Destination: United Kingdom

The UK is the country of my soul!

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By all_you_need_is_travel | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry

I'll never forget the day that I met the UK. Yes, 'met', because the UK is the live thing, but let's start from the very beginning. Traveling is a good way to find out more about different countries with different traditions and customs. Some travelers ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Introducing Myself to London

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By alexandra-ella | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry

It was a bright day in June , the summer had just began in good old wet and damp England. Up until now I had never spent summer away from my family or friends, but this time around I was willing to take on the adventure of a lifetime in this new country ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

The Forgotten Places

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By evergreene | Views [185] | Scholarship Entry

I pick my steps over the uneven cobblestone path and pause, struck by the simple beauty of this place. I just traipsed across the awe inspiring expanse of the moors, with their rolling yellow and green hillsides stained with purple heather patches. The ... Read more >

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His Red Coat

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By luisenzela | Views [136] | Scholarship Entry

As soon as I got off that plane, the very first thing I noticed was the snow falling. Back in Perú it doesn´t snow. It´s pretty cold during winter, but it´s that kind of cold that percolates into the bone. It makes you shiver even if you´re in a room ... Read more >

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Movement's Mnemonic

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By amandamaple | Views [239] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

Sunday in London and I took to the streets the way I often do when Sunday evening emerges, and that wandering bug skitters freely from brain to heart to feet, creating the desire for movement that simply will not dissipate. Despite the vast difference ... Read more >

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All the right turns

Sat, 3 May 2014 | By tamararh | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry

It took me a while, but I’m finally here. London. My first overseas journey and I’m completely alone in an unknown city. I couldn’t be happier. I throw my suitcase in my hotel room, grab a coat and go. It’s a Thursday night and Euston Road is buzzing ... Read more >

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Empathising with Icarus

Sat, 3 May 2014 | By madocflynn | Views [396]

Thursday 17th April 2014 I didn't feel nervous until I was kneeling in the plane, leaning my bodyweight forwards to help the duct tape covered plane take off. A breeze passing through its chasis as the greyed pilot told us we could lean back ... Read more >

Tags: sky diving

It's Around Here Somewhere

Fri, 2 May 2014 | By wanderingmeandering | Views [143] | Scholarship Entry

Travel has changed since the invention of the smartphone. While it's definitely considered an advantage to have a little gps right there in your hand to tell you where you are and that yes, you did make a wrong turn about three blocks back, there's something ... Read more >

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The City of Lights & Dreams; London, I’m in Love!

Fri, 2 May 2014 | By lostglobetrotter | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry

The cool breeze of the city, the laughs and sobs of the people around, and the hustle and bustle of Heathrow International Airport surrounded the new comer me. Standing in the middle of the crowds, there I was, shedding a tear and never feeling so blessed ... Read more >

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Adventures in London

Fri, 2 May 2014 | By london | Views [174] | Scholarship Entry

So even though I live in the UK and I have managed to travel to quite a few places with my parents when I was a younger, I have chosen to write about my travels to London. I always seem to find myself in this wonderful place and I will literally find ... Read more >

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The library

Thu, 1 May 2014 | By hetahannaloviisa | Views [386]

The story begins from the library.   Yes, I know this is a travel journal. Each one has its beginning. Mine begins from the library. I am stuck in what people may call a glass zebra, the Duncan Rice Library in University of Aberdeen, Scotland.... Read more >

Tags: boredom, exitement, soon-to-be-travels, stand-by, university

The journey that picked me and transformed me

Thu, 1 May 2014 | By travelearner | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry

How did a 26 year old Colombian business professional, with a promising career, working for one of the biggest multinational companies in South America, after being together with her boyfriend for more than 4 years, with plans of settling soon and start ... Read more >

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A State of Gaiety and Trance

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 | By pneuma | Views [620] | Comments [17] | Scholarship Entry

It’s nearing dawn and it suddenly feels as if the trials of life have reached its peak. City life gets rather sedentary and redundant after a point that to cool off we automatically confine ourselves to the man-made vices of television and alcohol to ... Read more >

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A walk up the Crags

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 | By sunshinechild | Views [263] | Scholarship Entry

There are many Scottish words for very Scottish weather. Dreich, in a single word can summarise conditions which would otherwise require multiple adjectives to accurately describe the misery of the day. Yet, as it turns out, there are no Scottish words ... Read more >

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Photos: The Romantic North

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 | By verolix | Photo Gallery