England Go Ape! You might think that Wainwright would turn in his grave, hearing that we spent a day in the Lake District without walking. But I'd like to imagine that he would have had just as much fun up in the trees as we had. Yesterday we went on a
World The trip so far As some of you might know, this blog was supposed to have been started a few months ago. But then travel got in the way. cough cough So this is a little visual update on where we've been so far! (These aren't the actual roads taken
England Helvellyn We hiked up Helvellyn today - the third highest mountain in England! Which sounds impressive until you realize that it's only 950m high. Caracas lies higher than that. Zuoz lies at almost twice the height. So it might not be the most impressive feat but was chosen over
England Otters and such Today was our first day of proper English weather - clouds, fog and plenty of rain. But having been here for over a week now, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Mostly for our car's sake we were hoping for later, say July, because it acts
United Kingdom Open: any reasonable hours As Eddie Izzard famously remarked in one of his skits "Look, you're British, so scale it down a bit." We've been experiencing that first hand on our trip, mainly in form of tourist attractions. It's not that there aren't any,
England A little history In quite a few of the cathedrals and abbeys we've gone to, we noticed rather modern and funky looking stained-glass windows, like the ones above from Winchester cathedral. We assumed the windows had been blown out during the war from the bombings and when it came to rebuilding,
World Beirut Conor was very excited to go to Beirut. Until he realized we were going to Bayreuth. (Say: Bye-roid.) Oh the disappointment... This quaint little Bavarian town only pops up when Wagner is mentioned (big festival each year) but surprisingly people live here all year round. For example Martha and Henri
Spain Leaving Leaving the empty apartment was sad. In fact, it was so sad that I forgot to return the keys to the portera so we had to turn around and go back. (Hadn't gone too far yet, thank goodness.) At least that gave us a chance to get breakfast
