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Impressions from Giverny

Impressions from Giverny

Everybody has that one place they’ve always wanted to visit. A place that they imagine to be out-of-this-world beautiful or otherwise absolutely incredible. For me, that’s Giverny. Perhaps you have also imagined a place so much in your mind that you inevitably worry you’ll be let down when you see it in real life. After all, Japan has the Paris Syndrome: The shock when people’s vision of Paris doesn’t live up to the city they imagined. Though far away from…

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Out and About: On the North Sea Coast – Wangerland & Leer

Out and About: On the North Sea Coast – Wangerland & Leer

The German North Sea Coast is often overlooked by international tourists, in fact, you will struggle to find anyone not speaking German on holiday here. When I was a child, slowly hitting puberty, the area started to seem somewhat backwards, stuck in time, just because of that. The same people every year, the same style of houses everywhere, the same things to do every time, never changing. Yes, the area around Schillig, Wangerland in Lower Saxony, offers all that but…

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A Weekend in the Scottish Borders

A Weekend in the Scottish Borders

With the launch of their new tours of the Scottish Borders, Rabbie’s kindly let me hop on two of them in March to sample the very best the area has to offer. With the opening of the Borders Railway, it has become a lot easier to explore the south of Scotland, and Rabbie’s tours combine a trip on the train with a pickup from Galashiels for a relaxed afternoon trip. The first tour I joined was the all about the…

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Out and About: Frankfurt’s Green Oasis

Out and About: Frankfurt’s Green Oasis

Spending time at home helps me to relax and recharge my batteries – but well, most people feel that way. Still, though, whenever I’m home, I also want to make sure that I see something that I haven’t in a while or even go somewhere new. It seems that it took me moving to a different country to become set on seeing everything I could around my hometown.

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Tales from the Trail: Around the Campsie Fells

Tales from the Trail: Around the Campsie Fells

Whenever one of my close friends calls me up and says ‘I just had the idea of walking…’, I shout ‘Yes, I’m in’ before I even know where we’re going. I walked parts of the West Highland Way with her, started the John Muir Way and already posted about our time on the Thomas Muir Way. I just love walking, ever since she asked me to come long for the first time. One thing you need to know though, is…

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