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Walking around the lovely city of York, Part One
Walking Tours of York I joined my first walking tour of York the morning after I arrived. A very relieved Doris, originally from Scarborough she moved here in 1982, was happy to see me. A woman of...
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Memories of Paris
This posting was supposed to be of Norwich which is now scheduled to October. Instead I insert this story reliving a memory of my first trip to Paris 18 years ago. This entry is written in a style that...
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“England’s Other City”, a Silly Look at a City that has a Silly Slogan.
href=”http://personaltravelstories.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/20130623-142022.jpg”> If I tell you that this city’s motto at my time of writing is, “England’s Other City” I am certain that you...
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The Handsome Waterfront City of Liverpool – Liverpool Part 1
I arrived to Liverpool in a sad state with a nasty cold that unfortunately coloured my stay with a grey tint as I was simply not well-enough to go out and play with the friendly locals in their local...
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Beautiful English Countryside of the North York Moors from staying in a...
This is a very short posting. I may change my posts to become weekly from now as to have more time to work on each story and improve the quality overall. Expect some more interesting stories coming...
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East Coast Fishing Adventures
Hey readers, today is my 40th Birthday! Making it super exciting is that I’m being included on my long-time favourite podcast, Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase! You can visit her website at...
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Bumbling about the Handsome City of Chester
Bumbling About the Medieval Walled City of Chester by Darren Elliott Chester is one of those places where I arrived in disbelief. It wasn’t like some outpost in Northern China where I wondered what I...
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Swimming in Paradise
I may update this with some photos from our trip to Turks & Caicos in the near future. Swimming in Paradise “Is it an STD?” our brother playfully asks the nurse as we burst into the examination...
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Going for a Ride in Lima
I would like to say that I did enjoy my visits to Lima and it is a city well worth seeing. That this story unfolded during those visits is probably coincidence. I recommend visiting Peru and I...
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Meeting on New York Street Corners
I started my writing project last year in Manhattan, in November 2012. This short posting is from that first month of writing. I will soon be completing the circle and returning to NYC in December...
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Going to the Met (“New Yorkers Make the City” Series)
Vera “I’ve been watching that collect dust for 35 years,” a mature New Yorker tells her friend as they sit staring straight-ahead from the Dress Circle of the Metropolitan Opera House. There is an odd...
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Looking for the Love, Philadelphia Part One
“Looking for The Love”, Philadelphia Part One America’s original capital city, Philadelphia, seems to have fallen off the main stage but it is still the fifth largest city in the US with more than five...
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Washington, DC House Party – Part One
DC House Party – Part One “So how do you know Hanon?” asks a bright-eyed twenty-something girl and her boyfriend as I take a seat beside them on the fireplace after introducing myself. “Who’s Shanon?”...
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Washington DC House Party – Part Two
This posting starts in the middle of a story, so if you missed it, check out Part One before continuing here. Part One starts with me finding myself a guest at a housewarming party in DC where I meet a...
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The Handsome Waterfront City of Liverpool – Liverpool Part 1
I arrived to Liverpool in a sad state with a nasty cold that unfortunately coloured my stay with a grey tint as I was simply not well-enough to go out and play with the friendly locals in their local...
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East Coast Fishing Adventures
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My Autumn Journey, Part One
Feeling the Love in Montreal! Where’s the Kitty? Oh, there he is! Kitty likes to remind me that he’s here. In case you missed it in an earlier posting, I was cat-sitting for two weeks in Montreal...
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Bus, Boat, Carriage and Bicycle. Exploring the Mekong Delta in Vietnam
I’m going to see if I can do a blog post during the actual day. I spend so much time on transportation and I have installed cellular connections on my tablet and phone, so it may be possible if there...
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Incredible evil of the Khmer rouge
This posting contains videos. If you received it by email please click on the title and blue to open the posting in your browser. Click on the image below to join my first full day inPhnem Phom,...
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We are laughing about how much she is cheating me for this ballcap, in Siem...
Despite being pressured by my hotel to accept (and pay too much for) a tour of Angkor Wat by their tuktuk driver from 7 AM on my first day, instead I slept in and explored the town. I was overtired...
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