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Romeo, Romeo where for art thou Romeo? This week

Romeo, Romeo where for art thou Romeo?
This week we are in Stratford-on-Avon visiting the sites of the world's favourite Bard.
During the day we have explored his birthplace, his family home and his daughter's home thanks to @shakespearebtrust and then in the evenings we have enjoyed relaxing in the oversized tub in our Romeo and Juliet Room back at @the_white_swan_hotel.
Have you visited Shakespeare's home town?

The Other You is the latest release by best sellin

The Other You is the latest release by best selling author, J. S. Monroe.
This crime novel explores the possibility of doppelgangers and the impact meeting them could have on your life.
Would you want to meet your double?
I guarantee this will be one of the top-selling crime novels of 2020.
I also want to take this opportunity to show off my @buddlebook that I got for Christmas to help protect my books going forward.

What are you #currentlyreading? 2020 is my year o

What are you #currentlyreading?
2020 is my year of #classicreads as I feel a need to revisit the great authors of bygone years.
Kicking off with Robinson Crusoe, this #travelogue is one of the first ever published and was 300 years old in 2019.
The narrative follows the story of Robinson Crusoe as he travels from Hull in the UK to various countries, including Brazil. Unfortunately however, he has to be one of the unluckiest travellers going and is shipwrecked off the coast of a Caribbean Island.
We continue to read about his life of surivial on the island and how he adapts to his new surroundings as well as how he avoid capture by savage cannibals while saving the lives of others.
Think #castaway with @tomhanks!

@lesleykarawriter is the bestselling author of #Th

@lesleykarawriter is the bestselling author of #TheRumour, and today, is hardback publication day of #WhoDidYouTell?, her second book set in the Fictional town of Flintstead.

You, Me and The Movies is the newly released novel

You, Me and The Movies is the newly released novel by @fionacollinsauthor.
Fiona Collins’s narrative is sad but optimistic; passionate and intense. It is a romance novel with a difference; a story full of future promises.
If you are not only a romance fan but also a film buff this is one of the first books you should be reading in 2020. .
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in northern Bav

Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in northern Bavaria situated along the famous Romantic Road ♥️. With a very well preserved medieval Old Town and year round shops selling Christmas gifts and decorations with a popular authentic Bavarian Christmas market to boot. It's well worth a visit if your heading south through Germany.🇩🇪

"I remembered that the real world was wide, and th

"I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had the courage to go forth into it's expanse, to seek real knowledge of life amidst it's perils". (Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë)
These beautiful books recreated by SP Books are limited edition manuscripts published in the own author's handwriting. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is just one of many that have been published. You will also find copies of Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Alice's Adventures Under Ground and The Great Gatsby among to name just a few.

Positano is the poster boy of the Amalfi Coast but

Positano is the poster boy of the Amalfi Coast but it wasn’t always this way and thanks go largely to the author of “ Of Mice and Men”.⁣
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⁣Positano wasn’t much more than a poor fishing village during the first half of the twentieth century until author John Steinbeck published his essay about Positano in Harper’s Bazaar back in 1953 and put Positano on the tourist map.⁣
⁣ “It is a dream place that isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone.”

After reading #GirlGoneGreek I just had to try a t

After reading #GirlGoneGreek I just had to try a traditional Greek coffee. However, having been warned about the strength of their coffees, I opted for an iced, medium sweet coffee for starters. Perfect for the warmer days.
Do you enjoy iced coffee?

Sunsets are always one of our favourite times of t

Sunsets are always one of our favourite times of the day and on our return to Greece we weren't disappointed. " it's almost impossible to watch a sunset and not a dream." - Bern Williams

Even football fans heading out to Madrid for this

Even football fans heading out to Madrid for this year's Champions League Final will be kicking themselves if they don't visit Mercado dear San Miguel. Probably the best food market we have ever visited.
With over 100 years of history, this market serves up some of the best food and wine in Madrid and is a must when visiting.

