Sunday, April 12, 2009

Home

We are on the ground in Seattle. Everyone is excited.
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Boarding

We are all on board our 747 and will take off soon heading to Seattle.
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London

Arrived at Heathrow, now we wait for several hours.
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Homeward

We are on cabs and a double-decker bus traveling to the airport.
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Wrap up

We met tonight and talked about what we learned and enjoyed on our journey.
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Bella Italia

Somehow we have ended up in Italian restaurants more than any other.
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New Town Edinburgh

Toured New Town. Now shopping. Tired of bagpipes.
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Friday, April 10, 2009

Stuffed

Everyone ate their fill of pizza in a little place where we took every seat.
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Edinburgh

We are settled in to our hostel, now we explore!
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St. Andrews

Arriving at the home of golf and heroes of the faith.
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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Stirling

Saw the castle, now to dinner we go.
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Holy Isle

Visited the Holy Isle (Lindisfarne), now passing through Edinburgh on our way to Stirling Castle.
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Northward

We will cross the border into Scotland today.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Vindolanda

Durham was quaint as always, now to see the remains of the Romans.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Ambleside 2

Woke up this morning to a storm. Whitecaps on the lake, rain pounding on the windows, and lots of atmosphere.
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Ambleside

Our hostel is right on the shore of Lake Windemere. Beautiful!
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The Lakes

Touring Dove Cottege, home of William Wordsworth.
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Lutterworth

We are taking turns being photographed in Wycliffe's pulpit.
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Late

Leaving Stratford late this morning because of long line at breakfast.
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Monday, April 6, 2009

Play

"Interesting, book is better, amazing, the bear was epic...."
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Excitement running high

We will head to the theatre in a bit to see A Winter's Tale in Shakespeare's hometown!
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Excitement running high

We will head to the theatre in a bit to see A Winter's Tale in Shakespeare's hometown!
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Anne Hathaway's House

Touring Shakespeare's wife's family home.
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C. S. Lewis

Visited his home and grave.
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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Birthday

We have finished dinner (a Chipotle-like place) and had ice cream to celebrate Marty's birthday.
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Oxford

Sunny with broken clouds. Mrs. Frisk thrilled with seeing The Eagle and Child pub! (C.S. Lewis site)
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On the road to Oxford.
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Surprise again

People in period costume of the English Civil War was unexpected by us but planned by God.
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Elstow Abbey

Attending a high church service. English Civil War enactment outside.
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Morning

Beautiful sunny morning. New blogs posted.
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Saturday, April 4, 2009

ASK

The honeycomb cheesecake w/chocolate honeyballs is amazing (Bethany)
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Dinner

Eating at ASK in Cambridge, recovering from information overload.
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Standing in the court of Trinity College, where the Chariots of Fire race occured.
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Spring in Cambridge

In the 60's, sunny, and fragrant. Tour starts. In 20 minutes.
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On the road

After a quick lunch we are on the coach traveling to Cambridge.
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Canterbury Cathedral

We are being awed by this World Heritage Site.
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Friday, April 3, 2009

Breakfast

We will eat breakfast in 15 minutes.
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Canterbury

We have arrived at the hostel, they are ready for us, and will eat dinner in minutes.
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Rest stop

Did I say rest stop? More like a mini-mall, typical in UK, is where we are on our way to Canterbury.
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UK Customs

We just cleared UK customs and we see the sun for the first time since early yesterday.
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Back

Phone service didn't work properly in France. We are now back in the UK.
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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Surprise

After leaving the ferry our driver Mick knew of Pegasus Bridge. There we heard from a WWII survior. Drank coffee at same table Nazis had.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Heading to Portsmouth

We took the safe route and ate at Pizza Hut. We will be at the ferry dock within 30 minutes., then we wait for a few hours.
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Out of London

With sadness we have left the city and are headed toward Winchester. We didn't see Westminster Abbey, but not because of the anarchists.
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Quick stop

On the way out of London we are stopping at Buckingham Palace for a quick look.
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Expertise

Our driver, Mick, is using his knowledge of the city to route around protesters.
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St. Paul's

We are outside the dome of St. Paul's enjoying spectacular views of the city from about 55 meters high.
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Coach

We are traveling now in the coach that will be home for the remainder of the journey. Spectacular sun today.
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