Tag: travel
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Portsmouth, UK: A Place You Will Want To Visit And Stay
Portsmouth, England, UK. It is located on the South Coast of England in Hampshire. Portsmouth is the country’s only island city, with miles of beautiful waterfront to explore and see. There are world-class visitor attractions that include waterfront shopping, a rich calendar of events, and a fascinating history to discover. A 4-night, 5-day holiday turned…
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Making Friends When There’s No Expat Bubble
How people living without a ready-made foreign community find their way into local life There is a version of this story you have heard before. A newcomer arrives somewhere with a decent-sized foreign contingent already in place, finds the Facebook group within a week, and is at a quiz night by the fortnight. It is…
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Forty Years Out
On leaving in 1985, the revolving door, and the friendships that survive it. There is a kind of party I have been to more times than I can count. Paper plates, a cake from the good bakery, somebody’s husband in charge of the music. The guest of honor is leaving. Back to Washington, Manchester, or…
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Sidmouth: A Place Of Seasons, Space, And Subtle Change
There is something quietly powerful about living in a place that changes so completely with the seasons. It is not dramatic all at once, but in a way that unfolds slowly, almost without you noticing, until you are already in it. Sidmouth is one of those places. It is set along the Devon coastline, and…
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The Sea Is Always Impossibly Blue
On Greece, the influencer economy, and the quiet violence of the ‘undiscovered’. There is a taverna on Corfu — or there was; I can’t be sure it still exists — where the paper tablecloths were weighted down with a single candle in a Nescafé jar. The owner’s mother brought food without asking what you wanted.…