Goes on sale tomorrow col

ahhh thanks.

Want to take my girlfriend to Paris for her 30th in January. Never had any interest in going myself, so dont know anything about different areas etc. Where's good to stay which isnt too busy, but still has nice cafes, bars and restaurants and isnt too far away from tourist stuff/shopping?

Not been to Bruges, but Ghent is well under an hour on the train and def worth a day trip, so cant imagine 3 nights would be too much

Fly out to Lisbon today - any recommendations plz?

Cheers, looks promising

2nd this. Stayed a stones throw from Bastille recently, lots of bars/restaurants/shops and gf loved sitting in Place des Vosges.

off to melbourne in a few weeks. looking to work eventually, but will be playing tourist for the first week or two. anyone got any must do's / see's?

Any good mate, going two weeks today. Any recommendations?

Just back from Melbourne. I really enjoyed it but left feeling slightly disappointed because I had high expectations for the laneways which I'd read about. They turned out to be a bit underwhelming really. AC/DC Lane is worth a look just for the name and murals but not much else. Some of the others that you can find listed in "top Melbourne laneways"-type lists are largely empty (besides murals) whereas I had visions of them being filled with cool cafes, bars and pop-up art installations. We did find a couple of cool bars tucked down some of them up non-descript stairwells.

Fitzroy and Collingwood to the north of the CBD were much better, like East London with less wankers. Brunswick Street in particular was good, full of bars and restaurants including a fantastic vegetarian one. Forester's Beer & Music Hall in Collingwood has 30 craft beers on tap but was dead when we visited on a Sunday night.

The Queen Victoria Market on the north side of the CBD is amazing for food, dozens of small shops selling speciality (and normal) produce.

Melbourne seems to lack a proper focal point or iconic building that some other cities have, I'm not sure that there are any "must sees" as such. Some of the Victorian architecture in the CBD is fantastic, dwarfed by the skyscrapers. The National Gallery of Victoria is worth a visit if you're into art. There are two buildings with one specialising in Australian artists.

All trams within the CBD are free. If you go out of the CBD you need to have a myki card (similar to Oyster in London).

Outwith Melbourne itself I can highly recommend hiring a car and driving up the Great Ocean Road to Port Fairy, that was fantastic. There's a great pub / restaurant in Port Fairy called the Merrijig Kitchen.