will you provide access to the new room? How will you move from the new room to other parts of the home? How will an addition look in terms of the proportions of the existing structure? Will the roofline negatively affect the view from other rooms of the house?

* Is there enough usable space on your lot in the proposed area? What are the local building regulations about how close you can build to the property line? Are you willing to give up the necessary amount of your yard?

A home addition is not a weekend project. You will want to schedule the work to cause the least disruption to your family’s life. If you will be making structural changes, you may want to consult an architect. You will need to work with roof and wall supports, know which walls bear the weight of the roof or other walls. You will want to design your addition so it enhances the exterior appearance of your home. Working from a blueprint will also help you to avoid costly oversights.

You will need to check local building codes for specific requirements for exterior building materials or design elements, requirements that licensed professionals perform certain types of work (such as electrical or plumbing). Click here to find the best contractors that specialize in working in your neighborhood.

Here are some of the things you will need to include in your remodeling plan:

* Excavation for the footings and foundation

* Removal of walls

* Construction and installation of supporting beams or columns

* Framing

* Placement and installation of doors and windows

* Insulation

* Installation of a fireplace

* Construction of partitions, customized cabinets, shelving or storage areas

* Upgrading existing electrical circuits

* Positioning and installing electrical outlets, switches, lights, fans, etc.

* Heating and cooling flow

* Flooring selection and installation

* Installation of home technology features

* Exterior wall construction – do you need a bricklayer or a stone mason?

* Interior wall construction – will you use drywall or paneling or some specialty materials like glass bricks?

* Painting or wallpapering

Once you have planned for each phase of creating your new living room, you will need to decide if you need professional assistance. If you have the skills, the experience, and the time to do all the work yourself, and conform to local building code regulations, you are ready to get started. But if local government requires that some work be done by licensed professionals or if you don’t have the skills to do all of the work yourself, it is time to bring in the professionals and schedule the work. You may decide that the project is too extensive for you to handle due to limited skills or time restrictions. If you plan to have the entire job professionally done, you might want to save yourself the risks and the headaches of managing schedules and subcontractors by hiring a general contractor to oversee the entire job.

Then, at last, you can turn your attention to decorating and furnishing your new living room. The function of the room will provide some guidance for you in choosing colors and materials for floor, walls, ceiling, and window treatments. You might choose cooler colors for a more formal room and warmer colors for a retreat. You might choose colors, carpeting styles, and wallpaper to carry the style of your house into the new addition. A very modern home, for example might indicate ceramic tile on the floor with an accent area rug. A traditional home might seem to call for hardwood floors. A Queen Anne style home might lead you to select a particular style of wallpaper. And, don’t forget to include that one, special accent or conversation piece that will make the room truly special.

With careful planning and design you can create a living room addition that will meet the lifestyle needs of your family. You can enhance the curb appeal of your existing home with the addition and increase the resale value of your home. A living room addition is the perfect opportunity to create the perfect space for your needs.

Adding a room to a home is fun and exciting! Once you understand any restrictions placed on the project by local building codes and the architecture of your existing structure, you can create the room of your dreams.

Copyright 2007 by ABCD Publishing

Hotele w Oslo

January 30th, 2010
Gen Wright asked:


Madrid is the third largest city in the EU. Every year, millions of visitors come to this busy city for leisure and for business. The airport has 4 terminals that facilitate the coming and going of these visitors. Families and couples consider Madrid as an ideal travel destination because of its many places of interest. Some of these attractions are in existence because of the rich history of the city. There are many majestic buildings left behind since the middle ages. Many are gigantic buildings with breath taking architecture. And year after year, they have continued to lure thousands and thousand of curious visitors. Madrid art. For art lovers, Madrid must be a heaven. Its galleries have been receiving raving reviews year after year. International art collectors flock to the art galleries to see what is on display. Entrance fees are affordable (about 6 Euros per adult), so most people can get to enjoy the art. Art galleries include places such as Museo THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA, Museo PRADO, and Museo REINA SOFIA. In the galleries, the works of many famous Spanish artists (such as Picasso) are featured. In fact, Madrid has the largest collection of Spanish artwork in the entire world! So if you are an art lover looking to examine Spanish art, then Madrid is the perfect venue. Madrid theme parks. If you are traveling with kids, it’s good to know that there are family friendly destinations that you can visit as well. Kids may not know how to appreciate Spanish art, but they sure know how to have a great time at one of the two gigantic theme parks in Madrid! The two theme parks are Parque Warner Bros and Parque de attracions. Parque Warner Bros is the more modern theme park. From the name of the theme park, you probably have guessed that many cartoon characters will be featured in the rides. You are right! There is a cartoon village, where children can learn about the history of Warner Bros famous cartoon characters. And then there is Hollywood Boulevard, where the fun rides are. Your children will thank you for bringing them to one of the theme parks! Madrid monuments and landmarks. If you are visiting Madrid for the first time, then it is a must that you take some time to visit some of the key monuments and landmarks in the city. But before you make the trip, make sure that you check out the opening hours of the monument. Usually, they are open from morning till evening (regular business hours). On Sundays and public holidays, they may be closed, or they may open for half a day. So be sure to check this out so that you don’t make a wasted trip. Key attractions include the Royal Palace, the Almudena Cathedral, Puerta Alcala, Parque Retiro, Puerta de Toledo, Plaza Ciebeles, and more.

