Lanzarote Guidebook – Winter Edition

With temperatures in the UK dipping well below zero, you could well be forgiven for starting to think about travelling to a warmer climate.  In which case, you might like to take a look at the winter edition of the Lanzarote Guidebook.

The 104 pages are packed with useful information about the towns and villages on the island, as well as information about places to visit and things to do. The Lanzarote Guidebook also features a handy Essentials section containing lots of practical information from bank opening times and ferry timetables through to emergency phone numbers and tips on driving locally.

This edition also contains information on the forthcoming music festival and carnival season.

And when you’ve read the Guidebook – visit the Homepage.  Here you can book holidays, flights, hire cars, villas and hotels in Lanzarote via island based companies – often at prices far more competitive than can be found in any High Street travel agency.

Download your free copy of the Lanzarote Guidebook here.

Sektsteuer

Sektsteuer, or to give it its proper name Schaumweinsteuer is a tax on some types of alchoholic drinks in Germany.  In particular this applies to Sekt – sparkling wine.

It was originally introduced in 1902 to fund the building of what is now known as the Kiel Canal and of the Imperial Navy, and was later used to provide funds to build Germany’s U-Boot fleet.  However, between 1933 and 1939 the tax was not applied in order to help the economy during the Great Depression.

The tax is still applied today.

To hear a simple explanation and a short discussion in German, listen to the podcast:

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Same procedure as last year?

No, that is not a reference to “Dinner for One“, which millions of people in Germany will be watching this evening, but to the sign in our local supermarket with the opening times for New Year’s Eve.

Once again, the word “Silvester” has been mis-spellt with a “y”.  As James would no doubt say, “I’ll kill that cat!”

Happy New Year!

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