Tag: tourist
member name: Lori (Dr Devience) Leidig
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October 24, 2006 04:49 AM EDT --
In 1066 a chap name o' William decided he rather liked the area and went about laying claim in a very bloody fashion. He put up castles at what seemed like strategic points around England. The first . . .
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December 10, 2006 06:16 PM EST --
While I am a tourist trap junkie, I also care deeply about animals. Don't much care for people as a general rule, but put a wounded animal in front of me and I break down. Thus our journey from Melbourne . . .
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October 23, 2006 03:25 AM EDT --
I am the person all those schlocky tourist traps were made for. No. Seriously. When I travel, I do two things: One is to get off the beaten path and seen the real heart of things. The other is to . . .
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November 19, 2006 03:47 PM EST --
At the end of a long day of touristing in Ballarat, Australia we spied a sign pointing to an animal park. Even though my husband and I were quite worn out, we couldn't resist the urge to go check it . . .
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November 20, 2006 04:48 PM EST --
I am a castle freak. I have a kind of internal radar that leads me to them if there is one within 50 kilometres. Such was the case on a recent weekend run to Ballarat, Australia. The end-goal was to be . . .
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November 28, 2006 05:17 PM EST --
While making our way up to the Skyhigh Observatory in the Dandenong Mountains of Victoria, Australia, we happened upon a sign directing us to come romp with the wildlife at Bimbimbie Fauna Park. Being . . .
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October 21, 2006 04:10 AM EDT --
Ok. I'm going to give you a bit of my background so that when I go against the popular view and give Stonehenge a mere 3 stars, you will sort of understand why. Bare with me on this.
Ever since I . . .
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December 04, 2006 05:02 PM EST --
The birth of democracy in Australia began on the 3rd of December in 1854. What lead up to this was the discovery of gold in Ballarat in 1850, and the subsequent oppression of the diggers by the country’s . . .
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November 09, 2006 05:55 PM EST --
Given the name Foteviken Museum, you would likely expect to find a building housing lots of Viking artifacts. You would be wrong. What this place is, is a Viking settlement. That's right. Just below . . .
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November 30, 2006 07:13 PM EST --
The Werribee Open Range Zoo in Australia is home to a variety of African animals. It is off the beaten path a bit, but if you follow the signs from M1 out of Melbourne you will have no problem finding . . .
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December 03, 2006 06:32 PM EST --
To be deadly honest about it, I haven't got a whit of interest in the current British royalty. My interest lies more with the days medieval, and a bit into the Renaissance. Still, Lars is a very big . . .
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October 22, 2006 04:32 AM EDT --
Sverige (Sweden) is not broken up into states like the US. Rather, it is grouped as regions... similar to extremely large counties. Most folks, when they are contemplating a trip to Sverige, think of visiting . . .
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December 07, 2006 10:01 PM EST --
While I have played tourist a lot on my 2-month trip to Melbourne, Australia, the best part of it all is the shopping. Melbourne is brimming with a myriad of fantastic spots to drop your money. . . .
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December 04, 2006 06:14 PM EST --
If you like flying feathered beasts, then a visit to Ballarat’s Bird World in Australia might just be your cup of tea. Set into a cul-de-sac within a residential neighbourhood, Bird World is a bit . . .
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December 12, 2006 04:02 PM EST --
While playing tourist on the Great Ocean Road through the south of Australia, we happened upon one of our favorite things: A wildlife park. Of all these parks we have visited in Victoria, Otway Ranges . . .
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