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Welcome to eNewsletter July 2012
Hello all, Here in our very mixed British summer we’re having all sorts of fun 🙂 Besides our endless obsession with the weather, we’ve had the Royal Diamond Jubilee & we’re about to indulge in the Olympics…both events have combined to bring the world to us more than we’re used. Reversal travel for us Brits and…
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Meeting news from the Ontario, Canada branch
Future Presentations on & Possible topics: Friday, May 25, 2012 – Northern Argentina by Eduardo Barnett and Svatka Hermanek Saturday, July ? – Greece and Turkey by Jay Wopperer and Linda Schmieder Friday, Sept. 21 – Cycling in Cuba/Nicaragua by Mark Franklin, Practice Leader, Friday, Nov. 16 – Career Cycles Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand with Friendship…
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March meeting news from the Chester, UK branch by Hanna, Angela & Eve
Hallo to everyone again We had a really great meeting again, with 2 fantastic speakers! If you couldn’t make it we have written a short review of the talks so you get the gist of what went on! Hope to see you for our next meeting again, Saturday May 19th and the talks are as…
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February meeting news from the London, UK branch by The Ant
As I’m way behind on eNewsletters and there have been a number of London meetings since my last edition, I thought I’d just highlight February’s meeting, as both talks were fascinating from different perspectives:- Neil Harris – “Ethiopia: A country of two halves; history in the north, tribal Africa in the south.” Neil Harris is…
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Welcome to eNewsletter March 2012
Hello all 🙂 , Welcome to this very late, first edition of 2012 ! I’ve been too caught up in family life & working and so now I’m trying to catch up with many a missed travelling tale/Globetrotter story !! In this edition we’ve got plenty of club news, including a fantastic trip by long…
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Write in (1) Travel Editor on a Small Greek Island by Jennifer Barclay
You’re living a life that many of us would dream about, said Matt. It’s a life I dreamed about myself for long enough. Especially in the grey of winter I had a recurring dream of walking across the hills of a small Greek island, the deep blue sea down below. It got so familiar that…
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Meeting news from the Ontario, Canada branch
Ontario meetings are held at 8.00pm on the third Friday of January, March, May (4th Friday), September and November, at Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade, in downtown Toronto. Everyone welcome especially visiting travellers 🙂 For more information contact Svatka Hermanek at hermanek@yahoo.ca, Bruce Weber at bruceaweber@hotmail.com / on tel. 416 203-0911 or Paul Webb…
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November meeting news from the London, UK branch by The Ant
With Jacqui at the lectern, we had two contrasting talks geographically & politically:- Andrea Orban and Laurence West – An independent canter through Libya. Andrea & Laurence spent four years living & working in Libya, right up to the point that the recent overthrow of Gaddafi & his regime engulfed the country and this talk…
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Welcome to eNewsletter December 2011
Hello all, A bumper edition to savour – make sure you leave plenty of time to enjoy this eNewsletter, in between the many festivities that you might be enjoying 🙂 Included this month is:- a stunning article by Jennifer Barclay on her new life on a Greek island ! Jennifer has spoken previously at the…
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November meeting news from the Chester, UK branch by Hanna, Angela & Eve
Hi The Ant, It was great to actually meet you on your meeting [Note from The Ant…Hannah & partner joined us the November London branch meeting], we enjoyed it all immensely and have told everyone about in our meeting. We had a good turnout this time, about 40 people all in all and 35 paying…
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