What Was New: July 2005

1 July

For god's sake, there's even a wolf sanctuary

"This is the city of Chuck Berry, Maya Angelou, TS Eliot, William Burroughs and Scott Joplin, of the St Louis Cardinals, of ribs, steaks, and the blues. It's the gateway to the West. It is this part of the world that gave us Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn." Despite its decline since the early years of the last century, St Louis still has a lot to offer. Tony Mason reports...
Meet me in St Louis, Louie

4 July

Moving to Queensland?

If you're considering a move Down Under in the near future, or are already planning to go, then you'll want to look at our review of "A New Start in Brisbane", researched by Sofia Ham and Roger Bourke and edited by Simon Payn. Packed full of essential information for anyone new to the "subtropical paradise" of Queensland, it comes with three free bonus reports full of tips on how to achieve the transition to life overseas as smoothly as possible.
A New Start in Brisbane

8 July

Medi meals...

"We'd booked a self-catering holiday in the tourist resort of Bugibba on the north coast, with no idea of what food supplies were readily available on the island, what cooking facilities were likely to be available or what the local hostelries would be like - in short, we were going into the week blind." Nevertheless, you can spend a week on the island and not starve. Dave tells all...
Where to eat on Malta

Photo of the Week

The Triton Fountain at Valletta's city gates
Triton Fountain, Valletta

11 July

Atchoum!

"I'm just getting over a cold. Well, to me, born and bred in the UK, it was a cold. If I were French, I would refer to it as anything but a rhume. It could be an angine, a laryngite, a bronchite, a rhinite, or even a rhinopharyngite but not a common cold." Emily Button sneezes her way through the French healthcare system...
The Common Cold

21 July

Buying property in Spain?

If you are, naturally you'll want to do everything you can to steer clear of the legal and financial pitfalls awaiting the unwary property buyer - particularly if buying off-plan. Mark Wilkins of The Rights Group has some useful tips to protect you from ripoffs and other losses...
The Rights Group - How to avoid...

22 July

Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside...

"When we were forced to return to the UK in May 2005 but had nowhere to move into, we decided to spend the first couple of weeks in Worthing... We enjoyed it so much that, once we finally did get our house back, we went back down for a couple of nights when we were fed up of redecorating." Dave on where to eat, drink and sleep in Worthing...
Worthing Winners

Photo of the Week

"You know that summer has finally arrived in Caithness when Flora poses in the pond."
Flora does it every year...

26 July

"We will remember them..."

The British War Memorial Project is a volunteer project set up in August 2003 by Richard Howman to document online the graves and memorials of British Service personnel from 1914 to the present day, including those killed in recent conflicts and peace keeping operations. Find out how you, too, can support this worthwhile cause.
British War Memorial Project

29 July

Photo of the Week

"Blackpool may have its ice cream, 'kiss me quick' hats and donkeys - but here in Australia we do things a little differently!"
A day at the beach

30 July

A new life in Paris

"Almost French is the entertaining tale of how Australian journalist Sarah Turnbull decides while backpacking through Eastern Europe to go to Paris to visit a Frenchman she's only just met. Her visit turns gradually into a longer stay..." Dave reviews Sarah Turnbull's account of how she became an expat in Paris.
Book review: Almost French