October 3, 2009 – 9:58 pm
Our second day in Berlin was depressing museum day.
First stop was the Topography of Terror
It was an open air museum about the history of the site which was once an arts school but then the head offices of the SS and Gestapo. There was so much information it took us about 2 hours to [...]
By Julia Holmwood
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September 12, 2009 – 2:37 am
Lindsay and I got a lift from Mel to the train station at Harrogate. I waited with our bags while Lindsay went and found us some lunch. While sitting there I made new best friends with 2 ladies and a young boy who I believe was autistic and had a huge interest in trains. They [...]
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Also tagged ace hotel, bridge, castle, church, england, ghost tour, hotel, nationalexpress, newcastle, newcastle upon tyne, shambles, train, uk, wall, york, york minster, york wall
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April 29, 2009 – 10:52 pm
The day after our wee trip into the highlands, Marlene and David took us to Glasgow to see The People’s Palace, a museum on the social history of Scotland. We spent a few hours going through the museum which was fascinating. The residents of Glasgow have had a hard life over the past 100+ years.
On [...]
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Also tagged arthur's seat, canon, castle, cherry blossom, cobble stones, cold, ducatez, edinburgh, edinburgh castle, fireplace, glasgow, gun, hike, hill, military barracks, people's museum, royal mile, scotland, wind
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