2005:* went on a trip to explore Leeds
* spent a day in Cardiff
* had a rainy day in York
* went to London quite a few times
* visited the quaint village of Great Tew in the Cotswolds
* went to Salisbury and saw Stonehenge
* spent many an afternoon trying out pubs & cocktail bars in Nottingham.
* visited the sights and bars of Paris
* tried out Belgian beer in Brussels
* spent an afternoon wandering round Bruges
* spent a week touring the Lake District and enjoying all those tricky roads
* spent some time in Yorkshire and the Peak District
* caught up with my friends in Vienna
* visited some of the most beautiful places in Jersey (Channel Islands)
2004: *I finally made it back to
Vienna. It was great to catch up with many friends and make some new ones too.
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Throughout the year I made lots of trips to visit family and friends in London. I went walking round Harrow (home of the famous public school), went out and about in the city parks, shopping in Knightsbridge, sightseeing in Greenwich and clubbing near Picadilly. I went exploring the centre of London, to the British Museum, Tate Modern and the World Salsa Championships at the Hippodrome!
* I spent a lot of time exploring the city of
Brighton, where I lived whilst studying for my Masters and also visited Worthing a small seaside town just along the coast.
*I also went to
Oxford to celebrate a friend's graduation.
* I visited
Lille the European City of Culture 2004.
2003* I had family visiting and we went to Prague and up Schneeberg.
* I spent four days in the Tuscan countryside visiting a few places and relaxing in the Italian sunshine :-)
* I explored the area around Vienna and took short trips to the wine region of Slovakia and beautiful Lake Balaton region in Hungary.
* I spent a great weekend in Zurich and Lucerne. I went out on the lakes, walked for miles, met lots of friendly locals,. and even found time to take the steepest mountain cog railway in the world up to the top of Mt. Pilatus.
* I went to Brussels (chocolate and beer), Paris (all the sights and the Jardin du Luxembourg), U.K. (Easter and my thirtieth), Amsterdam (bulbfields, canals and jazz) and Bratislava (shopping and nightlife).
* I travelled to Prague with my sister and her boyfriend to enjoy the Czech New Year celebrations.
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