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I               always               wanted               to               travel,               ever               since               I               was               about               five               years               old.

I               was               really               lucky,               growing               up               on               the               South               Coast               of               England.

My               parents               lived               in               a               house               in               a               place               called               Lilliput,               which               is               on               the               outskirts               of               the               town               of               Poole               in               Dorset,               and               right               at               the               end               of               the               famous               Sandbanks               Peninsula.

Those               outside               of               the               UK               have               probably               never               heard               of               Sandbanks,               but               over               the               last               20               years               this               has               become               known               as               Millionaires               Mile,               and               it's               our               equivalent               of               Malibu.
               I               never               realized               quite               how               lucky               I               was,               growing               up               in               a               place               like               this,               however               what               I               always               wanted               to               do               was               to               travel.

Living               in               what               was               pretty               much               close               to               paradise,               the               family               used               to               come               and               visit               us               in               the               summer               holidays,               and               for               the               other               holidays               we               used               to               go               and               visit               them.

My               Mom's               family               lived               (and               mostly               still               do)               in               Rugby,               which               is               in               the               Midlands               of               England,               and               150               miles               north               of               where               I               grew               up.

Every               school               holiday               we               would               make               the               3-4               hour               trek               north               to               Rugby,               where               I               would               spend               my               time               playing               with               my               cousins,               or               more               often               than               not               I               was               B-O-R-E-D.
               From               an               early               age,               I               loved               books,               and               would               read               anything               that               was               in               the               house,               whether               this               was               our               house,               or               my               Grandmothers               house,               where               we               stayed               when               visiting               the               family.

I               read               a               few               books               here               about               far               away               places,               including               stories               like               Doctor               Dolittle               and               Treasure               Island,               and               of               course               I               spent               hours               studying               a               huge               Atlas               that               we               had,               as               well               as               maps               of               Great               Britain,               but               what               fascinated               me               most               of               all               was               Picture               Postcards.
               I               was               intrigued               by               all               the               places               that               were               pictured               on               these               postcards.

We               had               a               number               of               old               ones               from               the               1930's               and               1940's               and               prior,               mostly               of               local               places               in               England,               but               some               from               far               away,               and               many               more               from               all               over               the               world,               that               just               amazed               me,               and               I               would               spend               hours               studying               them,               wondering               what               it               would               be               like               to               travel               to               these               far               off               places.
               My               Nana               (Grandmother               on               my               Father's               side)               had               been               to               South               Africa,               Egypt,               India,               Italy               and               a               few               other               places               in               the               early               1950's,               and               as               well               as               photographs               she               had               brought               back               a               Viewmaster               3-D               viewer               with               a               lot               of               slides.

It               was               just               amazing               to               travel               across               the               world               with               these,               but               I               never               imagined               that               one               day               I               would.
               Over               the               years               people               began               to               know               that               I               collected               postcards,               and               so               the               family               would               always               keep               these               for               me,               including               many               from               their               friends,               and               friends               of               friends,               until               I               had               a               collection               of               thousands               of               them.

I               traveled               the               world               with               these               marvelous               pictures,               and               yet               the               real               me               had               never               been               anywhere.
               I               tell               a               lie               though.

I               had               been               to               Northern               Ireland,               to               Belfast               when               I               was               five               years               old,               to               visit               my               Uncle,               Aunt               and               Cousins               who               lived               there.

Although               I               did               have               a               good               time               there               with               my               cousins,               the               flight               traumatized               me               somewhat,               and               this               fear               of               flying               was               to               last               for               many               years.

We               flew               over               to               Dublin,               and               then               on               to               Belfast,               in               a               DC-3               Dakota,               a               relic               from               WWII               with               twin               propellers,               and               flying               low               over               the               Irish               Sea               my               stomach,               which               was               not               accustomed               to               such               an               experience,               since               I               had               never               been               to               the               fairground               before,               took               a               dislike               to               it.

I               was               dressed               in               my               best,               as               parents               did               for               their               children               when               traveling               in               those               days,               so               I               had               my               grey               shorts,               school               shirt               and               tie,               blazer               and               peaked               cap,               and               I               threw               up               over               the               lot.

To               put               it               mildly,               I               was               as               sick               as               a               parrot!

