Articles Posted June 2010
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Barcelona to French Riviera (Nice & Monaco)
Tweet 25 – 26 June 2010 Official Contiki Itinerary Day 8: Barcelona to French Riviera Travel through the charmingly rustic region of Provence to Arles. Then it’s on to the glamorous French Riviera. Contiki Village (B,D) • Scenic drive along the Cote d’Azur • Visit the historic city of Arles Day 9: French Riviera Stroll [...]
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Beaujolais to Barcelona (Spain)
Tweet 23 – 24 June 2010 In total is was about a ten hour coach trip from Beaujolais to Barcelona. To date I have coped fine on these coach trips, in fact I quite enjoy them because it is downtime where I get a chance to read/type or sleep or simply sit and watch the [...]
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Paris to Beaujolais Wine Region
Tweet 21 – 22 June 2010 We were on the bus at 9.45am for departure to the Beaujolais region of France, known for their red wines (apparently?). Our accommodation for the two nights was the impressive Chateau Beaujolais (occasionally pronounced ‘Chat-Oh’), set amid picture perfect vineyards. Our stop in the Beaujolais wine region was designed [...]
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London to Paris
Tweet 17 – 19 June 2010 17 June was a Thursday and I was still in Lincolnshire with Jilly, Howy, Annabel and Ella who I had had a fantastic time with. It was with nervous excitement that I bordered the train to London so that I could get to the Contiki registration later that night [...]
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Contiki Adventurer Tour
Tweet 18 June – 24 July 2010 [Tour Dates] Planning Europe had been proving difficult and I was itching to stop fluffing around in guide books and on the internet. I wanted to be experiencing Europe, not thinking about it. On the 14th of June I finally made up my mind to start with the [...]
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Grandma’s 80th Birthday
Tweet 15 June 2010 I haven’t had many opportunities to celebrate my grandmother’s birthday so it was special to be there for her eightieth!
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Time with my Cousins
Tweet 05 June 2010 Anna 08 – 17 June 2010 Ella A lovely evening out with Anna and her flatmates. Walking Spike, Buffy and Tigger with Ella. I had a go on Ella’s Ripstick, as you can see in the videos she is far better than me. Cousin Annabel is swimming across the English channel [...]
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Nottingham and Hull Day Trips
Tweet 11 June 2010 – Nottingham 12 June 2010 – Hull I needed to make a day trip to Nottingham to get a National Insurance number, which would allow me to work in England but more importantly provided a step towards setting up a UK bank account. My trip to Nottingham was notable for the [...]
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Lincoln Ghost Experience
Tweet 11 June 2010 Make of it what you want; I have no interest in trying to convince you I photographed a ghost, ghosts don’t even exist. However what exactly did happen on that fateful Lincolnshire night? Comments welcome… Aunty Jilly had been wanting to do this guided ghost walk of Lincoln city, my visit [...]
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London Sightseeing
Tweet 31 May – 07 June 2010 – Doesn’t time fly My highlights from the city of London so far have been the simple things. Catching up with friends and family. My first Guinness in a London pub. Random meanderings through the city streets. The breadth of food and drink available. Lastly the parks, statues [...]
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