This post was written in 2008 about the summer of 2007, when I spent five weeks in Washington, D.C. studying political journalism. Published with this post is an article I wrote about the National Postal Museum for a class assignment. Our first assignment was to be a story on any tourist attraction in Washington. And [...]
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It had only been three weeks since I left Singapore but that didn’t stop me from craving dim sum. To satisfy my craving, Gladys and I headed to Chinatown to meet up with her friend Michelle at Harbor City for lunch. Pretty decent food there and much better than dim sum I had in San [...]
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From Florence, we made our way to Pisa airport, where we caught our flight to London. Gladys was to fly back with Yuanting and Kenny, but due to her company imposing a quarantine during the swine flu fiasco, she had to bring her return flight forward by two days. Back in London, this time we [...]
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Gladys and I left Rome on a train bound for Florence while Yuanting and Kenny had arrived in San Francisco. Our hostel wasn’t too far from the train station and we were really impressed with the room. Owned by brothers Vito and Carlo, Casa Dolce Casa was well kept, comfy and in a good location. [...]
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Yuanting and Kenny were flying off that afternoon to San Francisco before re-joining us in London a week later, while Gladys and I were staying two more nights in Rome before heading to Florence the next day. We switched hostels for the remaining two nights and it was a pretty good one this time. We [...]
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So Rome was a challenge for us because neither one of us four had been to Rome, or Italy for that matter. But being in a new place is always exciting once you get past the strange unfamiliarity and psyche yourself up for a new experience, and language. We had a booking for this place [...]
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Our last day in Paris was spent at the lavish grounds of the Chateau de Versailles. Getting there from Paris took about forty minutes by train and there was a long queue waiting to get in. Tickets were pretty pricey at 25 euros for the entire palace, including Marie Antoinette’s residence but it was worth [...]
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The plan for the day was to visit Notre Dame Cathedral and also the Latin Quarter. What was great about it was that even though I had been before, and was going along with my friends for their first time in Paris, there were still new things to discover. The day started really chilly and [...]
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I'm Jeremy from Singapore and I'm delighted you're here. I hope that by following my travels, you'll be inspired to reach for your passport and embark on your own adventure!
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