Hotele w Berlinie

My Piano Room

January 30th, 2010
garrett asked:



My piano room Excitements always fill my chest as I walk through the glass folding doors with white wooden frames is my piano room. It is not big in size, just like the size of a garage that fits two cars. It is rectangular in shape surrounded by four walls that are light green with bumpy textures. The ceiling of my piano room is reachable if I make a casual leap. There are three windows in the piano room. Two of them tall and skinny on the chimney side of the wall and behind the piano is the big window taking out almost the entire wall space giving a view to my back yard. On a sunny day the windows allow the sunlight to brighten up the entire room splattering shadows of the dogwood’s shaky branch and leaves on the wooden floor. Near the entrance is a dark grey sofa. It is somewhat modern and square looking with four short dark wooden legs and the front two legs anchoring the carpet in front of it. It is a mid-size sofa. Four guests could barely fit on it. This is the room which I fancy the most in the entire house. This is where most of my joys were found and numerous precious memories were stored. The attention grabber is often times not the shiny black concert grand piano in front of the sofa, but the carpet under the sofa. The carpet has such a unique feel to its texture and look. It has countless little marshmallow-like cotton cylinders on it. They are so marshmallow-like that you could almost taste its sweetness and would want to take a bite out of it if it weren’t on a carpet. On the carpet is a square shaped black wooden desk with four skinny square legs. A book as thick as a dictionary is always available for the guests on top of the table and in between two dark green scented candles, and it is full of different landscape photography taken by a Taiwanese photographer. The fire place has a mantel made of piled up red bricks that climbs up the wall that forms the chimney which reaches all the way to the ceiling. The fire place is old and it makes the entire piano room smell like burnt wood especially during winter times when the fire place is often lit. The fire place reminds me of Christmas. Perhaps I’ve just seen way too many Hollywood Christmas films that whenever I look at the chimney I feel like playing “The Christmas song” by Mel Tormé for it appreciating all those warmth it had brought to this room. The piano is the main theme of the room. It is to the far right corner placed at an angle with its back towards the sofa, and it adds a level of graceful atmosphere in this room. It is placed at the corner of the room even though it does not fit at all. I received this piano as a birthday gift on my seventeenth birthday. It is a concert grand piano with a black exterior so shiny that it is mirror like. The keys are made out of wood with snow white finish contrasting the black wooden keys in between them. The keys always appear so calm and graceful, even though they have gone through countless arpeggios and melodies. I first saw this piano in a piano gallery in northeast Portland. In the piano gallery there were all brands of high end pianos, Steinway & sons, Böesendorfer, Mason and Hamlin. I played on every piano in the showroom like a four-year-old kid who just wants to touch everything he sees. They all sounded like expensive pianos. However, there was only one piano that I immediately felt a connection to after playing just a couple notes on it. It was the YAMAHA grand piano. The piano had a really unique echoic quality to its tone, making the pianist’s playing brighter and clearer, and it is the kind of sound quality that I have always been looking for in a piano. Therefore after a radical debate with the seller about the piano’s price we bought it. My piano and I have gone through numerous memorable times together, either the good times playing all the Chopin and Mozart or the bad times playing the dull scales. Usually Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff’s solo and concerto pieces are layered over one another on the piano’s music stand, just because I never bother to put them back onto the book shelf after playing them, and even though the shelf, which fits perfectly in the corner, is only two steps away from the piano. The piano lid is usually raised and kept at a thirty five degree angle, making the piano’s sound brighter and crisper when played. It also allows people to see its golden sound board and strings that can create amazing sensations through simply vibrating the air with their unique frequencies. Due to the fact that my mother and I both absolutely love arts, there are several paintings in the room. The biggest painting is on the wall behind the sofa, hung at the mid-wall height. The theme of the painting is gods from a Chinese folk tale. It was imported from China which my mom paid a celestial price for. It doesn’t quite fit with the western interior design of the house, but it is one of those things that after a while you kind of just get used to looking at it. The other two that hang on each side of the chimney are contemporary oil paintings by this artist who only draw pianos. The piano room has also been known as the lady bug’s room. By the time spring arrives, lady bugs start showing up in the piano room. No one knows exactly where they come from and why they only appear in the piano room, but they have become some of my most loyal music fans. Whenever I am playing the piano, my dear fans are always here to back me up. They do not criticize my playing but simply appreciate the music which I find to be quite noble. However, every once in a little while there would be an exception where one of them would stand on the staff on the score reminding me that I missed the F sharp back there. To be honest sometimes it really makes me wonder why the lady bugs suck up to me so bad, maybe it’s because they don’t want me to call the bug exterminators on them. Ever since I’ve moved into the dorms, all I have for practicing piano is in my small studio room and the Yamaha electric keyboard. The piano room back at my house seemed luxurious by comparison. Excitements of playing in my piano room always fill my chest whenever I am heading home once in a little while. When I start playing in my piano room after a long span of separation from it, the room would feel somewhat unfamiliar to me at first. However, the unfamiliar feeling goes away as I play a piece or two on the piano. Warming up is important before playing. After sitting down on my adjustable piano chair, I usually warn my fingers up by playing Chopin’s Etudes. When I feel like my fingers are ready, I move on to playing whatever piece I am trying to mastering currently. Before I start playing, I like to close my eye and imagine if I am playing on the stage of the Carnegie hall in front of a full house. Doing such usually makes my playing more precise, because I feel the responsibility of performing professionally for my imaginary audiences. And usually what happens after I’m finish playing the song is that I all the sudden realize that I’ve day dreamed again. Nevertheless, it is always fun while it last, even if it seems stupid afterward. The Piano room brings me joy, is my favorite room in the house. It is here where I can toss all the worries and pressures aside and simply indulge in playing the music that I like. No matter if I am feeling angry like a new born volcano, under pressure like a deep sea submarine, or depressed like the U.S.’s economy, playing a piece on the piano always relieves me like a shot of morphine. The stress, anger and sadness are absorbed by the piano bits by bits every time my fingers contact the keys. The Piano room is my play room and my source of endorphins.

