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Free London Museums: The Bank of England Museum
The Museum is housed within the Bank of England, at the heart of the City of London. It traces the history of the Bank from its foundation by Royal Charter in 1694, to its role today as the nation's central bank. Displays include: gold, bank notes and a reconstruction of the 18th century office. In…
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New York:
A change of date….on October 19th, we have yet, another interesting guest speaker!! Liz Ferber will be doing a picture show and presentation about some of her favorite exotic locations, with an in-depth look at some of their most special features. Highlights will include: India, Peru, Africa, and Thailand, specifically: Northern India, the Andes mountains…
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Bond, James Bond
For true 007 fans this exhibition at the Science Museum in London will display a vast collection of objects, costume designs, storyboards and images. See Oddjob's killer bowler hat and Rose Klebb's flick-knife shoe. Visitors will have a real behind the scenes look at the work of the creative and technical teams of these world…
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Ontario:
On September 20, Bruce Weber & Hoang Nguyen will talk about: “Impressions of Vietnam” (with slides). Bruce, the first-time visitor and Hong returned after 15 years. We will also have some Visiting medical students talking about: “Secrets of Bavaria” For information on Ontario meetings, please contact: Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or…
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Try Real Ale!
It’s Real Beer Week in British pubs this autumn. 33 family run breweries that have each been in the business from 100 to 300 years want to encourage more people to try real ale. The 33 brewers, are staging the first ever Real Beer Week in British pubs this autumn (September 30 – October 6).…
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Texas:
14th September 2002 Texas branch meeting Review by Christina Smith Two wonderful presentations were enjoyed by the 18 in attendance. Emily Naberhaus, a regular attendee, discussed and demonstrated packing techniques for a week or a month. Sue Howell, a soon to be regular attendee, introduced the group to her new business Vacations Unlimited Travel, Inc.…
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Thames travel
A number of boat tours and ferries operate on the Thames. Below is a selection of the trips you can take. Catamaran Cruises offer tours with commentary, leaving from Waterloo and the Embankment. Waterloo: from 10.45 until 17.45 every hour (except 14.45) Embankment: from 10.15 until 20.15 Westminster: from 14.30 until 21.30 every hour Circular…
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Dubai – building a new island
Dubai has never been known to do things by halves. Tourism is a huge earner for Dubai, the tiny state on the Arabian peninsular. They already have super de-luxe hotel complexes, reputedly the world’s first 6 star hotel, golf courses created from grass imported from the United States, watered each night from a massive desalination…
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Is Anyone There?
Absolutely a true story: the pilot of an SAS plane, on a domestic flight in Sweden, called up an airport control tower for clearance to land and found no one at home. No one realized that the controller at Kristianstad Airport had not returned from vacation and the plane was left to circle for 30…
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Cyprus – An Island Divided by Andy Brouwer
The majority of tourists visiting Cyprus are blissfully unaware of the pain and division that has haunted the island since 1974. To most, the image and experience of Cyprus is one of sun and sand, the snow-capped Troodos Mountains and exquisite frescoes housed in Byzantine monasteries. For the island's inhabitants its a different story altogether.…
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