The Weekend Tourist

ABOUT ME

The Weekend Tourist is a blog written by Jess Friend Bartlett. Sometimes we only do touristy things on holiday - 25 days annual leave a year. That’s a shame, as we’ve 104 weekend days for exploring. This blog is all about discovering your local neighbourhood, attractions, historic places, local eateries and independents, which for me is in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and the wider Cotswolds, UK. And when annual leave adds up, you'll find the occasional far flung adventure.

#TEAMNIGELLA: A lesson in crisis media handling
06
Jan 2014
#TEAMNIGELLA: A lesson in crisis media handling

#TEAMNIGELLA: A lesson in crisis media handling

Get the knack

Slight departure from my usual subject, originally posted on digitalprefect.wordpress.com #TEAMNIGELLA: A lesson in crisis media handling As the 6 ‘o’ clock news bulletin ran across the TV screen back one rainy day in December with…

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#TEAMNIGELLA: A lesson in crisis media handling

Get the knack

Slight departure from my usual subject, originally posted on digitalprefect.wordpress.com #TEAMNIGELLA: A lesson in crisis media handling As the 6 ‘o’ clock news bulletin ran across the TV screen back one rainy day in December with…

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Gaudi – Barcelona’s architectural demigod
Gaudi – Barcelona’s architectural demigod
03
Jan 2014

Gaudi – Barcelona’s architectural demigod

Travel

Hot chocolate in Barcelona is quite a different affair – the thick chocolaty liquid just cries out for its inextricably linked twin; churros. Chugging down this welcomed hot delicacy, we took in the undulating curves…

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Gaudi – Barcelona’s architectural demigod

Travel

Hot chocolate in Barcelona is quite a different affair – the thick chocolaty liquid just cries out for its inextricably linked twin; churros. Chugging down this welcomed hot delicacy, we took in the undulating curves…

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Barcelona: balancing ‘seny’ and ‘rauxa’
01
Jan 2014
Barcelona: balancing ‘seny’ and ‘rauxa’
01
Jan 2014

Barcelona: balancing ‘seny’ and ‘rauxa’

Travel

Two emotions manifest themselves throughout Barcelona; seny, which means solid common sense, rauxa, a creative chaos; clashing together, this overlying milieu has spawned the modernisme movement, Europe’s most unconventional church and surreal ‘anything-goes’ attitude of…

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Like the opening credits of Mary Poppins – The Shard, London
12
Dec 2013
Like the opening credits of Mary Poppins – The Shard, London

Like the opening credits of Mary Poppins – The Shard, London

Travel

Completed just in time for London’s glorious golden Olympic summer, The Shard rises above the capital’s skyline like a knife slicing through the grey clouds, typical of the weather in December. Fog shrouds the 87th…

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Like the opening credits of Mary Poppins – The Shard, London

Travel

Completed just in time for London’s glorious golden Olympic summer, The Shard rises above the capital’s skyline like a knife slicing through the grey clouds, typical of the weather in December. Fog shrouds the 87th…

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Blowing bubbles in Reims, France
10
Oct 2013
Blowing bubbles in Reims, France
10
Oct 2013

Blowing bubbles in Reims, France

Travel

Having a penchant for the champers, I appreciated the tasting session of some of Northern France’s bubbly brought back from my parent’s recent trip to the Alsace. Joining my aunt and uncle, my parents headed…

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And the world’s fourth most popular city is…Abu Dhabi
And the world’s fourth most popular city is…Abu Dhabi
30
Sep 2013

And the world’s fourth most popular city is…Abu Dhabi

Travel

Often Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirate (UAE) capital, is overshadowed by its ritzy glitzy tourist-laden neighbour, Dubai, but I’m am often told by the seasoned expat gulf community that UAE’s largest emirate (and richest)…

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And the world’s fourth most popular city is…Abu Dhabi

Travel

Often Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirate (UAE) capital, is overshadowed by its ritzy glitzy tourist-laden neighbour, Dubai, but I’m am often told by the seasoned expat gulf community that UAE’s largest emirate (and richest)…

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