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Scotland story written by Denise Scotland on February 01, 2025
The Broons are Scotland’s best known family, the family feature in a comic strip every week in the Sunday Post newspaper as well as having an book published every two years detailing their exploits. Maw and Paw and...
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London story written by Slug on February 01, 2025
For a short few years in the early 1970’s Marc Bolan was a musical God. Outside of the US (where he had one hit with Get it On (Bang a Gong), Bolan ruled the airwaves with his updated brand of 1950’s Boogie and Rock and ...
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Morocco story written by manlalakbay on January 26, 2025
Another treat of the camel-riding tour was the chance to sleep in the desert overnight. This was something I never thought I would get to do in my entire life. I dreamed of doing it but actually doing was just...
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Pensacola story written by Wildcat Dianne on January 26, 2025
Let me tell you a little story. When I started working for the Home Depot in Pace, Florida, I became friends with Eddy, one of the cashiers and one of the most sweetest guys you ever met. Eddy was a hairdresser by...
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Oman story written by Overlander on January 26, 2025
If you know nothing else in the Musandam, make certain you take at least a four hour cruise on a dhow, a traditional Gulf Arab fishing boat. More properly called a boom – the real dhow was very much larger -- they’re...
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England story written by dkm1981 on January 25, 2025
I have lived in Blackburn for almost all my life and have spent much of the last few years dreaming of escape! Maybe that's because I've been here too long and am destined for something new, or maybe that's because of...
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Venice story written by airynfaerie on January 25, 2025
Having visited Venice twice, each time we were able to find an amazing deal on a place to stay. Famously known for hard-to-find and expensive rooms during high season, Venice posed a bit more of a challenge on our...
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York story written by dkm1981 on January 25, 2025
The city of York is, without a doubt, a shopper’s paradise. Offering everything from funky souvenir shops to the mainstream High Street giants, you can’t fail to find something here to spend your money on. The beauty of ...
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Italy story written by airynfaerie on January 25, 2025
One of the things about Italian life that I came to really love is the seasonal food. And I'm not just talking about the seasonal fruits and vegtables that are at the market, but there are also special sweets and other...
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United States story written by marseilles on January 22, 2025
When my son was seven months old, I faced a major mommy challenge: going on a long-haul flight with him and no other companion. We flew four hours from Manila to Japan, had a 3-hour layover at the airport, then flew...
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Branson story written by callen60 on January 24, 2025
Eight decades or more into the age of commercial air travel, there aren’t many brand new airports opening these days. A new one— and a privately funded one at that—just opened in the Ozarks, and I had the opportunity to ...
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Venice story written by airynfaerie on January 20, 2025
After an amazing and eventful first day in Venice for Carnevale, on Sunday morning (our 2nd morning there), we woke up early and decided to hit the streets before everyone else got up, hoping to get a chance to walk...
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Venice story written by airynfaerie on January 20, 2025
During a week in February of 2008 when we were living in Italy, we began talking with some friends from Florence about the possibility of taking a quick trip to Venice for the last weekend of the Carnevale di...
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San Francisco story written by Jim Rosenberg on January 19, 2025
San Francisco ended up on our A-list in the 1990s and barely a year goes by without another trip to the City by the Bay. The ambiance of the city, its many distinct neighborhoods and seaside location make for an...
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France story written by frangliz on January 18, 2025
These are some phrases that might be useful whilst staying at a hotel in a French-speaking country, as well as some that you might hear or read on a website and wish to understand.Je voudrais retenir une chambre pour...