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The whole world at my feet...

This blog is for my family and friends, to let them know my plans and predicaments, my adventures and experiences. To let them know when I'm on the move or staying put, and maybe even when I'm coming home - don't count on it anytime soon though! Enjoy...you are always on my mind, or at least at the back of my mind :-)

Pristine Prussia Cove

March 29th, 2009

So I left Newquay on Saturday morning for the silent reverie of Prussia Cove. Of course nothing is easy with just getting there, the weekends place strains on the national rail as ‘improvement works’ take over the lines.

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Surfing Newquay

March 28th, 2009

Although I’m on my bi-annual jaunt to Cornwall for a week of fun, frolicking and swimming in the surf, I thought I’d catch some real waves in THE best surf town of the UK. That would be Newquay.

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Stratford-upon-Avon: fairytale cottages, barges and the bard

March 24th, 2009

I haven’t quite made it to Cornwall yet, I leave in two days. But on Saturday Melissa and I went to Stratford-upon-Avon for the day.

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No more wisdom…teeth.

March 11th, 2009

So you may be thinking, what’s been happening since the big trip to Poland? Apart from working my butt off to pay for upcoming trips that I already have deposits on, I did have to have a week off work to get my wisdom teeth out.

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Szczecin, city of fog

March 11th, 2009

We packed our bags the night before, and set off at a reasonable hour for the four hour drive to Szczecin.

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Grudziadz and our extended family

March 2nd, 2009

Today we left Warsaw for Torun.

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Warsaw: Courage in the face of the enemy

March 2nd, 2009

SO we got to Warsawa safely enough by train, only we forgot to print out where our hostel was located, and so the fun begins.

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A sombre day of reflection at Auschwitz

February 1st, 2009

On Saturday morning we were up early to get on the bus to Auschwitz concentration camp. We went with a tour group which was interesting but didnt really give much time for reflection at the camps. You see, Auschwitz itself is a town, where people lived before, during and after the camps existence.

This isnt the easiest thing Ive written, and my experience and words cannot show enough of what I experienced. This is what I learned, not what I felt.

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Craving more Krakow

February 1st, 2009

Lija and I are off again, this time on a nostalgic visit through time and place to experience the Poland that our grandfathers grew up in. We are now in Warsaw, but spent the first few days in Krakow.

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In the darkness…

January 30th, 2009

You’ve missed out on a busy week including Lija’s 80s rave, staying with Imogen and more exciting news.

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