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Noonan's European Blog
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On their six month trip through Europe, the Noonans posted a series of monthly blogs back home to Australia. Everyone back home said they were a very entertaining read, so here they are for you all to enjoy.
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John Noonan
John Noonan has been writing about movies and TV for several years. Starting off with his personal ramblings about the state of British advertising in the UK with his puntastic defunct blog, ‘Ad’s All Folks’, John went on to setup the film blog Early Bird Film Society. Since moving to Melbourne over five years ago, John has written for websites and publications, such as FilmInk, Horrornews.net and Monster Pictures.
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Noonan's European Blog - John Noonan
NOONAN’S EUROPEAN BLOG
John Noonan
Copyright John Noonan 2012
Published by Honest John’s Outback Safaris Pty Ltd Publishing at Smashwords
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Cover Artist and Photography: John Noonan
ISBN: 9781301275519
Also by John Noonan –
Camping With The Noonans
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Introduction
On our six-month trip of Europe we posted a series of letters from Internet cafés every month. Since our time was limited they had to be short, sharp and sweet. After flying into London and staying with my wife’s niece Amy for a couple of weeks, four weeks on the road found us in Lisbon, Portugal.
There’s a Glossary at the back to explain all our unique Australian turns of phrase.
Buenos Dias from Lisbon
We have been on the go since day 1, after landing in London our niece Amy mentioned she had a friend
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