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Bosnia and Herzegovina
This country was a surprise and delight to visit. Despite its tragic history, it has to much to offer. The diversity of landscape and way of life driven by the huge mountain range that splits the country in two makes for incredible sightseeing and creates a desire to peek behind the curtains just a little more.
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The Art of the Man-Chat
I love the man-chat. It’s one of my favourite things to observe. Over the years, I have seen so many instances where men, who are mostly a little older in years, gather at different times of the day to do… whatever it is they do. I absolutely love watching these gatherings. In my personal experience, not many men in my…
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O.H. & What?
Given how ‘nanna-state’ our OH&S laws can be in Australia, you need to adjust your expectations and just close your eyes at what you see overseas sometimes… for you own sanity at least. I just have to write this one because I constantly come across this in my travels. I saw so much of this travelling through south east Asia,…
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Athens – Third Time Lucky?
Should anyone ever come back to Athens more than once? That was my going through my head as I grappled with the fact that I was now going back to Greece, and more so Athens, for a third time. I was escorting my 18 year old niece to this location for her gap year Eastern European tour, which was starting…
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Blah Blah Blah is a universal phrase
No matter where you go or whatever the language, this phrase is universal. On my recent travels to Greece, Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia I was astounded by the number of times I heard the phrase Blah Blah Blah by pretty much all of the guides in each country. I had never really noticed it before this trip – but for…
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