Category: archive
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Watching the Road in Iran
This wonderful snippet about travelling in Iran came from Kevin, near London (not Croydon!) Kevin tells us about the effect some of the girls he was travelling with had on…
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London Markets: Spitalfields
Spitalfields market is the Beetle's favourite London market. It has the advantage of not being fantastically busy, like Portobello Rd market or Petticoat Lane, and it offers a surprising range…
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Useless Facts: Perfume
Perfume comes from the Latin per fumus (through smoke). The smoke of incense, burning woods and spices were the most ancient scents. Some useless facts courtesy of directcosmetics.com When Cleopatra…
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Bulgaria by Sandra from the United States
In May 2001 I spent 2 weeks travelling in Bulgaria. This is a very ancient and honourable culture that disappeared from the history books for longer than my own country…
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London tube facts: the Northern Line, London:
Believe it or not, the Northern Line (AKA the Misery Line) is allegedly now the Tube’s top performing line! Formed in the mid 1920s and renamed the Northern Line in…
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Personal Traveler Offer
David Showalter, Personal Traveler’s President’s, has kindly offered E-Newsletter readers a great discount on his new travel course, “The Best European Vacation of Your Life.”. This course was writen, based…
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Camera Planet
Gabrielle wants to hear from you! She is a Producer for an American website/independent TV company called CameraPlanet.com CameraPlanet takes viewer video (amateur video from all over the world), edits…
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Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Some places in the Islamic world vie to be the first to see the new moon at the start of the…
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Coffee, drink, dinner … Tallinn:
Maiasmokk is the most charming restaurant with a café overlooking the street on the ground floor where you can sip coffee or have drinks and watch the world go by.…
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Fancy that! Australia
In about 200 AD a famous Greek astronomer named Claudius Ptolemy believed that the earth had to be balanced or it would topple over. He figured that there had to…