Advantages: Good base for exploring, good selection of shops, bars and restaurants. Disadvantages: Not as pretty as some other places. Building work is a problem at the moment.
We have just got back from a wonderful trip to Belgium. Our holiday was based in Ostende and before we set off I hadn?t really heard much about it and found getting a guide book on this area very difficult. So I thought I would relate my experiences of the place and what we found to see and do while visiting. We were only there for four days and spent most of the days out and about, but we did have a chance to explore Ostende and to use the local transport frequently.
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Ostende is located in an area of Belgium known as West Flanders, not far from Bruges and Gent and around 70 miles from Brussels. It is a coastal resort, located in the centre of Belgium?s coastline, which also has ferry and Hovercraft terminals, a train station, a tram link and a fishing port. There has been a link between Dover and Ostende ...
Advantages: English is widely spoken;Nice beaches;Clean; Disadvantages: Some items are expensive. Wide use of the Euro
Ostend was the very first place overseas that I visited when I was
just 18 years of age. Later on I passed through the resort numerous times
on my way to UK from Germany,where I was stationed near Munchen Gladbach
Last October I went back to Ostend for a two day stay and found this popular
seaside resort had changed considerably since my last visit.
Ostend is easily reached from Dover-I took the excellent Seacat Catamaran
service which is both efficient and fast.The journey time was only
around two hours. The ferry terminal at the Belgian resort is very ...
ashford 24.01.2001 (25.01.2001)
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Advantages: A touching, very British story Disadvantages: Nothing particularly outstanding about it
, an old flame of Gloria is delighted to see her again and they restart their relationship. But will the colliery be saved? And will the band make it through to the National Championships at the Albert Hall.
The characters
There are a lot of familiar faces in this film, including Ewan McGregor, Tara Fitzgerald, Stephen Tompkinson, Sue Johnston, Philip Jackson (Poirot's Inspector Japp) Peter Martin (Len from Emmerdale Farm) and Melanie Hill (Aveline Boswell from Bread). For me, the star of the film was Pete Postlethwaite who plays the band leader, Danny. His sheer determination to hold the band together although he is aware that his health is failing comes shining through and he gave an excellent performance. Stephen Tompkinson also does a superb job as Phil. I wasn't particularly impressed at first, but his talent eventually comes shining ...
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