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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 14/06/2025

For this week's #AlphabetChallenge here is an X-shape formed by the oldest residential street in Europe, in England's smallest city - Vicars' Close in Wells #WeekXforXs #wells #somerset #englandtravel

Very old street with cobbled road and houses with tall chimneys on either side. Looking at the houses from this angle the road seems to form an X-shape

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 03/06/2025

Spotted a few years ago in a display of bizarre street signs in Copenhagen... #AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWacky

Triangular street sign with a red border and a picture of a person in a wheelchair falling into the jaws of a crocodile

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 19/05/2025

For this week's #alphabetchallenge here's a picture of the 16th Avenue Tiled Steps in San Francisco, 163 steps with mosaics themed with the sea and the stars #WeekUforUp #sanfrancisco #tiledsteps #mosaic

Tall outdoor stairway with trees and plants on either side. The stairs are tiled with mosaics of spirals and stars.

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 14/05/2025

For this week's #AlphabetChallenge here's a picture of an old sundial in Cape Town (due to changes in the time zone it is permanently half an hour slow...) #WeekTforTime #sundial #capetown

Old sundial. The dial is square with numbers around the right hand side and the bottom.

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 12/05/2025

A lovely boat trip along the Thames this morning, complete with coffee and pastries! Thanks to the Boat Hire Company #riverthames #boattrip

Looking out from the back of a boat along the Thames. There are birds in the water and trees by the side. The boat has seats with cushions and a table with coffee and pastries

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 10/05/2025

The Savill Garden and the Valley Gardens, in Windsor Great Park. Both lovely at this time of year! #gardens #windsor #windsorgreatpark

Garden with trees and bluebells in the long grass

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 06/05/2025

For this week's #AlphabetChallenge a picture of the River Humber with the water gleaming silver #WeekSforSilver #riverhumber #humberbridge #yorkshire

Suspension bridge across a river. The sun is low in the sky and shining on the water so that it takes on a silver colour

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 28/04/2025

For this week's #AlphabetChallenge on the subject of roads, this was one of my favourite roads, from Swellendam to the De Hoop nature reserve in South Africa. We saw just about no-one else on the road, but lots of different animals! #WeekRforRoads #southafrica #travel

Empty road stretching into the distance. There is grass and brown earth beside the road and mountains and trees in the background.

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 22/04/2025

This week's #AlphabetChallenge is #WeekQforQs, so here is a picture from Qatar. It is of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, with a stairway in the shape of an oyster shell (Qatar is famed for its pearl fishing) #doha #qatartravel

Interior of modern museum with a circular staircase topped by a circular light, giving the impression of an oyster shell

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 17/04/2025

A6: Has to be London - where else would you get such a mixture of styles juxtaposed with one another? #TravelAddictsHistory #TravelAddicts #architecture

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 17/04/2025

A5: Perhaps surprisingly, there is lots of Art Nouveau architecture in Lloret de Mar #TravelAddictsHistory #TravelAddicts #architecture

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 17/04/2025

A4: I'm just back from Vienna so I've been looking at lots of baroque buildings! This one is the Belvedere Palace #TravelAddictsHistory #TravelAddicts #architecture

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 17/04/2025

A3: I make a point of looking for Roman ruins wherever I go, but one of my favourites is in my home town. This is the ancient Roman baths in Bath (the upper level is Victorian but the base is Roman...) #TravelAddictsHistory #TravelAddicts #architecture

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 17/04/2025

A2: This conference centre in Ostrava is a repurposed gas cylinder! (I love industrial buildings...) #TravelAddicts #TravelAddictsHistory #architecture

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 17/04/2025

A1: Difficult to answer, because I like lots of different types of architecture! But I have a particular liking for Islamic buildings, like the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi #traveladdictshistory #traveladdicts #architecture

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 14/04/2025

You can always depend upon Moorish architecture for wonderful patterns - the is the Real Alcazar in Seville #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPatterns #travel #Spain

Arches and pillars with elaborate ornamentation

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 13/04/2025

Oodles of tourists in the Istanbul Spice Market for this week's #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOodles #istanbul #market

Covered market hall packed with people from wall to wall

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 04/04/2025

The quite remarkable Hundertwasser House in Vienna, an eclectic blend of shapes and colours #hundertwasser #vienna #viennatravel

