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UK

My room in…London

July 7, 2011 Destinations
My room in London at the Astor Hyde Park hostel

Trying to find a decent hostel in a major city can be a nightmare. Well before the days of websites like Hostel World and before my first trip to Europe I spent hours researching hostel options for cities like London and Paris. While the ones I ended up in were okay, they weren’t great. So [...]

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Photo Friday #3: UK

June 11, 2010 Inspiration

One of my favourite things to do in London is go on a London Walk. Dawn and I had planned to do a literary Bloomsbury walk our first full day in the city, but it was pouring rain and after spending the morning traipsing through Kensington Palace Gardens, we weren’t really feeling it. The next [...]

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Fifteen London

June 8, 2010 Destinations

Being taught to cook by Jamie Oliver A confession: six months ago, I couldn’t even grill a piece of chicken without giving myself food poisoning. But then, before I left for my trip, Jamie Oliver was teaching me how to cook. (Now, my mother will kill me if I leave it at that, so I [...]

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