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Edinburgh, Part One
On the morning of August 22nd we took a train from Perth to Edinburgh, Scotland. The ride between the two cities is short, so we were able to stash our bags at our hotel by 1:00 and head to Old Town. We had heard good things about Edinburgh from our guidebook and several people, so…
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Two Month Review
We left home two months ago today on July 19th. Although we are currently in the Netherlands and there are several places we’ve visited that I have not blogged about yet, I’m going to stop and review how things are going. Overall, I’d say things are going well. I would still rather be doing this…
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Hadrian’s Wall & A Good Story
Hadrian’s Wall is a stone wall built by the Roman army in 122 AD while Hadrian was ruling the empire. It spans the entire width of Northern England, an impressive seventy-three miles, and marks the northern boundary of the Roman Empire on the Island. Hadrian’s Wall today is only a fraction of the size it…
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The Lake District
We left the Cotswolds on August 15th and headed to the Lake District. It was a long travel day because of having to return the rental car in Oxford and the combinations of trains and buses to get to Keswick (Kez – ick), the town where we stayed. The Lake District is England’s largest and…
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Benthall Hall
Before I married Scott, my name was Jessica Sue Benthall, pronounced to rhyme with “menthol.” At some point in my childhood my mother told us that our family name was dying out with our generation. My Benthall grandfather had been the youngest of eight children, seven of whom lived to adulthood – four girls (Golda, …
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The Cotswolds
After Bath, we spent a week (August 8th thru the 15th) in the Cotswolds. It was a relaxing week and somewhat of a vacation inside this trip. We chose to stay in a quaint little cottage in Blockley because it’s the iconic filming location of the BBC show Father Brown based on GK Chesterton’s short…
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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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