My whirlwind jaunt to Edinburgh was filled with a surprising amount of sightseeing for the short time that I was there. Get enough travel bloggers in one place and that will happen, more often than not! I always recommend visiting a city where your friends live and having them show you their favorite places. It’s […]
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Snowdonia National Park overflows with endless beauty, and the scenery is thrilling from virtually every angle. If you are booking cottages in Wales, you should make the effort to visit this natural wonder! I’m so glad that I did. When I wrote about climbing Mount Snowdon, I couldn’t possibly fit all of my favorite pictures
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Climbing Mount Snowdon is one of the top adventures Wales has to offer! At 1,085 meters, Mount Snowdon is the tallest mountain in Wales (and taller than anything in England as well — only Scotland has higher peaks!), and climbing it is a rite of passage for adrenaline junkies in the UK. Mount Snowdon is
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The UK is one of the most expensive countries in Europe — and if you’re planning a trip, you might be daunted by the cost of transportation within the UK. But it is very possible to travel the UK for cheap! Since settling in Chester, I’ve found a host of ways to save money on
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I’m in London and riding the tube from one end of the city to the other with my friend Chris, as we’ve done each day that I’ve been here. And each time, I find myself drawn into the map of the London Underground, reading the name of each station. And so I ask Chris the
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I don’t know what it is about life in the UK, but British commercials are HILARIOUS! This weekend during X-Factor, a new commercial (sorry — advert!) aired for Yeo Valley organic dairy products. It aired only once, but it was GLORIOUS — a boy band of HOT FARMERS, appropriately named “Churned” — singing about organic
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Haggis is the quintessential Scottish food. And it sounds pretty scary. According to Wikipedia: Haggis is a dish containing sheep’s ‘pluck’ (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal’s stomach for approximately three hours. Yeah…I know. Despite the description, lots of people
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“Bring warm clothes — Scotland is the only place in the UK that makes me shiver!” Anthony told me a few days before we left for Edinburgh. He didn’t have to tell me twice. I packed my new winter coat, two pairs of jeans, and wondered whether I’d be shivering in dresses and leggings. Then
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I guarantee that everyone reading this site has had a memorable travel friendship at some point. And in this modern age, social networks make it easier than ever to keep up these friendships. So, as we technologically dependent individuals ask ourselves so often, HOW DID WE SURVIVE back in the day? And with that, I
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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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