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A man has just embarked on a unique journey: travelling around the world without any luggage or bags of any kind.
Rolf Potts decided to put the concept of “travelling light” to the test by seeing how far he can go with only the items in his pockets.
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A court in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany will consider whether the original bill from German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s June 2006 barbecue with then US President George W. Bush has to be made public.
Dubbed by the German media as the “world’s most expensive barbecue”, the event is reported to have cost a ludicrous €8.7 million.
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Movie stars sure live the life – and come to think of it even their fictional counterparts do as well. It’s especially obvious in the places where characters live, as apartments and houses in movies are always just much bigger than they are in reality, of better quality and somehow more affordable.
But while the discrepancy between make-believe and real-life may be clear when it comes to apartments, hotels and resorts on the other hand seem to get a fair shake.
The grandest hotels in the world that have provided the backdrop in many films have the potential to fulfill or even exceed your expectations. Here are our top movie hotels, places you should definitely stay at and live out your cinematic fantasy.
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The most expensive apartment in the world is on the verge of being sold – for an eye-popping £140 million.
The property, which is part of a development designed and managed by British business brothers Christian and Nick Candy, is in Knightsbridge – one of the most upmarket areas of London.
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Places like the Ritz, the Savoy and Claridge’s pretty much define some people’s idea of what luxury hotels in London are like: grand dames, steeped in tradition, best for housing royals.
However, a new breed of London luxury hotel is emerging as an alternative to the old guard, where you don’t feel the need to attach a title or a business empire to your name to get a taste for luxury living.
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Moscow retained its ranking for the sixth year running as the city with the most expensive average hotel room rate in the world, a survey by business travel agency Hogg Robinson Group showed.
The average room rate in the city is £256.83, Hogg Robinson said in its report today. Geneva followed as the second-most expensive city at £199.11 and Hong Kong at £197.61.
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A Manhattan restaurant’s $69 hot dog has been declared the world’s most expensive hot dog by the Guinness World Records.
Restaurant Serendipity 3, which also holds the record for the world’s most expensive ice-cream sundae at $1,000 and the largest hot chocolate at four gallons (15 litres), set its latest record on Friday – National Hot Dog Day in the US.
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Measuring just six inches high, the world’s most expensive pineapple was grown in Cornwall in a glasshouse heated by horse manure.
But while the tiny fruit – cultivated in the pineapple pit at the Lost Gardens of Heligan – may be half the size of the average supermarket pineapple, it carries a much larger than average estimated price tag of £10,000, which covers labour costs, equipment – and urine-soaked hay.
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A Danish restaurant has been named the best in the world, knocking Spain’s exclusive El Bulli off the top of the list for the first time in five years.
Noma, which serves up Nordic specialities – such as radishes in edible soil - in a converted 18th century shipping warehouse on Copenhagen’s dockside, was crowned number one at the annual S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards in London.
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Douglas Adams will be missed by his fans worldwide. To pay tribute to his genius and make sure that even if he is gone, he is not forgotten.
Every May 25th, fans all over the world celebrate by bringing their towel to work or wherever they may be heading.
The original quote that referenced the greatness of towels is found in Chapter 3 of Adams’ work The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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