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Hearing Flowers and Tasting Sounds!
In this interview with the world renowned Belgian florist, Stef Adriaenssens, he describes his latest collaboration with Dirk Proost (musician and composer) and Kris Bresseleers (she runs the Keienhof restaurant in Belgium) to create a ground breaking event that will … Continue reading
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Tagged Alden Biesen, art, artwork, Belgian. Belgium, Beyond Imagination, bloom, Dirk Proost, eating, europe, European Connoisseurs Travel, event, Flanders, floral, floral event, floral scuplptures, flowers, Kalmthout, Keienhof, Kris Bresseleers, Richard Forsyth, Stef Adriaenssens, Taste of Three, tour, tourism, travel
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Bringing Quilts to Life
We talked to Heather Audin, Curator of the Quilt Museum and Gallery in York about the exhibitions that will be on display in the UK’s first dedicated quilt museum and her role in the new Quilts Alive sessions hosted there. … Continue reading
Posted in City Break, Culture, Destination guide, History, Interview, Quilting, Tour, Travel tips, UK, Uncategorized
Tagged British Tapestry Group, Christine Morton, ECT, ECT Travel, European Connoisseurs Travel, exhibition, Grandmothers flower garden, Great Hall, Heather Audin, history, medieval guildhall, mosaic, museum practice, partnership, patchwork, Quilt, Quilt museum, Quilt museum and Gallery, Quilt tour, Quilting, Quilts Alive, Richard Forsyth, textiles, The Knitting and Stitching Show, The Quilters Guild, The Quilters Guild of the British Isles, travel, York
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Mingling with gardening royalty at Longstock
Graham Parker attends the Longstock silent plant auction event run by our new partners, Plant Heritage. Despite the threatening weather, Graham has a memorable day involving rare plants, a tractor ride and time spent with celebrity gardener, Mr Alan Titchmarsh. … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Horticulture, Memoirs of a travel guide, Tour, UK, Uncategorized
Tagged Alan Titchmarsh, auction, ECT, ECT Travel, endangered, European Connoisseurs Travel, garden, gardening, gardens, Graham Parker, Hampshire, lake, Longstock, national collections, Plant Heritage, plants, pond, preservation, rare plants, species, tractor, trees, waitrose, weather
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A Place to Remember
World war one was a turning point in our history and one that still resonates with its message of self- sacrifice. Tours to the locations on the frontline reveal a special kind of travel experience – with more depth and … Continue reading
Posted in City Break, Destination guide, Europe, History, Tour, Uncategorized
Tagged battlefields, belgium, commemorative, ECT, European Connoisseurs Travel, Flanders, Flanders fields, Graham Parker, I, Menin gate, museum, poppy, remember, tour, travel, world war, world war one, Ypres
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Learn new skills in a fascinating location
If you want to expand your horizons and learn new floristry skills, look no further than our Swedish educational tour. We talk to Karin Warenius at The Munkeröd Educational Centre in Gothenburg about some of the details of this exciting … Continue reading
Posted in City Break, Culture, Destination guide, Europe, fashion, Floristry, Interview, Shopping, Tour, Uncategorized
Tagged archipelago, college, ECT Travel, educational tour gothenburg, European Connoisseurs Travel, floral, floral arrangement workshop, floristry, floristry workshop, flowers, gothenburg, learning, Munkeröd, Munkeröd Educational Centre, Nordic flower bindery, Per Benjamin, shopping, skills, Sweden, Swedish
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Top Tips for Visiting Monet’s Gardens
Seasoned Tour Manager for ECT Travel, Graham Parker, gives his advice and tips for visiting Monet’s Gardens, in Giverny. Choose the water garden On entrance to the gardens there is immediately a choice of two directions. I would always opt … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Destination guide, Europe, Floristry, Gardening, Horticulture, Memoirs of a travel guide, Tour
Tagged American museum, ECT Travel, europe, European Connoisseurs Travel, Foundation Claude Monet Giverny, gardening, Giverny, Graham Parker, group tour, horticultural tour, horticulture, Hotel Baudy, impressionist, Monet, Monet's gardens, monet's house, tour, travel
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Victoria Richards – The one to watch in UK floristry
ECT Travel talks to Victoria Richards, a bright new star in the floristry trade, flying the flag for the UK by winning a Medallion of Excellence in the WorldSkills competition 2011. For a girl who originally wanted to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Floristry, Interview, UK
Tagged Chelsea Flower Show, college day, Competition, ECT, European Connoisseurs Travel, f, floral arrangements, floral decoration, floral exhibition, floration decorations, floristry exhibition, florists, floristy, flower market, Flower Market College Day, foristry group tours, Gregor Learch, group travel, Joe Massie, new covent garden college days, New Covent Garden Flower Market, Theresa Mc Dermott, Victoria Richards, Worldskills
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The Bonn Experience
Bonn is sure to come as a wonderful surprise to those who visit it for the first time. ECT Travel regularly takes tour groups to this German city throughout the year and for the world famous Christmas Market. It has … Continue reading
Posted in City Break, Destination guide, Europe, Memoirs of a travel guide, Shopping, Tour, Travel tips, We love Christmas markets
Tagged air travel, Bonn at Christmas, Bonn at Xmas, Bonn Christmas Market, Bonn Xmas Market, Christmas, Christmas break holidays, Christmas Market, City break, ECT, European Connoisseurs Travel, German Christmas Market, German Christmas Markets, German Xmas Market, German Xmas Markets, Graham Parker, group travel, shopping tour, visit Bonn
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Tour tips for Trier
Trier is an exceptional tour destination, whether for the large, bustling Christmas market of tinselled stalls and ginger-bread men, or as a Mosel riverside city destination of culture, history and wine. If it has a problem, it can only be … Continue reading
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Tagged Basilica of Constantine, Black Gate, Christmas Market, Christmas Markets, ECT, European Connoisseurs Travel, Germany, Gluhwein, Graham Parker, Guide, journey, koblenz, Luxembourg, Mosel, Mosel river, Porta Nigra, travel, Xmas market, Xmas Markets
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