travel broadens the mind

[leedy]

So I got a cab home from town yesterday because B and I went out for a large tasty meal and I was feeling full and lazyvery pregnant, and hence got to hear a travel ad on FM104 for a package holiday to Istanbul. The ad narrator talked about the excellent value, lovely hotel, price including flights and everything, really, you should come to

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[hkim]

There needs to be some sort of international standard for this. There are two separate shopping centres in Rome which both claim to be Europe's largest.

[leedy]

Decided by gladiatorial combat?

I am now eagerly awaiting the radio ads for "Rome: Actually Home Of Europe's Largest Shopping Centre".

[lazy_hoor]

http://uk.westfield.com/london/centre-information

[lazy_hoor]

and uh, "The current largest shopping centre in Europe is the MetroCentre near Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK." from Wikipedia.

[lazy_hoor]

Marseille was recently sold to me on the promise that "it's what Birmingham would be like if it was a mediterranean sea port" so I'm probably not wise to make any further comment.

[kristamm]

Wait, that worked?

[lazy_hoor]

Shut up! You've never been (have you?). It is much-maligned but where else would you find a custard factory, a Tolkien Trail and Aston Villa FC? And you're never more than 5ft away from a good curry.

http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/

[leedy]

AND I bet people aren't killed for their fat there.