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Category: Childhood Memories

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Walking With Dinosaurs at the Eden Project

by Runaway Britupdated on 11 Comments on Walking With Dinosaurs at the Eden Project

Did you know that if you venture deep into the Cornish countryside during July and August you can walk with dinosaurs?

I wrote about the Eden Project last year (read the post here) about how it is a great …

Childhood Memories Europe History Travelling

Belgrade and Sarajevo: Cities Divided by War

by Runaway Britupdated on 9 Comments on Belgrade and Sarajevo: Cities Divided by War

In the summer of 1992 I was a happy and carefree 13 year old. I spent long and sunny days playing with my friends. I cheered loudly when Andre Agassi beat a little-known Croatian player, to claim the Wimbledon title.…

Childhood Memories Europe History Travelling

Visiting the Anne Frank Museum, Amsterdam

by Runaway Britupdated on 2 Comments on Visiting the Anne Frank Museum, Amsterdam

I read ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ as a young teenager and, like many other readers of the novel, discovered not a gritty tale of Holocaust hardship but a vibrant young girl dealing with the trials of approaching adulthood like …

Asia Beaches Blogging Childhood Memories Food and Drink Partying Travelling

Warm or Cold Christmas?

by Runaway Britupdated on 8 Comments on Warm or Cold Christmas?

Whether Christmas is best celebrated in a warm climate or cold climate is a topic often discussed by travellers. The opinions of most tend to depend heavily upon where that traveller was raised. It is understandable that Christmas to an …

Childhood Memories Friends and Family Relationships Travelling United Kingdom

Travel or Family, Do You Always Have to Choose?

by Runaway Britupdated on 11 Comments on Travel or Family, Do You Always Have to Choose?

Today is my birthday.

It is not a significant birthday, the last one of those was three years ago, and the next one is still way off in the future—although we all know that the next significant birthday is …

Childhood Memories Europe Travelling

Bad Wolf Bay: The Rugged Coastline of South Wales (UK)

by Runaway Britupdated on 1 Comment on Bad Wolf Bay: The Rugged Coastline of South Wales (UK)

Although I enjoy travelling the world and have branded myself a Runaway Brit, I do still appreciate the beauty of my home country. The UK is a small but diverse island and has many unappreciated areas of natural beauty. Many …

Childhood Memories Life in Sweden School Swedish Climate

Snow Days

by Runaway Britupdated on 2 Comments on Snow Days

Anybody who has attended or worked in a school in the UK will know how exciting it is when the winter brings the first snow, not so much because we love snow but because of the prospect of a Snow …

Childhood Memories Friends and Family

Driving Home for Christmas!

by Runaway Britupdated on 2 Comments on Driving Home for Christmas!

Okay, so this is TOTALLY cheesy… It’s my journey home from Stansted to South Wales on the snowiest weekend in Britain for over 100 years. It took hours but it was so worth it 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipPPTezqB4k…

Childhood Memories Life in Sweden Swedish Climate

Snow Joke

by Runaway Britupdated on 2 Comments on Snow Joke

I apologise that so many of my posts are weather related at the moment and hope that you’ll excuse me as a) I’m British so talking about the weather is what we do and b) I have missed weather whilst …

Childhood Memories History Life in Sweden School United Kingdom

Lest We Forget – Remembering The Fallen

by Runaway Britupdated on 3 Comments on Lest We Forget – Remembering The Fallen

“Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.”

Today is Remembrance Day: a day which many countries have adopted as a day to reflect …

Childhood Memories Music Travelling

The Baltic Journals #2. A-ha

by Runaway Britupdated on 1 Comment on The Baltic Journals #2. A-ha

I was a bridesmaid 3 times during the decade of blue eyeliner, crimped hair and legwarmers and have already blogged about the numerous 80s wedding discos that I attended throughout that decade (http://elainethatcher.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/the-final-countdown-to-a-night-in-the-cells/). The 80s may well be …

Childhood Memories Friends and Family School

Fancy Dress Friday

by Runaway Britupdated on 2 Comments on Fancy Dress Friday

Yesterday was the last day of an incredibly long half-term and what better way to celebrate than with a fancy dress day at school? The first time I used the phrase ‘fancy dress’ with Nicklas he thought I wanted to …

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