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Best things to do in Denver

25/08/2016 by .
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It’s official. Breakfast at the Snooze Cafe is mandatory in Denver. And at 8am the line looks impressively long from my position at the back of it. Denver has come a long way since the early gold rush days when it was full of prospectors and cowboys looking for a fortune in the Rocky Mountains. It’s now a city of culture and art, cool neighbourhoods and craft beers. Denver is alive and kicking and to enjoy it properly, you need to know the best things to do in Denver. 

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Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico.

05/07/2016 by .

Arizona is not just a Grand Canyon State. Captivating wonders beyond the Canyon.

09/06/2016 by .
Andy Mossack discovers the extraordinary beauty of Arizona's Sedona.

Andy Mossack visits Arizona and discovers there is so much more to see than the obvious. Arizona is not just a Grand Canyon State.

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Do you know the way to San Jose?

07/06/2016 by .
San Jose Santana Row at night

When Dionne Warwick posed the question in Burt Bacharach’s hit song she could hardly have imagined British Airways would come up with an answer nearly half a century later.   But San Jose, the capital of Silicon Valley, is the airline’s newest California destination, making the best international jumping-off point to date for the many attractions of central California.

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On the Trail of Civil Rights in Alabama

17/04/2016 by .
Copy of Selma Browns Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Although Alabama wasn’t the only segregated southern state, the major battles to give equal rights to Black people were fought on its soil. Now museums, monuments and interpretative centres tell the story of civil rights in Alabama, but it’s best to hear it from the locals.

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Sweet Home Alabama

06/04/2016 by .
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The Southern US state of Alabama can claim W.C. Handy, the father of the Blues, Hank Williams, the country music superstar, and Muscle Shoals Studios where some of the greatest soul music was recorded. Rupert Parker hits the road and lifts the lid on sweet home Alabama.

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Burning Man Festival. Stunning Nevada Desert Experience.

10/11/2015 by .

Walking in Memphis

10/10/2015 by .
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Late morning and I’m walking in Memphis. Hot and steamy, with Marc Cohn’s lyrics bouncing around my head. I spot Jacqueline Smith still camped out on the corner of Mulberry and Butler Street opposite the Lorraine Motel, a place she has occupied  for over 27 years.

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Nashville. Music City is still in tune

06/10/2015 by .
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I’m in Nashville’s Music Row on 16th Street, just a stone’s throw from RCA’s famous Studio B and I’m with Billy Montana and it’s raining buckets. Somewhat ironic really as Billy wrote the number 1 country hit Bring on the Rain, and frankly Nashville couldn’t bring on any more rain if it tried.

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Enjoy Exploring Kentucky

28/09/2015 by .
Exploring Kentucky

Andy Mossack goes Exploring Kentucky’s historic towns and discovers the underground railroad, Newport gangsters and Muhamad Ali’s boyhood home.

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