travelling allrite

Thanks to this thread on airliners.net I found some interesting model railway related "sights" in Prague. One suggested accommodation was the Ibis Hotel Mala Strana . Close by is Railroad Kingdom . My Googling also found the Vytopna Restaurant in Prague where the drinks are served by model trains.

I hereby wish to apologise for causing the London riots. If you want a riot or natural disaster for your country please feel free to invite my family in for a holiday.

So, will it be riots in Malaysia or an Icelandic volcano that messes up our European travel plans in November? Got to start the disaster watch before we get too far into the planning. Don't want to get too disappointed this time!

One of my colleagues recently returned from a trip to the UK and shared her photos with us. I was quite taken by her photos of Mount Snowdon in Wales and the Lakes District and entertained the thought of visiting them while in the UK in November. Unfortunately, the Snowdon Mountain Railway , a rack railway, only operates between March and October. According to the National Rail website , Windermere in the Lakes District is a little over 3 hours from London by train, so that sounds doable. Not sure if the weather would make the journey worthwhile. We've only ever seen London in the United Kingdom, so it would be nice to explore elsewhere, though we only plan to spend a limited time in the country. I hope Alex will be okay in the museums of London. He might enjoy the dinosaurs in the British Natural History Museum by that time, but I would love to show B the Victoria and Albert and British Museums. They are all free too.

Lemon chicken and sweet and sour pork in Malaysia. Oh Mum, what a waste of a meal! And what does that have to do with Europe? My mum returned last week after spending a couple of them in Paris. She flew Malaysia Airlines (MAS) with a two day stopover in Kuala Lumpur. Fortunately, there was no need for us to be envious. About a month ago we booked our own flights to Europe flying with MAS. This year marks our 10th wedding anniversary and we had hoped to celebrate it in Paris, the destination of our original honeymoon . Unfortunately, we didn't plan this early enough and the earlybird fares were well and truly gone by the time we thought about it. Fortunately, MAS had an incredibly cheap sale on just when we wanted to go. MAS flies to four destinations in Western Europe. Prior to the booking deadline I desperately tried to formulate a rough itinerary so I could work out which city to arrive and depart from. We don't just want Paris this time, but also want to include Belgi...