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came from meeting a student that came to work with me while with Babcock
Energy Ltd. Stefan came over from Aachen in western Germany to experience
the wonders of life on the west coast of Scotland, like pub quizzes,
pubs and, er.... other stuff?
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very popular weekend retreat for people from Glasgow and an easy place
to get away from it all. The ferry journey from Ardrossan takes a couple
of hours but the change in pace is unbelievable.
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last minute decision by myself,
Ellie, Jim & Mo to spend our first wedding anniversary abroad -
something we have continued to do since. We drove down to Hull and crossed
the Channel using North Sea Ferries to the port of Zeebrugge
and drove the seven miles or so to Brugge town centre.
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the hell can I say about Crete that hasn't been said before. You can
visit the famous Temple of Knossos, Samaria Gorge (the largest gorge
in Europe), loadsa bars, restaurants and the birth place of the god
Zeus. We had a great time there.
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 ublin, home of the best Guinness in the
world (the only place I would consider drinking it). A great place to
walk and soak up the atmosphere and, no, Michael O'Shea isn't paying
me to say any of this.
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 uxor was the location chosen by us to spend out honeymoon. It
involved three nights in the Winter Palace hotel in Luxor, on the banks
of the Nile, a seven night cruise on the Nile down to Aswan and back,
and four nights back in the hotel. Along the way we visited the Valley
of the Kings, the temples of Hatshepsut, Esna & Edfu and other wonders.
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nother anniversary trip, this time
by myself, Ellie, Jim, Mo and George & Angie (friends from Aberdeen).
An offer in the Glasgow Herald paid for the flights
and a speculative email on the Internet got some some very cheap accommodation
in the very heart of the city.
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he first holidays' abroad that Ellie and I ever took were to the
island of Malta - just a speck in the Mediterranean Sea, south west
of Italy. We stayed in budget accommodation and met some great people
there - we've stayed friends with the MacCallum's since. I've enjoyed
every minute of our time in Malta and would go back again.
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e needed somewhere nice and cheap to go where we could
drink beer and catch some rays while experiencing another culture. Sunny
Beach is very cheap for us but very expensive for the locals. Many people
don't like Bulgaria - but we aren't many people.....
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visit Toronto on a fairly regular basis, as Ellie's brother Gerry lives
there. I would have to say that of all the cities that I have visited
in northern America (about three), Toronto is my favourite. We've seen
a lot of downtown, but very little outside of that - it's just a great
place to stoat aboot. We watched the French cuff the Brazilians in a
pub downtown in the World Cup final.
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hh, a Carribean cruise on the Majesty
of the Seas, leaving from Miami, Florida, onto Nassau then Coco
Cay in the Bahamas, then Key West, Florida and finally back into Miami
- all in four short days, what could be more relaxing...
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