I never really thought about this until I had to travel on a budget, but filling up on food at these obvious opportunities will help you to keep your money in your pocket and spend it on fun experiences and activities instead. Win Win!
1) Book hotels with breakfast included and then eat until you're stuffed - and then go back for more to take away. 2) Visit local events like farmer's markets or street markets where they often have free wares to sample. 3) Wherever there's free bread at a restaurant, load up on it. 4) Grocery stores can be a great place for free samples especially in the bigger cities. 5) Check out the local magazine / paper you get in your room at the hotel to see what offers restaurants have in the area. 6) Book on tours and activities that have a free meal included. These can be really good like a beach barbecue where the food is plenty, or a buffet lunch in a restaurant - more opportunities for "takeaway"!
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Would I be standing on top of an active volcano, ready to ride down it, wearing an orange jumpsuit and sitting on a piece of plywood in my everyday life? Well... No! Of course not. This is a great example of what travel does to you - it takes you outside of your comfort zone and makes you more open to new experiences.
The normal every day is routine: Eat. Sleep. Work. Repeat. There is nothing risky here. You don't take impulsive opportunities and rationality wins the day. But when you travel, it's time to be free and adventurous. I've got to the point now where the whole thing is second nature. I switch off normal me and switch on travel me. When you're globetrotting, there's no time for insecurities. You've got too many other things to think about and too many other things to enjoy and immerse yourself in. The confidence that comes from travel gives you an edge. You'll never be short of a conversation starter. But, whilst you're travelling, you're open to meeting new people, forging friendships, taking risks, you relax into the journey and experience and stop worrying about the little things. I've been practicing with the iPhone 6S's Live Photos feature. More work needed... I think it'd be great for action shots... but for now, here's some LPs of London's Strand and Southbank. Woo hoo I have finally upgraded my iPhone 4S to the 6S and I can't wait to shoot some live photos - whatever these may be....
Apparently the 6S camera has a new feature which is the ability to shoot a "Live Photo" - a mix between a still image, an animated GIF and a proper video. It captures the moment before and immediately after you take the pic in Apple's camera app. You then view the photo as normal in the Camera Roll and press down on it. 3D Touch (whatever that is...) brings it to life. I will have to try this! I'm also interested to see if the camera is a lot better than the 4S. I'm hoping so. I was in Margate in Kent on Saturday celebrating my Great Uncle's 95th birthday. We hadn't visited for 5 years, so it was interesting to see the redevelopment along the beachfront. Also, the funfair Dreamland closed its gates in 2005 and re-opened 10 years later this year after an 18 million pound restoration. A lovely day was had soaking up the last rays of summer.
Envy time again, as my mum and her friend visited Lake Windermere in the Lake District. Windermere is the largest natural lake in England, being ten and a half miles long and 219 feet deep. They also took in the market town of Kendal (a favourite of Nella Last) and Lancaster, and the following day on the long drive back home, Molden and the gateway to the magnificent Yorkshire Dales, Skipton.
They hadn't enjoyed Carlisle Castle as much as they'd hoped, so they went in search of another castle and visited the much more impressive Castle Howard, said to be Yorkshire's finest stately home and gardens. And it didn't disappoint! Only 15 miles north of York, Castle Howard is a private residence, the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years.
Sadly no pics though - think they were having too much of a good time! Time to head to the ancient capital of the county - York. Here they visited a Victorian museum and came across these gems...
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