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Time for tea - Food tour of Montreal Canada
Blog trip, Culture, Food & Drink, North America

A magical mystery tour of Montreal’s culinary heritage

June 23, 2013 by Zoe Dawes 16 Comments
Mrs Chin started spinning the long piece of white sugar dough so fast it was impossible to see, counting aloud as her hands twirled and doubled the number of strands – 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512! With a deft flick she curled a piece of this white magic into...
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North America, Outdoors, Top Tips

4 beauty spots within a short drive of New York City

June 14, 2013 by Guest Author 4 Comments
It may be hard to imagine, when there are sky scrapers far as the eye can see, busy streets and hundreds of yellow taxis, but just a short drive out of New York City you can find some beautiful natural spaces. When you’ve worn yourself out pounding the pavements of...
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Quirky Nederland Colorado USA
Festival, North America, World Travel Blogger

The quirky curiosities of Nederland, Colorado

June 5, 2013 by Guest Author 17 Comments
This month’s World Travel Blogger, Shara Johnson, lives in Nederland and it sounds like one of the quirkiest places in America! Discover why here … I love running across the accounts of people who have visited my small town, Nederland, Colorado. Almost without fail, their assessment of Nederland (“Ned” to...
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The Mysterious Outer Banks of North Carolina

December 11, 2012 by Guest Author 7 Comments
In this fascinating article in the World Travel Blogger Series, Linda Wainwright tells how a 1990s film triggered a trip to one of America’s more out-of-the-way places.  The movie Message in a Bottle inspired my interest in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and via subsequent reading of Nicholas Sparks, I realized...
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Rusty Wyers Band Sante Fe
Culture, Food & Drink, North America, World Travel Blogger

Quirky places to see around Sante Fe, New Mexico

September 21, 2012 by Guest Author 7 Comments
What do an old mining town, a folk art museum and a gas museum have in common? They’re all very unusual. If you’re visiting Santa Fe and you’re a fan of things that are a bit quirky or off centre, don’t miss these attractions. In the 3rd of our World Travel...
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Marvellous Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

September 1, 2012 by Guest Author 10 Comments
In the first of our ‘World Travel Blogger’ series of articles, American Dr Jessie Voigts, of Wandering Educators, shares her love of travel and art with a look at a very unusual family attraction in the USA. Looking for a quirky outdoor adventure among art? If you’re anywhere near Michigan, take...
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‘Going Underground in Seattle’ by Barry McCann

January 11, 2011 by Zoe Dawes 10 Comments
So what is Seattle famous for, apart from a cracker of a place to be sleepless in? Well there is the legacy of the great fire of 1889, which devastated downtown Seattle but furnished civic leaders an opportunity to make good out of the bad planning that had gone before...
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Visited the splendidly restored @mackintoshatthewi Visited the splendidly restored @mackintoshatthewillow Tea Rooms on Sauchiehall Street in #Glasgow. designed by internationally renowned architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which opened for business in October 1903. 

I was last there 30 years ago - it looks much finer now. Plenty of people enjoying their magnificent afternoon tea 🥪🥮🍰🫖☕️👍 I had a delicious Scottish smoked salmon open sandwich and a glass of Sauvignon blanc - cheers!
Visited the Real Alcázar #Sevilla last week. Abso Visited the Real Alcázar #Sevilla last week. Absolutely stunning. As impressive as the Alhambra and relatively quiet in December @realalcazarsevilla 

#realalcazar #seville #andalucia #spain
Enjoying the last days of #autumn. Easy to see why Enjoying the last days of #autumn. Easy to see why it’s called #fall in USA and other places … After the recent stormy weather everywhere here in SW Scotland is covered in rich tapestry of crimson, scarlet, russet, yellow, orange, auburn, green and many other autumnal leaf shades 🍁🍃🍂

#autumnvibes #autumncolours #fallvibes #fallcolors #fallcolours #autumntime #quote #autumnquote
Lobster pots and fishing gear at the harbour on Ea Lobster pots and fishing gear at the harbour on Easedale Island where the ferry departs for Luing. Great views out to that island (famous for its eponymous cattle) and towards Mull. Spent a lovely day exploring the ‘Slate Isles’ in Western #Scotland. 

#TheHighlands #visitscotland #easedaleisland #lovescotland #quirkytravel #scotlandiscalling
Crofter’s (or possibly quarry worker’s) cottag Crofter’s (or possibly quarry worker’s) cottage on Easedale Island, one of the Hebridean Slate Isles in Western Scotland.
👑RIP Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II👑 What a 👑RIP Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II👑 What a very special woman she was, reigning for 70 momentous year with grace, dignity, steadfastness, charm and humour. Thank you Ma’am 🙏🏻

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