Our trip through Great Britain continued with a train ride to Berwick-Upon-Tweed, where we met our good friend Claire, who had found us a lovely little place by the beach. It was so lovely to be tucked up inside, watching the waves (and occasionally running outside to delight in the snowflakes!) It was fabulous to…
Category: England
Hakuna Matata
Our last two days in London were awesome! We started our final two days by going to the Tower Bridge and taking the elevator to the top to see the exhibition there. They had an exhibit about Olympic cities…Europe seems to have been pretty over-represented! We also checked out the engine room below before heading…
London again
We were excited to head back to London as we had really enjoyed our first couple of days there! On our first full day there, we headed out to see the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. We had received the excellent advice to go and see the guards preparing off to one side…
An overnight in Farnborough
We stopped off for a brief visit to the small town of Farnborough, where Reuben’s friend Dilys and her brother John live. It was lovely to catch up with them – we enjoyed a walk by the canal, had dinner at a Nepali restaurant, were treated to a stay at the Ely hotel, visited the Farnborough…
Bathing in Bath
From Bristol we did a day trip to the City of Bath. The whole city is a World Heritage Site and it is famous both for its ancient Roman Baths and for its stunning Georgian architecture. We arrived in the pouring rain, but we were grateful to get there at all as a lot of…
The torrential rains of Bristol
We flew back from Turkey into the rain and cold of England…upon arriving in Bristol we realised we had touched down in the middle of flooding! However, that didn’t stop us from having a great time with Reuben’s friends Ally and Paul and their daughter Charis. We spent a day exploring Bristol, and in amongst…
A few days in London
We arrived in London a little weary after our Icelandic adventures, so we took our first day rather sedately. We plan to come back to London later in our travels, so we relaxed and enjoyed what we could. We stayed with a friend of my parents’ in Clapham, and so spent our first day walking…
Meandering Kiwis 