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  1. Lady at The Pig

    Blog: A Lady in London - 19 January 2012

    It’s winter in England. Time to curl up by the fire, take country walks in tweeds and wellies, and enjoy comfort food in cozy dining rooms. While these things can (sort of) be done in London, it is much easier to do them in the countryside. When I got invited to have lunch at The [...]

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  2. Liverpool Museum: slavery then and now!

    Blog: Solo Traveler - 18 January 2012

    Traveling to Liverpool and visiting the museum took me to three continents and four centuries. That's the wonder of travel.

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  3. Travel Planning 2012 — Or, Getting My Sh*t Together, Sort Of

    Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 17 January 2012

    I had high hopes for our sojourn in Blighty. By approximately, umm, now, Z and I would have completed a whirlwind tour of the UK, caught up with scores of...

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  4. Lady Tells a Secret

    Blog: A Lady in London - 16 January 2012

    Secret audience. Secret film. Secret locations. Secret worlds. Tell no one. This is how London’s increasingly popular Secret Cinema describes itself. Offering Londoners the opportunity to dress up according to a theme, participate in several hours of pre-cinema entertainment, and watch a classic film, the company has revolutionized the movie-going experience in the capital. And [...]

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  5. A Beach. England. January. Are We Mad?

    Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 14 January 2012

    There is something extremely English about a trip to the beach in winter. Our beaches, like our weather, our teeth and vast swathes of our national cuisine, are an international...

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  6. Lady in West Hampstead

    Blog: A Lady in London - 12 January 2012

    When I first moved to London and told people that I lived in Hampstead, they always responded the same way. “Oh! I love West Hampstead!” they would say, even though the neighborhoods are completely different. I didn’t understand why they confused the two. I still don’t. But if everyone loved West Hampstead so much, I [...]

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  7. 10,000 Hours to The Beatle’s Story

    Blog: Solo Traveler - 11 January 2012

    Visiting The Beatles Story museum in Liverpool was a romp through a magical mystery tour. Reflecting on it brought Malcom Gladwell's book on outliers in greater focus.

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  8. From Insomnia to Scotland: Climbing Arthur’s Seat

    Blog: Vagabond3 - 10 January 2012

    It is  2:11 am and I realize that I took my first international flight twelve years ago. Twelve. As in two more than ten, as in… I’m freaking old. Insomnia has struck. I couldn’t have asked for a better first trip abroad. My high school was asked to perform at The International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh and we would spend four days in London, and the other ten in Scotland....

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  9. 5 Things To Do With Kids In London

    Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 9 January 2012

    I wasn’t born in London. But I lived in London from when I was five until I was seventeen, and then again from 21 to 35, and London feels like...

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  10. A Day At The Races

    Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 8 January 2012

    The late, lamented Soho lush and gambler, Jeffrey Bernard, tells the story of a man named Antonio, a barman in one of his locals: “His addiction to matters concerning the...

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  11. Lady at Nahm

    Blog: A Lady in London - 6 January 2012

    It has been a year since my last trip to Asia. 12 months since I last immersed myself in cuisine laden with the clean, fresh flavors of cilantro and mango. I was starting to miss those elements in my food, and since I’m the world’s lousiest cook, I’m not exactly qualified to put them together [...]

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  12. On Fire at the Egerton Hotel: An Independent Luxury Hotel Review

    Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 4 January 2012

    There are hotels. And then there are hotels. Places so imaginative, so extraordinary and so unusual that they stand out as experiences in their own right. The Egerton Hotel in Knightsbridge, London, is one of those hotels...On Fire at the Egerton Hotel: An Independent Luxury Hotel Review first appeared on Inside the Travel Lab. Head over there for more juicy fresh travel goodness. Or, you know, something you might like to read...

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  13. Lady Goes to Pret a Portea

    Blog: A Lady in London - 4 January 2012

    It’s the new year. Time for new resolutions, new beginnings, and maybe even a new wardrobe. But where to find inspiration? If you’re me, the answer lies in food. Over the holiday season I was invited to Pret a Portea at The Berkeley hotel in London to enjoy their unique fashionista afternoon tea. The offering featured [...]

