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Article: Taxi to Greece? What a fuss ...
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- Suffolk Free Press (Sudbury, England)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2007
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A Sudbury pensioner has made headlines across the world after paying a [pounds sterling]2,000 taxi fare to Greece - but she can't understand what all the fuss is about.
Journalists have been inundating 89-year-old Kathleen Searles, since she returned from a 4,000-mile trip to see some of Greece's ancient ruins.
Newspapers and radio stations from across the world have picked up Kathleen's tale and told it to readers and listeners around the globe.
"I've been on BBC radio and had calls from Ireland, Holland, Greece, all sorts of places," said widow Kathleen. "I find it totally hilarious. All we have done is drive down a few motorways, is that ...