Normandy countryside in late September September is a lovely time to visit Normandy, the sun still sparkles in between the[…]
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Mont St Michel and more Normandy adventures
Magnificent Mont St Michel Long before CGI created the island fortress of Dragonstone in Game of Thrones, there was the[…]
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Bonjour! I’m back in Normandy with the Bell family who came here from the UK in 2008 with their two children, to[…]
Read moreLast stop on our Silk Road adventures
Undeniably unique – Uzbekistan We pulled into the station back at the capital Tashkent, and emerged from the overnight soviet[…]
Read moreBack to Bukhara at the Malika Hotel
Popping into the palace We had one more day and night in beautiful Bukhara and so more shopping and a[…]
Read moreThe Silk Road – beautiful Bukhara and the Rumi hostel
Beautiful Bukhara All aboard the SHARQ train from Samarkand to our next stop on the Silk Road – Bukhara.The SHARQ[…]
Read moreSamarkand on the Silk Road and the Jahongir Hotel
The majestic Registan square The city of Samarkand, – an exotic faraway place I knew only through reading the[…]
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