Spincat's VirtualTourist Home Page
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The great thing about Virtual Tourist is that it provides a safe outlet for that urge to tie your guest to the sofa while you bore them with your holiday snaps.
After nearly 2 years on VT, I have noticed a tendency in myself to adopt a relentlessly bright and breezy, if not bossy, tone when writing tips, but my style doesn't always reflect my mood at the time! After all, one does sometimes get tired: The Acropolis? The Niagara Falls? The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? (maybe in the morning... )
Anyway, Four things we never did in Nafplio
and Top ASBO pub, Tenby reflect this new realism. Your favourite bar or pub is a new section - love to here your views. Check it out here |
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Spincat has only been travelling around her South East London manor for the last year; my last trip was to Llanthony Abbey in the Brecon Beacons National Park This is a secret place, a hotel in a ruined abbey, set in a remote and lovely valley far away in the Black Mountains of Wales. |
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Crete is a place I'll keep returning to, as long as I can hobble or hop. I've been there 8 times - will take me lifetime to get to know the place. That means my tips will take lifetime too... but meanwhile, I hope you will find something useful for your journey here.
I have a seperate short section covering the Cretan city of Rethymnon |
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Toulouse
My Toulouse pages cover spectacular cave art in the Pyranees, and a spectacular city. |
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Istanbul
I am not a good traveller. Came back from Istanbul earlier this year and straight away went down with flu. Read about how I got it, living the high life on the Bosphoros. I've been doing some travelling around my own counry ever since then, but Istanbul got under my skin and I kep thinking about going back. For information on some off beat UK destinations :- Dungeness in Kent, ugly and beautiful at the same time, a stretch of wild shingle and an artists' colony all in the shadow of a nuclear power station; Cerne Abbas the little village with the big giant Glastonbury A common question on VT forum is "What makes a good day out or an overnight trip for someone based in London?" So I am building an album that covers days out of this kind - you'll find this at this bottom of this page. |
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StumpTim Sun Jul 19, 2009 13:27 UTC
hello spincat - congrats on being the featured VT member - love the pub advice - also love the Crete pages - we had a wonderful trip there and look forward to going back | rcam Fri May 15, 2009 18:26 UTC
hi spincat , agree entirely with your good pub criteria , can confirm that the square and compass in worth matravers , dorset , is indeed a real gem. Bulls Head at Craswall near Hay is a beautiful location not far from Llanthony. | ranger49 Sun Apr 19, 2009 15:59 UTC
Glad you liked the garden pictures - it is beginning to look like spring at last! Books - Middlemarch and The Poisonwood Bible 2 of my favourites. Have you read A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry? Hard read in amny ways but I recommend it! | Balam Sun Apr 19, 2009 08:13 UTC
Thanks for visiting my Crete Page, Yes it was my first visit to Crete. we had a great Holiday. |
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