My Gap Year

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  Eliza Burgess

  

  Riga, a city revelling in its culture

  The Guardian - Jonathan Knott

  In central Riga, people are laying flowers beneath the Freedom Monument. It's a green statue of a woman holding three gold stars on top of a 42-metre stone pillar at the end of a broad, busy street. One woman explains to me that it's the 65th anniversary of the day in 1949 when 42,000 Latvians were …

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  Eliza Burgess

  

  Barcelona

  Lonely Planet

  5 min read • Jun 12, 2019

• http://gospain.about.com/od/madrid/tp/what_to_do_in_la_latina_madrid.htm

  

  Eliza Burgess

  Damian Corrigan, About.com Guide to Spain Travel

  Nov 24, 2013

• http://www.lonelyplanet.com/france/paris/travel-tips-and-articles/whats-new-in-paris-for-travellers

  

  Eliza Burgess

  Nov 6, 2013
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  Eliza Burgess

  

  

  Europe

  Lonely Planet

  Discover amazing travel experiences in Europe with Lonely Planet's insider tips, inspirational traveler stories and expert guidance from around the world.

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  Eliza Burgess

  

  First World War centenary: sights and events in France and Belgium

  The Telegraph - By Antony Mason,

  The statistics are numbing. Nearly 12,000 Commonwealth soldiers lie buried at Tyne Cot cemetery near Ypres, with a further 35,000 listed there as missing. Some 20,000 British soldiers died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. More than 250 tons of unexploded munitions are still found every …