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What Every Tourist Ought To Know About London

Ronnie, Londoner and co-founder of Epok.com, shares insider information in his new mini guide about London.

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A Trip to The English Heart

In today’s sponsored post, we travel to London — the heart of England.

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Go Shopping in True British Style

Go Shopping in True British Style

Fiona Hilliard shares her shopping tips for London. Liberty or Harrods, anyone?

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Recent Reads: “Must-Go” Destinations, New York Brunch Spots & Sundance 2010

Recent Reads: “Must-Go” Destinations, New York Brunch Spots & Sundance 2010

This is part 9 of  “Recent Reads” in which I highlight recommended posts in the blogosphere. Emma Torry of iloho weblog shares CN Traveller’s “must-visit” destinations for 2010, one of them Lebanon’s capital Beirut. In sunset on Treasure Island, Justin Wrights reveals one of the reasons he moved to Florida. Kiwi Collection JetSetter lets us [...]

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Where I Have Lived

Where I Have Lived

The post My Cities / 2007 by Taylor Davidson inspired me to make a list of places where I have lived so far. A few nights in a hotel don’t count, only a consecutive stay of at least one month. Halmstad, Sweden Frösakull, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Borensberg, Sweden Mayville, MI, USA Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, France Seefeld, Zurich, Switzerland Notting Hill, [...]

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One of the Smartest Personal Transport Modes

One of the Smartest Personal Transport Modes

Like I’ve said in the past, cycling brings plenty of advantages. Every day, almost 500,000 bicycle journeys are made in London. Since 2000, nearly twice as many people travel by bike. In “Undiscovered Business Entrepreneurs” by Star Alliance, journalist Yasmine Chinwala and photographer James Stroud meet the entrepreneur whose extraordinary idea developed into one of [...]

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Finding Somewhere to Live in London

Finding Somewhere to Live in London

Every day, people book cheap flights to London. About 30, 000 Swedes are currently living in the British Capital. As mentioned in my previous post Finding a Job in London, I stayed at a hostel in Earl’s Court during my first two days. After that I checked into a two-star hotel in the same area, [...]

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Finding a Job in London

Finding a Job in London

In November 2005 I made my second trip to London. A few weeks earlier I had gotten an internship at the Independent, but rejected it because I wanted to find a job at once instead. Don’t ask me why. Apart from a one-way flight from Stockholm Skavsta Airport to London Stanstead and two nights at [...]

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Fortylove.tv: Two Friends, Forty Takes, One Adventure

Fortylove.tv: Two Friends, Forty Takes, One Adventure

Fortylove.tv is the latest project by Adrianna Tan, a photojournalist, writer and blogger from Singapore, and May Yee, a communication strategist from Kuala Lumpur. With digital postcards from cities in Europe and the Middle East, they reveal secrets you won’t find in any guidebooks. I recently got in touch with Adrianna (currently in Dubai) and [...]

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Why London?

Why London?

I have wanted to return to London for a long time. You might wonder why I pick London when there are numerous other cities where you can escape rain, grey weather and lack of regular sunshine. Why London? To begin with, London is not defined by its weather. Yes, the city is known for cloudy, [...]

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