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Laura Harrison McBride loves all things Celtic and most things English. She's spent years traveling across Ireland and the UK. Check out enticing Celtic England travel and culture venues on her website, englandsouthwest.com.

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Ireland and England and the blue skies of aviation history...and more

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It has been a rough year in aviation, what with the crash in Buffalo, NY, and more recently the Air France crash…and never forgetting the...
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Ireland Forever…at least in the Adams-Morgan region of Ireland

By now, if you haven’t booked your flight to the Emerald Isle for St. Patrick’s Day, you’re probably stuck with us local lot, Micks...
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Time for tea...England's southwest in springtime means many feasts

About three years ago, on a trip to southwest England, we stopped for lunch at a little restaurant in a half-timbered house a block or so from...
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Elvis is the greatest in Tavistock, Devon...see for yourself

There’s a term used in England for getting someone all riled up: winding up. The first time I met Ginger, it was in the Ordulph Arm in...
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How to talk like an Irish person, lesson one

If you're one of those travelers, like me, who likes to fit into your surroundings so you can see the real culture--not the one presented to...
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Boozing in the UK: Two types of pubs, one type of drinker

Ever notice the signs for “Free House” on English pubs? It doesn’t mean you can drink like a fish and pay like a U.S. banker, with...
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Explore your own Revolutionary Road on Valentine’s Day at Silvermine Tavern

Silvermine Tavern, perched on a meandering river where New Canaan, Wilton and Norwalk, Ct., meet, is more than 200 years old, and worth every minute...
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Books to take on trips: MFK Fisher, Peter Mayle, Lawrence Durrell and more

I have been thinking of books to pack while traveling, and a list popped immediately to mind. I admit, the first one was Under the Tuscan...
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A trip to Entenmann’s Bakery

Most of our trips—for all of us—are purely mental exercises, some bringing joy and others bringing pain. One I had today brought joy, the...
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Bring home the music: Memories are made of this

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When I was in high school, my Latin teacher traveled a lot. She went to exotic and frightening places, like Russia. It was during the Cold War, and...
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