As a hotelier over the years I have heard (and thank God I was spared from witnessing) my fair share of foreign tourists behaving in ways that are simply unacceptable in the eyes of the locals and disrespectful to the local customs and culture. When certain antics are seen as common and allowed in one…
It was a really chilly morning when Joan and Stuart took me to Darlington train station to catch the train going north. I was bracing myself for colder weather up north in Scotland as the temperature normally tends to be a few degrees lower than that in England and wetter but I was very surprised…
Before my one-week stay with Joan in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire was out we explored a few more places around the region. Sedgefield (19.03.2015) It was a lovely sunny day when we stopped at Sedgefield town, County Durham, for lunch at a cosy little tea house before continuing our journey to Durham. It was the first…
After spending a week with my good friend Cecilia in Farnborough, Hampshire and a weekend with another old friend Victor in Gloucestershire (I will blog separately the amazing time I spent wandering in Victor’s impressive garden and green house), I took the train up north to meet up with Joan in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. The…
When I started to feel physically and mentally tired after work often and my sinus pain was becoming very regular and a nuisance due to work related stresses, I knew it was time to plan a holiday. It has been almost 9 years since I was last in the United Kingdom and as I still…
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