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Silly Billy A Dubliner's experiences abroad

English - Travel, Czech Republic, Writing
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Silly Billy · 1M ago

Bill's European Adventure, 2001. Part 2: Barcelona

Aug 16 After sleeping on a mattress in Élise?s place, we got to Paris Austerlitz train station by 10am and got on the 10h11 train to Limoges. Our intention had been to go to Périgueux via Limoges, and then to Barcelona via Bordeaux the next day, but the complications of five trains with huge gaps i
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Silly Billy · 1M ago

Bill's European Adventure, 2001. Part 1: Paris

Introduction What follows is the travel journal I wrote during an Inter-railing trip around Europe I took with my friends Ollie and Julie back in 2001. Every detail whether insightful, embarrassing, naive or otherwise has been left in to add to the fun! Some notes will refer to receipts and other l
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Silly Billy · 7M ago

Updated - Photoblog: Occupy London

Update: Here's what the cathedral looks like now that the protestors have been forced to leave. I snapped a few early morning photos of Day 5 of the Occupy London protest outside St Paul's Cathedral. [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/1844 ...
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Silly Billy · 11M ago

An expat journalist in Prague

Photo Credit Walter Novak Clean-shaven, ruminative and intelligent-looking, polite and neatly dressed. Such was the demeanor of the twenty-something homeless man I met at a Prague shelter under a motorway bridge for my first big story. Something about him was so striking that I was glad his face
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Silly Billy · 1Y ago

Photoblog: Hilltop Prague - Vyšehrad Castle

So myself and Megan took a quick trip to Vyšehrad Castle last weekend. Relatively crowded already on what was the first sunny weekend of 2011, it promises to be jam packed for the whole summer with its expansive views of the city and Prague Castle. My main impression of the place, apart from enjoyin
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Silly Billy · 1Y ago

A Postcard from Milan

A short trip with long-standing truths, you could say. Italian ice cream and tomatoes are the best in the world. Seeing a new place in the company of someone who knows the city, and beer in the sunshine are two things that are always good. Milan has a lot of clocks, and apertivo rocks. Until next
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Silly Billy · 1Y ago

Photoblog: A glimpse of Austria from Prague

I first toured Europe extensively ten years ago, all by rail - so I was surprised to discover this year that, in the case of Prague and Salzburg, no direct rail connection exists between these two famous centers of classical music, even though they ring together so much in many foreign ears. Indee
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Silly Billy · 1Y ago

Prague Dreaming

Evidently myself and my wife Megan are insane. At least that's what I expected people to think after our third international relocation in less than 18 months. As it turned out, our friends and family were as excited and unfazed by the whole thing as we were - I suppose they are used to us by now!
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Silly Billy · 1Y ago

Prague Dreaming

Evidently myself and my wife Megan are insane. At least that's what I expected people to think after our third international relocation in less than 18 months. As it turned out, our friends and family were as excited and unfazed by the whole thing as we were - I suppose they are used to us by now!
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Silly Billy · 1Y ago

The Way to Amarillo

Road Trip Participants: Bill, Megan and Tag Destination: Amarillo, Texas ...
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