10. januar 2006

Golf Travel: Lone Star Relaxation Barton Creek Resort & Spa now features redesigned ladies? wrap room, Vichy shower room, steam rooms and whirlpools. The Royal Treatment The Royal St. Kitts Golf Club is a 6,900-yard, par-71 course that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Dramatic Facelift The changes at Oak Point GC include the elimination of the infamous third hole and the additiion of a new par-3 ninth. From Sea to Tee Norwegian Cruise Line's new Pride of Aloha will offer a full-service pro shop and transportation to area courses. 7:33:14 PM    comment [] Top 10 places to beat the winter blues 6:24:28 PM    comment []

9. januar 2006

Golf Travel: CARIBBEAN The Real Bahamas PGA.com's Steve Pike took one look at the cobalt blue water, the white sand beaches and the fishing to last a lifetime, and just knew he had found what he had been looking for. The real Bahamas golf experience, at Peter de Savary's creation called Abaco Club ...more 11:34:21 PM    comment []

5. januar 2006

Visit Los Angeles The rambling metropolis of LOS ANGELES sprawls across the thousand square miles of a great desert basin, knitted together by an intricate network of congested freeways between the ocean and the snowcapped mountains. Its colorful melange of shopping malls, palm trees and swimming pools is both mildly surreal and startlingly familiar, thanks to the celluloid self-image that it has spread all over the world.  Read more here: 12:47:41 PM    comment []

3. januar 2006

A Portrait of Turin: 2006 Winter Olympic host 1:18:20 PM    comment [] Visit Kristiansand(Norway) summer 2006! Founded by and named after King Christian IV, KRISTIANSAND is the closest thing to a seaside resort there is in Norway - a bright, energetic place which thrives on its ferry connections with Denmark and its popular beaches. There are also two reminders of its seventeenth-century origins: the quadrant street plan that Christian IV applied to the centre, and the squat Christiansholm Fortress , overlooking the colourful marina at the east harbour, which now hosts arts and crafts displays. Several excursions are on offer, the pick being the three-and-a-half-hour cruise along the fretted coastline to Ny Hellesund , the islet site of one of four hundred coastal defences built by the Germans - or more accurately their POWs - during their occupation. The excursion is on the M/S Maarten (late June to early Aug, 4 weekly; 150kr), which departs from the quay beside Vestre Strandgate, at the foot of Tollbodgaten. Kristiansand is also home to the annual five-day Quart music festival ( www.quart.no ) at the beginning of July. Recent years have seen international names like Moby, Beck and Nick Cave headlining. For tickets, contact Billettservice (tel 815 33 133). Most concerts take place in Bendiksbukta, just outside the city, but there are also several events at clubs in the centre. Read more here: 12:27:33 PM    comment []

2. januar 2006

Visit Stavanger, Norway(webmasters birth town) STAVANGER is something of a survivor. While other Norwegian coastal towns have fallen foul of the precarious fortunes of fishing, Stavanger has grown into one of Norway's most dynamic economic powerhouses. Fish canning and its own merchant fleet brought initial prosperity, which shipbuilding and the oil industry have since sustained. It's a brash, breezy, international sort of place, with a sprinkling of interesting attractions and a good bar and restaurant scene, and well worth a day or so before moving on to the fjords or Oslo.  Read more here: 5:25:44 PM    comment []

1. januar 2006

Happy New Year 2006! 7:22:44 PM    comment []

30. desember 2005

Play golf on the Old Course in St. Andrews in Scotland! Confident, poised and well groomed, if a little snooty, ST ANDREWS , Scotland's oldest university town and a pilgrimage centre for golfers from all over the world, is situated on a wide bay on the northeastern coast of Fife. Of all Scotland's universities, St Andrews is most often compared to Oxford or Cambridge both for the dominance of gown over town, and for the intimate, collegiate feel of the place. Accentuating the comparison is the fact that the student population has a significant proportion of English undergraduates, among them, famously, Prince William, rather to the chagrin of townsfolk who imagine there to be a tabloid photographer lurking round every street corner.  Read more here: 8:58:45 PM    comment []

© Copyright 2006 Olaf E. Roalkvam. Last update: 10.01.2006; 19:41:24.