The hidden underground
For anyone who uses the London Underground whether it is for work or maybe this could be a day trip to the capital, whatever the reason there must have been time when you have seen station that the train passes by, where no passengers ever get on or off, these are the Ghost Stations of [...]
April 25, 2008Train tickets to be simplified
Anyone who has travelled by train will know that there are so many different types of train tickets available, that at sometimes it is almost impossible for the ticket, let alone the passengers to work out what is the best ticket for a particular journey.
But help is at hand, for the government have announced that [...]
Passenger who prays is removed from plane
For most people who are not regular flyers, praying before the plane takes off may be a good way of settling down your nerves. However one man who boarded a plane bound for San Francisco from New York and began to pray.
The flight crew ordered him to his seat, but he asked for a couple [...]
Underground art in Paris
With the Paris Metro currently undergoing an extensive renovation process, but unlike any other renovation project the workers have been discovering some lost works of art. Well not art exactly but what they have finding underneath the many coats of paint are some lost treasures.
As the walls were stripped underneath some of the walls have [...]
Into space and beyond
Sir Richard Branson has been outlining the future of commercial space travel as he see it with Virgin Galactic, which could be the first commercial space touring company when they test fly their ship later in the year.
It seems that just orbiting the earth is not going to be good enough, once this has been [...]
No more waiters needed
The Germans pride themselves in being efficient and able to come up with some great ideas, and this one is will go down as the idea that put waiting staff out of job, or so they are hoping.
This is a restaurant that requires no waiting staff at all, everything is done by computer and [...]
Olympic Torch relay attracts protests
It should been a time for celebration, and yet when the symbol of the Olympics came to London it resulted in what could only be described as chaos. As the route of the Olympic Torch relay has several flash points and at one time a protester even had his hand on the torch, but was [...]
April 1, 2008Eco Holidays
The very term eco holiday would appear to be a contradiction, as you would have thought that the only real eco holiday would involve walking or cycling. But it seems for some eco friendly people that would just not do and so they are looking to travel further a field.
So where are these exotic locations [...]
Wave powered boats
With the world running out of fossil fuels this has left many leisure activities ok for now, but with a future that is less predictable. One such activity is travelling by sea, ships and boats use up huge amounts of fuel and apart from sails there is not really any other viable power source for [...]
March 21, 2008Eiffel Tower to be redesigned
To celebrate the creation of Gustave Eiffel’s design that is a classic landmark in Paris, the Eiffel Tower there has been a competition in process which was open to architects who thought that they had a great way of redesigning the famous tower to celebrate the towers 120th anniversary.
With all of the plans and designs [...]