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This is a collection of my blog entries related to short or long trips I went on.
I have some master pages for some specific locations/trips:

paris over many years | France over many years | UK over many years | Australia over many years | Canada over many years | Japan over multiple trips | Vegas over many years | Holland over many years | Belgium over many years | Belgium over many years | Mexico over many years | Texas over many years | Italy in 2011 | France in 2013 | Indonesia in 2013 | Japan in 2013 | Japan in 2014 | Taiwan in 2014 | Indonesia in 2014 | New Zealand in 2015 | Japan in 2015 | Costa Rica in 2015 | Singapore in 2016 | South Korea in 2016 | Japan in 2016 | Germany in 2016 | Tasmania 2017 | Japan in winter 2017 | Great Britain in 2017 | Australia Flying Safari 2017 | Philippines 2018 | Spain in 2018 | Alaska in 2019 |

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2017/07/31 Great Britain Day 06: Cotswold - Stratford-upon-Avon - Birmingham
π 2017-07-31 01:01 in Greatbritain2017, Ntrips, Trips, Uk

Day #6: More rain

We started the day by going to Bourton-on-the-Water, a nice little town by a river:



Next, we went through Stow-on-the-Wold and then Bourton-on-the-Hill:









sun dials need sun to work
sun dials need sun to work


From there, we drove to Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of Shakespeare:












Shakespeare's tomb
Shakespeare's tomb


Shakespeare theatre
Shakespeare theatre




We then finished the day by driving to Birmingham for the night.

2017/07/30 Great Britain Day 05: Driving around Cotswold, Snowshill Manor and Blenheim Palace
π 2017-07-30 01:01 in Greatbritain2017, Ntrips, Trips, Uk

Day #5: Rain, Sun, Rain

We started the morning by driving around Cotswold to burn time until we could get to Snowshill Manor that only opened at 11:00





Once we got to Snowshill Manor, we got a ticket to visit the manor at noon, and visited the grounds until then. The manor has a great collection of just about everything:










Last we Blenheim Palace, a huge palace with great gardens, where Churchill was brought up and used to live:








Then we went to see the several gardens:



a maze under the rain, good way to be motivated to get out quickly :)
a maze under the rain, good way to be motivated to get out quickly :)




We then finished in Northleach for the night. I found a tempting car to switch my rental car, for :)



2017/07/29 Great Britain Day 04: Wales: Tintern Abbey, Caerphilly, Welsh Folk Museum, Cardiff Bay
π 2017-07-29 01:01 in Greatbritain2017, Ntrips, Trips, Uk

Day #4: Light Rain

For our 3rd B&B, this was our best breakfast so far. English breakfasts haven't been bad as a whole as long as you avoid the sausage :)

We then had a longish drive to Whales and started with the Tintern Abbey ruins:




Next, we drove to Caerphilly Castle which was interesting, but sadly we came the weekend of a festival, so the place was packed and most of the castle was closed:


interesting that this is still standing
interesting that this is still standing




After that we went to Fagans National History Museum which is an open air Welsh folk museum:





interesting decors in the small church
interesting decors in the small church




From there, we headed to Cardiff for the night and went to the Bay for a walk in rain (not fun) and dinner, before heading back to our room:



fishing in the rain while covered
fishing in the rain while covered

nice beach, great sunbathing :)
nice beach, great sunbathing :)


2017/07/28 Great Britain Day 03: Salisbury and Wells
π 2017-07-28 01:01 in Greatbritain2017, Ntrips, Trips, Uk

Day #3: Rain

We started with Salisbury's Cathedral, super nice. It was moved from a nearby city, old sarum some many years back, and it was beautiful:





nice fountain
nice fountain





one of the 4 remaining copies of the magna carta (basically making the kings be nicer to their people)
one of the 4 remaining copies of the magna carta (basically making the kings be nicer to their people)


The best part was the tower tour:



the big wheel was used to take building material to the top of the church to build the huge spire that was added (and added enough weight to almost collapse the entire church)
the big wheel was used to take building material to the top of the church to build the huge spire that was added (and added enough weight to almost collapse the entire church)

it went much higher, but on percarious ladders, the tour itself stopped half way up
it went much higher, but on percarious ladders, the tour itself stopped half way up

view of sunny england :)
view of sunny england :)


We then went to the nearby museum:





Next, we drove to Wells, who has its own nice cathedral:







Nextdoor was Bishop's Palace:






And we finished at Glastonbury Abbey, "england's finest ruins" as they say ;)



Another day over, lots of driving, including many crappy roads again :)

2017/07/27 Great Britain Day 02: Bath, Avebury and Stonehenge
π 2017-07-27 01:01 in Greatbritain2017, Ntrips, Trips, Uk

Day #2: Rain

Since the walking tour of Bath only started at 10:30, we had some time to kill and we went to a nearby park to get a nice elevated view of bath, before going back down and joining our tour:










Next, we went towards Avebury for its random Stonehenge Area stones and burial sites:





For stonehenge, we avoided the complicated 2H+ tour that doesn't even let you walk to the site anymore (just around) and went to view it from a public road without dealing with the shuttles and time we didn't have:




what they found
what they found

what it's supposed to look like :)
what it's supposed to look like :)

And that was it for day #2. It may seem short but really it wasn't due to the amount of driving involved...

2017/07/26 Great Britain Day 01: Bath
π 2017-07-26 01:01 in Greatbritain2017, Ntrips, Trips, Uk

Day #1: Rain.

After landing in Heathrow and picking up our rental car, we drove directly to Bath. We got there by 16:00-ish and that was just enough time to check in our B&B and go to Bath Abbey, visit and take the tower tour for nice views of the area from high up:










Next, we went to the Roman Baths who got excavated pretty recently. They have the only natural hot source of water in the UK:






warm and full of minerals
warm and full of minerals


In the evening (daylight until 21:30), we did the bizarre path night comedy tour. The humour was ok depending on who you ask :) but it also included a few acts of magic that were actually not bad. Not essential to do, but not a waste of time and money either :)





And that was it for our first half day in England.

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