August E-Zine
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Editor's Note - August 2008
This month the E-zine is brimming with succulent event guides and the best festival previews in Europe. As the Edinburgh Fringe Festival rolls into town Kristin Buzzelli is one step ahead with her travel writing itinerary and in Paris, Jessie Heckman is all over the Rock en Seine. Kalon Huett tackles all that is cool and coming up in London during August and Johnny Lee makes his E-zine debut as the Amsterdam, event hunting columnist.
I've been casting my travel tip - trapping net further afield for this month's top ten, which saves you a huge chunk of time and money by narrowing down the things you have to see and do across Europe! This month Beauty Terrorist is taking on the might of summer with some mighty fine sun screening tips, the August book extract offers career advice for the aimless graduate wanderer and the top five reads on the road are more diverse than ever.
I dedicated this month's Interview Time to the Chief Exec of Visit Britain Tom Wright. He served up some top backpacker attractions and a little insight into what the 2012 Olympics will mean for London, and the UK at large. In our health supplement Backpacker Bites, David Haw has put together a gym free work out to give you the perfect pecs and over in Ethical Travel, Jen Page is inciting an intellectual work out with a no holds barred look at China's animal rights record. I'll join you again, in the good company of the travel writing team, when we all hit the almost autumnal month of September.
- Rob Savage
This Months Features
- The Top Ten Travel Tips
- Top 5 Reads
- Write Around the World
- Beauty Terrorist
- Travel Book
- St Christopher's Podcast
- Music Mashup
- Europe's Famous Hostel
- Ethical Travel
- Interview Time
- Backpacker Bites
Thank you to the E-zine team and all the contributers who helped to put this month's issue together. For a full list of the people behind the magic click here
Top Ten Tips
Save time and money by narrowing down your tourist itinerary across Europe, before you even leave the house. Here are the top ten attractions across Europe.
If you've got a great Top 10 fill us in. The world is full of travellers looking for the next big adventure so give them a helping hand. To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Top Five Reads
The best reads on the road from Little Brown Publishing, Bloomsbury, John Murray, Random House and Summersdale.
We've been getting lots of info about what you are wrapping your eyes around so why not share it with your backpacking fellows? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Write Around the World
Laura Doody takes the travel writing crown this month with an interesting tale of TV education and fun times in Lille.
Try your hand at travel writing, send us your submission and if we publish it you get two free nights in a St. Christopher's hostel. To submit your storys EMAIL US.
Beauty Terrorist
This month Beauty Terrorist rolls out an arsenal of skin saving, sun protection - with a bit of science thrown in there too!
Got any suggestions for upcoming articles? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Travel Book
Click through for a free chunk of Tanya de Grunwald's Dude, Where's My Career?
What book would'nt you leave home without? To submit your top recommendations EMAIL US.
Podcast
Rob and Eoin are back with a bigger and better Podcast than ever before. There's travel competitions, great reads, events guides and much more so plug in now.
Have you been somewhere worth spreading the word about? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Music Mashup
DJ Michelle reviews Dirty Canvas, the pop that's hot and not, and the best places to get your groove on in London in August.
Expand our musical vocabulary by sharing your top tune tips. EMAIL US.
Backpacker Bites
David Haw targets your pectorals with a guide to dividing and conquering muscle groups.
Got a health related question, comment or smart remark? To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
Europe's Famous Hostel
Join our friends in Edinburgh and explore the highlights of the Scottish capital.
Have you been to London theatre worth spreading the word about?EMAIL US.
Ethical Travel
Jen Page casts her eye over the issue of animal rights in China and what organisations like Born Free are doing on the ground.
We're here to listen about the charities that matter to you so EMAIL US.
Interview Time
Tom Wright, Chief Exec of Visit Britain sits down for a chat about the Olympics, what Britain has to offer backpackers and much more.
Let us know who you want to talk to and we'll try to pin them down.To submit your ideas EMAIL US.
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Feature Writers:
Amsterdam Columnist - Johnny Lee, Backpacker Bites David Haw, Berlin and Edinburgh Columnist - Kristin Buzzelli, Ethical Travel - Jen Page, London Columnist - Kalon Huett, Music Mashup Michelle Mangal, Paris and Newquay Columnist Jessie Heckman, Top 5 Reads Louise MacDonald, Write For A Night Laura Doody
Thank you to:
Little Brown Publishing, Bloomsbury, John Murray, Random House, Summersdale, Tanya de Grunwald, Tom Wright, Visit Britain and Europe's Famous Hostels.
We NEED YOU
Got a burning question, some succulent travel tips or just feeling lonely on your round the world trek? Then e-mail us now and we'll do our best to interact with you!
Send in your submissions to submissions@st-christophers.co.uk
