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My name is Robyn Mulgrew. I’ve been an avid traveller all my life, instilled in me from an early age by my mountaineer, explorer, adventurer father, Peter Mulgrew. Nepal and the Himalayas, the Antarctic and the Arctic, I’ve managed to set foot on all seven continents. Sailing the beautiful Hauraki Gulf in Auckland, New Zealand, my hometown and always my base which took me to … Continue reading Welcome to my Blog
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There are some places in Venice that you just have to see, The Doge’s Palace and The Basilica of St Mark for a start, but these grand places are not all that Venice is made up of. I have put together a short list of some simple ways to get the feel of Venice under your own steam and in your own time. #1 Take … Continue reading Things I Love To Do In Venice
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In 1940 a couple of boys were playing with their labrador, Robot, in the hills around Montignac, Dordogne, France when the lab disappeared down a hole. When the boys went after him they came across a huge cave covered in monumental rock paintings of bulls, auroch, bison, deer and horses covering every usable space across the walls and on to the ceiling. The animals are … Continue reading The Breathtaking Prehistoric Art of Lascaux
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It really is devastating to stand in front of this hopelessly sad, magnificently carved Winged Lion in the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice. This monument is dedicated to the great sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) and houses just his heart. The Lion’s book is closed, a symbol of the wisdom of the artist that has been carried away, his tail wrapped around his body, his eyes … Continue reading The Saddest Lion in the World
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A cheeky, supposedly friendly arctic fox ran up to me as soon as I stepped out onto the snow after the hour long flight from Churchill, Manitoba. We had finally arrived at the arctic circle on the edge of Hudson Bay and I had to remember this was a wild animal looking for food. Cute but mean and an opportunist when it came to dinner. … Continue reading Fantastic Mister Fox
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Three hours after we had left Pond Inlet, a small Inuit community at the top of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada we arrived at our very luxurious camp on the floe edge. It had been an exciting but extraordinarily uncomfortable trip sitting in a qamutik (traditional Inuit wooden sledge) being towed by a snowmobile for five hours. We were about 60 kilometres out over the sea … Continue reading The Icy Floe Edge
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