Wandering/Wondering

Tag: travel

  • Why do towns and villages in France look so much older than the ones in Wales?

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    One of the great appeals of travelling in France is its antique towns and villages. Anyone looking up places to visit in France online can easily end up wandering among a plethora of pictures of castles and timber-framed houses that look straight out of a fairytale. I saw these places myself, in Foix and, to…

  • France

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    Day 1 France! Western Europe! Well-developed infrastructure! This should be a pleasant change of pace from jungles and deserts. I can travel with ease and comfort. Well, that was what I thought right up to the moment when I got lost searching for the hotel in the dead of night and all the streetlights suddenly…

  • Morocco

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    Day 1 By the time I’ve got off the plane, picked up my luggage, humiliated myself in front of the immigration officer by forgetting the names of the places I’ll be staying, and left the airport, the sun is setting. My first host, Saïd, is waiting for me, and drives me to my first destination…