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 26/03/2025

For the multi coloured #alphabetchallenge here's a picture of the amazing Hundertwasser Toilets in Kawakawa, New Zealand. I'm looking forward to seeing more of Hundertwasser's work in Vienna next week... #WeekMforMulticoloured #hundertwasser

Interior of very ornate toilet block with multi coloured pillars and rough mosaics on walls

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 27/02/2025

Frameless - the immersive London gallery where the audience become part of the picture… #frameless #london #immersiveart #bgtw @travwriters.bsky.social

Picture of London at night with gallery visitors in front, looking as if they are part of the scene

Room lit up like Van Gogh’s Starry Night, with visitors sitting on a chair in the middle

Picture of a giant wave projected onto a wall, looking as if it is about to swamp the people sitting on chairs

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 05/02/2025

I'm in the process of creating a brand new travel site just about the British Isles and I'd love it if people would follow the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/karenwarren..... Thanks!

Picture of houses on the side of a steep hill.

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 27/01/2025

A quick visit to Cirencester, main town of the Cotswolds, staying at The Fleece, an old coaching inn @travwriters.bsky.social #cirencester #cotswolds

Outside of hotel with three adjoining buildings. One is brick with three gables, the middle is half timbered, and the third is painted blue.

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 24/01/2025

This peaceful pine forest in Classe is Dante’s “dark wood”. Other literary visitors to the forest were Boccaccio and Byron #italytravel #literaryitaly #emiliaromagna @travwriters.bsky.social

Path through a pine forest with tall trees on either side.

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 22/01/2025

Good morning from Ravenna. This is just one of the city’s spectacular mosaics #ravenna #italytravel #bgtw

Arch above three windows containing spectacular colourful mosaic with four religious figures.

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 05/01/2025

I've been looking at some of the historic pubs in Bristol. This one claims to be the oldest - it is also said (rather creepily) that the front door is covered with layers of human skin... #bristol #englandtravel #historicpub #bgtw

Very old pub with white painted walls and timber framed front. Writing on the side says The Olde Hatchet Inn 1606.

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 29/12/2024

The botanic gardens in Sal, Cabo Verde. An impressive collection of plants in a desert landscape, providing a home for dozens of rescue animals and birds #caboverde #bgtw

Part of a botanic gardens with tropical trees around a small pool of water

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 27/12/2024

I’ve never seen a desert mirage before, but it’s hard to believe this water isn’t actually real #caboverde #bgtw

Desert landscape with what appears to be a patch of water but is actually a mirage

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 26/12/2024

A colourful shop in Santa Maria, Cabo Verde #bgtw #caboverde

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 28/11/2024

Italy always does Christmas in style, as with this giant advent calendar that is being put up in front of Turin’s Cathedral #italy #turin #christmasinitaly

Giant advent calendar in front of a cathedral

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 27/11/2024

Who else loves truffles? I spotted these ones in the window of a shop in Turin

Basket lined with a cloth and containing four whole truffles

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 27/11/2024

Did you know that the Palio in Asti is even older than that of Siena? Asti’s very interesting Museo del Palio tells the story of the race and is full of colourful memorabilia like these flags

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 26/11/2024

I realised I’ve been in Italy for four days and I haven’t posted a picture of my food yet… This is a “colourful” risotto with purple cabbage, pecan nuts and goat’s cheese. Delicious!

Purple coloured risotto with pecan nuts and blobs of goat’s cheese

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 25/11/2024

This hotel - the NH Collection Santo Stefano in Turin - is beautifully designed. But my favourite feature is the information boards along the stairways that tell you all about the Roman and medieval city

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 23/11/2024

Even in November the gardens of the Reggia Di Venaria in Piedmont are impressive

Large statue of Hercules looking along a long canal that leads towards the mountains

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 23/11/2024

Of course, the Italians do street art better than anyone else…

Outside of a building with mural showing Virgin and Child at a window

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 22/11/2024

Great food tour (chocolate and wine tasting) with Slow Italia Tours this afternoon. Picture is of Chocolate7 in Turin, a bean to bar shop with hundreds of different types of chocolate #turin #chocolate

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 22/11/2024

Last night’s snow has disappeared and I’m very happy because I’ve found an old Roman road right outside the hotel #turin #romans

Old Roman road with columns leading to a large gateway

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Karen Warren @worldwidewriter.co.uk · 21/11/2024

A rather cold and snowy arrival in Turin…

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