That               was               the               last               flying               I               did               until               I               was               18               years               old.
               As               I               said,               all               my               school               holidays               were               either               spent               down               at               the               beach               at               Sandbanks,               or               with               the               family               in               Rugby,               but               in               the               summer               of               1973               the               family               decided               to               do               something               different,               and               about               10               of               us               flew               out               to               Majorca,               one               of               the               Balearic               Islands               in               the               Mediterranean.
               Majorca               was               one               of               the               first               destinations               for               the               working               class               English               to               visit               when               overseas               travel               became               popular               in               the               1970's,               and               it's               still               a               popular               destination,               however               it               rapidly               became               more               like               Cancun               in               Mexico               or               Cable               Beach               in               The               Bahamas               are               today,               lots               of               hotels               with               pools,               and               many               visitors               rarely               venturing               outside               to               see               the               REAL               world.
               And               so               it               was               with               us,               as               the               family               spent               the               best               part               of               2               weeks               sitting               around               the               pool               at               the               hotel,               and               I               never               did               get               to               the               beach               in               Majorca.

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               This               was               a               time               when               English               people               ate               Eggs               and               Bacon               for               breakfast,               drank               Ale               or               Bitter               not               Lager,               and               the               only               fast               food               you               could               get               was               our               famous               Fish               And               Chips.

Imagine               the               horror               to               find               that               when               you               went               to               Spain,               you               couldn't               get               "real"               beer,               the               food               was               "different"               (and               my               family               loathed               foreign               food),               and               the               food               in               the               hotel               especially               was               awful.

Most               nights               after               the               meal               in               the               hotel,               or               instead               of               it,               we               headed               down               to               a               local               bar               that               served               Chicken               And               Chips,               and               ate               that.
               Within               a               few               years,               however,               English               entrepreneurs               realized               that               there               was               a               demand               for               the               English               way               of               life,               and               so               the               beach               resorts               all               around               Spain               are               now               full               of               English               Pub,               English               Fish               and               Chips,               as               well               as               the               later               American               influx               of               McDonalds,               Burger               King,               Pizza               Hut,               KFC               etc.

It's               really               hard               to               find               a               typical               meal               in               any               of               these               places,               plus               they               are               full               of               noisy               nightclubs               and               discos.

Not               my               ideal               destination...
               And               so               this               was               my               first               experience               of               traveling               overseas,               in               some               ways               a               good               one,               but               overall               the               complete               opposite               of               what               I               would               want               today.
               Oh               yes               the               flight.

This               was               only               my               second               experience               of               flying,               and               I               was               very               nervous               after               my               experience               when               I               was               5               years               old,               and               so               as               was               to               be               expected,               flying               both               to               and               from               Majorca               I               spent               the               best               part               of               the               flight               in               the               toilet               on               the               plane.

Still               traumatized               unfortunately.
               This               was               my               only               experience               of               overseas               travel               for               another               3               years,               when               I               went               with               3               friends               from               University               on               a               2               week               camping               trip               to               Normandy               and               Brittany.
               The               French               Coast               is               only               5               hours               away               by               car               ferry               from               Southampton               (where               I               currently               live),               and               so               with               2               cars,               an               Austin               Mini               and               a               Ford               Anglia,               the               4               of               us               headed               off               to               France.
               The               trip               was               quite               an               experience               for               me,               with               learning               to               drive               on               the               other               side               of               the               road,               but               the               scenery               in               Northern               France               was               wonderful.

If               you               haven't               been               there,               Normandy               is               where               the               D-Day               invasion               took               place               on               6th               June               1944.

The               countryside               is               made               up               of               narrow               roads,               with               small               towns               and               villages,               and               lots               of               small               fishing               ports               too.

It               was               brilliant               and               laid               back.
               We               visited               Omaha               Beach               and               saw               some               of               the               fortifications,               headed               off               to               Brittany               where               we               toured               Mont               Saint               Michel,               the               island               with               it's               Abbey               at               the               end               of               a               causeway,               and               drove               all               around               the               coast               of               Brittany               as               far               as               La               Baule,               on               the               north               side               of               the               River               Loire               opposite               Saint               Nazaire.
               We               all               learned               a               lot               about               French               food,               and               had               lots               of               fresh               crusty               bread,               crepes,               sausages               and               salami,               and               it               was               just               amazing.

Everything               was               so               different               to               England.

We               also               learned               a               lot               about               French               wine               and               beer               too...
               I               could               go               on               for               hours               about               the               joys               of               Normandy               and               Brittany,               with               their               quaint               little               towns,               some               still               with               the               ramparts               intact               and               some               even               with               moats               around               them.

It               was               for               me               a               different               world,               like               something               out               of               the               history               books.
               This               is               I               think               where               the               travel               bug               in               me               started,               and               where               I               began               to               learn               the               joys               of               appreciating               new               experiences.
               I               will               halt               this               chapter               of               my               story               here,               while               I               recuperate               and               move               on               to               the               next               chapter,               which               takes               me               further               afield               and               I               have               many               more               adventures.
               If               you               would               like               to               read               more               about               my               travels               and               my               growing               up               in               England,               you               can               find               an               alternative               version               of               my               story               at               Squidoo.






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