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Cool Birmingham Blossoming they may be, but Birmingham botanical gardens are not for the thin skinned. The... |
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Fickle Frankfurt Heading down to the 'Dorian Gray' upon arriving in Frankfurt, I discovered that what sounded like a... |
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Breathtaking Bergen "Rain is the rule, not the exception, my dear," explains the man behind the fish table.... |
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Zurich Zeitgeist WITH a population of a little over a million Zurich is Switzerland's largest city. It's an... |
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Vienna Whirl "The Musical City" trumpets the brochure. Indeed, it's difficult not be aware of the role... |
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Fairytale Prague A smudge-faced boy, a white-draped girl, and a man with a big white beard - not quite the welcome I... |
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Perfect Pisa WHO knows if Pisa's tower was designed to lean or Galileo experimented by dropping objects... |
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Romantic Paris IT WAS a daunting prospect, but one that my long-suffering companion insisted on. 'You can't go to... |
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Chic Milan My backpack and I arrive in Europe's fashion capital feeling decidedly un-haute couture. The only... |
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Longstanding London Like any young Londoner, I prefer my hometown a little unpredictable. And I don't mind sharing the... |
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Conscientious Geneva Did you know that medieval people practised graffiti? Neither did I until Geneva's oldest house,... |
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New York: The Big Apple 'HEY MANHATTAN! Here I am,' sang a breathless Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout, capturing one of the... |
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Dear Dublin 'A dear dirty dumpling' - that's what Joyce called his birthplace. In search of something tastier I... |
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Charming Brugge (Bruges) OUR CAR broke down recently while en route to a wedding in Germany. Aside from all the bureaucratic... |
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Back to Berlin WHILE Berlin may not be top of everyone's wish list for a weekend break, for me it remains one of... |
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Around Amsterdam TEN YEARS on from my last visit to the "Venice of the North" I found myself back in the... |
