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British Museum London explorations

The British Museum in the United Kingdom London is a world class museum housing a variety of ancient anthropology artefacts from the Roman Empire, Africa and European ancient history. It is a great place for a day out of exploring the various galleries as a learning day. Let’s see what’s on. Furthermore, the museum is geographically located in London off...
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Oxford City and University England

Oxford University in England is a world renowned university. There is quite more to Oxford than just the university itself, it is a living breathing city with a unique culture of its own. It is home to the world's oldest university museum, as well as the largest university press in the world. Today let’s explore the city of Oxford,...
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London Natural History museum explorations

The London Natural History museum is one of my few favourite museums in the South Kensington district I always enjoy visiting. It is a spectacle in its own right from the myriad of exhibits, history and vastness of the establishment, such as dinosaurs, fossils, taxidermy, and Skeletons. The British is a pioneer of Natural history, having mapped most parts of...
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Tower of London explorations and museum

Today let’s take a visit to the Tower of London. It is a 900-year-old historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, and is officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace an iconic landmark in the City of London which served as a royal residence and a state prison. Let’s explore! On some history, The Tower of...
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Roman Bath and Bath City

Let’s visit the historical Roman Bath in Bath City England with a day trip. It is a historical city and UESCO cultural site, and home to a largely intact Roman public bath constructed since the 60-70AD. Got token? Bath attraction lobby Audio guide A trip to bath and the Roman bath attraction takes about half a trip tops. Driving there from Central London...
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Exploring Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle

Let's check out a day of British royalty with a summer visit to two royal residences in England, namely the Buckingham Palace in Westminster London and Windsor palace in the English county of Berkshire. These palaces serve as the residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. They are typically occupied during different times of the...
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Stonehenge exploration at Salisbury Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. It is a subject of much controvery, particularly its origins and is a highly recognizable landmark. It is also an early technological display and achievement of early human of where we came from to today. Lets pay the monument and British cultural icon a visit today. Getting...
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Palace of Westminster London parliament

The Westminster Palace is a hub for United Kingdom of political life for over a thousand years. Marvel at the millennia-old architectures and visit iconic chambers and halls of British parliament within with a special summer tour and walkthrough. The nearest tube station to get there is of course, “Westminster”. The name is synonymous with the UK Parliament and British...
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London Transport Museum Adventures

What you get when you are the world’s pioneers when it comes to public transportation? Why start a museum of public transportation of course. Today we pay a visit to the London Transport Museum. Moreover, the museum is a large cavernous one, with galleries spanning multiple floors in the London covert garden district in the city of London. Also, from...
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London Olympics 2012 Olympic Park

The 2012 London Olympics is in full swing now with on-going events at multiple locations around the city of London. Lets check out the sights and sounds at the heart of the London Olympics 2012 Olympic Park and the neighboring Olympics venues such as the O2 arena, Wembley stadium and the Excel arena in the London docklands. The London Olympics...
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London Eye Observation Wheel

The London Eye is a tall observation wheel sitting in the heart of London along the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is Europe's tallest cantilevered observation wheel. Let’s go on board today with a ride and check out the views from the top. Moreover, you may know the London Eye as its other name, the Millennium...
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Victoria & Albert Museum South Kensington London (V&A)

If you fancy historical applied arts, decorative arts, and design, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London's South Kensington is one to fancy. The museum is known in its short name as the V&A museum. The museum covers 5.1 hectares of space across floors and 145 mini galleries. The interior galleries are laid out in a logical fashion. Moreover, the...
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London Hyde Park chill

Let's visit London's largest green spot in the city, London Hyde Park. It is one to spend a chill day out in one of the most happening cities in the world. An exploration we will do. Notably, the city park situated in the heart of downtown London is a nice green refuge from the buzzing cosmopolitan city. Furthermore, park was established...
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Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridge adventures

Imperial War Museum Duxford is a vast educational museum and live airfield devoted to British Aviation located in Cambridgeshire, England. It is operated in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council and the Duxford Aviation Society. It is home to a vast selection of nearly 200 aircraft, military vehicles, artillery and minor naval vessels in seven main exhibition buildings. This includes a...
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Exploring the Clearwell Caves

The Clearwell Caves is an iron ore mine at Clearwell in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It is still an operational mine, which much of it functioning as a mining museum. There are 2 aspects to exploring the caves, via the visitor center where nicely laid paths and guard rails allow you to explore 9 caverns in the...
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Paris Disneyland Hollywood Studios

The Disney Hollywood studios is an independent park of focused more on the aspect of filming making and action, namely all the lights camera and action stuff. It is located west of the Disneyland Paris hub, next door to Disneyland Park at the heart of the resort in Marne-la-Vallée. This part of the hub aims to celebrate the art...
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Disneyland Paris, France

Ahha, Disneyland, the land of smiles and happiness, this time in a different continent- Paris. Getting to Disneyland Paris is a breeze as the park is well served by public transport, namely using the region's metro rail transit. An journey just about over and hour's train ride out of the city limited (out of the 3 metro zones) will...
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Paris Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, Sainte Chapelle and La Conciergerie

This part of my blog focuses on the various key attractions in the city of Paris itself, namely the Paris Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame cathedral and the Sainte Chapelle. Paris Eiffel Tower The iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris is both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. Also known as The Iron Lady...
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The Louvre museum, Paris

The Musée du Louvre or The Louvre Museum in Paris is one of the world's largest art museums, occupying about 652,300 square feet of total floor space spanning 6 full connected buildings. It is also the most visited art museum in the world and a French historic monument. The museum officially opened in 1793 after a conversion from a...
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The city of Paris at Christmas

Trip date 26th to 30th December 2010 from London It's the Christmas holidays and what other better way to spend it after a nice Christmas dinner but to head across the channel to France for some frosty magic? Together with my backpacking friends, my trip to Paris starts off with a high speed train ride on the Eurostar from the...
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