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Stonehenge, Take Two and a Travel Chum
Our second attempt to see Stonehenge was a success. The last day of our stay in Bath we caught a train and headed to Salisbury, then got on a bus that’s specifically for going to the Stonehenge site, complete with audio ports and disposable earbuds to listen to historical information and insights on the way. …
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Stonehenge, Take One
Anytime you plan a trip, you have to make decisions on what to see and do and what to not. It stinks sometimes, but you just can’t see it all. Even though we were going to have a month in the United Kingdom, we had to pick and choose what we were going to see,…
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Bath
After London, we spent three nights in Bath – pronounced like ah as in father. Our time there was a breath of fresh air after the crowds and size of London. Also, the morning we left London (8/5/23) was TOUGH for a number of reasons: Our LEARNS from that Morning: Back to Bath. Bath is…
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Fall Itinerary
In the spring of 2021, we figured out that we could take the 2023/2024 abroad as a Family Gap/Study Abroad year, so we have had plenty of time to make a plan. The first few months were spent on logistical preparation, to be able to leave for almost a year (more on that in a…
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English English
We’ve now been in England for three weeks. There are several reasons we began our trip here; one is that the weather here is much better during the summertime than any other season. Another reason is we knew it would be a gentle transition to being in a foreign country for everyone because we speak…
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What?! Part Two
As time passed, we were blessed with two more children, first Abe, then Arlie less than two years later. When Abe was a baby, our friends, Troy and Katie, took their family on a year-long trip around the United States. They are dear friends and wonderful people. We were sad to see them go,…
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What? How?!
Over the last year, as it would come up, we would tell people that we are going to be gone this school year. I started to notice a pattern in people’s responses and it would typically be one of three: One conversation was different. One morning we were talking to some new friends at church.…
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London Book Visits
Our family loves books. Reading is how we all choose to wind down at the end of a day. It’s how we’ve shaped a lot of our kids education. Books have always fueled my kids imagination and historical fiction is my new favorite way to learn about a time in history. In fact, London didn’t…
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First Stop, London
After the Queen Mary, we went straight to London. Our goal was to see quite a lot in a week without killing ourselves. Most days, we over did it a bit as well as picked up a cold/virus that kinda set us back, but overall, we had a good week. Here are the highlights: Big…
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Our First Pilgrimage: Canterbury
This semester is really a series of pilgrimages. Because we started in England, our first religious pilgrimage was to Canterbury. Canterbury has been a Christian pilgrimage sight for over one thousand years. Pilgrims started traveling there after miracles were reported at the tomb of Thomas a Becket, now St. Thomas a Becket. Thomas, the Archbishop…
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