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Knights of the Double Black Diamond

Last night I went to a social club at Gateway Mencap in Sheffield. There was a coffee house room and a music room for dancing and a games room with snooker tables. I got to see Angela’s office because she works there. I met some new friends. Simon was looking out for me for Angela. I danced...

permalink written by  valnyhout on April 22, 2009 from Castleton, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Finding my British Roots, eh?

Getting to Heathrow

Setting off from home at about 7 am, it was cold and misty. Aurian kindly driving us through the narrow south Gloucestershire country lanes, across the R. Thames and into Wiltshire. There were some interesting hazards: Once we'd climbed up Blunsdon Hill on the new bypass, we got out of...

permalink written by  Saros on April 22, 2009 from Heathrow, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: The Hairy Animal 2009 World Road Trip

Baths and Babies

On Sunday Sue made us a nice turkey lunch. Ollie’s grandpa Jack and the rest of his family came for lunch. We played a game called Articulate and we all laughed a lot. We went for a walk to a mere – kind of like a pond. In the evening we went to a pub quiz at the pub in Cockshutt. My team was...

permalink written by  valnyhout on April 21, 2009 from Bath, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Finding my British Roots, eh?

Clevedon Jetty

Ann and Brian kindly offered to take us out for the day to see the small village of Clevedon. This was a lovely little place situated on the Bristol Channel with a lovely old jetty that was built in August 1868. It was lovely to walk along the pier, see all the locals fishing and read just...

permalink written by  Chris and Emily on April 21, 2009 from Clevedon, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Europe 2009

Mall once more

Well, despite the fact that we weren’t huge fans of the mall Chris and I trooped back today to attempt it once more. Not completely sure where our sanity has gone, I think our on coming colds have devoured any common sense. It all fairness though (that’s quite a popular saying here in Bristol)...

permalink written by  Chris and Emily on April 20, 2009 from Bristol, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Europe 2009

Photos

Just a quick note to say we have 109 photos uploaded to this site so far, and most of them are not linked in the blog. Hit the photos link above to browse through them :) Cheers n Beers Chris

permalink written by  Chris and Emily on April 20, 2009 from Bristol, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Europe 2009

Sunday roast

Today is Sunday, and we know now what that means… yummy Sunday Roast! A typical English tradition and such a delicious one! A quiet day consisting of good company, a good laugh and a great roast. Lovely. Not much else to report!

permalink written by  Chris and Emily on April 19, 2009 from Bristol, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Europe 2009

The mall (rhymes with Pal)

A quiet, relaxing day today which was lovely! Slight sleep in followed by a trip to the local “Mall” (not pronounced mall like we’d say, rather rhyme it with pal, mal...) and it was a huge shopping complex! We think the shopping centers in Melbourne or Sydney are big but we’re sadly mistaken! ...

permalink written by  Chris and Emily on April 18, 2009 from Bristol, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Europe 2009

Visiting Where Ollie Grew Up and Meeting New Family

Yesterday afternoon I went out for lunch in Sheffield with Mom, Dad, Ang, and Ollie. We had Italian. Then Ang went to work and Mom, Dad, and I drove to see Rick and Sue, Ollie's parents. It was like driving in a twisty-straw. The roads were really curvy. We drove through the Peak District and we...

permalink written by  valnyhout on April 18, 2009 from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Finding my British Roots, eh?

Arriving in England and nightclubbing with Ang

We boarded the plane in Toronto with my dad wondering how the Knights game would end. He was listening in the airport but only until the end of the 2nd period. It was a long flight but good thing I had lots of stuff to do because my awesome teachers and class sent lots of fun actitivities for...

permalink written by  valnyhout on April 17, 2009 from Sheffield, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Finding my British Roots, eh?

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