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North Carolina ’
Jul 4th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
From Thanksgiving to Labour Day, it’s no secret that our cousins across the pond like an excuse to celebrate, and 4th July is no exception. Independence Day is commemorated with fireworks, parades and concerts across America.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: America, Asheville, Austin, Charleston, Chicago, Fourth July, Hawaii, Independence Day, Napa, North Carolina, Palm Springs, San Diego, Temecula, Texas, USA, Vegas
Dec 28th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
It’s been a busy year of travelling and it’s time to take stock. Here Just About Travel contributor and travel enthusiast, Kaye Holland, shares some of her favourite 2015 travel destinations
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Argentina, Asheville, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Chile, Colombia Cartagena, Colonia del Sacramento, Hawaii, Hungary, London, North Carolina, UK, UNESCO, Uruguay, USA, Valparaiso
Oct 13th, 2015 |
By Anna Maria Espsäter
Anna Maria Espsäter continues her exploration of the Blue Ridge Mountains in scenic North Carolina.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Altapass Orchard, Asheville, Blue Ridge Heritage Music Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park., North Carolina
Oct 7th, 2015 |
By Anna Maria Espsäter
Anna Maria Espsäter travels to the Blue Ridge Mountains and explores the scenic state of North Carolina.
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Tags: Blowing Rock, Blue Ridge Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains, Mile High Swinging Bridge, North Carolina, Parkway Craft Center National Park
Aug 24th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
New York, LA, Boston – been there, done that, got the t-shirt? For the perfect escape from the rat race, the magical mountain town of Asheville is where it’s at. And with the October release of Genius – a film depicting the real-life relationship between esteemed writer and Asheville native Thomas Wolfe and his editor Max Perkins – sure to raise its profile, now is the time to go writes Kaye Holland
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Tags: America, Angel, Asheville, Biltmore Estate, Blue Ridge Mountains, craft microbreweries, Genius, hiking, Jude Law, Lex 18, Look Homeward, North Carolina, Omni Grove Park Inn, The South, Thomas Wolfe
Jul 21st, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s itchy feet have taken her to Asheville. Read the latest instalment of her ‘Notes from a traveller’ series, only on Just About Travel
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: America, Anderson Cooper, Asheville, Austin, Blue Ridge Parkway, Ernest Hemingway, Florida, Genius, George Vanderbilt, Jude Law, LA, Look Homeward Angel, Nashville, New York, North Carolina, Obama, Texas, The Biltmore, Thomas Wolfe, Travel
Dec 2nd, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Footwear’s not frivolous if you walk through life in it
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Tags: Athens, Australia, Boot Barn, Boots, China, Hong Kong, Joseph Cheaney & Sons, Kangaroo Island, Mediterranean, Nashville, North Carolina, Reginald Murray Williams, Utah
May 30th, 2011 |
By Adrian Lawes
Aaarh Jim lad!
Every boy of a certain age would play pirates and use that expression rolling the “aarh” sound to last as long as they could. It conjured up a big, black bearded scoundrel with a sword in one hand and a flintlock in the other. It was based on a real life English pirate –Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard.
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Tags: Blackbeard, North Carolina, The Friends of Queen Anne's Revenge, USA
Apr 6th, 2011 |
By Adrian Lawes
Last month an exhibition closed at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina in America. So what, you might say, exhibitions close all the time. But this exhibition was an unusual one in that it was one of modern British ceramics
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Charlotte, Diane & Marc Grainer Collection, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, North Carolina, USA