Posts in Category: Europe
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Castle Stuart Hole by Hole
This is my third hole by hole post from a golf trip to Scotland in September 2022 organized through Platinum Golf Scotland. The first featured Nairn golf links and the second the venerable Royal Dornoch. Both are traditional links courses with antecedents going back centuries. This post will feature a relative newbie on the Scottish […]
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The Matterhorn – A Perfect Day in the Alps
This is a post I have been eager to write since experiencing one of the best days of hiking in my life last June in the Swiss alps with the Matterhorn looming in the background on every step. Alison and I are well into our Swiss hiking tour with Adventures Abroad led by our good […]
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Royal Dornoch Hole by Hole
This is the second of six hole by hole posts from a recent golf trip to northeast Scotland organized by Platinum Golf Scotland. In the first post we played the underrated course at Nairn where we received a warm welcome and I was given a private tour of the course archives. In this post we’ll […]
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Glacier Express from St. Moritz to Zermatt
In my last post from this trip to Switzerland with Adventures Abroad our group started our hiking portion of the itinerary with a bracing ramble in the Engadin Valley high above St. Moritz. Now it is time to enjoy one of the many exciting train trips that was one of the main attractions for signing […]
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Nairn Golf Club Hole by Hole
This is the first of a series of hole by hole posts I will be putting up over the next little while from a golfing trip to Scotland that I took along with seven friends in late September, 2022. Each will feature a hole by hole description of the six links courses we played on […]
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Engadin Valley – Hiking Above St. Moritz
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad walking and hiking tour of Switzerland we took the train to St. Moritz and enjoyed a walk around this fabled resort town. We later paid a visit to the famous Heidi Hut and walked back down into St. Moritz from it. In this post we’ll undertake our […]
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Oxford Walking Tour with Andrew Parker
In my last post from England my friend Don Harding and I enjoyed travelling along the Thames by boat to Greenwich and back on what turned out to be a great day in London. The next morning we were driven to Oxford by private car which turned out to be much quicker and more efficient […]
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St. Moritz – Home of Winter Sports
In the last post on this Adventures Abroad tour of Switzerland we walked the old city of Zurich which got things off to a great start for everybody. In this post we’ll relocate from Zurich to the legendary winter sports playground of St. Moritz and find out why it is considered to be the place […]
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London By Boat to Greenwich & Back
I’ve been to London many times, but until recently I had never experienced London by boat which was a big mistake. Here’s why taking a trip down the Thames to Greenwich is a great way to spend a different kind of day in London. The London transportation system is among the most extensive in the […]