Mass exodus from St. Peters Square after the Pope'

Mass exodus from St. Peters Square after the Pope's Sunday address at the #vatican

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like re

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library." (Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice)
Gladstone's Library in Hawarden, Flintshire, is a library to admire. Home to more than 250,000 titles, this is a book lover's haven. Much of the collection comes directly from William Gladstone himself (one time British Prime Minister) but is not, as you may expect, hidden behind glass showcases. The majority of the books here are for reading so it is not unusual to pick up a book only to find the scribbles of the great man within the margins.
Gladstone's is a living, breathing library where books are not hidden away but available for all to use and benefit from.

"I like this place and could willingly waste my ti

"I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it." (William Shakespeare)
Where do you visit to get away from it all?
I am currently reading Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae which discusses mindset and how worrying what others think of us, making us feel that we are not yet good enough, stops us from doing what we truly want to do.
Sometimes getting away from it all helps us to realise what we really want. It gives us time to reflect and think about whether we are really "committed to living a life that is true over one that is comfortable..."

Frinton on sea in North Essex or should I say Flin

Frinton on sea in North Essex or should I say Flinstead on sea, which is the fictional setting for The Rumour written by @lesleykarawriter. "When single mum Joanna hears a rumour at the school gates she never intends to pass it on. But one casual comment leads to another and now there's no going back..." How would you feel if you discovered someone in your community had gained a new identity and was being protected for a crime they committed years ago? Would you be happy living next door to them? Would you become part of the angry mob?
My latest read is a creepy crime thriller that will draw you in and keep you guessing until the very end. Have you read The Rumour yet?

What is your first read of 2019? Americanah by Ch

What is your first read of 2019?
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche (@chimamanda_adichie) was first up on my list this year. I wanted to read a book that would not only fit The Travel Reading List Challenge that I am doing, I also wanted a book that would cause me to reflect.
Americanah is about two teenagers from Lagos who over the course of time drift apart. Ifemelu heads to America to finish her studies while Obinze remains in Nigeria for a time before travelling to England.
As time passes their relationship ultimately suffers but life continues.
During their time abroad each one feels the weight of their decision. The fact that they are both in countries where suddenly race is an issue, where judgement and prejudice exist far more openly than back home in Nigeria and where willingness to help is not always forthcoming, takes it toil but rather than feeling defeated it only makes them more resilient.
While reading this novel I started to think about what was being discussed. Are people consciously prejudice or is it something that we do unconsciously? I would love to say that people are more open today, more aware of their actions and how it effects others but I am not sure that this is really the case. Even if we take race out of the equation, human beings are still to quick to judge, to assume we know other peoples circumstances when in actual fact we are just being critical.
Whether it's the job someone does, the car they drive, the way they dress, we just can't help ourselves, assumptions are automatically made.
Of course, you may feel this isn't the case or you may have other thoughts on this in which case I would love to discuss your ideas further.

What was your last read of 2018? While on a recen

What was your last read of 2018?
While on a recent trip to The Angel Hotel in Bury St Edmunds I was inspired to pick up a copy of the Charles Dickens novel written in part at the same hotel.
The Pickwick Papers is a substantial novel at just over 800 pages following the travels of a group of men known as the Pickwickians who also stayed at The Angel.

An original 1869 cheque from Couttes & Co signed b

An original 1869 cheque from Couttes & Co signed by #charlesdickens for the sum of fifteen pounds.
It hangs on the wall in reception of the Angel Hotel in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk where Dickens stayed on several occasions.

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. N

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” For all you JRR Tolkien and Lord of the Rings lovers out there you don't have to travel all the way to New Zealand to experience your very own piece of movie magic.
Curtesy of West Stow Pods we stayed in our very own Hobbit hole in Suffolk, England and there wasn't an Orc or Ring Wraith in sight.
The thought and attention to detail shows throughout the property from the incredible round front door to the framed map of Middle earth above the brick fireplace.
Quite simply this is as close to living like a hobbit as your going to get so go and take a look for yourselves, you won't be dissapointed.

The Porbergur Centre located on the famous #Icelan

The Porbergur Centre located on the famous #Iceland ring road near #Jokulsarlon Ice Lagoon is a museum dedication to the history of iceland and its inhabitants. It has an exhibition to one of Icelnd’s great writers, Porbergur Poroarson (1888 - 1974) who grew up on Hali farm nearby.
The 2 meter tall book spines dominate the side of the building which can be seen from the ring road and is quite a sight as you drive by.

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