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Scotland, September 2005
The Haggis tour left from Edinburgh on Monday morning. The first stop, was the Wallace monument in Stirling – the scene of William Wallace’s massacre of the British. We also managed a fleeting visit of Doune Castle (Monty Python and the Holy Grail). ...
Member: Ian
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Edinburgh
Am getting organised for the trip of a lifetime - will keep you updated as it happens! Am very sad to be leaving Edinburgh, but have absolutely no doubt that I'll be back before too long!...
Member: Lucy
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Through The Looking Glass- 2006
As was to become a feature of our mornings Amy and I were up early whilst Mark...took a little longer! We drove to the city and walked in from the outskirts. The Durham cathedral is pretty amazing. It's so big. It's the room that was used for the great...
Member: Alice
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Jan-April 2003 - United Kingdom
LONDON: We made two sighting trips to London. 1) Our first was simply to see the Wallace Collection Gallery which had some pretty amazing armory, paintings, and other old relics. We also spent time on Oxford street....aka SHOPPING. 2) Our secon...
Member: Drea
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Edinburgh
Well the Edinburgh trip was interesting... We may not have seen many of the traditional sites, but we did manage to take in the hospital, a few chemists and a medical centre. We caught the plane on Friday night with Paul feeling a little under the w...
Member: Rebecca
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Eurotrip 05/06
Sweden with Mark and Ben...
Member: Chris
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Freezing in Canada and USA 07
Massive thanks to Adam and Katie for having me to stay. I love you guys to bits. ...
Member: Si
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Europe 2006
We got to our hostel today. It is run by the same company as the last, but it is much nicer. We have a refrigerator and everything! Right across the street is a great supermarket, a lot like a Walmart in that you can get anything you can imagine. T...
Member: Andrea
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Scotland
Early Saturday morning we hopped onto the train and sat back for a scenic journey through increasingly green fields. Our first stop was York, we decided to make a day of the long journey to Edinburgh, and it turned out ot be a good choice. York was...
Member: Sally
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Edinburgh Festival Summer 2006
Headed to the Assembly Rooms ticket office and managed to get my hands on two tickets for ‘The Family’, so rushed down to find the venue and George and managed to get there just in time…literally. The Family - Semianyki 13.30, Until 28th August...
Member: Lizzie
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European Trips - 2004-2006
Before my trip to Barca, I had heard so much about it. About how it one of the best cities in the world to visit, and how beautiful it is etc. So my expectations were very high for my first visit to the place, which is rarely a good thing. But I have ...
Member: Adam
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Semester in London
Today is my bday.. and we woke up at 4 am to catch our flight to Munich. Fun times eh! It wasn't too bad. Our plane was an hour late that was a bit disappointing.. aparently the security ppl would not let a flight attendent in the airport. Anyways, we ...
Member: Kendra
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Europe Gap Year 2005-2006
Have really enjoyed our time in London. Still feel like we're on holiday even though we have to work. London Weather: Not that bad! Even winter was bearable and the summer days are long and (mostly) sunny. Maybe we struck a good year? Londo...
Member: Eileen
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Ediburgh for Julia and Phillips wedding
Unfortunately our camera was lost this weekend so I dont have any photos of the wedding to show. But it was a very nice occasion!!...
Member: Steve
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Ireland 03-04
QUB Queens University (from here on out referred to as QUB) is a beautiful campus. The Lanyon building is the landmark building,and unfortunately i didn't have any classes in there. I took three classes: Beginners Irish 1, Pest and Disease Biology, ...
Member: Rebecca
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Nz vs Scotland World Cup Rugby
Hamish and I headed to the rugby with some of his mates from London. Excellent game - we won! Oh yea... check out the short shorts......
Member: Si
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U.K
We spent the day in Greenwich on Saturday with my sister Elissa and her boyfriend Luke. We started out at one of the pubs there and had some lunch and a couple of pints. We then headed up to the observatory which is in a park up on a hill. You ge...
Member: Lachlan
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Edinburgh
An uneventful flight took us up to the city Tuesday evening, found our apartment easily on the Royal Mile, just below the castle. Our first floor apartment was just down one of the many alleys off the high street but up a spiral staircase. Much as you ...
Member: Jayne
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival
We had prebooked this weekend months ago...which I hope explains going from Positano to Scotland...Edinburgh is a very cute city, which seems to have all the best bits from London. Although from what I hear, the weather is even worse, with only 5/6 ho...
Member: Lara
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The North
First stop village just outside leeds, Libbys house. Got to meet the whole family!!!...
Member: Danielle
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London 2005
Living in London for 1 month earning some school credit during my semester breaks. Went to Scotland and Denmark on weekend trips. The other countries I went to with my parents. ...
Member: courtney
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emily and alexandra's european tour may 2006
Greetings from Lisbon!!!! Well, yes, we made it. It is very hot and sunny here. I am a bit sunburned. Not only because of the sun, but because the cobblestones reflect the sun like no other so you get twice the rays. Ouch. We are hat shopping t...
Member: Emily
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It DOES rain in Southern California
On this side of the earth (which is 10 time zones away from South African Time) things has been crazy! One very good analogy of the JIT experience came from Elbe a follow Jitter in Houston; and she sums it up as follows. “It’s as if you live in a reali...
Member: Johan
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70s Disco Baby Yea!
Well it was suppposed to be in the name of team building.... anyway, our team was The Incredible Hulk, and we put loads of green face paint on and green hair spray - as I type this 4 days after my elbows and hands are still green!!!!!!!! Carla, Claire...
Member: Si
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Scotland
Scotland is fine, I can't say it's amazing. More trees than people. The countryside in the summer must be amazing, but also the whole country in the winter must be horrible! Incredible how humans can survive that....
Member: Elisa
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My Life of London
Well, what a huge day. I got up at the usual weekday time in order to get yo Paddington for the earlyish morning train to Cardiff, I was off to the Australia v Wales rugby match. (Or Awstralia v Cymru in welsh) On the trip out I was sitting with a f...
Member: Craig
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Aircraft Pix
Love the aircraft......
Member: Si
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Friends are the family you choose - 2 years in London
I have been asked by a number of people to keep the stories coming. The feedback l have had from many of you has been so complimentary and flattering. I hope l can continue to make you laugh (l would be happy with a smile), sometimes cringe and l know ...
Member: Mini
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Kristy 07
So the travel bug bites again! When I heard Yvette and her friend Brad were off to Paris for the week I was keen to let them know that I would be happy to join them for the weekend part of their trip. I decided to take Friday off work 'sick' (I did tel...
Member: Aaron and Kristy
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Edinburgh/London/Winsor 2005
Edinburgh/London/Winsor - 24/9-1/10/2005 TRAVEL EXPENSE 1.Air-ticket(HK-Lon-Edinburgh) HK$13,120 2.Edinburgh B&B (Kariba Guesthouse)2 nites HK$1,624(UK$116) 3.Edinburgh expenseHK$1321.6 4.London hotel (Aspen suites 5 nites) HK$5,040(UK$360) ...
Member: Mimi
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