by lorry | Jun 30, 2019 |
Travelogue: June 13 – June 29, 2019 Hello to all, We don’t have a lot to report since we last wrote, but wanted to send something just so that you know that we’re doing well and enjoying the more relaxed pace of traveling on our own. We spent a week at the...
by lorry | Jun 17, 2019 |
Robert headed south, toward the Cheddar Gorge, an attraction he wanted to see. It was late afternoon as we descended through a spectacular gorge, cut through the limestone in the Mendip Hills. It resembles a miniature Grand Canyon and was the last thing I expected to...
by lorry | May 20, 2019 |
We walked together to the Roman Baths, discovered by the Victorians and one of the premier tourist attractions in Bath. According to legend, Bladud, a Celtic prince who had contracted leprosy, was sent to herd swine. The diseased pigs would enter the hot mineral...
by lorry | Apr 24, 2019 |
After packing, doing chores, and eating a much lighter breakfast, Terry and I headed west. Hitchhiking out of London seemed interminable. “This city is HUGE! It makes Santa Rosa look like a tiny village,” I complained. Finally, however, we reached the outskirts and...
by lorry | Jan 23, 2019 |
We continued our walk, through the crowds of tourists whom we blatantly disdained. They were typical loud Americans and we were cool, well-traveled, and sophisticated college students. We’d been to Canada and Mexico, after all. We continued through Green Park into...
by lorry | Jan 13, 2019 | Blue Jeans and Backpacks
The next morning, before we left, we each had to help out with cleanup. Terry was stuck with bathroom duty and I had to sweep and empty waste baskets. It wasn’t too bad (for me anyway), and we finished quickly. We stored our backpacks in the hostel’s locked storeroom....
