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Podcast: Down with Bowne (The Uncut Version)
Episode: The Pursuit of Love and Romance: Teaching the guys from Hong Kong how to be romantic.
Description: "I was the first to arrive at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. My ramblings were over. From London, BritRail rushed me north with my battered hunter-green backpack with as many books as clothes and dirty underwear.
That color had faded in the Mediterranean sun. Had I faded, too, from weeks of traveling? Was I ready to study?
I settled into Lovaine Flats (Flat 10. Room 3). My fine custodian, both caretaker and mother, was Lorraine. I made her my specialty: Chicken Hawaiian over rice.
A few things were hard to find in Northern England. Like pineapple. The plates and...