Melbourne is one of the few cities left in the world with its original tram network and we are lucky to have some of the original tram cars (modernized for safety and comfort) turned into high-class travelling restaurants. These dark burgundy coloured trams can be seen negotiating the roads of Melbourne at lunch times and dinner times daily.

They present a very high level of dining with the only restriction being the number of choices for each course (the kitchen and the cooking facilities on board are restricted in size obviously).

You travel behind tinted glass sightseeing Melbourne whilst enjoying your meal with a glass of wine. A booking is essential.

The trams leave and return to the terminus in South Melbourne opp. the western end of the Crown Casino, cnr Clarendon and Normandy Sts Southbank

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The best (and cheapest) way to get to know the centre of the city is to take the #1 or #2 tram around the Ring, the main road around the centre. This route takes you past all the main sights and attractions for a fraction of the price of a fiaker, and is an excellent way to get your bearings before exploring!

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In may not be exactly in Prague, but the All Saint's Chapel in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutna Hora, which has inspired John Connolly's The Black Angel and the film The Brothers Grimm, amongst others, can be reached from Prague's train station.

It's a 70km trip from Prague, in a warm and cosy train at a ridiculously cheap cost. Sedlec itself is an interesting place, and the ossuary in particular will leave a lasting impression with countless bones fashioned into works of art, including a chandelier which comprises of every bone in the human body! You may recognise it from books, documentaries, films or dvd's such as Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman's visit in their Long Way Round motorcycle world tour. Far more interesting than Paris' catacombes!

More details on directions can be found here: www.artgraphica.net/art-shop/bone-church-directions.htm

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Today, only a few Shinto shrines continue to venerate the phallus, and a small shrine in Kanamara is one of them. Massive representations of the male member abound, and there is a yearly festival during which a phallus is paraded around the neighbourhood. Back in the Edo period, the shrine was popular among prostitutes, who believed it offered protection from syphilis. Today the shrine is active in HIV awareness and care for those afflicted.

From Shinagawa take a Keihan Kyuko (red) train toward Yokohama. Get off at Keiku Kawasaki, go down the stairs and take a Daishi Line train three stations to Kawasaki Daishi, walk across the street on for a few meters. The shrine will appear on the right.

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