Category Archives: UK

The Cotswolds

Posted on 30 October 2006 by k

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 the … Continue reading →

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The Merry Men of Windsor

Posted on 21 October 2006 by k

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…

Posted on 7 October 2006 by k

is very green. 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 of … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 28 September 2006 by k

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 folks … Continue reading →

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A Refreshing Bath

Posted on 25 September 2006 by k

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 next … Continue reading →

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