Tag: england
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Travel Treats – Pimm’s Cup
My favorite summer cocktail is one I found when I was traveling in Cambridge, England in 2010. My awesome cousin Angie introduced me to the beloved Pimm’s Cup and I have never found a more perfect treat! I posted about having a Pimm’s at a party recently, so I decided to share how I make […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 36
Goodbye to the trip July 8, 2010 at 11:48 AM Thurday, July 08, 2010Florissant, Colorado I suppose this is the final blog, the final thing to send to all of you as a thanks for listening and a reflection on all of my trip. I’ve now been home two and a half weeks, almost three. […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 29
Hitchin and Cambridge June 4, 2010 at 3:44 AM Friday June 4th, 2010North Berwick, Scotland I apologize for no word to everyone for about four days I simply did not have the time or energy to write about everything. I also wanted to spend every moment of the short amount of time I had with […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 25
I <3 LIVERPOOL May 24, 2010 at 2:36 PM Monday May 24, 2010Liverpool, England Summer is most definitely coming if not considered here already in the more southern areas of the U.K. It’s actually a bit surprising considering my sweater and wool jacket clad self only a week ago in Ireland and a few weeks […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 12
The Ash Cloud of 2010 required several changes of plans during my travels. Around April 30, 2010 I thought I had a new schedule that was good to go, but in reality life had other plans and 19-year-old me got swept up in the romance of new meetings. As a travel advisor ten years later, […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 9
April 27th, 2010Diss, England I have now left the city and I’m making my loop of the main land U.K.. This is of course due to the volcanic ash cloud that left me in Germany about a week longer than planned, however I feel extremely happy about what I did see there. Thus, I have […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 8
First bite of LondonApril 25th 2010London, England Yesterday (Saturday) morning was my last few hours of Stuttgart, Germany. Which I was actually a little sad to leave, I had grown quite fond of the small city and the lovely Godwin-Butlers. So it was a little sad to leave but I knew that I just have […]
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Day Trips – to go or not to go?
There are times in life where preconceived notions have to be put to the test and nothing has challenged me more than the subject of day trips (in regards to travel anyway). Well before I started venturing into the world on my own I had in my head that the best way to travel was […]
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Memento Mori
I have a habit of seeking out odd things. By odd I mean things like mummified cats (not the Ancient Egyptian kind), Surgeon’s museums, and Operating theaters. I like searching out the oddities in the world, the weird places that get missed by the tourist trail. Some of it’s a love for seeking out gems […]
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Hidden London, the city that you need to see
London, as many great cities are, is full of your typical tourist spots, and one can spend plenty of time hitting museum after museum, and visiting royal sights. Yet, there is a lot more to see in London, such as unique and vibrant culture in the pubs and waterways that are away from the tourist […]