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Fish and Chips

We drove at least half an hour out of our way last night to get the 'best' fish and chips in the world last night. Apparently this is not an English tradition, just a Webster one. Rachel has been moaning all year about our chips being horrible, so I was interested in the 'amazing' English...

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Abby Benton on January 21, 2008 from Worsthorne, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: UK

Sunday

Last night was the first night that I slept right through! It felt like a huge accomplishment. I'm beginning to feel human again. Everyone assures me that it is much easier going back to NZ. That has yet to be seen. I'm beginning to feel a big like the only NZer in the world. They tease...

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Abby Benton on January 20, 2008 from Worsthorne, United Kingdom

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Skipton

We went around a mediaeval castle today. The oldest part of it is nearly 1000 years old. It was very wet and cold and Rachel and I were the only ones in the whole place. It is quite a small castle in many ways, although there were plenty of passageways and rooms. During the War of Roses, the...

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Abby Benton on January 18, 2008 from Skipton, United Kingdom

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Day 1

Today Rachel and I went for a walk around Worsthorne and into the neighbouring fields. Worsthorne is mediaeval and has some very old houses in it. We walked up this narrow street and through a gate and onto a muddy track with a small stream flowing by it. This track was apparently an acient...

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Abby Benton on January 17, 2008 from Worsthorne, United Kingdom

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Arrival

By the time I got to Hong Kong I had slept about 3-4 hours squashed up next to an overweight Korean man. It's strange how you don't mind the close physical proximity of other people on a plane. Everything is so small that you wonder if you'll actually fit into it. However, all these fears...

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Abby Benton on January 15, 2008 from Manchester, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: UK

Living in a castle...

So we finally made it (luggage and all!) to Harlaxton. Mom and I traveled around the week before, and we ended up in Austria, Denmark, and Switzerland. We got to see Vienna and Salzburg, as well as the alps. It was really pretty, but really cold. We met up with everyone at Heathrow (after...

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andrea_leigh on January 6, 2008 from Grantham, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Harlaxton College

rubbish, and wine and mince meat pie, oh my

So it is now our third day here in London. What I enjoy doing is reveling in the many subtle differences between this country and our own. On the way from Heathrow we had a Polish driver who claimed that the few Americans he met were far friendlier than Londoners. Luckily, in our experience this...

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Drie on December 27, 2007 from London, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

From the Ganges to the Thames

A soul searching journey from the Ghats of river The Ganges to London Tower Bridge. It is fascinating, it is trhilling, it is ammusing, Be tuned I'll tell it all :)

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ajaykumarsingh on December 24, 2007 from London, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: From the Ganges to the Thames

Panic packing

10 months to plan and still last minute packing... Next stop airport and then to Australia via Hong Kong. It has been pointed out to me that we leave the UK in Autumn, land in Australia in the Spring, leave Australia in Summer and return back to the UK in Winter. How about that!

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The Wilde Family on December 15, 2007 from Cambridge, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Australia

Early Xmas

Today the relatives are over and we are having an early Xmas dinner as we leave on the 15th. Today's roast is ostrich, yup that's right ostrich. We have become a fan of that meat over the year; we also had it last Xmas and have started a conversion process on our children's friends (usually by...

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The Wilde Family on December 8, 2007 from Cambridge, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Australia

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