Isn't Google amazing? If you want to find out the answer to an obscure question, the exact location of an address you are heading to, or a photograph of a movie star you admire, positive results are only a few clicks away.
My mother was recently reminiscing about songs we used to like as children when we were on holiday in Spain in the early '80s. Armed with only a suggestion of what those lyrics actually were, Google located the songs and I soon had a compilation CD prepared that brought back happy memories for the whole family. If you are checking out holiday destinations, you do not have to rely on the perfectly-shot photographs of your preferred resort from their own website. A Google map allows you to zoom right down from space to ground level. You can check if there is a huge building site next...
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