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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By jennadobson | Views [114] | Scholarship Entry
Bucket? Check. Spade? Check. Wand? Wait, what? When you think of a quaint Cornish seaside village, what is the first thing that springs to mind? It’s probably not broomsticks and hexes. But that’s exactly what I found in the sleepy harbour of Boscastle, ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By randykepple | Views [119] | Scholarship Entry
A few years ago, I was given an opportunity to travel to London, England. It was my first time traveling to Europe and while I was excited beyond words, I was also anxious about the unknown. At least they spoke English! So many friends and family were ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By aliciaramsay | Views [135] | Scholarship Entry
“’Allo dahling, what can I get ya?” It was strange to feel like we had just wandered into an East End pub, when really we had been travelling for hours to reach the Applecross peninsula: one of the most remote Westerly points in the Scottish Highlands.... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By jamiejamie | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry
'Can you get that gate?' Shit. Is he asking me? Because I'm not the kind of guy who opens gates in the country. I'm the kind of guy who fucks things up in the country. The Great Outdoors makes me feel nervous. The people who live there make me nervous ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By emiliestaat | Views [706] | Scholarship Entry
In 2007, I fell in love with Elephant Rock, which juts out of the North Sea, crouching the perfect distance offshore and large enough to feel like a separate world. Each day, after my host left for work, I began my private walking tour of tiny St. Andrews, ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By alexball | Views [141] | Scholarship Entry
"You're going south from Nottingham to London to get to Glasgow? And then taking a bus, two ferries and a final seven mile walk before you get to where you're staying? Remind me of the attraction again?" The attraction is the remote Scottish island ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By h_hirschler | Views [203] | Scholarship Entry
The Cathedral built below the salt Maria’s car dashboard is adorned with religious trinkets and as she swerves through the morning traffic in Bogota, the Virgin of Guadalupe swings from her rear-view mirror. She is one of the catholics who make up 90% ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By crommers | Views [320] | Scholarship Entry
In the shade of the overhanging trees, my senses are bombarded by colours and smells. A sea of blue and white, a carpet of bluebells and the scent of wild garlic. A woodland walk in Spring can be a tranquil and relaxing experience but as I wade through ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By ramblingaboutrambling | Views [112] | Scholarship Entry
If you ever find yourself in the Highlands, go west. Keep going west. Go west until you’re about to fall into the sea, and you’ll find yourself on the most westerly point in Scotland, a particularly magical place called ‘Ardnamurchan’. If you go at the ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By toinfinityandbeyond | Views [155] | Scholarship Entry
(Cue In OBB music of Austin Powers) London Baby!!! I decided to splurge on a two-week vacation in London and rendezvous with Bahar, my friend from Turkey who knows the city by heart. Since we had loads of time, we decided to spend our Sunday doing something ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By archaeologytravel | Views [2154] | 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 [497]
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 [451]
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 francisrourke | Views [169] | Scholarship Entry
What we do and see out there on the open road of our lives can sometimes vanish from our memory like streaming images of landscape, there and then forgotten. But who we meet, and what they do for us along the way, stays with us, and is what turns adventure ... Read more >
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