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  14. Lady Wishes You a Happy 2012

    Blog: A Lady in London - 3 January 2012

    Happy New Year! I spent New Year’s Eve in London this year and rang in 2012 with friends in the UK. Last year I was traveling in Sri Lanka over New Year’s. I took a few video clips of the beaches in Galle, the cultural capital of Kandy, the hill city of Hatton, the lush [...]

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  15. Lady of 2011

    Blog: A Lady in London - 30 December 2011

    2011 has been a big year of travel for me. While I didn’t set any specific goals for the year like my 2008 goal to visit 25 countries or my 2010 goal to visit 10 new countries, I did start my 90 under 30 Travel Project. I also managed to make it to quite a [...]

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  16. Lady Gives a 90 under 30 Travel Project Update

    Blog: A Lady in London - 28 December 2011

    Four months ago I set myself an ambitious travel goal: to visit 90 countries before my 30th birthday. Since I announced the 90 under 30 Travel Project, I have worked my way up to 82 countries and have four more months to visit the remaining eight. In September I traveled to the Balkans, where I [...]

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  17. Lady Gets a British Christmas

    Blog: A Lady in London - 27 December 2011

    After five winters in London, I’m embarrassed to admit that I haven’t spent a single Christmas in the UK. My first one was a sunny Christmas in Sydney. My second was celebrated in a tented camp in Etosha National Park in Namibia. My third took place in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and my fourth in Singapore. After [...]

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  18. Highlights 2011 – Natural Wonders Slideshow

    Blog: Solo Traveler - 26 December 2011

    A year end photo slideshow of the many natural wonders I experienced in 2011.

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  19. UNESCO World Heritage Site #168: Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City

    Blog: Everything Everywhere - 25 December 2011

    From the World Heritage inscription: The city and port of Liverpool are exceptional testimony to the development of maritime mercantile culture in the 18th and 19th centuries, and played an important role in the growth of the British Empire. Liverpool is an outstanding example of a world mercantile port city, which represents the early development [...]

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  20. Pygmalion, Covent Garden and Christmas

    Blog: Solo Traveler - 23 December 2011

    Traveling solo helps me understand the world better - from the trivial to the important. The trivial like why Professor Higgins of Pygmalion was in Covent Garden.

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  21. Lady and the Advent Calendar

    Blog: A Lady in London - 22 December 2011

    I love Advent calendars. There’s nothing more exciting than cheap chocolate in plastic trays behind flimsy cardboard windows with tacky decorations on them. When I was a child, my favorite part of the Christmas season was eating the 24 tangy chocolates with blurry imprints and an odd, lingering aftertaste. One year I even got in [...]

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  22. Winter in Cornwall

    Blog: HAPPYTIMEBLOG - 22 December 2011

    Backpacking around the world HappytimeBlog | Winter in CornwallWhen people hear ‘Cornwall’ they imagine sunshine and surfing, pitching their mental images around the months of July and August. But it’s a travesty to write Cornwall off for the colder months.

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  23. Funny Pub Photos – Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow

    Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 13 December 2011

    Funny Pub Photos – So True! Today, I’ve got a Funny Pub Photo from @russelljarvis from TravelStart South Africa. I think this photo is worthy of the Beer Index! It’s...

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  24. Adventure Travel Wrap Up – A Look Back on 2011

    Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 December 2011

    As I sit down to write this 2011 Adventure Travel Round up, I am in shock and awe that we really did all these things in a span of 365 days. We just lived a year of adventure travel that I never thought I would have the opportunity to ever do in my life

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  25. Hotels in London – The Best for Kids and Families

    Blog: My Little Nomads - 8 December 2011

    The best hotels near Big Ben, Tower of London, London Bridge and other attractions. Continue reading → Or read New York City with Kids – the best things to do

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