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Olivers Travels - Oliver Gee

Oliver Gee A couple of weeks in Europe to cap off what has been a magnificent year and a half.

Perth - NZ - East Africa - England - Europe

Heading home before too long, put the champagne on ice...


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Museum of Perfume, Grasse
Museum of Perfume, Grasse
Grasse is the town where the novel Perfume was set. These flowers were beautiful, they're lilacs, right?
**Some character names have been changed in this story to protect their identity. In fact, some of their identities have been slightly changed as well to make it more interesting. But the rest is entirely true. Mostly. ** I was enjoying a pleasant breakfast in a youth hostel in Nice yesterday - the breakfast was fairly ordinary but the company was wonderful. I was with a gorgeous young Brazilian seamstress I'd met a few days earlier called Julieta, a jewel from South America. Breakfast was OK, but there was a small challenge between me and six Frenchmen to get the last [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 17th 2009 | 147 Views | [diary=391518]

Nice, Cote D'azur
View from Eze
Walk of Fame, Cannes

'Cosmic Coincidence' is a phrase I never use lightly. In fact, I rarely use it, but how else can you explain the following... I was on a train heading from Cesky Krumlov to Salzburg, and I noticed my ticket said it was April 1st. This was the exact date that I flew into Africa for the first time, exactly one year ago, the beginning of this grand adventure. Hardly a cosmic coincidence you're probably thinking. Sure, but you haven't heard the best of it yet. While I was sitting there, thinking of all the things I've seen and done, the people [View Full Entry]

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1362 Words | 8 Comment(s) | 13 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: April 11th 2009 | 103 Views | [diary=386999]

Belvedere Gardens, Vienna
Oliver's Travels
Prague

By Olivers Travels
March 23rd 2009
Life in Poland Europe » Poland » Pomerania » Gdansk
Feeding the Gulls
Feeding the Gulls
In Sopot, Baltic Sea in the background
"One more time, how do you say Pleased to meet you?" I asked Michał as we got off the plane and walked across the wet runway in Gdansk. I wanted to make a good first impression on his Mum. Plus, she didn't speak English anyway, so I figured I should make the effort. Michał gave me a disappointed look I was quite familiar with. I'd last seen it a few hours before when I told him I'd dropped my boarding pass on the way to the airport. 'Miło mi Panią poznać' he responded, wearily. You think that looks hard to pronounce?? [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 27th 2009 | 256 Views | [diary=383961]

Down at the local Sklep
Carefree Days at Sopot
Delight

Regent's Park
Regent's Park
On 'Snow Day' - over a foot of snow in central London, the most in 20 years or so.
So there I was at the post office, running a few errands for the hotel, when the man behind the counter got chatting to me. He was a jolly fellow, just trying to pass the time by shooting the breeze. He knew I was working at the hotel due to my heighth of fashion waistcoat and tie, and he started asking me about my job and whether I enjoyed it or not. When I told him I'd recently resigned and was leaving in a few days, he put down the air mail stamps and leaned over to properly talk to me. [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 20th 2009 | 103 Views | [diary=377315]

Wimbledon Common
Frothing at the mouth
Tate Modern

Nessie?
Nessie?
Looking for Nessie at the top of Arthur's seat. No luck this time. Nice photo though, wouldn't you say?
I didn't notice the ripples in the Loch until it was almost too late. She'd come for my white bread, I knew it. My Scottish loaf. The one I'd found perched on top of a shrubbery in the Scottish Highlands. This was all very mysterious. But then again, the entire history of the Loch Ness Monster is veiled in mystery. And it all began a long, long time ago. Here's how our bus driver told us the story: "On a cold winter morning in 565 AD, Saint Columba, a travelling Irishman, found himself on the banks of Loch Ness. He gazed [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 29th 2009 | 138 Views | [diary=365832]

Loch Ness
Banks of Loch Ness
Ripples....

Freeze!
Freeze!
This was Gary's suggestion for a photo. Obviously a man who doesn't care for another man's face.
If someone told you they were heading to Aquae Sulis for a dip, you'd no doubt think they were a fool. Or, if you were an educated traveller or a speaker of Latin, you'd probably know they were heading to Bath, and were just using it's old name. Still a fool I guess, but there you go: Bath was once called Aquae Sulis. (A bit early for fact of the day I suppose, but I have a lot to get through). Gary and I were heading to Bath for a day trip even though the signs were telling us to stay [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 14th 2009 | 171 Views | [diary=362180]

Reflection
The main bath
Longleat House

Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral
View of the cathedral over the River Avon. The word 'Avon' comes from the Welsh 'Afon', which means River. So, this river is really called The River River. The English language, beautiful.
One of the things I loved the most about the English village of Frome was pronouncing it. Please, take the time to say it aloud: Frome, Frome. FRRRROME. What a warm and homely sound it has. I hope you actually did say it out loud, because I am about to tell you something that you won't believe. But first, some background information. I left London with four days off and told anyone who'd listen that I was heading to Frome (Frome, Frome..) where I was visiting Gary and his lovely family. If you're wondering where Frome is, it's down in that [View Full Entry]

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1447 Words | 7 Comment(s) | 9 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: January 13th 2009 | 165 Views | [diary=361210]

Tank Crossing
Proper Attire for the Cathedral?
Cathedral

By Olivers Travels
December 25th 2008
Christmas Spirits Europe
As it is Christmas Eve and I'm working the graveyard shift, and as I am terribly lonely and bored, and seeming they haven’t blocked this website at work (yet) - I figure it's the perfect opportunity to recount what has been the most epic year of my life. This is also a good chance to pay my respect to the people who have not only made it possible, but also made it unforgettable. And maybe take you on a trip with me down old memory lane. Also, seeming there are a lot of memories flying about as I put all this [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 25th 2008 | 94 Views | [diary=353945]


It's been a long time between entries, so I thought I would condense the past three months into one entry, about 26 short sections in length. Turns out there are 26 letters in the alphabet. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to put those two together, so here you have the A to Z of my last three months. A is for Amsterdam. My self-confessed number one fan (Dulal) has commented, emailed me, and even called me (for the first time in 6 months) asking me for an entry on Amsterdam, but I'm afraid it's not going to happen. I have [View Full Entry]

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2430 Words | 13 Comment(s) | 12 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: November 17th 2008 | 134 Views | [diary=340512]

Me and Julie
Canal in Amsterdam
F is for Fitzroy

Cornish Air
Cornish Air
Elizabeth is clearly impressed
I arrived in England on a cold day in June with 20 pounds in my pocket and hardly any plans. After spending the first part of my stay in St Albans with the Maddicks (more on this later) I headed for the big city - London - to see what all the fuss was about. I checked into the cheapest hostel I could find, and although it looked decrepit and filthy I was happy to stay there after discovering that breakfasts were free. I dropped off my bag and took to the streets, looking for a job, an opening, or just [View Full Entry]

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1548 Words | 10 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: September 26th 2008 | 157 Views | [diary=305296]

Tube
Trafalgar Square
St Albans Air-time



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