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Hidden Holiday Locations, UK

Thursday, December 8th, 2011 at 1:02 am  
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Horsey-Norfolk-Broads

The United Kingdom is a collection of Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Many foreign visitors to the country go straight to London and will know all about Buckingham Palace, Nelson`s Column and the like, but there are plenty of other great places to go and see the Best of British. Heading to the coast will take you to a variety of lovely seaside resorts most of which are very traditional and have some interesting Victorian architecture and history too. Quite literally, the best of these is Lymington, originally a Georgian Market Town it was recently voted the best in…

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A Visit to the Tower of London, Harrods & Other Places of Interest

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006 at 3:19 am  
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When in London you just have to visit the Tower of London, Harrods, Piccadilly Circus, Petticoat Lane and all those other places that are synonymous with the old country. We were so excited to be out and about and headed off to see the Tower of London by boat. Taking a boat trip to the Tower of London is very relaxing and gives you time to take in the sights.  I bet it was a lot less stressful for us than it would have been for all those people in the past who were taken to the Tower prior to…

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Madame Tussauds – London

Monday, December 25th, 2006 at 6:22 am  
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If you are heading into London then make sure you make some time to go to Madame Tussauds. For those that don’t know, Madame Tussauds is where you can see all your favorite stars, both old and new, replicated in wax. The figures are so lifelike that you often find yourself apologizing to someone you bump into, only to find it’s a wax figure. Here I am with a few of the rellies on the royal side. Bit stuffy this lot. Didn’t even get a cuppa. Thought the Duke of Edinburgh might crack a smile. The waxworks is a fun…

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The London Eye

Sunday, November 12th, 2006 at 8:09 pm  
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The London Eye is a great way to get a birds eye view of London. For those that don’t know, the London Eye is an observation ferris wheel. Unfortunately it  was fairly overcast on the day we went on it … this  is London after all…but we still got a great view of the city. The trip takes about 30 minutes and you are stuck in a capsule with about 20 other people but even so there is plenty of room to look out over London,  to move around and  to take plenty of  photos of the view. Above  is…

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London here we come!!!

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 at 12:11 am  
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The day we arrived in London the temperature was over 30c so the trip to our hotel was a bit uncomfortable. Coming from Australia where the summers are hot, hot, hot means that everything is air conditioned so when you get into a mini-van in London with NO air conditioning with 10 other people on a really hot day and drive for two hours to get to you hotel you start to feel a little uncomfortable. Added to this is the fact that you have been sitting on a plane for 24 hours prior to this. The hotel itself was…

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