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Three Days in Jerusalem

Should I Go? Jerusalem is a holy city for three religions – it’s a city full of history and controversy. Regardless of your beliefs, it’s still fascinating to stand in the areas made famous in the Bible and visited by pilgrims over the centuries. In terms of what to see,[…]

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Whizzing Over Waiheke

Mystery Even at 8am the Auckland sun was promising a day to remember – bright blue skies and already starting to have some real heat. Ange was taking me on a mystery day somewhere in Auckland and the starting point was a 8:15 rendezvous at the Ferry Building downtown. I[…]

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Old City of Jerusalem Full-Day Tour

Hotel pickup/dropoff? Check. Biblical sites? Check. Tour of the Old City? Check. So I book the Viator Old Jerusalem Full Day Tour for £39 (I notice it’s since gone up to £58) and it meets my expectations, but I still feel unsatisfied and it’s not long afterwards that I finally[…]

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Trip: Sunsets in Greece

Sometimes I write multiple posts on different destinations that all relate to the same trip – in this example my trip to Greece which started in Athens, moved on to Oia on Santorini and finally ended up on Crete. I like to have a post which joins them all up[…]

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Visiting Athens: The Cradle of Civilisation

Should I Go? Three million out of Greece’s total population of 11 million people live in Athens, continuing its role from ancient times as the centre of the Hellenic world. It’s worth visiting for the remnants of the pre-Roman empire alone, but if you throw in the climate and food, it[…]

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