Category Archives: UK

Escape to Oxford

11288 Today, we made our way to Oxford for a daytrip. We had a great time wandering about the botanical gardens, having afternoon tea and seeing a few of the school’s many campuses. While it was a bit rainy, we … Continue reading

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The Cotswolds

7079 Imagine the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains (a place like my family’s home) with sheep and stone houses with slate roofs instead of cattle and wood farm houses. Welcome to the Cotswolds. We stayed on a farm for … Continue reading

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The Merry Men of Windsor

Windsor is a little royal town just southwest of London (about 1.5 hrs. from our flat). It’s quite surreal to be in a place that holds so much history — not to mention some of the most powerful monarchs of … Continue reading

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Glorious Greenwich…

is very green. 6628 Today, we took the Docklands Light Rail to Greenwich to see where time begins (the Greenwich Prime Meridian–where Greenwich Mean Time originates). And we also saw the Cutty Sark—an old-style sailing vessel, The Royal Naval College … Continue reading

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Drink Two Pints A Day, You’ll Live Forever and Glow In the Dark!

6202 Sounds like my type of wonder drink… you, too? Well, we should venture to Bath. But, first I should admit that you won’t really glow. Sorry. Like its name would suggest, Bath was once a hopping spa town where … Continue reading

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A Refreshing Bath

6267 We had a wonderful fifth anniversary in Bath over the weekend. It was nice to rest a bit and catch up with one another after a couple busy/stressful weeks.We’ll post more details from our trip to Bath in the … Continue reading

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