Super-fast flight from Europe to Australia
February 5, 2008 by Caitlin
Filed under On the Road
Europe to Australia in under five hours? It sounds too good to be true but this might be reality for future generations. Scientists have come up with the A2, a supersonic plane they believe could carry up to 300 passengers at a top speed of more than 3,000mph. It’s funded by the European Space Agency [...]
Travel blogs – Travel writers
February 5, 2008 by Caitlin
Filed under Travel Trends & Issues
Like myself, many travel writers keep a travel blog. We do so for a variety of reasons. For me, it’s partly an outlet for previously published work and entries that I would be writing for my personal blog anyway. For others, it’s an outlet to express all the great and not so great things about [...]
Happy Pancake Day!
February 5, 2008 by Caitlin
Filed under Cookery & Recipes
Today is Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day. Traditionally making pancakes served the practical purpose of using up all the eggs and fat in the house before the austerity of Lent, the 40 days of fasting before Easter. Not being of a religious persuasion, I don’t keep Lent but I find Pancake Day a charming tradition. [...]
