Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Alptastic
I would love to share some of the beautiful mountain scenery encountered on our trip around the French/Swiss/Italian Alps. The above photo was taken at the top of Mont Blanc. Don’t be fooled by the sun, it was a bone chillingly cold -25c and I couldn’t feel my fingers. ********************************************************************************** These daredevils were about to…
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Wine tasting in Burgundy
I’m ashamed to say I didn’t realise Burgundy and Bourgogne were the same place, Burgundy is just the name in English. Boeuf Bourguignon is one of my favourite meals to make at home and I never clicked. I also didn’t realise how ignorant I was around French wine, so needless to say our little adventure…
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Express to Espresso
I’ve been looking forward to saying ‘Want to duck over to Switzerland and Italy next week?’ It is such a novel thing for an Australian to travel to another country in a few hours and not have to fly. The Glacier Express and Bernina Express were both on my list and I also had a…
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King of the castle
It was a rather significant birthday for my husband in January. Being the selfless wife that I am, I thought perhaps a stay in a castle might take his mind off the fact that he is now officially middle aged. Plus it is 800 years old, so waaay older than him! We set off early…
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Christkindlmarkets/Marché de Noël
Ohhh the smells! Glorious aromas of mulled wine, gingerbread, sizzling sausages, melting cheese, spiced hot chocolate, all waft through the air. Perusing each twinkling stall and wondering how have I gone through life without any Christmas baubles. So many choices. Best not to rush any decisions and have a raclette or a crepe whilst I…
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Beth yw castell drawiadol!
Our next destination was Wales via Heysham to find the church where my parents got married. St Peter’s dates back to the 13th century, although it’s believed a church in some form has been on the site from the 8th century. Around the side of the church there are some impressive medieval coffins carved into…
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The North
The motorway signs just say to ‘The North’, my mind conjured up images of us driving our rental car to a big white wall, but 3 hours later we were in York. Arriving in York Sunday afternoon, I foolishly thought we could just drop into one of the pubs that I had researched for Sunday…
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Go West
‘I’d like a relaxing beach holiday’ was a frequent request over my years as a travel agent. ‘What about Western Australia?’ I often replied. ‘No, I’d like to go overseas’. So Bali or Fiji it was. Not to detract from these destinations, there is definitely a time and a place for reasonably priced cocktails and…
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Plan to gallivant
It’s almost here! 6 months off work… let the gallivanting begin! The idea of writing a blog is a bit daunting in this day of 140 character count but I did keep a diary when I went on exchange in Chile in 1993, so surely I must be able to engage that part of the…
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