Csernókné Jezerniczky Éva

Into Edinburgh
Morning .. chill and dreary. We start our day with porridge, fruit and toast, discussing whether to drive into Edinburgh or take the train from nearby Falkirk. Wanting to maintain the level of flexibility we have enjoyed throughout our trip, we decide to take the car.

Knowing that today is our …41…day before leaving Scotland, Penny has kindly offered to …42…any laundry we might have, so we can head …43…with clean clothes. We hastily put together a small …44…with our thanks. Having repacked the night before, I …45…through my suitcase and carry-on carefully, removing tee-shirts and …46…that need laundering.

Our schedule for the day is …47…light; a visit to the Museum of History .. and shopping, …48…does not bode well for my overstuffed luggage. I'm …49…much of a shopper, but still have tee-shirts …50…other souvenirs to purchase for friends and family at …51…

There's also the gift shop at the museum to…52… . I had seen several items from the museum offered …53…a catalog called Past Times that I've received in the mail …54…several years. They've always made me ooh and ahh. I'm excited that I will be seeing them in person, rather than from the glossy pages of a …55…and admonish myself to maintain control.

Although very quiet and seemingly secluded, Oaklands is …56…five minutes from the M-9 and soon we are away …57…driving east. Before long we are in the midst …58…morning traffic, circling around roundabouts with the thousands of others …59…their way into the city. Towering buildings, of diverse …60…styles, close in on either side.

We pass through …61…succession of residential areas, giving me my first view …62…Scottish city-life. It's not much different from my own; …63…are petrol stations, newsagents, grocers .. children being walked to…64… by their mothers, men and women in both business …65….and labourer's clothing heading out to work.

The residents …66…this city obviously take great pride in their homes. …67….a Victorian era manse or a modern high rise….68…, flowerpots and gardens are abundant and well tended. Edinburgh very alive without the bounds of the historical …70…which draw so many tourists here throughout the year.

9.

One in Five Too Busy to Take Holidays

LONDON (Reuters) - One in five British workers spend longer in the …1…than they have to, losing over one-third of their …2….entitlement, a survey showed on Monday.

The survey, commissioned …3…budget airline Buzz, showed a staggering 49 million holiday …4….went unclaimed last year, largely because of work pressures.

``…5… are frankly too busy,'' a Buzz spokesman told Reuters, …6…that by breaking up their days off into a …7…of long weekends rather than two-week holidays, people would …8…more likely to find the time to relax.

The 5.6 …9…British workers who do not take their holidays in full …10…out on 8.7 days of the average entitlement of 24 …11…days a year, the survey found.

A quarter of …12…who passed up their chance of sun, sea and …13…were not reimbursed for their dedication to work. The …14…were either paid for their extra time or were …15…to tack the days on to next year's holiday.

``Money …16…not the real issue here,'' said the Buzz spokesman. He …17…60 percent of the 1,169 adults questioned would choose an extra week's holiday over an extra week's pay.

Rival Says Miss France Too Short to Carry Crown
PARIS (Reuters) - Last time it was sex and this time it's size …18…counts in a feud over who should …19…Miss France.

A disappointed contender for the title of France's …20…woman feels she was unfairly disqualified from the Miss …21…2002 contest.

Aurelie Brun has demanded that legal experts …22…whether winner Sylvie Tellier reaches the requisite minimum height …23…5 feet 6 inches.

``I want to be sure …24…tall enough and I would be surprised if she…25…,'' said Brun, who was stripped of her crown as …26…regional beauty queen and subsequently disqualified from the national …27…last December.

``I've heard from lots of girls who …28…her (Tellier)... and they told me she must only …29…around 1.68 meters (5 feet 5 inches),'' Brun told…30… daily France Soir.

The title is no stranger to …31…feuds and gossip. France's leading beauty queen impresario was …32…to publicly deny a whirl of rumors in the …33…last year that Miss France 2001, Elodie Gossuin, had …34…fact been born a man.

Brun, who falls short …35…the height requirement herself, seems to be fighting a …36…cause to get Tellier to undergo re-measurement.

