Travel Stuff
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No Place Like Dome
DAY FOURTEEN – 3rd April 2011 Things often look better in the morning, though before I get a chance to see if that’s the case, I’m woken at 6am by the call to prayer from the nearest mosque. A couple of hours later I learn that my actual hotel room will be available at noon. The…
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A Room With A View
DAY 13 – 2nd April 2011 this blog post is being written thanks to a long cable and a power socket in the bathroom of my accommodation in Istanbul. But more on that later.. I can highly recommend Heathrow Terminal 5 as a place to start a journey – so long as you don’t mind…
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Jet Lag City: Second Leg
DAYS ELEVEN AND TWELVE – 31st March/1st April 2011 My flight back to London isn’t until 9.10pm, so I have almost a full day to explore more of New york. But the weather’s turned, and a cold wind and rain make it uncomfortable to walk about. Still, there’s plenty of window shopping to be done, even if…
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An island and an oasis
DAY TEN – 30th March 2011 It’s another day for heady tourism. Although New York is a great city to walk around, you soon realise just how big it is. So it’s a subway trip downtown to the Staten Island Ferry, which prompts a flashback of last night’s trip home It’s a tough…
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Apples, Oysters and Strawberries
NIGHT EIGHT – Monday 28th March What the hotel lacks in character is more than made up by its location. I’m right on the corner of Central Park and Fifth Avenue, close to some of New York’s best known shops and buildings. Huge, expensive brand names shout from beautiful buildings full of beautiful people. But one…
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A Warm Welcome in New York
DAY EIGHT – 28th MARCH 20011 “I wouldn’t go anywhere near Turkey – it’s a dangerous place. Isn’t it?” It’s an interesting line from the man sitting next to me at Nashville International Airport, as I tell him about the next leg of my journey following the States. What’s even more interesting is that this…
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Union City Blues (and Country)
NIGHT SEVEN – 26th MARCH 2011 MUSIC CITY It’s Saturday night and already things are hotting up in Nashville, apart from the temperatures that is. Today’s rain and cloud has been blown along by a chilly breeze, and as I walk down Broadway the crowds are gathering at the local ice arena for a…
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Blues and Choo Choos
NIGHT SIX – 25th March 2011 It’s time to bid farewell to Memphis, but before I leave, a visit to BB King’s Blue club on Beale Street, owned by the great man himself. he’s not playing tonight, but his house band are pretty good : DAY SEVEN – 26th MARCH 2011 I’m not quite sure…
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Elvis and the other King
DAY 6 – 25th MARCH 2011 Today I shared something with Cher. I am neither a gypsy, tramp or thief – though the furry taste on my tongue this morning might have meant any of those. No, today was all about Walking in Memphis. And with my height, I was hardly ten feet of the Beale.…
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God’s Own Country (and Western)
DAY 5 – 24th MARCH A relatively early start today for the 400 mile drive to Memphis. After my earlier experiences with driving from the airport, I wasn’t especially looking forward to it. But Axel’s looked after the hire car well – and I drive it from the car park to the front of the hotel.…
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