Kirstie Allsopp shares her travel experiences
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I have fond memories of childhood holidays
.such as visiting north Cornwall, the South of France and the Isle of Wight, where my grandmother was born. My father was a dab hand at building sandcastles and would take a proper garden spade away with him. He was proud that his sandcastles survived the battering of the waves.
Some years ago, I taught English in India
Before my career got under way. It was in a tiny village two hours from Bangalore in a region known for gold, mangoes and cashew nuts. Back then, Bangalore wasn’t the extraordinary Silicon Valley of India city that it is now. It was much quieter. India’s diversity, colour, landscapes and people are so appealing – it’s like a continent in its own right.