``It's out …37…the question,'' Miss France organizer Genevieve de Fontenay told the paper.

Brun …38…not ruled out of de Fontenay's contest merely for …39…a bit on the short side. She was also excluded …40…taking part previously in a rival pageant.
Be Adventurous if You Want to Be Sexy
LONDON (Reuters) - Extreme sports can make you more interesting, exciting and …41…in the eyes of potential admirers, a survey showed …42…Tuesday.

Research for The Daily Telegraph Adventure Travel and Sports Show …43…found that Brits were a brave lot, overcoming their …44…for an adrenaline rush.

Over a quarter of those …45…had dived with the fish admitted to suffering from claustrophobia …46…one in 10 who braved …47…parachute jump had vertigo.

With 49 percent of respondents …48…adventurous people exciting, and 17 percent attracted by their …49…side, it is unsurprising that, having completed an adventure…50… want everyone to know about it.

Twelve percent said …51…boasted about their adventures, but less than one in 20 …52…to inventing their heroics in the survey of 1,267…53….

Earlier this week, another survey found that 80 percent …54…job seekers were ``creative'' with the hobbies section of …55…CV, although here extreme sports were not always seen as a bonus. Some employers disapproved of excessive risk taking.

The Daily Telegraph Adventure Travel and Sports Show 2002 takes place at London's Olympia on January 11 to 13.

10.

It's a Sweet Big Apple, Survey Shows

By Gail Appleson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sweet is far from the first word that comes …1…mind in describing New York City and its often surly…2…, yet the Big Apple ranks among the nation's …3…ten sweetest cities, a survey released this week says.

And…4… is based on data, including volunteerism and heroism, collected before …5…September 11th attacks, said Bert Sperling, …6…firm Fast Forward conducted the study for the Hershey Foods Corp . Sperling, who …7…the ``Best Places to Live'' study for Money magazine, …8…to Reuters on Wednesday.

But New York, which …9…sixth, is not as sweet as top rated Seattle …10…even Cleveland, which came in fifth.

Boston, Savannah, Georgia…11… Des Moines, Iowa came in second, third and fourth…12…. At the end of the list were Portland, Oregon, Daytona Beach, Florida and Cincinnati, Ohio, …13…were 48th, 49th and 50th.

Hershey sponsored the study…14… recognize ``America's 50 Sweet Spots'' that are clean, safe, family-friendly …15…with high rates of volunteerism, a spirit of community …16…a ''lifestyle that enables residents to embrace all that …17…good and sweet in life.''

The survey, which was …18…for the first time, is part of a national promotion …19…includes a contest in which consumers, who are found …20…``Hershey spotters'' to be carrying Hershey candy wrappers, can …21…25 sports utility vehicles through the end of the…22…. The aim is to get people to visit some …23…the cities named on the ``Sweetest'' list.

``We took …24…very seriously,'' said Sperling explaining that survey results were …25…on information taken from government and private sources over …26…three-year period that ended at the close of 2000.

He …27…cities were rated on a point system that included …28…things as per capita spending on charities and recreational …29…as well as the number of awards given to…30… for community, philanthropic or military service.

Sperling said one …31…the things he learned about New York in doing …32…research was that 447 residents of the metropolitan area…33… received the Medal of Honor dating back to the Spanish American War.

``That's the …34…of any metro area,'' Sperling said.

Other criteria included romantic …35…such as restaurants and beaches, historical landmarks and…36….

Sperling said New York also had high figures when …37…came to money spent on health club memberships and…38… activities, the performing arts and it was one of …39…tops on gifts of flowers and plants.

While it…40… a bit surprising that New York City would rank …41…high in a study of ``clean, safe and family-friendly'' …42….to live, the results followed other unexpected findings by …43…etiquette expert whose own survey showed New York was …44…of the two most polite American cities.

Etiquette author Marjabelle Young Stewart, who …45…through tens of thousands of nominations to compile her list, handed the honor in December to the Big Apple and Charleston, South Carolina.

New York may have the image of being a rough and gruff place populated by rude people, but Stewart said the city actually is one of the most polished for manners in the United States.


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