Advantages: Lots of history Disadvantages: Admission charges
Whitby in north east England is today a bustling little town that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. Many come here because of its quaint narrow streets and it's old-worldly charms, others to see its old traditional working harbour. There is no denying that Whitby is a town that is steeped in a rich history and at the centre of this history is the story of Captain James Cook.
Reference to this local hero, who sailed from here on his epic voyages of discovery to the New World, are everywhere that you look. In fact the residents of this town are so proud of their connections that they have dedicated an entire museum to him, which is known as the CaptainCook Memorial Museum.
This museum is located on one of these narrow streets that so typify the old part of the town. The building itself that houses this museum ...
Advantages: Pirate metal just rules Disadvantages: one iffy song
Alestorm Captain Morgans Revenge
Alestorm are a pirate metal band from Perth, Scotland. Captin Morgans Revenge was released last year (2008) with Napalm records.
The Band
Christopher Bowes - Lead/Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Tin Whistle
Gavin Harper - Lead/Rhythm/Acoustic Guitars, Jew's Harp, Additional Drums, Tambourine; Backing Vocals
Dani Evans - Bass Guitars
Migo Wagner - Session Drums; Backing Vocals
The band are awesome pirate metal is one great genre, I dont listen to it often though. Personally I do prefer this bands latest album, Black Sails at Midnight (Keelhauled and Wolves of the sea best songs ever) but this album has its good qualities.
Track One
Over Seas 5/5
Now as it is pirate metal when ever I listen to this band I immediatley think of Pirates of the carribbean and wonder what scene ...
Advantages: Wonderful food, service, with great view. Disadvantages: Nothing to write about.
Google ?The Captain?s Table? Lesvos and you can read the following:
?The Captain?s Table is reputed to be one of the finest of its kind in all Greece - don?t just take our word for it - see what ?The Lonely Planet?, ?The Rough Guide?, and the famous American ?Frommers? and numerous other international guide books have to say.?
We have just been to Lesvos for two weeks and we ate at The Captains Table 6 nights out of the 14 and 1 night we could not get a table. I add that we where a group of 7 of us so finding a table for 2 is a lot easier.
During the course of our stay we must have had everything on the menu.
They have a special every day of the week, salmon, hake, stuffed pork.
Our menu and cost for one evening was as follows:
Mushroom a le grec, which Ann and Dougie had and Ann had each night we went. Tzatziki ...
