Bistros, fashionistas and Brad Pitt’s Basel art splurge all feature in this month’s round-up of internet news and gossip from Ryanair’s favourite destinations

IF, earlier this summer, you caught sight of a sombre, yet particularly well-dressed crowd just north of MARRAKESH’S souk, then count yourself lucky. You may have been very close to the last remains of one of the 20th century’s fashion greats. According to Msnbc.msn.com, Yves Saint Laurent’s ashes were scattered at Jardin Majorelle, the walled garden that the designer acquired in 1980. Although privately owned, anyone can visit Majorelle, so why not head down and see if you can detect the great fashion magnate’s presence?

Less salubrious destinations await you in STOCKHOLM. Fancy a bite to eat at Gruel Village, or a hot date at Mary Market? Perhaps you can pick up your future spouse at Wife Meadow? All these subway stops appear on a pedantic translation of Stockholm’s metro map, hosted by Sweden’s English language news service, thelocal.se. Although they insist the map is for recreational purposes only, who could resist asking for a one-way ticket to Sharp Nude or Awful Village Hospital?

For a genuine health hazard, come to the UK. You’ll need to “mind the gap” when you’re in LONDON next, and that’s not simply the space between the Tube platform and the trains. According to the British capital’s bloggers at londonist.com, Harrow council in north London has lost £15,000 (€19,000) worth of cast-iron drain grates from its streets in less than two weeks. Weighing 50kg each, the council believes the grates are ending up in the hands of unscrupulous scrap metal merchants, as the price of iron rockets.

For more carnal crimes, visit Italy. Italy Magazine (italymag.co.uk) notes that an oversexed Italian couple were caught in flagrante delicto, in the confessional box at Cesena cathedral, north of RIMINI. The man and woman, both in their thirties, were Goth rock fans and apparently saw nothing wrong with being there. However, the local bishop led the entire congregation in a mass of reparation, after the church was deemed unfit for worship.

A more reserved type of romance was in the air in BASEL a few weeks back, when Brad Pitt breezed into town the day before Angelina Jolie’s birthday. Dlisted.com notes that he spent about $50,000 (€32,000) on art at Art Basel, the city’s worldrenowned event. We’re guessing he picked up a little wrapping paper at the airport.

And, while we’re on the subject of coupley stuff, here’s a little PARISIAN dinner advice. OK, everyone sorta, kinda, knows the difference between a brasserie, a bar and a bistro, yet paris. metblogs.com breaks down the city’s restaurant nomenclature for English-speaking ingénues. Cafés offer “typical coffeehouse beverages”, as well as a good mid-priced menu. Bistros serve more savoury and complicated dishes, while a brasserie is more professional than a bistro, with more attentive staff. Bars offer booze, plus cold platters of cured meats and cheeses, and an outdoor “buvette” is a stand vending drinks, sandwiches and ice cream. Bon appetite!

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