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Category Archives: travel

I am a complete Turkey

September 23, 2017by Alex 1 Comment

All of this to explain how I come to make a snap decision — a bad one — on the ferry between Rhodes and Marmaris.

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London, travel

One ciao is good, three is better

September 21, 2017by Alex Leave a comment

And don’t forget it’s three cheek kisses in Europe.

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London, travel

The CliffNotes version of Brussels and northern Spain and Lady Lovelylocks arrives!

September 20, 2017by Alex Leave a comment

Brussels and Spain. Cruelly summarised.

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London, travel

Am I more than you bargained for yet?

September 18, 2017by Alex Leave a comment

It’s beautifully, flamboyantly cliché. Ricky Martin has a house on one of the wide, green-canopied avenues. His music plays here more than is merited.

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Bath time with strangers!

September 18, 2017by Alex Leave a comment

A catch up entry from March 2017, lost between the flimsy pages of my Google Inbox and iPhone notes.

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London, travel

Cronut-town

April 30, 2017by Alex Leave a comment

And now I’m on a plane to New York. I have 60 hours in New York City: it feels like a challenge. I’ve never liked this city. However, I’m fairly certain that that’s my fault, not its.

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London, Mid-air thoughts, travel

I’ve held dreams of Boston all my life

April 18, 2017by Alex Leave a comment

It’s all I can do not to fall asleep in my Sam Adams, raw clams and marshmallows.

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London, travel

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one

April 15, 2017by Alex Leave a comment

The London dark gnawed at me.

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London, Mid-air thoughts, travel

What do you dream of on the West Coast when my head is aching in GMT?

January 18, 2017by Alex Leave a comment

In which we road trip and there are too many characters: the Cub, Badger, Bunny, Bunky, Powerjam, brother, sister, as yet un-nicknamed cousin, Nakiska, Flipper and friends. And, unsurprisingly, too much drinking.

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London, travel

The boots with the furrrr

January 14, 2017by Alex Leave a comment

“It’s aprés!” I laugh.

“It’s what?”

“You’ve never…? Oh wow.”

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