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Catch up and Scotland

A travel blog entry by sydneychampigny

... number of Canadians on our tour! We outnumbered any other! Our first stop was an amazing waterfall right off the side of the motorway and a quick hike through a very mossy forest on a lovely rainy morning! This was also my first realization of many that I really should have gotten some Wellies as Scotland is a seriously soggy place in November! We could hear the falls before we saw them as they were hidden from view by a little stone house. Back in the 16th century writers and ...

A quick tour of London

A travel blog entry by wnrdog

We decided that a hop on, hop off bus tour of London would be the most efficient way to see the important sites. We started at Victoria Station and discovered that the hotel we stayed in last night was in a very posh district. We weren't terribly surprised, as we had noticed an inordinate number of BMWs, Jaguars, Mercedes, and even a Bentley. We also found out that we stayed on the same street, a block down from 180 Ebury, the location where ...

Summer! - Olympics, AFL London, Bath, Stone Henge

A travel blog entry by moons_shell

... we would kick a goal then they would. This happened 3 times and when the siren went off we had won the game by two points. Incredible feeling one that I hope to have one day with the blue and white. This was definitely the summer of luck!

It was a fairly hard celebration for the next few days. Some very hazey memories.

2012 London Paralympics

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Day 1 & 2 in the Old Country

A travel blog entry by 1pom.1aussie

... after a LONG sleep. Since we had last seen them, there's been a new addition to the family, so we have spent the day becoming acquainted plus I did my daily exercise on the trampauline with the children. Our niece set off early to go to the Olympics with a friend, dressed in her Union Jack - dress, earrings, hairclip. The works. She looked terrific. We hear they are having a terrific day at the Stadium, mingling with the ...

Last night out on the town :(

A travel blog entry by takemethere24

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Then to cap it off we rode the London Eye over the city. Since we've now thoroughly seen the entire thing we could easily point out what everything was & it was the best way to end the trip! Not to mention the weather last night was absolutely perfect. The weather has been unbelievably nice the entire trip, we got lucky we missed the record breaking rains in June. It skipped over us this month!

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