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Thu, 2 Apr 2009 | By mazystar | Views [757] | Comments [1]
I left Torquay on Monday afternoon and headed further west to Plymouth so I could visit my family who live there - my Granny, Grandad, Auntie Shirley, Uncle Mike, cousins Duncan and Tim, and Tims' wife and three year old daughter, Lucy. I hadn't seen ... Read more >
Sat, 2 Feb 2008 | By will-n-raina | Views [690] | Comments [4]
Well, the day has finally arrived. Tomorrow (Sunday 3rd Feb) we leave for Mumbai. Can't quite believe we will be in India on Monday! (Still haven't packed yet)
We have had a crazy last two weeks. Finished work, sold car,packed up flat, sent shipping, ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 | By rtumicki | Views [682]
I am ready to start another walk now that I have been sitting and eating for the last week. Coming to England has been a great rest spot. Hamid is a wonderful host and an excellent cook. He lives in Windsor and since Windsor is small you always have ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By drmitch | Views [642]
A sunny(ish) day saw us jumping in the car and heading off to see the true chocolate-box English countryside of the Cotswolds. Unfortunately, just like in NZ, the weather couldn't make up it's mind and soon we were driving through miserable drizzle, ... Read more >
Tags: antiques, cotswolds, stow-on-the-wold
Tue, 16 Jun 2015 | By chloebruce | Views [623]
We were only in Milan for the day before we had to catch our train to Turin late in the afternoon. We were meeting our other friend in a few days but rather than stay in Milan, which I was warned was underwhelming and had to agree at least a little, ... Read more >
Tags: catholicism, italy, relics, shroud of turin, turin
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 | By schmodude | Views [595]
England’s rainy stereotype can remain intact. It’s been raining all day and will not likely stop. Besides the rain though, it is quite pleasant outside. I was out and about sometime around 10 am and the holiday combined with the rain ... Read more >
Tags: england, london, national gallery, rain, sainsburys, tate modern, uk
Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By rachthe1st | Views [538]
Wow! I can't believe I've been here for two weeks! It's insane. I've spent most of that time finding accommodation, setting up a bank account, mobile phone etc. And now I think I'm pretty much all set up. It's been a completely change of lifestyle ... Read more >
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 | By hannah_on_her_travels | Views [508]
It's been a while since I wrote. I have spent the past week in Melbourne. We were lucky enough to arrive on Melbourne Cup Day, which is a horse race that stops the nation. We took a walk to Federation Square, loads of people watching the race on the ... Read more >
Wed, 8 Oct 2008 | By claire_jefferies | Views [485] | Comments [2]
When I have a bit of a wobble about going (as I am quite a lot at the moment), I think of this: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away ... Read more >
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 | By paulo-meryem | Views [279]
At 29 oct. we will be flying to London.
Wed, 14 May 2014 | By | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
I’ll never forget the day I saw the volcano. A once bustling capital lies in ruins below it. Looking up, clouds cover its top and seem to muffle the rumbling still going on inside. It has been 18 years since the eruption, but many more years must pass ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [182] | 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 >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
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Sun, 6 Jan 2013 | By shooting-star | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Hi there
My name is Sarah Khalil and I live in London. I am a Pharmacist by profession where my day is mostly spent in a tiny dispensary counting tablets and measuring colourful liquids.
However on days that I am let out of the dispensary, I love 'seeing' ...
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