Enjoying slow travel

Hi there,

Linda and I are currently in the UK after spending a month in Turkey and France. Both were amazing in their own way. In Turkey we celebrated ANZAC day, which I podcasted about for the Traveler’s Notebook. Our time in France was spent in Champagne houses and floating around central France in the Maria Helena — a 23m canal boat.

We’re really enjoying the periods of slow travel we’ve been able to have recently. There’s a real difference between piloting a Dutch barge at 6km/hr and getting on the Eurostar!

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We’re meeting Chris Christensen of the Amateur Traveler in London tomorrow then heading down to the Isle of Wight for a couple of weeks relaxing and writing. We’ll talk to you from there.

Yours,
Craig and Linda

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