I’m about to air a pet peeve of mine – or pet hate, as the English say. When I come home from England, my close friends ask me, “So, how was London?” After I’ve been back for a while, it turns into, “When are you going back to London?” And after Dave visited me […]
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I spent a few days in Edinburgh this past week. It was my first time in Scotland, and I absolutely LOVED it — I can’t wait to return! I came for the Edinburgh Travel Tweetup and ended up seeing a lot of old friends and making some new ones, as well as some great contacts
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In my quest to immerse myself in all things English, I found myself enjoying a quintessential English activity – betting on the horses at the Chester Races! The city of Chester is perhaps best known for the Chester Races. The Chester Racecourse is the oldest racecourse in Britain, dating back to the 1600s! And while
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Since my Germany-Austria-Liechtenstein adventure, I’ve returned to the closest thing I have to a home in Europe: my pretty little northern city of Chester, England. It’s been a welcome break. I learned the hard way that I planned WAY too much into too short a time period. I had no idea I would be going
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If there were any historical figure who could move me to tears, there’s only one. Mozart. Many of you know that I was groomed to be a serious musician from a very young age. I worked hard; I later enrolled at Boston Conservatory. And while it didn’t turn into a full-time career, music has always
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There is so much to say about Salzburg. Some come here for Mozart, the town’s favorite son. Some come for a more recent musical legacy, The Sound of Music. But either way, the people who come to this city in north-central Austria are immediately spellbound by its beauty. I know I was. Salzburg is very
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If there’s anything that brings American tourists in droves to beautiful Salzburg, Austria, it’s seeing the city where The Sound of Music is filmed. Lots of sights from the movie are in the city — like the Mirabell Gardens, where the song “Do, Re, Mi” takes place — but for most of the sights, you
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While attending TBU, I had a lovely surprise. I won one of the prizes from Austria Tourism — a night at the five-star Interalpen Hotel-Tyrol in Seefeld, Tirol! I brought my friend Pia as my guest and we got the luxury treatment, complete with a tour of the resort and a welcome reception with rose champagne. Our
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I’ve had a lot of strange things happen to me while traveling. But what happened one early morning in Liechtenstein was something completely new. It’s 6:45 AM in Liechtenstein. I’m sleeping in my bed in my cozy hotel room — actually getting my first decent sleep post-TBU, I should mention — when I’m awoken by
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When you read about Liechtenstein, you hear about its many quirks. Like the fact that Liechtenstein is the world’s top producer of dentures and dental fillings. And that you could fit six Liechtensteins into one Andorra. And the prince is just a regular guy who does his own grocery shopping. Yes, the principality is definitely
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