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A Rocking Tour Of West Oz, In Honor Of Bon Scott
When in Paris, visit Jim Morrison's grave; when in Perth, visit Australia's most visited grave: the final resting place of Bon Scott, the AC/DC front-man who would've turned 63 this month.
But there's much more to an AC/DC pilgrimage than just visiting a grave—they've just launched a Highway to Hell Tour to show you all the AC/DC sites of Fremantle, the port town to Perth where Bon Scott grew up.
The tour takes in Scott's childhood home and schools, the Fremantle Prison where Scott apparently had a brush with the law, a commemorative statue the town's put up and finally, his grave. At the moment, the A$25 ($20), 90-minute tour only runs on Sundays (but it does so three times) and the operators hope to increase the frequency as it gets more popular.
One thing we especially like about this tour is that the tourists get to choose the playlist for the bus-ride. We're pretty sure we'd be belting out "It's A Long Way to the Top" the whole tour long.
Related Stories:
· AC/DC Fans Follow Bon Scott's Adventures [The West]
· Western Australia Travel Guide [Jaunted]
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Irvine Welsh Hates Yups, Self
Irvine Welsh isn't loving the gentrification of his beloved Edinburgh, especially that in the old waterfront town of Leith, where many of his books were partially set: "What is it about yuppies and water anyway? It's the same everywhere -- Belfast, Cardiff, Liverpool and Dublin." As for Welsh himself, he currently lives in a very nice apartment in Dublin.
Related Stories:
· Trainspotting author rails against 'yuppiefied' Leith [Edinburgh News, via Bookslut]
· The Sick Boy Guide to Edinburgh [Gridskipper]
· Edinburgh and Leith Pub Guide [Edinburgh 247]
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Take Me Out to Glasgow
IToors is a company getting ready to roll out MP3 audio tours of various major cities. The first one out is an easy-going walk through the music-haunted streets of Glasgow, where Franz Ferdinand, Belle and Sebastian, and lots of other indie-pop names got their start. Narrated by DJ Jim Gellatly, the 90-minute walk by and into bars, clubs, and (on one occasion) thrift shops is entertaining and fun, as long as you don't mind the periodic product placements of its sponsor, Tennant's Lager.
Related Stories:
· Glasgow -- Sounds of a Music Capital [MP3 tour]
· iToors Glasgow tour map [PDF]
· iToors Press
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Everyone Profits Off Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci obsession has officially reached its pinnacle-no, not another four-and-a-half hour "Behind the Code" revelation show on Primetime or Dateline-this might be even more irritating.
Chateau de Villette, the home of the screenplay's, er novel's, murderous art historian is now offering a 6 day/5 night tour of Paris, with lodging at the chateau and meals at the Ritz in Paris and a "Code" themed tour of the Louvre.
Appearances by Dan Brown, Tom Hanks, and Audrey Tautou not included.
The cost of the 6 day affair is $6,500 a head. Without airfare, but including meals and lodging. While joining a bookclub might be a more cost effective idea, our guess is the tour will do just fine.
Related Stories:
· Chateau Villette: Da Vinci Code Tours [FrenchConnection.com]
· Chateau Villette: Da Vinci Code's High-Priced Pit Stop [Fodor's TravelWire]
