Category: Europe

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Working Wednesdays: Writing for “Arconada…Armstrong!” as a Teenager in Belfast, Northern Ireland

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I’ll talk about my first ever job on today’s Working Wednesdays, a job which was unpaid but I got free football fanzines out of it, and I was helping support my country’s international football team. Aged 15, I wrote articles for and helped sell the Northern Ireland football fanzine, Arconada…Armstrong! Named after the ITV commentary Read more about Working Wednesdays: Writing for “Arconada…Armstrong!” as a Teenager in Belfast, Northern Ireland[…]

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10 Places I LOVE Which Aren’t Even In The Lonely Planet!

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I use the Lonely Planet Guide Booksquite a lot when I travel and I like them. Usually they are correct, mostly they are useful but sometimes they are horrendously wrong and ill-informed. As soon as they go to press they are out of date, as prices go up, bus timetables change, visa regulations change etc. Read more about 10 Places I LOVE Which Aren’t Even In The Lonely Planet![…]

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Working Wednesdays: Barman at an Oasis Concert at the BIC, England! D’You Know What I Mean?

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What a dream Working Wednesdays when you find out you’re working at a rock gig of one of your favourite bands! It was 2008 when I finally got free entry to an Oasis gig as I was working on the bar there! Between 1996 and 2008 I had been to 13 Oasis gigs as a Read more about Working Wednesdays: Barman at an Oasis Concert at the BIC, England! D’You Know What I Mean?[…]

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Working Wednesdays: Writing for “Happy Days” Football Magazine

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I’ve loved writing for as long as I can remember. I’ve also loved football for as long as I can remember. Put the two of them together and it was obvious that I was going to do some football writing at some point. Or in my case, at many points and a LOT of football Read more about Working Wednesdays: Writing for “Happy Days” Football Magazine[…]

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Wi-Fi on the London to Paris Bus!!

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  There are a load of different options for travelling between London and Paris these days, all of which have their pros and cons. But increased fuel and taxes makes travelling by car or flying too expensive for lots of people. I wouldn’t even think about flying it to be honest!! Travelling by ferry is an option of Read more about Wi-Fi on the London to Paris Bus!![…]

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GoEuro: A Useful New Travel Search Website for Europe!

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I always like to keep tabs with new websites and ideas within the travel industry, it’s actually a bit of an obsession of mine! I’ve joined a load of fellow bloggers and travel pages on Facebook and I’m regularly looking for new options and sites to use. I recently found GoEuro, which is a new Read more about GoEuro: A Useful New Travel Search Website for Europe![…]

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The Day I…Wore Pink🩷Ladies Pants👙to the Blue🔵Lagoon🏞️in Iceland🇮🇸

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Another of those “you had to be there” travel stories and this time it comes from Iceland. That magnificent island country that most backpackers in Europe forget about as they’re too busy inter-railing round the mainland. We had booked onto a Golden Circle tour. I was with about 6 or 7 travel buddies and after Read more about The Day I…Wore Pink🩷Ladies Pants👙to the Blue🔵Lagoon🏞️in Iceland🇮🇸[…]

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Backpacking in Northern Italy🇮🇹 and San Marino🇸🇲

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I had avoided Italy until 2008 but have since had three blasts at it and loved every moment of backpacking through it, even though I do slag Venice off below. It’s a big country though so I have more plans to head to the centre and south of Italy at some point on my next Read more about Backpacking in Northern Italy🇮🇹 and San Marino🇸🇲[…]

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Working Wednesdays: Serving Tea and Coffee at Ballroom Dances in Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre, England

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Today’s working Wednesdays takes me back to the seaside town of Bournemouth in England. It’s a town I spent about 5-6 years in or around. I had a lot of different jobs there, some of which I have already written about (selling ice cream, barman in a hotel). Bournemouth was a really decent base for Read more about Working Wednesdays: Serving Tea and Coffee at Ballroom Dances in Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre, England[…]