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Karen Warren
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Travel writer, book reviewer and novelist | Author of Secret Bath, an Unusual Guide | BGTW member | Travel websites at https://worldwidewriter.co.uk and https://bewitchedbyitaly.com | Author website at https://karenwarrenauthor.com | Based in Bath, UK
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The incredible Neolithic village of Skara Brae
#skarabrae #orkneys #unescoworldheritage #neolithic
June 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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For this week’s #AlphabetChallenge here’s a nice wolf at Yellowstone National Park

#WeekZforZoology #unitedstatestravel #travel #yellowstonenationalpark
Wolf sitting on the ground beside a tree
June 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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For this week's #AlphabetChallenge a hotel in the desert surrounded by yellow sand
#WeekYforYellow #Photography #desert #rubalkhalidesert #abudhabi
Large two storey yellow building surrounded by desert sand.
June 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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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
June 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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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
June 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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For this week's #AlphabetChallenge a picture of the Garden of the Five Senses in Delhi
#WeekVfor5 #delhi #delhitravel #gardenofthefivesenses
Garden with a winding body of water at the centre, and paths, grass and trees at the side. At the right is a tall tree-like sculpture with baubles that would make a sound in the wind
May 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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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.
May 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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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.
May 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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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
May 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The moat garden at Windsor Castle #windsorcastle #windsor #castle
Wall with a path leading to a castle on one side and a deep moat containing a garden on the other
May 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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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 Garden with trees and pink flowers
May 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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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
May 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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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.
April 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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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
April 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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A6: Has to be London - where else would you get such a mixture of styles juxtaposed with one another?
#TravelAddictsHistory #TravelAddicts #architecture
April 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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A5: Perhaps surprisingly, there is lots of Art Nouveau architecture in Lloret de Mar
#TravelAddictsHistory #TravelAddicts #architecture
April 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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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
April 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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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
April 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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A2: This conference centre in Ostrava is a repurposed gas cylinder! (I love industrial buildings...)
#TravelAddicts #TravelAddictsHistory #architecture
April 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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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
April 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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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
April 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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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
April 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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The quite remarkable Hundertwasser House in Vienna, an eclectic blend of shapes and colours #hundertwasser #vienna #viennatravel
April 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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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
March 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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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
February 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM