Posted on September 17, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

The price of oil plummeted to just $90 dollars per barrel yesterday, leading to hopes of a drop in the price of petrol. Present prices are over a third lower than July when the cost of oil rose to $147 per barrel and motorists were forced to splash out as much as 119.7p per litre for [...]

Posted on September 17, 2008 by enavarro

Arriving in Quebec at 10am, we managed to make it to the church on time for Nicole’s big day. Phew! Our trusty Ford had served us well so we gave it the day off, while we partied into the early hours.  The wedding was a truly international affair.  Nicole is German, her husband is from the [...]

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Thousands dream about it. Jack Kerouac wrote about it. Thelma and Louise took it to the exteme.    One thing’s for sure, there’s nothing like a cross-country US road trip for injecting a little adventure into your travels.  Unfortunately there’s one downside to picking up a car and shooting off in any direction.  One-way car rentals [...]