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Phil Thomas | Travel Writer & Blogger
@some1elsescountry.bsky.social
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Travel writing and musings for adventurers low on time but high on Wanderlust

Bylines: BBC Travel, CN Traveler, T+L, The Independent, Newsweek and others

113 - and counting - countries. Next up: 🇦🇹🇮🇹🇸🇻

✍️ www.someoneelsescountry.com ✍️
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Yet another #Brexit boon - on arrival, queuing for an hour to register for EES (for a country that would have let us in with just a passing glance at passport pre-2020).

Congrats yet again to everyone who voted for this, you’ve done us all proud, clap clap. 😒😫🤮
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Latest article for Food, Wine and Travel
Magazine

From Bayou to Table - A Cajun Culinary Pilgrimage ⚜️🥘🐊🦐

One of the tastiest trips I’ve ever taken!

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#travelwriter #louisiana #traveladdicts
From Bayou To Table: A Louisiana Cajun Cooking Pilgrimage - Food, Wine & Travel
In Louisiana, Cajun cooking is a culinary pilgrimage – from bayou to table. Join Phil Thomas to learn how Cajun cuisine reflects its heritage.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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👋 #TravelBloggersCommunity theme of the week for #travelblogshare is #citybreak

I’ve written a blog series on “Second Time” visits to popular destinations including cities in 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇮🇹🇹🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪

You’ve done the showstopper sights…now go off the beaten track!

www.someoneelsescountry.com/second-time-in
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Surprise Italy? 🇮🇹 Sold!!
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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If #travelblogshare theme is food, I’m heading straight to Italy 🇮🇹🍝😋 ahd a cooking class we did in an Agriturismo close to San Gimignano, Tuscany.

Suffice to say we left full

#travelbloggerscommunity #travelblog #tuscany

www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/tuscan-...
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Returning to Paris for a second visit? Incroyable 💙🤍❤️

Away from tshowstopper sights, a return visit lets you picnic like a Parisian, see world-class street art and find areas missed by most!

Latest #travelblog now live

#travelblogshare #travelblogger

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Second Time In...Paris
Paris is one of those places you can visit a dozen times and still stumble upon something new. The first trip will inevitably be all about the classics (Eiffel Tower, Mona Lisa, escargots that you alw...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Allons danser!

Cajun culture alive and well in #Lafayette, Louisiana 💃⚜️ 🍻

#travelwriter #travelblogger #traveladdicts
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Looking forwards to this
travelbugsworld.bsky.social Travel Bugs World ✈️🐞🌏 @travelbugsworld.bsky.social · Oct 4
Welcome, Phil 👋
Targeting busy folks low on time but high on wanderlust is a really smart niche.

Looking forward to your contributions for our weekly
#TravelBloggersCommunity #TravelBlogShare

A new theme drops each Wednesday

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some1elsescountry.bsky.social Phil Thomas | Travel Writer & Blogger @some1elsescountry.bsky.social · Oct 4
Morning all - my name’s Phil and I’m a travel blogger based in Cambridge UK

My blog - Someone Else’s Country - is written for busy folks low on time but high on wanderlust.

www.someoneelsescountry.com

Look forward to reading and learning about your adventures
October 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Barring picking up some bug on the flight back last weekend, loved #SriLanka.

Everyone said to skip Colombo but I was pleasantly surprised.

Well overdue creating some #travelblogs off the back of this trip…

#traveladdicts #travelblogger
October 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Saving this for a trip next year!
letygoeson.bsky.social Lety Goes on @letygoeson.bsky.social · Sep 23
If you’re looking for experiences beyond traditional tourist routes, this Guide to Unusual Attractions in Bologna unveils hidden gems and unique itineraries to discover the city from a different perspective.

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#TravelBloggersCommunity #TravelAddicts #Bologna
10 Unusual Attractions in Bologna: Beyond Tourist Routes
Unseen Bologna: A Guide to discover Unusual Attractions Outside the Classic Tourist Routes. Here are the unique things you can do and see
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September 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Even in the rain, Sri Lanka is charming!

Shoes took a little while to dry mind you…

#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelblog #srilanka
September 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Doesn’t matter how old you get, seeing this number of #elephants this close is never not going to be unbelievably cool.

Minneriya National Park, Sigiriya, #SriLanka 🇱🇰 home of the largest single gathering of Asian elephants on Earth

#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelblog
September 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Sundays in Sri Lanka - just the 870m drop for company.

World’s End hike in Horton Plains National Park

#traveladdicts #travelbloggee #hiker
September 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Ignoring East-meets-West cliches, it’s impossible not to be attracted to a city that spans two continents and 1,500 years of history…far too much to see in one visit!

New blog - Second Time in Istanbul - now live.

www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/second-...

#travelblogshare #travelblogger
September 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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The Camino remains a hiking bucket list goal !
September 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Completing this year’s summer roadtrip blog series, a jaunt round Northern and Western #Ireland featuring the Antrim Coast, Derry, Slieve League, Galway and much more besides…

Have a read here: www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/summer-...

#travelblogger #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #roadtrip
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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The moment of staring at Notre Dame’s façade and asking the big questions…

Is that the pope being sat on by Satan ✅
Is that pitchfork doing what I think it is ✅
Is that a vomiting man being speared by a devil ✅

Definitely a blog - and maybe a photo piece - coming soon!

#traveladdicts #paris
September 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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It will never not be cool to see visitors fall in love with the city I (for now) call home!

Very good blog below 👇
August 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Quite a surreal moment to see my name next to an article in @cntraveler.com.web.brid.gy

15 Best Ways To Experience Queer Berlin 🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 (from a pretty extensive shortlist).

It remains my favourite city on Earth 🌍

#travelwriter #traveladdict
August 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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#Dorset by afternoon and evening light on that rarest of occasions

A British bank holiday Roadtrip not cursed by crap weather

#traveladdict #travelwriter
August 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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This is one hell of a Roadtrip - *adds to travel wishlist* 🇨🇦🇨🇦🍁🍁
August 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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New blog in my Summer Roadtrip series on my favourite part of Italy - #Puglia and #Basilicata. All you could want from Italy - millennia of history, great cuisine ahd wine and views to die for.

#traveladdicts #travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity
August 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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More reasons to love Puglia ⬇️⬇️😋😋
pugliaguys.bsky.social The Puglia Guys @pugliaguys.bsky.social · Aug 9
Ahah! Grazie. Puglia is considered to be Italy’s 2nd most visited foodie destination by region. We produce most of Italy’s olive oil (almost 40%), 2nd top regional wine producer and we gave the world burrata cheese!
August 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Orecchiette often get overlooked, as does Apulian cuisine more generally.

Big mistake - they’re absolutely delicious and I thought Puglia had some of the beet cuisine anywhere I’ve been in Italy! 🇮🇹
pugliaguys.bsky.social The Puglia Guys @pugliaguys.bsky.social · Aug 8
Puglia’s iconic orecchiette (“little ears”) pasta is at the heart of our culinary tradition, from the classic pairing with cime di rapa to inventive creations. The name – “little ears” – probably dates to the Angevin rulers of the 12th–14th centuries.

#ItalianFood #TravelAddicts
August 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Lofoten is - for my money - the most beautiful place on Earth. But with the ratio of visitors to locals reaching 40:1 in summer, how can you stop it becoming an Arctic Disneyworld.

My article for BBC Travel published last weekend.

www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...

#traveladdicts #travelblogshare
Are 'the world's most beautiful islands' in danger?
Norway's stunning Lofoten Islands have gone viral for their midnight summer sun. But as the isles face overtourism for the first time, residents have an important message for visitors.
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August 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM