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How metaLast-minute Tweaks To My Makeshift Tracker
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Now get me some hillsNew Boots
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Re-united at last <3G-Unit & the Marshman
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Go to Fringe, find the one play about RojavaLike a Moth to a Flame
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Spent 2 hours in the pub across the road from the show we wanted to see, only to arrive and find it was sold out. Milled around out front long enough that we got the last 2 seats for free. Alfie Brown - the structure of Stewart Lee with the delivery of Tim MinchinSecond Show of the Night
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Fantastic rendition of Macbeth; just the thing to see in EdinburghThe Tragedy of Macbeth
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Went to a talk and saw World Press Photography exhibitionVisiting the Scottish Parliament
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Fab as everSaw Jonny and the Baptists Again
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Listened to her on The Bugle for years; finally have a face to put to the voice. Very good. Then we went to a show called “Shaggers” and it was surprisingly not awful.Alice Fraser
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Och aye the ken noo 🇽🇸A Parting Haggis
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Nice Dip in the River
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At the Brewery Tap, the least likely name for a Thai restaurant possibleSurprise Meal with the Fam
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On to Stansted!3am Start
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Mood Lighting
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I Wonder If Giuseppina Appreciated the Gesture?
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Landing in Calabria
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Landing in Calabria
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Time to go cycling on southern Italian roadsI've Updated My Will and Told My Loved Ones How Much They Mean to Me
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Landing in Calabria
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Mood Lighting
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Landing in Calabria
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Time to go cycling on southern Italian roadsI've Updated My Will and Told My Loved Ones How Much They Mean to Me
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I Wonder If Giuseppina Appreciated the Gesture?
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My Expert Opinion is That That is Not Supposed to be on Fire
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Untitled
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(Rainy) Day Out in Tropea
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Hierarchy of Road Users
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Idk, beach stuffWhatcha Thinkin’ About?
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Pizzo
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Pizzo Views
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Fizzy coffee drink - why did we not met sooner?My Newest Addiction
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Fizzy coffee drink - why did we not met sooner?My Newest Addiction
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Fizzy coffee drink - why did we not met sooner?My Newest Addiction
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(The chariot is for the disabled toilet, of course)Easily My Fave Toilet Door Signs Ever
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Calabria ❤️
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Now that your shit's all brokeNot So Smart Now Are You, Normans?
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Unexpected Mountaintop Gig
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And the view from Stalettì was stunning, but alas, I have no pictures of eitherLovely Midnight Swim
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Nor roads I would less like to drive them onI've Never Seen So Many Fiat Pandas
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Sila National Park
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Finally, Someone is Taking a Stand Against These Damned Trumpeteers
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The first of manyMy First Train
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Also this man is my driverRan Into a Monkey in Rome
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Colosseum at Night
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Roman Juxtapositionz
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Imagine the Crowds Here on Match Day
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Even if it is freeYeah, Don't Fancy the Queue for the Colosseum
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Palazzio Venezia
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As much as Rome tries to beat one over the head with the sheer scale of some of it's monuments, this largely-neglected cat colony was the main place I wanted to see. When Caesar was assassinated here, his mighty works and imposing symbols didn't count for much. Caesar fell, Rome fell; there's hope for us yet.Sic Semper Tyrannis
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Old Gods
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I'm hoping they lead to something more interesting than some public toiletsMystery Stairs
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Public toilets, yes, but _also_ a big underground parking garage so I'm chalking this up as a win for adventureMystery Stairs, Part II
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...is that the Italians are very much a 'seat optional' kind of peopleThe Strangest Thing About Italy...
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It's my favourite form of clandestine global evilI Actually Love Catholicism
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The surreality of the image is mesmerisingI've Unintentionally Been Following This Priest Taking His Shopping Home for 20 Minutes
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The Metro Station I Wanted is, Um, Inaccessible
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How ✨ European ✨My First Double-decker Train
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Next Stop, Venezia!
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Sunset
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Venice at Night
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The Smell is Pleasant
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There is literally nowhere to eat that isn't the most romantic meal (for one) that I've ever hadUnexpected Venice Problem
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Prime People-watching Spot
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Arrivederci Venezia
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It's just like back home!Replacement Bus Service
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I'll be backBuon Viaggo e Buona Fortuna, Italia!
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I'll be backBuon Viaggo e Buona Fortua, Italia!
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Sleepy Little Town
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Good way to spend a 3-hr layoverVisiting Brauhof Brewery
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It's a Very Cosy Town
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It's like I'm really in The Last Express!Ooh, Exciting Personal-Carriages Train
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Booty still stank thoReuinted 6 Years On
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Sunny Zagreb
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Give Köln Cathedral a Run for its Money
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It is unclear if we're allowed to be here but the door was open and they had a nice balconyIf Anyone Asks, I Work for the Croatian Institute of History Now
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Baroque architecture in the foreground; Communist apartment blocks in the distanceOld Town and New Town
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We've Got the VIP Table
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Cool UV Pub
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Goldie's Gals
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Closed though; until next timeŠto čitaš infoshop
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Every time I hear someone sniff I get excited that it's ŽižekUnplanned Stop in Slovenia
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And there's a big Slovenia–France game on tonightTurns Out Basketball is the National Sport of Slovenia
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Untitled
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View from the castleLjubljana at Night
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Spontaneous Late-Night Dancefloor
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That's not the start of a joke, that's just what happened last nightA Brit, a Frenchman and a Saudi Walk Into a Bar
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The eternal questionIs This a Picture of Ljubljana or a Harry Potter Set?
