Places Savvy
The blog for places to go to and places to know about.
Cleopatra's Needle on the Embankment
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One of the things you do when in London is walking along the Thames. That will inevitably bring you to the Victoria Embankment where Cleopat...
Yemen: The Way Into Today's Mess
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Yemen is not a usual tourist destination. It could be one, if the country had a minimum of organization and structure. But that was lost and...
Slow Travel: Walking From Somerset to India
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Parents like to remind their children to eat slowly. And slow cooking has progressed from being a fad to being a way of life. Time to think ...
Superhighway from Londinium to Isca
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A Roman road was uncovered in Puddletown Forest in Dorset. While the existence of the road was a well-known historical fact, it had been wel...
Swiss Village St Silvester on Its Saint's Day
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The feast day of Saint Sylvester is the 31st of December, New Year’s Eve. In French and in German, the saint's name is synonymous with N...
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