[ France will launch a €49-a-month rail pass this summer offering unlimited travel on the country’s TER and Intercity trains. This week, however, some changes to the initial plan were released Only people aged 26 or younger will be eligible for the pass, revealed an announcement by transport minister Patrice Vergriete on Wednesday. The monthly … Read more
[ Picture a four-hour train ride in spacious first-class seats, with hot drinks and a brownie brought to your seat as the countryside whizzes by. Coming in at just €34 (£29), you’re not paying UK rail prices – this is a new, four-and-a-quarter-hour-long service linking the Baltic capitals of Vilnius and Riga. The LTG Link … Read more
[ Both azaleas (properly, Rhododendron simsii) and indoor cyclamens are traditional Christmas houseplants that remain very popular, partly through the efforts of breeders who produce ever-more attractive forms. Indoor cyclamen have been bred from the wild Cyclamen persicum, which originated in North Africa and the Levant. Their natural habit is to die down in summer … Read more
