Post-Olympic blues in London
Although in some ways I’m glad the Olympics are over, it’s also quite hard to adjust back to normality after three incredible and jam-packed…
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Inspired by travel: Tour de France by Crayonfire
For any of my readers who are not cycling fans, I promise this is my last Tour de France post…for this year at least…
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Why the Tour de France is a destination, not an event
I can honestly say that even I am surprised that I am writing this post. When my husband announced to me five years ago…
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Travel Tuesday: let’s talk about ‘Tourist Traps’
When I hear or read the words ‘tourist trap’, they conjure up mostly negative connotations; words that spring to mind include crowded, tacky, over-rated,…
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Travel Tuesday: all about Olympics
With just 24 days until London 2012, Olympic fever has definitely hit London. There are new signs in the tube stations, tickets have been…
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A night at citizenM Bankside hotel in London
On Tuesday night I was lucky enough to be one of the 500 ‘test sleepers’ for the brand new citizenM Bankside, an affordable boutique…
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Travel Tuesday: surprised by Tenby in Wales
I never intentionally visited Tenby. That is, Brendan and I were looking for cycling/running events in June and found one that suited us –…
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Travel Tuesday: keeping up
It’s been a four-day weekend here in the UK to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and I’ve done…well…not much! I literally spent all of…
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Travel Tuesday: the things I miss
I’m sure you’ve heard it before: an expat waxing lyrical about all of the wonderful things back home that they miss. As an expat…
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Travel Tuesday: searching for flights with Skyscanner
Do you ever just want to travel, but don’t really care where or when? Maybe it’s just me, but sometimes I feel like going…
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