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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By ymoughton | Views [157]
So there's 10 days to go and there's so much to do, all the backpacker essentials - wax, hair cut, pedicure, shopping...Oh yeah and the boring stuff - visas, credit cards, packing etc. The countdown is on and the excitement is building so I thought I'd ... Read more >
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By sbrown11 | Views [128] | Scholarship Entry
As a student of history, I am enthralled by this beautiful, and slightly melancholic, observation by G.M. Trevelyan, the eminent historian: "The poetry of history lies in the quasi-miraculous fact that once on this earth, on this familiar spot of ground ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [614]
After Stonehendge (and yes I carried my luggage around Stonehendge and Saram Hill, a war re creation scene and old castle), I went searching for the hostel where I was to spend the night. I figured Salisbury would be a small town, and it would ... Read more >
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [629]
Yesterday morning, I checked out of the hotel in London, and hopped on the underground to a train to Salisbury, which is right near Stonehendge. At the Salisbury rail station, a bus met the train and took visitors to Stonehendge, and two other places ... Read more >
Mon, 25 May 2015 | By archaeologytravel | Views [2319] | Scholarship Entry
Following a few unsuccessful attempts to visit the cave of Lascaux, I am at last getting my 40 minutes of Ice Age glory. Lascaux is after all to art what La Scala is to opera, or Glastonbury to summer music festivals. Our group of five is met at a gate ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [655]
I spent a quick night in London in a hotel. As you probably know by now, if I am staying at a Marriott, Hilton, etc, it is by accident. I can't afford those places so mine are much more economincal. (plus the UK is expensive period). And after ... Read more >
Mon, 25 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [612]
Today I am off to Stonhendge. Yesterday I took the msot expensive train ride in my life-the 5 hour ride from Edinburgh to London-the original fare wasn't too bad, about $75 US-as this is a long train ride-but I had to pay an additional $200-why you ... Read more >
Mon, 25 May 2015 | By kjfunk | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By kjfunk | Views [1527] | Scholarship Entry
He was a big, mixed-race guy with tight white curls and wire-rimmed glasses, hands folded over his belly as if he’d just finished a three-course lunch. He sat with his chess pieces, waiting for the next gullible fool to come over. Me. You can never be ... Read more >
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [869] | Comments [3]
Today I am leaving my beloved Edinburgh, where I have spent a total of 6 nights in 3 different hotels/hostels. (in addition to the two nights in the Scottish Highlands/Skye). The city is both stunningly beautiful and outrageously fun. The ... Read more >
Sun, 24 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [760] | Comments [2]
I just checked out of my 4th hostel. In this one I shared a room with 15 others. If you remember my first hostel post, I just about pledged I would never stay in another one. I was disgusted by the smells, the snoors, the everything about sharing ... Read more >
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [620] | Comments [1]
Yesterday I took a day trip to Glasgow. I was debating with myself if i wanted to spend my last day in Scotland in Edinburgh, but although there were some sights I might have enjoyed checking out (Like the Scottish Museum), so I can learn ... Read more >
Sun, 24 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By jenkhari | Views [348] | Scholarship Entry
My lungs ached with laughter as I ran up to our favorite not-so-secret-secret spot, aka that spot on the beach bordering the underside of the pier. The hilarity in this was partially derived from the fact that the lovely little city of Brighton’s appeal ... Read more >
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