Category: Travel & Events
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Basel Fasnacht Day 1 – Morgenstreich, or the day I got up at 2am
Those of you that follow me on any form of social media may know I’ve been on a trip. I’m not a blogger that gets invited on huge numbers of press trips, but I was lucky enough to receive an invite from the Basel tourism to go and experience the Fasnacht, or carnival, in Basel. Now, I’ll…
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Never Had It So Good: Britain in the 50s
I do like a good museum. And the Time & Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth is a very good museum! It’s a great general museum about the history of Great Yarmouth, but it also plays host to some excellent exhibitions. I first went there back in 2011 to see the saucy seaside postcards. This year…
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Harry Potter Themed Things I Did in Edinburgh
Last week I spent a few days in Edinburgh. Mr Chicks Mum & Dad live in Aberdeen. In fact they don’t even live in Aberdeen, they live about an hour even further away than Aberdeen. Since that is an absurd distance for anyone except Americans who have nice big roads to consider travelling for a…
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Away From the Seaside: Another Side of Great Yarmouth
So, this heatwave continues. Yesterday was supposed to be the hottest day EVER. So Mr Chick and I decided to make the most of our flexible working life, hop on a train, and spend the day in Great Yarmouth. Great Yarmouth is a classic British seaside town. All faded glory, seaside kiosks selling fish and…
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What to Do With One Sunny Day in Preston
This week I found myself in Preston, Lancashire for a couple of days. I mean, I didn’t just “find” myself there. I didn’t wake up and go “Wow, how did I get here?” in fact I sat in a car for nearly 7 1/2 hours to get to Preston. 1 and a half of which…
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Munich Day Three – When we Finally Found the Largest Park in Europe and saw some Sights
So nice to have you back for the end of my Munich adventures. Technically day three WASN’T my last day in Munich, but it’s the last day worth telling anyone about, well, without just whinging, because my actual last day in Munich involved spending 8 hours in an airport after our flight was delayed for…
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Munich Day Two – On which we completely miss the largest park in Europe and fall asleep on the floor
Ah you came back for more tales of my Munich adventures. Day two dawned looking all bright Autumn Sunshine, so we started the day with a run by the river. An activity which was suspiciously healthy considering our plans for the rest of the day, because today was the day we planned to visit the…
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Munich Day 1 – In Which Multiple Beers are Drunk, Some Sausages are Eaten and Retro Chick Runs Away from People Because she can't speak German
Did you miss me? I bet you never even noticed I was gone. Last week I headed off on holiday, for a trip that we’d been meaning to make for years, to Munich, for Oktoberfest. This is the only holiday that I’ve had this year that hasn’t at least partly contained an obligation for me…
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Jeff Koons at Norwich Castle #KOONS
This morning I did a blogger thing in Norwich. I get REALLY excited whenever I’m invited to blogger events in Norwich for 2 reasons. One is that I remember back when I started my blog in 2008 I spent some time searching for other Norwich bloggers, and as far as I could work out there…