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Luke Waterson

  • Travel Writer, Freelance
  • None, Rough Guides, Freelancers
London, Wales
As seen in: Medium, MSN UK, Yahoo Life, BBC, BBC Travel, The Independent (UK), The Telegraph, Red Bull, Tripadvisor, Flipboard and
Novelist. Travel Writer. Hiker. Wales, UK outdoors & Andes/Amazon adventure specialist @Lonelyplanet @BBC etc. Author of Springwatch: Great British Walks
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What Is Slovakian Cuisine? A Local Uncovers Traditional Dishes

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By Luke Waterson
| dreamsabroad.com
There is a Slovak saying that runs along the lines of kto nepracuje, nech neje (without work, there is no food). It is an astute insight into the Slovakian psyche: the ultimate motivation for enduring the nine-to-five daily grind should be grub. Other sayings highlight the nation’s love affair with food, like láska prechádza žalúdkom (love passes through the stomach). Perhaps this one is even more telling.
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What It’s Like to Start a New Life in Slovakia

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By Luke Waterson
| dreamsabroad.com
A pallet piled high with someone’s lifetime belongings is dumped in an obscure suburb of Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital city. That someone is me. For many months, making a permanent change of address from one side of the continent to the other has been a romantic notion. Today it is reality. A cold, stark reality. It is midwinter. Light frozen snow sugar-coats the ground.
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Across the unsailed seas: The 9 best things to do in Orkney

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By Luke Waterson
| Scotland Magazine Verified
Touch down on the Orkney Islands by plane and it is the fertile farmland, neatly boxed by dykes, or dry-stone walls, that you notice first. Arrive by sea and it’s the bustle of capital Kirkwall and its 18th- and 19th-century townhouses that captivate.
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