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Hungary
9 August 20229 August 2022 Brian SmedleyCountries

Hungary

For a decade we cultivated relations with Hungary. We made good friends in the capital Budapest and especially in the rural town of Sarvar. We ran many projects -football, music, film students, business links. […]

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Montenegro
9 August 20229 August 2022 Brian SmedleyCountries

Montenegro

South of Croatia is Montenegro. The smallest of the former Yugoslav states and within easy reach of the tip of the EU. We’ve taken groups many times to Montenegro and our favourite place is […]

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Croatia
9 August 202227 December 2024 Brian SmedleyCountries

Croatia

We visit Croatia a lot. As do the Czechs who think it’s Czechia-on-Sea. Sometimes we go together. But Croatia is a long country. One massive coastline topped by rugged mountains and peppered with delightful […]

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Poland
9 August 2022 Brian SmedleyCountries

Poland

Since they joined the EU the Poles have been the majority minority in Britain. So it’s not hard to meet a Pole here at home. However, one of our popular destinations is Poland itself […]

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Slovenia
8 August 202227 December 2024 Brian SmedleyCountries

Slovenia

We don’t have a twinning with Slovenia…but we ought to. We have 2 seperate friendship groups in different parts of this small former Yugoslav country. In the mountainous Gorice region we link with the […]

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USA
8 August 20228 August 2022 Brian SmedleyCountries

USA

Well, Bridgwater has SOME links to the USA. As of course many British ‘olde worlde’ towns do. There’s 13 BridgEwaters across the US but the one we like best is Bridgewater Massachusetts which we […]

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Portugal
8 August 202228 December 2024 Brian SmedleyCountries

Portugal

In fact Madeira. The Portuguese island out in the wild Atlantic. Our twin town there is the mountain top town of Camacha-mainly because it was the birthplace of our first Portuguese Mayor. Well, most […]

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Malta
8 August 2022 Brian SmedleyCountries

Malta

In fact our 4th twin town is Marsa in Malta. An odd choice for a twinning as a former British colony…and so far we haven’t taken any trips there at all. Although we have […]

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Italy
8 August 202227 December 2024 Brian SmedleyCountries

Italy

Bridgwater is twinned with the Italian town of Priverno. An hour south of Rome by fast train and 30 minutes from the coast where we usually stay (at the beach hotel of Oasi di […]

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Slovakia
8 August 202226 December 2024 Brian SmedleyCountries

Slovakia

When we twinned with UH in 1992 it was still Czechoslovakia..but the next year it divided into 2 countries. Czech Republic and Slovakia. So now we had 2 twins! Thanks to the work of […]

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