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Far and Wide

(originally published by  EdinburghExchanges  -go here for bigger versions of pictures!) (also vlogged about at length at Etudiante X -go here for less static versions of pictures!)      Yes, we're in France. Yes, we're studying. Yes, we're really trying very hard to speak our foreign language.  But we've been doing that for A WHOLE MONTH now. It's time for a break.      Zadar is nothing short of breathtaking. A coastline pocked with tiny beaches and bathed in warm water lead from our hostel (the  Drunken Monkey - HIGHLY recommended) to the Old Town, which seems to have been built around its plentiful Roman ruins rather than making a tourist attraction of them. Monasteries and wells galore, a walled garden and the remains of the forum are all surrounded by normal high-street shops and low-price restaurants, as well as bountiful amounts of icecream vendors. On our second day it became apparent that for all sixteen of...