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Joined a Walking Tour
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City of Cool Bridges
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Hello Rain My Old Friend
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We Stan the Wholesome Communist Teamwork Vibes
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I'm sure this will be a light-hearted romp, the 20th century was famously super chillVisiting the National Museum of Contemporary History
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Some Boy
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Didn't fancy flashing a camera about thoMetelkova is Cool
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Ffffffuuuuuuuuuuu...I've Got Like 3 Minutes to Make This Connection or Else I'm Stuck in Austria for the Night
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.......cccckkkkk _yusssss_ Karma and I made a deal: I'd offer to help a German couple with a baby take their luggage across to the same train, and the gods would bless me with enough of a train delay to make the connectionMade It!
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Bad Gastein
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This weird little monument marks the spot where Kurt Eisner, first Minister-President of the People's State of Bavaria. A man who abolished a monarchy without bloodshed, organised a revolution that would eventually lead to the (short-lived) first Soviet republic outside of Russia and who, along with other leftists during the German Revolution like Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, wouldKurt Eisner
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...would lose his life to the same reactionary forces within Germany who would later define the 20th century. Cool guy.Kurt Eisner (cont.)
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It was pretty damn good, but I think my one in Villach was just a cut aboveWord on the Street is That This Place Does the ‘Best Currywurst in the World’
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Whoever Designed This Fountain Deffo Loved Popping Spots
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That's pretty neatoI Can Wake Up in Slovenia, Be in Germany by Midnight and Paris for Tomorrow Lunchtime
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Nothing is more universal than the vibe of a train platform at 5am; it's like swimming inside a Burial albumLiminal Spaces
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This Place Looks Bleaker Than the Former Yugoslavia I Just Came From
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The Bridges Lack Oompf Too
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Nice and hobbitty nowNow That's a Bit More Like It
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Big Old Boy
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And yet, here in Alsace they live awkwardly side-by-sideFrench and German Could Not Be More Wildly Different Languages if They Tried
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With a grand total of 1 hour's sleepReady to Face the Day
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Nice to See the Cylons Still Finding Work as French Architects
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That's Some Straight-up Lemony Snickett Shit
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Just the place to sit out the rain without tempting myself with further coffeesCool Park
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Next thing you know I'll fond myself in a Vegas recreation of a French recreation of an Italian cityI've Been to Little France, Little Venice and Real Venice All in the Space of a Couple Weeks
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Decided that going to a Michelin-starred restaurant and just getting chips was a bit sillyVin d'Alsace et un Espresso — Fusion Cusine
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Tarte flambéeCuisine D'Alsace
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Send help (although their railway-station-adjacent gardens are much nicer)I'm in a Town That's Known as the ‘French Manchester’
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Mere moments earlier I was sitting in the park in relative sunshineYup That Checks Out
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Although I have perhaps been spoiled in recent weeksThis French Countryside is Exceptionally Boring
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We even have a pair of appropriately-sized chairsReunited with Minimuff
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Eiffel Tower from Afar
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Gloomy Paris Panorama
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Fancy Mayor's House
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In Paris, All the Menus Start with a Full-page Manifesto
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French stand-up is interestingHow to be a Parisian in One Hour
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View from the House Party
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Because I missed my busMy First Time Using BlaBlaCar
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Crossing My Final Border Before Heading Home
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I'm Back, Baby
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Europe, Coast to Coast
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The Pig has won me over again and I've extended my stayJust When I Thought I Was Out, They Pulled Me Back In
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This Fluffy Beanbag is (Allegedly) a Labrador
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If You Know, You Know
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Sunset on the Beach
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Mi amorUntil We Meet Again
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Very Dutch Brewery
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Super-old Dutch Pub
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Found Another Monkey
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Experiencing Some of That Famous Schiphol Fun I've Read So Much About
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Taking Off, An Hour Later Than Scheduled
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Taking Off, An Hour Later Than Scheduled
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Taking Off, An Hour Later Than Scheduled
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It may be some time until my next visit ;_;7Goodbye to the Continent
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It may be some time until my next visit ;_;7Goodbye to the Continent
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It may be some time until my next visit ;_;7Goodbye to the Continent
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Back on Hell Island
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Wandering around in my shorts and t-shirts, flipflops sticking out of my bag, not really blending in amongst the suit-wearing briefcase wankersFlânerie in the City
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Just the thing for the man with several hours to kill and no desire to contribute financially to the CityVisiting the Museum of London
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Another Cathedral to Add to the Collection
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Another Cathedral to Add to the Collection
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Better View
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Ma Cherie
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My Final Meetup of the Trip
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/tripBack in the Sticks
