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No Crowds
http://www.nocrowds.blogspot.com
Great travel experiences without crowds
- Added on: Apr 18th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Kate Hedges
- Listed in: Travel Food & Drink
- Tags: travel authentic undervalued hidden gem no crowds unususal
Recent Posts
Thanksgiving in London
We run the best Thanksgiving Soup Kitchen outside the United States. It’s a bold claim but let me offer some supporting metrics. During our time in London, we have served over 370 pounds of turkey to an estimated 420 people. This year we antici...
Why is Lucca so Lucky?
Driving into the small Tuscan city of Lucca, through the imposing medieval walls that ring the city, we asked ourselves three questions:Why does everyone look so happy?Why is everyone on a bike?Where is all the tourist hoopla?Over the course of our t...
Take a Two Minute Trip to the Arctic
Who knew freezing your butt off could be so much fun?When I heard that National Geographic had opened a store on London’s Regent Street, I thought:It will be worthyIt will be well doneBut exciting retail? I doubt it. Well, I was wrong.Yesterday, on...
Is Your Hand in my Pocket Because You\'re Glad to See Me
Yesterday, the UN ranked Norway the best place to live based on education, wealth and life expectancy which reminded me that I had an instructive email from Gary languishing in my inbox about the need for travellers on the road to be vigilant with va...
Thank You American
I need a flight. That was one of my first thoughts after hearing that my aunt Anne had died. I need to be in North Carolina, not London, so I called American Airlines.I explained to the woman on the other end of the phone, I don’t remember her name...
The Café of the Skinny Dipper, or, Bavaria au naturel
Naked bathing in Bavaria with Gary and Lorraine??? Here's a fun story from the dynamic duo about revisiting old haunts - and the things you never forget.Rottach-Egern, Germany—Twenty-one years ago, the two of us traveled to Europe for the first tim...
