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Category Archives: Matryoshka, White Christmas and Reindeer Burgers
Assisted bathing
The Turkish bath or Hamam is, according to many, a must for a visit to Turkey. I investigated a couple in the Old City area while we were staying in Istanbul but most of the reviews I found about them … Continue reading
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Tagged Turkey, Turkish bath
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New year, new place, old friends
I subscribe to a couple of blogs. One of these sent me a New Year—New Beginnings themed blog a couple of days ago and invited to reflect on how I had used the first few days of the new year … Continue reading
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Tagged Greece, Meteora
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Romanus eunt domus
My first impression of Rome was perhaps not the most favourable. We caught a shuttle to the Termini main station and walked, from there, to our accommodation off of Piazza Vittorio. Within five minutes of disembarking, I had seen three … Continue reading
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Tagged Colosseum, Italy, Rome
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It’s pronounced ‘How-da’
With not even a full day booked in Amsterdam, I thought our visit would consist of a visit to the Anne Frank Museum, a general admire of the canals and a little bit of vague, unguided sightseeing ie. we would … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Alice, Jack and rotten grapes
So this is a blasphemy of sorts for me, but I may have been more excited about lunch at Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck than I was about meeting the real Father Christmas in the Arctic Circle. It was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Fat Duck, Food, Heston Blumenthal, London
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All my spelt and umbles
In my humble opinion, London is one of the most underrated cities. I think people like to criticise it because it is easy to sound like a discerning world traveller if you are of the opinion that London is ‘so … Continue reading
Father Christmas & CrossFit
So this blog includes two of my favourite things; Father Christmas and CrossFit. Santa, I know him! You may not know it but you can visit the real Father Christmas. He lives in Santa Claus Village, a couple of kilometres … Continue reading
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Tagged CrossFit, Helsinki, Rovaniemi
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Sleigh bells and naughty puppies
To the Home of Christmas After three weeks, seven towns and hundreds of hours on a train, it was time to leave Russia. Despite our excitement about the next leg of our journey, this was a day we had been … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Rovaniemi
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So it involves vodka?
Any given Sunday As I sat on the fold out chair in the middle of the snow pulling off my inadequate Australian clothing and fearing that the cold pains in my fingers might be causing permanent damage, I wondered if … Continue reading
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Tagged Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Russia
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Cabin Fever
I should preface this entry by acknowledging that it is probably influenced by a pretty heavy dose of cabin fever. It is 9:45 am by my watch, about 4:30am Moscow time and somewhere in between for local time. Goodness knows … Continue reading
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