We recently decided to purchase a new camera to take on a cruise.  After doing some research, my husband decided on a Canon SX30 IS.  Since we've had good luck in the past taking pictures around water using a polorized lens filter, we wanted to make sure we could attach a filter to our new camera.  The sales person told us about an adapter for the camera that would allow us to attach any 67mm filter and gave us the model number, FA-DC67A, but the store was out of the adapter.&n ... Read More

A FEW weeks ago I was sitting in St George's Square. The sun was shining and I was eating my bread and dripping (just bought from Mitchell's up Railway Street).

The fountains were like spray on Blackpool front and the statue of Sir Harold Wilson, Labour MP and PM, seemed to be beckoning me into the Hotel Metropole. I felt as if I was on my holidays.

One other thing - I think it's wonderful the Cafe Nero engaging a musician in the coffee bar. All this migh ... Read More

As much as I love to travel, I've begun to wonder how much longer I'll be able enjoy leisure travel.  It seems that our government is intent on driving our economy into the ditch and leaving us all scrambling for the basic necessities of life.

Going hungry isn't my idea of a good time, so I decided to try gardening this past summer. Since we have so ... Read More

TODAY When Pope Benedict arrives in the UK, he will visit Scotland where he will be greeted by Her Majesty The Queen in the Palace of Holyrood House in Edinburgh. A St Ninian's Day Parade has been organised through of Edinburgh to mark the occasion. The Pope will then travel to Glasgow where he will celebrate Mass at Bellahouston Park.

TOMORROW Pope Benedict goes to St Mary''s University College, Twickenham, London. Later he will meet the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palac ... Read More

PEOPLE I asked about Slovakia before I went there could only come up with: "Isn't that half of what used to be Czechoslovakia?" And I had to admit, they had a point. Try as I might to find any major features, the most famous Slovaks seemed to be Andy Warhol's parents - not even Andy himself.

The only other fact I could remember was that Slovakia was the setting for Eli Roth's 2005 film Hostel, a grisly, high body-count horror about backpackers on a doomed holiday. But times, it seems, ... Read More