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Why Do The Germans Always Seem To Do Things Better?
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building your own base involves thinking outside the box - tbh, I'd have expected the British to have thought of that rather than Germans, who are not dumb but more accustomed to thinking inside the box. Or perhaps it was just too big for England's budget - they'd presumably have to borrow a lot to build something on that scale, even if they expected to get it back later on resale.
youngmafbog & jno
We are not talking Government (our) money here, there is enough money in British football and organisations who benefit from it, to pay for something similar as apparently has been done in Germany.
/// Funded jointly by the German FA and private enterprise, the Campo Bahia resort offers beach-facing villas, hot tubs, a 2,000 sq ft pool area and its own restaurant. ///
Perhaps Virgin boss Richard Branson, and others would care to contribute?
We are not talking Government (our) money here, there is enough money in British football and organisations who benefit from it, to pay for something similar as apparently has been done in Germany.
/// Funded jointly by the German FA and private enterprise, the Campo Bahia resort offers beach-facing villas, hot tubs, a 2,000 sq ft pool area and its own restaurant. ///
Perhaps Virgin boss Richard Branson, and others would care to contribute?
Gromit
// By contrast, the England team face a journey of up to three hours to the international airport from their hotel, the four-star Royal Tulip in Rio. //
/// The airport is 9 miles from the hotel. Which is 18 minutes by coach. ///
The International airport is 16 miles away, but even so how this can take 3 hours is anybody's guess, unless the traffic is particularly bad?
*** The Golden Tulip Ipanema Plaza Hotel is located less than 50 meters from Ipanema beach, 09 miles from the center of Rio de Janeiro, and is approximately 09 miles from Santos Dumont Airport, and 16 miles from Rio de Janeiro International Airport. ***
// By contrast, the England team face a journey of up to three hours to the international airport from their hotel, the four-star Royal Tulip in Rio. //
/// The airport is 9 miles from the hotel. Which is 18 minutes by coach. ///
The International airport is 16 miles away, but even so how this can take 3 hours is anybody's guess, unless the traffic is particularly bad?
*** The Golden Tulip Ipanema Plaza Hotel is located less than 50 meters from Ipanema beach, 09 miles from the center of Rio de Janeiro, and is approximately 09 miles from Santos Dumont Airport, and 16 miles from Rio de Janeiro International Airport. ***
Gromit
Hope this goes a certain way in explaining the travelling times.
/// They will also be hoping not to spend up two hours of most of their days in Rio stewing on a coach between Urca and their Royal Tulip hotel base 10 miles down the coast. ///
/// Even outside of rush hour, traffic in the city is horrendous and unless roads are closed to all but the England convoy, it is hard to see how they can avoid the gridlock. ///
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Hope this goes a certain way in explaining the travelling times.
/// They will also be hoping not to spend up two hours of most of their days in Rio stewing on a coach between Urca and their Royal Tulip hotel base 10 miles down the coast. ///
/// Even outside of rush hour, traffic in the city is horrendous and unless roads are closed to all but the England convoy, it is hard to see how they can avoid the gridlock. ///
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I wasn't suggesting government money should be used (it shouldn't); but I don't know that there's that much money in English football outside the clubs, and this isn't anything to do with clubs. Others may be able to clarify this as football isn't my thing. But the main problem, I imagine, is that nobody even thought of it, and it's far too late to do anything now.
I don't know whether traffic problems will be less for the Germans than the English; they both have to get to the grounds and Rio's roads are indeed pretty busy. But special lanes were created in London for Olympics traffic and Rio may do the same (they're practising for their own Olympics).
I don't know whether traffic problems will be less for the Germans than the English; they both have to get to the grounds and Rio's roads are indeed pretty busy. But special lanes were created in London for Olympics traffic and Rio may do the same (they're practising for their own Olympics).
At least the England team aren`t polluting the environment by flying to matches in a private jet. Their hotel looks perfectly OK as well. I was in Dubai in February and was staying at the same hotel as Stoke City. The amount of time they spend enjoying the hotel`s facilities is minimal. They would appear at breakfast, disappear for training/matches and then spend a couple of hours on the beach in the afternoon. After dinner, they would disappear off to their rooms early. Their hotel looks perfectly adequate for that.
photos here - it seems to be a hotel that already exists (which is wise)
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sounds okay; nothing special but as 237SJ says, they're on business, not a holiday, so they won't be there all day.
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sounds okay; nothing special but as 237SJ says, they're on business, not a holiday, so they won't be there all day.
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