Hotele w Hanowerze

Anyone know of any good hotels in Paris?

January 30th, 2010
E asked:


Me and my friend are wanting to go to Paris next year. Just wondering if anyone could recommend any good hotels there. Preferably not too expensive as we are young girls on a part time wage and not too far from the centre of Paris. If anyone could help that would be great. Thanks

Hotele w Amsterdamie

Medium priced hotels in Paris?

January 30th, 2010
Bobbie asked:


I am planning on going to Paris this October with my husband, does anyone know of some good medium priced hotels in close in Paris? We’d like a nice, decent place, but not crazy expensive or anything and somewhere that is in a decent location. Thank you!

Hotele Bruksela

January 29th, 2010
Cindy Ferguson asked:


The famous Spanish Cup or Kings Cup had a historical reverse, as Real Irun a 3rd division team pushed the famous Real Madrid out of the competition in the third round of the tournament.Before getting in details regarding this historical elimination, I will portray some aspects of these two teams. The Real Unión Club de Irún is one of those Spanish teams people like to watch when there is nothing else on TV and the clubs history does not favor or complement the team to much. With 40 seasons on 3rdDivision, 16 on Division B and 9 campaigns in the regular 2nd Division, the “white-blacks” never aimed for a real ambition, until recently. In the Spanish Cup challenge against Real Madrid On November 11, of the present year, Real Unión was defeated 3-4 at Real Madrid’s home ground the Santiago Bernabéu, but still appear triumphant 6-6 on cumulative score, following a 3-2 home victory in the first round. Irun had a great advantage on the count double rule, which means they were the team to score more goals away from home.In the history of Real Madrid, a team who has won the Cup 17 times (last in 1993), it was the first time ever that the team was eliminated by a third-level club at home. During the game, the vasco team dominated as if they had played at this level for many years and within minutes of the 1st half, Irun’s player Abasolo set the net on fire with the first goal; the Madrid’s fanatics at that moment were still in the impression of a “lucky” opportunity from the visitors. Just like in the game played a few weeks back, Real Madrid kept it simple; making many believe it was a serious match for them. The only player from “The Whites” who was filling the indignity on the situation was Captain Raúl and at minute 34 tied the game for a brief moment.Everybody wondered what Irun’s coach Iñaki Alonso told his players during the half time break, as the squad came out more aggressive and focused than ever and within four minutes of the second part striker Asier Salcedo was giving the lead one more time. Captain Raúl was aiming high and a minute later put the 2-2 for the relief of the infuriated fans. The 20 year old Alberto Bueno from the Madrids youth system was given his official debut and he took great advantage of it; at minute 68 he was putting a big smile on Coach Bernd Schuster with a good goal on the rivals. Captain Raúl knew that with a goal difference the team was set for the Kings Cup and at 86`, he was leaving no doubt why he is the man to carry the big shoes on the team; the 4-2 score was looking definitive. Irún’s player Eneko Romo left no doubt on the line “it’s not over until minute 90” and within seconds of wrapping up, he was claiming the final difference on goals, which classified a team who came with a humble spirit, but left with a well deserved privileged conquest.

Hotele w Monachium