{"id":2909,"date":"2009-11-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/2009\/11\/15\/welcome-to-enewsletter-october-2009\/"},"modified":"2009-11-15T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-15T11:00:00","slug":"welcome-to-enewsletter-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/welcome-to-enewsletter-october-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to eNewsletter October 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Hello all, <\/p>\n<p> I\u00c3\u0192\u00e2\u20ac\u0161&rsquo;m back from a very enjoyable trip to the Bordeaux region of France where we managed to catch an almost a perfect week of sunshine, fine food, excellent wine tastings and some challenging mountain bike rides. Ile de R\u00c3\u0192\u00c6\u2019\u00c3\u201a\u00a9 http:\/\/www.holidays-iledere.co.uk\/ made for a relaxing weekend by the coast before we headed inland, towards St Foy le Grande and a friend\u00c3\u0192\u00e2\u20ac\u0161&rsquo;s converted barn. It was an excellent escape throughout and the only mishap came as I slid off my bike as I sped too cockily round a gravel covered corner \u00c3\u0192\u00e2\u20ac\u0161&ndash; I was very quickly reminded about the foolishness of not concentrating at all times J <\/p>\n<p> Compared with my gentle trip though, eNewsletter readers &amp; contributors have been very busy themselves during the last month or so&#8230;planning and organising travel on a wider, more adventurous scale:- <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Jennifer Barclay who first went to South Korea in 2000 and travelled around the country for three months before writing MEETING MR KIM: OR HOW I WENT TO KOREA AND LEARNED TO LOVE KIMCHI, published last year. 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