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Places To Go

• Stay at Cinderbury , a recreated Iron Age village -
• The Ice Hotel or it's Canadian Twin
• Visit this amazing hotel and stay in the Caveman Room or the Bridal Falls Room or the Daisy Mae Room or even the Golf Room. I might draw the line at the Floral Fantasy Room though!
• The Wren's Nest - DONE - see BlogMarch2003
• Visit Italy for the yearly truffle festivals in places like Alba, San Miniato or Acqualagna. These occur in October or November - http://italianfood.about.com/library/weekly/aa140797.htm
• RoystonCave - Full of strange carvings
• Mary King's close, a medieval street under the Royal Mile in Edinburgh - DONE - see Blog August 2005
• The West Midlands Police Museum

See the world by train...

I'd like to do more travelling by train - you get to see so much more than when you fly! The Man in Seat 61 has a great guide to USA by Rail concentrating on the long distance services. He flags up the California Zephyr from Chicago to San Francisco as particularly scenic, as well as the routes from New York to Niagara Falls and Canada. Some of the trains have special sightseeing cars, with big windows and seats angled to give the best view. Another thing to add to my list of things I'd like to do.

Paul Willis writes about his trip to Japan by train. It's a 13 day journey, but I'd be tempted to stop off on the way a little more than he did. The question is: what is the CO2 output compared to flying? It's got to be less surely.

In December 2006 I did the journeys from Birmingham to Munich to Berlin and back by train - shorter but still fun. The food on the train from Munchen to Berlin was fantastic! And the trip from Berlin to Birmingham was super fast.

Places to Eat

I'd like to visit the many Sushi places I've had recommended.

• Simpsons - Michelin starred restaurant in Birmingham - DONE - see Blog December 2005
• Eat at The Fat Duck at Bray - the tasting menu at £125 + selected wines at £90 sounds good to me

Films To See

John F recommends (his words below):

• Stariewicsz (Polish pioneer who animated dead insects and lots more too)
• JanSvankmejer (Czech surrealist from 60s onwards...clay and real objects come to life and even the music is wonderful...shame he only seems to do live action now)
• YuriNorstein (Russian and with oils/ink to create slowly evolving fairy tales - creator of once voted Best Animation ever...The Tale of Tales...I think it was called but I love The Hedgehog and The Fog the best)
• early animated films by DavidLynch and WalerianBorowczyk

Other Recommendations:

• RabbitProofFence

Things I've never got round to seeing:

• ThreeColours (Blue, White, Red)
• 2001 - never seen it in the cinema

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