Blogging Abroad http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog Travel and Blogging Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 en New Tea Blog http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/03/03/new-tea-blog/ http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/03/03/new-tea-blog/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:04:19 +0000 Casey Uncategorized Blog of the Week Australia & Pacific Asia Tea http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/03/03/new-tea-blog/

As an avid tea drinker I am always interested in hearing more about the amazing drink. There is a new tea blog out thats got me hooked. You should check out www.steepology.com if you are a tea fan. The most interesting post is about 23 relatively unknown facts about tea, you realize how special this wonder drink really is.

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There are many ways to explore Melbourne and if you’re not sure where to begin, read our suggested itineraries in Melbourne. Highlights include:
Day 1: The City & Inner Suburbs. Start your first day in Melbourne at the crack of dawn for a bird’s eye view of the city on a Melbourne hot air balloon ride. Or if heights aren’t your thing (and […]

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In a story that’s clearly too good to be true, the Evening Standard gleefully reported that Transport Commissioner, Peter Hendy had a MySpace page and “has been spending evenings, weekends - and even part of his working day - in the chatroom with teenagers on the MySpace website.”
The paper continued “Mr Hendy also posts his official TfL biography together with portraits of himself, the TfL logo and a picture which he has entitled “Me With Some Of the Buses”.
TfL confirmed last night that the site was genuine.
“It is not a spoof,” a spokesman said. “Any dialogue with Londoners to promote our policies is welcome.”
Peter had apparently been getting into discussions with other MySpace users about the Tube service. “7 of Hearts” complained “your underground staff at Eastcote station, Hillingdon, were mean to me…What do you propose to do about it?” Within minutes, Mr […]

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]]> http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/16/transport-commissioner-on-myspace/feed/ A Sydney Cycling Farewell http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/a-sydney-cycling-farewell/ http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/a-sydney-cycling-farewell/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:01:53 +0000 Casey Destinations Australia & Pacific http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/a-sydney-cycling-farewell/ On my last business trip to Sydney I stayed an extra Saturday with the objective of exploring a new part of the city on my day off. I know Surry Hills like the back of my hand, and have a pretty good grasp of the CBD and Haymarket, but for all I knew aliens lived across the Harbour Bridge. And I hadn’t really even been to Darling Harbour, which is just embarrassing (one bar doesn’t count right?).
I poked around Viator’s Sydney tours to find the perfect new neighborhood excursion. My only requirement besides newness was that it needed to be a walking or biking tour, so I would be out in the lovely summer sunshine. I was tempted by the Crimes and Passions Walking Tour of Kings Cross, but I wanted a tour that started in the morning. Ultimately it was Terry M of Australia’s 4-star review that convinced me […]

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]]> http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/a-sydney-cycling-farewell/feed/ New York City for Families & Kids http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/new-york-city-for-families-kids/ http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/new-york-city-for-families-kids/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:23:39 +0000 Casey Uncategorized Destinations Travel Inspiration Suggested Itineraries USA, Canada, Mexico http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/new-york-city-for-families-kids/ If you’re planning on bringing the kids to New York, there are plenty of options, including things interesting for the grown-ups as well.
The #1 choice is probably the American Museum of Natural History. From dinosaurs and dodos to live butterflies and the planetarium space show, this museum is good for all ages. The cafeteria in the basement should do you for lunch, and you can expect to spend almost all day here. If you’re coming with more than one child and plan to see the special exhibits and an IMAX show, consider buying a museum membership even for the day because it comes with lots of discounts and lets you skip the entrance line.
Across the street from the Natural History Museum sits Central Park. It’s a great spot to let the kids get their ya-yas out after the museum, with rocks to climb on and much space to run around.
Central […]

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]]> http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/new-york-city-for-families-kids/feed/ New York City for Families & Kids http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/new-york-city-for-families-kids-2/ http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/new-york-city-for-families-kids-2/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:23:39 +0000 Uncategorized Destinations Travel Inspiration Suggested Itineraries USA, Canada, Mexico http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/new-york-city-for-families-kids-2/ If you’re planning on bringing the kids to New York, there are plenty of options, including things interesting for the grown-ups as well.
The #1 choice is probably the American Museum of Natural History. From dinosaurs and dodos to live butterflies and the planetarium space show, this museum is good for all ages. The cafeteria in the basement should do you for lunch, and you can expect to spend almost all day here. If you’re coming with more than one child and plan to see the special exhibits and an IMAX show, consider buying a museum membership even for the day because it comes with lots of discounts and lets you skip the entrance line.
Across the street from the Natural History Museum sits Central Park. It’s a great spot to let the kids get their ya-yas out after the museum, with rocks to climb on and much space to run around.
Central […]

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The following is from one of my colleagues at work who does a similar journey home to me:
“My girlfriend and I were travelling back home on the Piccadilly Line. I was a Saturday afternoon so not too busy, but loads of couples, some kids and a bunch of girls. We were standing by the doors and my girlfriend was trying to attract my attention by tapping me in the side with her water bottle…
Being a bloke, I didn’t pick up straight away, but when I finally turned around. She made look at the guy about a metre away in the middle of the carriage. He looked a bit dopey and I couldn’t work out what the fuss was about until I looked down..
The guy was wearing some grimy trackie bottoms and had what can best be described, before watershed, as a baguette at […]

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]]> http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/diy-digital-picture-frames/feed/ Reykjavik: Break for the country http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/reykjavik-break-for-the-country/ http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/reykjavik-break-for-the-country/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:37:40 +0000 Casey Uncategorized http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/reykjavik-break-for-the-country/  
by jared bibler
I stayed one Saturday overnight in a little cluster of summerhouses, owned by my employer. It’s a little ways out of town, far enough so that no city lights interfere with the stars. Just now when I went to the car to get a pen, the size and brilliance of Orion in the southern sky was almost shocking. I can’t imagine how a good hit of the norðurljós must look from out here.
It’s cold outside, a few degrees under freezing, and there is crunchy snow on the ground. There are a few dozen little houses clustered here looking down on a frozen lake. Down the hill from me, someone has lit a cooking fire outside and I can hear the excited sounds of little Icelandic kids playing flashlight games in the dark. Rising up to the west is a sky-filling mountain (now just a gloomy shape silhouetted […]

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]]> http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/reykjavik-break-for-the-country/feed/ A Good Year, by Peter Mayle http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/a-good-year-by-peter-mayle/ http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/a-good-year-by-peter-mayle/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:17:32 +0000 Casey Uncategorized France http://www.bloggingabroad.com/blog/2007/02/15/a-good-year-by-peter-mayle/ A British professional escapes the rat race for the sun-basked, lavender-scented paradise of Provence. There he saunters along just enough to enjoy simple pleasures such as wine and cheese, mountain views and scarlet sunsets. Throw in some gorgeous French women and delightful activities such as running and voila, there you have the formula for a typical Peter Mayle novel.
Never mind that A Good Year not only follows this formula to a tee and is strikingly similar to Mr. Mayle’s first novel, Hotel Pastis. For myself, the theme never gets old. It particularly resonates with me because 1) I love France and 2) after substituting the Front Range for Provence, there are some parallels to my own life.
Despite Peter’s so-vividly-described-that-you-can-taste-it prose, I was able to read the book in less than two days while in Durham for Dan’s birthday. That’s almost too bad; I […]

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