Frederick William's descendants had, however, little interest in such overseas adventures and on developing their own naval power.

Singing on the streets of Johannesburg (busking) for pocket money through high school was also a great way to raise money for overseas adventures.

Here it is, part two of the Hungry Kids of Hungary s overseas adventures.

He regales Walter with tall-sounding tales of the brothers' fantastic overseas adventures decades earlier.

A council spokesman said that the cost of this overseas adventure was around £75,000.

Sow seeds of conflict between Dreanger's potential enemies so they would have no attention to spare for overseas adventures.

"Which means he'll never raise the money to finance an overseas adventure?"

Thus, colonial lobbies were progressively set up to legitimise the Scramble for Africa and other expensive overseas adventures.

The first-ever Fiji test team continued their overseas adventure with a nine-match tour of Tonga.

Adams's overseas adventure is so obviously a mythic journey of self-discovery, symbolic death and rebirth that it reads like a clumsy allegory.