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or in a plane or a helicopter, the thrum of the engine and the rotor. and up here, it's silent and there's barely a stir of wind. and it's just like we're sort of on a platform in the middle of the air with this incredible view out over the mountains. i think there's also something that appeals to the romantic in me, reallyjust sort of harking back to the earliest days of air travel, you know, the balloon setting off around the world in 80 days. there's something really special about this. well, that's all we've got time for on this week's programme, but coming up next week — we're looking back at some of our best bits from the last few months, including eva's encounter with a slippery customer in mexico... oh, my god!

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The Travel Show

i suppose. this word gets used a lot, so bear with me, but there's something quite magical about being up here. usually, when you're at this height, you're either on a parasail with the wind, you know, in yourface or in a plane or a helicopter, the thrum of the engine and the rotor. and up here, it's silent and there's barely a stir of wind. and it's just like we're sort of on a platform in the middle of the air with this incredible view out over the mountains. i think there's also something that appeals to the romantic in me, reallyjust sort of harking back to the earliest days of air travel, you know, the balloon setting off around the world in 80 days. there's something really special about this.

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The Travel Show

i suppose, and we're all of a similar ilk, i suppose. this word gets used a lot, so bear with me, but there's something quite magical about being up here. usually, when you're at this height, you're either on a parasail with the wind, you know, in yourface or in a plane or a helicopter, the thrum of the engine and the rotor. and up here, it's silent and there's barely a stir of wind. and it's just like we're sort of on a platform in the middle of the air with this incredible view out over the mountains. i think there's also something that appeals to the romantic in me, reallyjust sort of harking back to the earliest days of air travel, you know, the balloon setting off around the world in 80 days. there's something really special about this.

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The Travel Show

all of a similar ilk, i suppose. this word gets used a lot, so bear with me, but there's something quite magical about being up here. usually, when you're at this height, you're either on a parasail with the wind, you know, in yourface or in a plane or a helicopter, the thrum of the engine and the rotor. and up here, it's silent and there's barely a stir of wind. and it's just like we're sort of on a platform in the middle of the air with this incredible view out over the mountains. i think there's also something that appeals to the romantic in me, reallyjust sort of harking back to the earliest days of air travel, you know, the balloon setting off around the world in 80 days. there's something really special about this.

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The Travel Show

of a aeroplane window. no. and there's a really big sense of community around ballooning. you know, it is a niche sport, i suppose, and we're all of a similar ilk, i suppose. this word gets used a lot, so bear with me, but there's something quite magical about being up here. usually, when you're at this height, you're either on a parasail with the wind, you know, in yourface or in a plane or a helicopter, the thrum of the engine and the rotor. and up here, it's silent and there's barely a stir of wind. and it's just like we're sort of on a platform in the middle of the air with this incredible view out over the mountains. i think there's also something that appeals to the romantic in me, reallyjust sort of harking back to the earliest days of air travel, you know, the balloon setting off around the world in 80 days. there's something really

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Fearless female explorer who vowed to better Phileas Fogg

The colossal success of Nellie Bly's voyage enabled her to leave journalism for the more lucrative fiction market, penning best-selling novels that earned her $15,000 a year - around £500,000 today.

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Traveling the World With Your Best Friend at Any Age

At 81 years old, Eleanor Hamby and Dr. Sandra Hazelip traveled from the icy shores of Antarctica to the rocky majesty of the Grand Canyon — in 80 days.

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Talking Movies

on great themes, the ten commandments... ..around the world in 80 days. in some ways, it was a kind of a flattering self—portrait! because america was the new global empire. and the oscars reflected that? and the oscars reflected that. in the heyday of the academy awards, the oscars had such currency because it was one of the few windows giving movie fans the opportunity to gawk at their idols. there wasn't so much access to celebrity that you weren't looking at people's instagrams and twitter accounts and seeing every single red carpet played back on youtube and knowing exactly who was dating who. you know, it was all controlled by the studios. and so when you got access to the stars on oscar night, it was a big deal. everybody showed up and it was a big event. and the movies were in the popular culture. everybody went to the movies

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Talking Movies

hollywood had become the world's great empire, and they were making movies that were big and...you know, on great themes, the ten commandments... ..around the world in 80 days. in some ways, it was a kind of a flattering self—portrait! because america was the new global empire. and the oscars reflected that? and the oscars reflected that. in the heyday of the academy awards, the oscars had such currency because it was one of the few windows giving movie fans the opportunity to gawk at their idols. there wasn't so much access to celebrity that you weren't looking at people's instagrams and twitter accounts and seeing every single red carpet played back on youtube, and knowing exactly who was dating who. you know, it was all controlled by the studios. and so when you got access to the stars on 0scar night, it was a big deal. everybody showed up,

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Talking Movies

the big stars would all be there — the elizabeth taylors and kurt douglases and burt lancasters, and they would get enormous ratings in those days. hollywood had become the world's great empire and they were making movies that were big and...you know, on great themes, the ten commandments... ..around the world in 80 days. in some ways, it was a kind of a flattering self—portrait! because america was the new global empire. and the oscars reflected that? and the oscars reflected that. in the heyday of the academy awards, the oscars had such currency because it was one of the few windows giving movie fans the opportunity to gawk at their idols. there wasn't so much access to celebrity that you weren't looking at people's instagrams and twitter accounts and seeing every single red carpet played back on youtube and knowing exactly who was dating who.

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