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Day: June 2, 2017

Purusing Paris

On 2 Jun 20172 Jun 2017 By Andy RoamsIn arts, backpacking, Europe, photography, travel, travel stories, travel tips3 Comments

So, Paris. Paris Paris Paris, I was there. I saw stuff. I left. The first day I arrived by Eurostar. That experience alone was enough to drive me to drink I have to say. At St Pancras Station in London the organisation of the line into bag check and customs was non-existant. It sort of …

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Losing it in the Louvre

On 2 Jun 2017 By Andy RoamsIn architecture, arts, backpacking, Europe, people, photography, travel, travel stories9 Comments

And for my first post from La France... yeah I'm going to have a whine. And it's all very hypcritical of me really because basically I am bemoaning tourism in 2017 despite clearly being a tourist myself. But I have to be honest, the experience of visiting the Louvre Museum in Paris, probably the most …

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get cracking, start packing

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