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The two S' Sailsbury & Stonehenge

Up bright and early today for the journey to Salisbury Cathedral for a bit of a look around before heading to Stonehenge. In the end we only looked around the outside of Salisbury Cathedral, though I’m sure it was beautiful the asking price for admission was a little steep and to be fare, once...

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Chris and Emily on May 2, 2009 from Stonehenge, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

Trevor Arrives in London

What a day my first was in London. Arrived around noon (London time) after sleepin on the Red eye flight for only about 2 or 3 hours. Did nothing of particular importance. Ate some fish and chips, saw the tower of London, saw what we thought was he London bridge (but it was actually just the...

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Trevor and Amber on May 2, 2009 from London, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Europe Trip

BPP (BAS, Punts and Pints)

Up early and into Cambridge once more so that Chris could go and meet some members of the B.A.S As he did this I took another day to discover Cambridge, taking in a market where I haggled for some bracelets and scarves, I felt quite proud when I was able to get both for a decent price. I moved...

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Chris and Emily on May 1, 2009 from Cambridge, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

First Day

It's the end of my first day onboard the Silver Cloud! We got up bright and earlier at 5:50am, and Mum,Dad and I got the train down to London. We then met Kevin Pffefier and Heather, the choreographer at the Millenium Tower Pier at 11am. I then met Yvette, Rachel,Alana and Steven at the dock. We...

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nicolaedwards on April 30, 2009 from London, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Silver Cloud

"What's That You Say?"

Did you know that in Belfast, your pants are your underwear? As in, the pair of what I call pants that I put on over what I call underwear, here is actually... underwear. This has caused me an enormous amount of confusion over the past few months. For example, I got a free massage the other day,...

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ebienelson on April 30, 2009 from Belfast, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: "She is the Belle of Belfast City..."

Cambridge Squiz

With the aide of the awesome car Sue and Patrick so kindly lent us we made our way to Cambridge for a bit of a squiz. I have to say, Cambridge is a really lovely looking town and is chokers with incredibly old buildings that serve as colleges. As exams are on at the moment not all areas of the...

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Chris and Emily on April 30, 2009 from Cambridge, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

Warm and cozy Bedfordshire

Another day of bliss. Sleep in and then up for brekki and a drive, this time around Bedfordshire. I often will use the term “I’m off to Bedfordshire” when heading to bed, and now I really have been there, and managed to stay awake! Before we head to Bedford itself we drove to a few small...

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Chris and Emily on April 29, 2009 from Bedford, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

Finally Ready

Ok, well tomorow is the day that I leave! Mum,Dad and I are leaving at 6.45am ready to meet and get a tender boat across the Thames to the ship, which is attached to the HMS Belfast. We meet at 11am at the Millenium Tower Port and get a boat to the Silver Cloud. We have then got lots of meetings...

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nicolaedwards on April 29, 2009 from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Silver Cloud

Village hopping

Some people are too generous and kind for their own good. We’ve been so blessed with family members putting us up these past few weeks and now, we’ve been blessed with the lend of a car. We’d been preparing to hire one when we got up this way but Sue and Patrick turned around last night and...

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Chris and Emily on April 28, 2009 from Buntingford, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

Oh what a happy day.. it was check out day!!

Oh the joy!! We awoke nice and early with a cheerful disposition as we realized it was check out day! Hoorah! We packed our bags louder than what would have been considered considerate, dumped them at the lockers (of course we had to pay, they wouldn’t look after them for nothing would...

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Chris and Emily on April 27, 2009 from London, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

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