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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By amii | Views [238] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
The view hit me like an Eastend slap. A real breath-taker, and judging by the silence of our small walking group, everyone agreed. Trying to explain the beauty of the panorama laid ahead of us, would be like describing the taste of a strawberry to someone ... Read more >
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By thisisrosic | Views [154] | Scholarship Entry
Growing up in a middle class family, I’ve never been part of exclusive events. Wasn’t invited to parties like the ones you see in Gossip Girl and didn’t get VIP treatment, when standing in the back of a massive queue, trying to get into a fancy club. ... Read more >
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By bethkelley44 | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By laurablair | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By a_simple_drifter | Views [277] | Scholarship Entry
My grandma's cousin Calum, whom I had only known for a few hours, decided to give my sister & I a whisky education before taking us on a personal tour of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. He filled our drams with various blends until my nose went numb. It ... Read more >
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By dafhaine | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By dafhaine | Views [249] | Scholarship Entry
Ten of us sat around the table. Night lay heavy outside the adobe walls, the courtyard dark save for the flickering of lanterns. The old telegram office had been without electricity for years. Lack of power, however, did not entail lack of talk.... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By mjzigzag | Views [100] | Scholarship Entry
The Northern Lights of old Aberdeen are home sweet home to me... Scottish folk song Challenges for the solitary traveler are many , but sometimes they can be as simple as “Is the hostel on Suchandsuch Road or Suchandsuch Street?” That was my problem ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By ghtran13 | Photo Gallery
I and my flatmate had cream tea outside of the Cathedral in a sunny afternoon.
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [701]
After I completed the tour of the Roman Baths, I checked into my hotel room and took a nap. After staying in hostels, I don't take a nice nap alone in a hotel room for granted.
When I was done napping, I left my notebook computer and my passport in ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [566]
When I was on the 3 day tour in the Scottish Highlands, a guy on the tour told me to go to Bath-so that is what I did. I checked out of my hotel in Salisbury, and went to Bath, a town an hours train ride from Salisbury. First of all, Salisbury ... Read more >
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By jrhensley12 | Views [136] | Scholarship Entry
If one was flipping through a travel guide, one would probably pass over the Chislehurst Caves as being a boring destination, and he would be right. While it wasn't a rip roaring good time it was still one of my most favorite sites on my husband's and ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By marilia | Views [145] | Scholarship Entry
My guide to history, art, ancient and imposing constructions, modern architecture, Shakespeare’s life and through the historical and yet, cosmopolitan Londoner atmosphere was The Thames, not a person. In London you don’t need a map for the city has a ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By vstimac | Views [425] | Scholarship Entry
On the list of most relaxing places in the world, I’m fairly confident that most people would not put London on that list. Technicolor double-decker buses trundled noisily past on Cannon Street, adding to the cacophony of foreign tongues. I may be a ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By wolfmr | Views [92] | Scholarship Entry
When I left to study abroad in England, I expected to see castles and old forests. What I didn’t expect to see was a bald Ozzy Osborne calling himself Dracula as he climbed and crept around the ruined columns of an ancient monastery. Yet there he was, ... Read more >
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