Epinions Recent Reviews for proxam

Wells Banana Bread Beer: Monkey Juice

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:43:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - I'd read quite a few reviews of Wells Banana Bread Beer and I have to admit, I was suitably intrigued. I'm always on the look-out for new and different beers to sample so when I came across this beer on the supermarket shelf, there was only ever going to...

HOTEL GALLERIA, SUBOTICA - certainly no rogue's galleria

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:46:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Subotica is just a few miles over the Hungarian border and so gets quite a few visitors from there I expect. It's certainly a place worth visiting and with the nearby lake palic tourist area, there's no shortage of accommodation in the area.We were...

When in Romas (Tony's, that is)

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:57:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Phase 3 of Livingston's town centre opened just in time for Xmas last year and one of the features was an outdoor 'promenade' of sorts featuring a number of restaurant chains including Nandos, Wagamama, Chiipolatas (or some such Mexican-type thing) among...

Straiton to IKEA

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 15:34:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - I'm not what you'd call a typical IKEA customer, in fact previous to just a few months ago, I'd only been once and my abiding memory of that ordeal was trying to escape through the maze that they call a shopping floor to the safety of the car park. It's...

Modernity in Modena

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:50:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - When your travlling through a country so steeped in history and culture such as italy, there's nothing like lodging in hotels that are similarly steeped in history and show off the best of that nation's architectural culture. The Holiday inn, Modena...

ROOM IN THE INN IN RIMINI

Sun, 10 May 2009 14:46:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Rimini is not my idea of a perfect destination in Italy, but it's close to San Marino, which isn't a perfect destination in Italy either when you come to think of it. Anyway, Rimini worked out fine for us last year as we wanted to visit San Marino and...

Innis Gunn...it's Smokin'

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:30:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - While perusing the aisles of the beer section on Saturday morning, I noticed a shiny new kid on the block. A beer from a Scottish brewer I hadn't heard of (both beer and brewer). So I bought it...and drank it....and now I'm writing about it...

The lad in the Zebra Jim Jams

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:31:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Despite the innocuous sounding title, this book isn't exactly bed time reading, well not to read to those little ones as they gently nod off.It's a strange book. The narrative is written in the third person from the perspective of Bruno, a nine year...

A Sleepova in Padova

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:22:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Padova is not the first destination that springs to mind when thinking of Veneto, but a quick scan of the price lists for hotels in the rather damper Venice soon lends it a certain attraction. Yes indeed, Venice was our destination but we were spending...

UP POMPEII

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:07:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Now then missus, titter ye not. Contrary to the title, this is not a review about a 70s sitcom - Nay, nay, and thrice nay. It's a very serious and sober account of a visit to the ancient ruins of Pompeii. Well, seriousish but probably not very...

Westmalle Dubbel: DUBBEL THE FUN

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:16:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Anyone who has been reading my dissertations on beer will have no doubt worked out by now that I’m a big fan of Belgian beers in general, and Trappist beers in particular. I make no apologies for that. Sometimes I wish I stayed in the south of...

SEE NAPLES AND DIE

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:23:13 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - We were planning to visit Pompeii but finding a decent hotel close by was as easy as excavating these ancient ruins with a teaspoon. So Naples it was. The Holiday Inn looked perfect for our needs - on the edge of the city towards Pompei and easy access...

Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:44:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - There we were, Mrs p and my god self, striding boldy past Rome's many antiquities on our way to the Greatest Show on Earth. Slabbering with anticipation, we could hardly hold our collective water at the thought of the delights in store...heffelumps,...

Trevi Fountain: Three cons and a fountain

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 10:07:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Ah, the Trevi Fountain. Some would say that it's the most beautiful fountain in all of Rome. Well, I wouldn't know about that - not having visited all 7,000 of them. Ok, that's maybe an exagerration, but there are quite a few of the old fontanas dotted...

THE DARK SIDE

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:22:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - 70% cocoa...what's that about? Well, most of your normal, everyday chocolate (in the UK at least) doesn't actually contain all that much cocoa solids, usually only 20-25%. Instead it's bulked up with less-expensive, and therefore more profitable,...

Cool for Cats

Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:55:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - You'd think people would know me by now. When I say people, I'm particularly referring to family members (who shall remain nameless). Y'know the type. The ones that think 'He likes beer, doesn't he? We'll get him one of those gift packs - A Selection of...

Caving in Liverpool

Thu, 3 Jan 2008 16:35:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Imagine, a club dedicated to where those brave and intrepid explorers of the dark and damp subterranean depths can meet and swap anecdotes of their adventures. And imagination is the closest I'll ever get to descending into the underworld. One thing I...

It's NOT the real thing

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:07:19 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Sometimes I NEED a drink, in fact I'd go so far as to say I can't live without a drink. There, I've said it, it's all out in the open now. That feels so much better. Of course in that respect I'm no different from anybody else, my body won't function...

My Angle on PISA

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:44:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - One of the highlights of our trip to Tuscany last year was to be our visit to Pisa. To be accurate, the main attraction was not so much the city of Pisa itself, charming though it undoubtedly is, but the Field of Miracles. Well, to be punctiliously...

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes *

Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:25:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Notre-Dame de leffe is a Norbertine abbey near the Belgian town of Dinant, on the River Meuse. Beer was first brewed here in 1152 but they ceased the practice around the time of the French Revolution. In the 1950's, to raise funds for...

Villa Garzoni: See How the Garden Lies

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 09:39:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - My wife is the keen gardener in this partnership. I don't mind it, but I'm not fanatical (not that she is either mind you). However, we both quite enjoy visiting gardens while on our travels, especially when the weather is nice. And when we were in...

Ponte Vecchio: FLO'S AULD BRIG

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 06:45:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Florence is awash with art treasures, teeming with stunning architecture and flooded with pretentious shops, but it isn't always that way. Oh no. Sometimes it's awash with teeming floods. The River Arno, which dissects the city, has been known to flush...

Victoria House, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Victoria, but no Prince Albert

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:00:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - I was working down in Cambridge a few weeks ago and the company thoughtfully pre-booked me accommodation at the Victoria Guest House on Arbury road. Rather more thoughtlessly, I was working at the opposite end of the city, so convenience was not their...

Sweetheart Abbey: SWEETHEART ABBEY

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:15:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Driving home from a short break in the English Lake District, which is only about a two hour journey for us, we decided to turn off the motorway and take a more scenic route home. We left the motorway at Gretna Green and drove along the coast of the...

Pisa Galileo Galilei International Airport, Italy: Galileo Galilei figaro-magnifico

Sun, 7 May 2006 15:01:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - Pisa International Airport, or, as Ry
anair
like to call it, 'Florence airport' likes to call itself 'the Strategic gateway to Tuscany'. If all that weren't confusing enough, its Sunday name is Pisa International...