The Washington
Travel Blogs from Bournemouth
Four weeks
Just four weeks to go and I just want to be settled on board with the real world, and Christmas , left behind. I still need to order money and am checking the exchange rates daily its still going up so hang on. If it starts to go down then I buy before it looses any more. The money is delivered to the ship so don't have to carry it. The exchange rate is pretty good also. Found ...
What can I give this Christmas?
This year 6,657 Christmas shoeboxes were donated to The Trussell Trust for distribution in Bulgaria. This is another record and a reminder that there are a lot of you out there that really care about others much less fortunate than yourselves. If the children and adults who will receive the presents this year were able, they'd say a huge thank you to everybody who gave shoeboxes or their time to help sort them. It's really good ...
The last day
... our counter at all, despite a number of people including us going to her side but getting a stern rebuff that 'not here'!!...not my numbers!..jobs worth or what! Anyway, despite this and after getting used to the public face approach which is generally stern, it is a great place to visit. A funny sight was as we were leaving the hotel we were shouted at by a very 'Russian' woman, gesticulating with her hands, we quickly realised ...
Packing warm clothes!
... 1057;анкт- 055;етерб ург Anyone want a try to say this lol Also just the concerns over security and Russian culture etc. Well, we have the visas, flights and hotel, so the rest will be down to our old friend the Lonely Planet guide book....fingers ...
Winchester and Salisbury
Quick breakfast at YHA before everything was packed away. Left for Heathrow to collect the car from Sixt — a Vauxhall Meriva. Pete is the driver, being the only one who could drive a manual. First stop was Winchester. We parked near Wolvesey castle's ruins, next to Winchester College. Walked to Winchester Cathedral where there was a busy Christmas market. Had a mine pie and coffee, although, initially unbeknownst to me, the mince pie was a sweet and small Christmas fruit ...
Location
Other places to stay in Bournemouth
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Russell Court Hotel
Bath Road, Bournemouth | 2 star hotelfrom $59- AVOID THIS HOTEL
- Don't Stay at this Hotel
- Yuk!!!!!!!
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Gervis Court Hotel
38 Gervis Rd, Bournemouth | 1 star hotelfrom $78 -
The Orchid Hotel
34 Gervis Road, Bournemouth | 3 star hotelfrom $75- Appalled
- Top value! Excellent staff!
- Well located
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Kiwi Hotel
135 West Hill Road, Bournemouth | 2 star hotelfrom $48 -
Laguna Hotel
6 Suffolk Road South, Bournemouth | 2 star hotelfrom $88 -
Chelsea Hotel
32 St. Swithun's Road, Bournemouth | Hotelfrom $91 -
MaeMar Hotel
West Hill Road, Bournemouth | 2 star hotelfrom $48 -
Tower House Hotel
West Cliff Gardens, Bournemouth | Hotelfrom $111 -
Lynden Court Hotel
8 Durley Road, Bournemouth | Hotelfrom $51 -
Boscombe Grange Hotel
13 Knole Road, Bournemouth | Hotel -
The Yenton
Gervis Rd, Bournemouth | 3 star hotelfrom $88 -
The Liston Hotel
Wollstonecraft Road, Boscombe Spa, Bournemouth | Hotel -
Legacy Inn Bournemouth
49 Gervis Road, Bournemouth | Hotelfrom $457 -
Balmoral Hotel
11 - 13 Kerley Road, Bournemouth | 2 star hotel -
Clarendon Lodge
36, Crabton Close Road, Bournemouth | Hotel -
Kensington Hotel
Durley Chine Rd, Bournemouth | Hotelfrom $106 -
Hotel Piccadilly
Bath Road, Bournemouth | Hotelfrom $129 -
Wyvern Hotel
24 Glen Road, Bournemouth | Hotelfrom $33 -
Carisbrooke Hotel
42 Tregonwell Road, Bournemouth | Hotelfrom $59 -
Boscombe Reef Hotel
15 Westby Road, Bournemouth | Hotelfrom $56 -
Glendevon Hotel
85 - 89 West Hill Road, Bournemouth | Hotelfrom $67 -
The Winter Dene
11 Durley Road South, Bournemouth | Hotelfrom $125 -
The Bondi
43 St Michael's Road, Bournemouth | Hotel -
West Cliff Sands Hotel
9 Priory Rd, Bournemouth | Hotel -
Chequers Hotel
17 West Cliff Road, Bournemouth | Hotel -
The Florence Hotel
11 Florence Road, Bournemouth | Hotel
