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We moved to England in August, 2007. We had just graduated university and were looking for our first teaching jobs, so we decided to venture overseas to travel around Europe and start our careers at the same time! Since we moved to England we've travelled and seen more places than we ever imagined would be possible! In addition to our travelling adventures, we have also gotten engaged and are getting married on August 22, 2009! What a wonderful way to spend these two years of our lives. We never thought we would have this opportunity to work and travel abroad.

If you look around our blog you'll see pictures from the following places: Italy (Rome, Siena, Florence, Pisa, Verona, Venice), France (Paris), Spain (Barcelona, Vilanova i la Geltru, Lloret de Mar), Germany (Cologne, Boppard, Konigswinter), Switzerland (Zurich, Engelberg, Luzern), Ireland (Dublin, Wicklow, Glendalough), Belgium (Brussels, Bruges), Scotland (Edinburgh, Stirling Castle, Loch Lomand), North Wales and England (London, Oxford, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Bath, Stonehenge, Brighton, Canterbury, York, Dover).

Keep checking back for more updates from our adventures!

Our Christmas Adventure, 2007!
December 22nd 2007 -» January 6th 2008 Two SPECTACULAR weeks driving through Italy!
April 5th 2008 -» April 19th 2008 Home Sweet Home for the Summer Holidays!
July 28th 2008 -» August 30th 2008 Our Christmas Adventure, 2008!
December 19th 2008 -» December 29th 2008

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By Briana and Will
August 2nd 2009

BRIANA'S BRIDAL SHOWER North America » Canada » Ontario

Cutting the cake

I had a wonderful bridal shower thrown for me, hosted by my mom and my matron of honour, Jackie. It was so great to have family and close friends around, especially since I've hardly seen anyone in two years! The shower kicked off with people introducing themselves to each other. This was then followed by some fun bridal shower games with prizes for the winners! Game #1: British Equivalents - Given a list of North American terms, could people think of what the eqivalent British term was? Winner: Wendy! See, it pays to watch Coronation Street! Game #2: Purse Hunt - [View Full Entry]

Jackie, Leigha & Amy helping to set up for the shower

By Briana and Will
July 9th 2009

VISITING CAMBRIDGE - OUR FINAL "MUST SEE" CITY Europe

At Corpus Christi College

We're back again with some more travel photos! Cambridge is a city in England that we've wanted to visit since we first arrived in August 2007. We figured that since the number of weekends remaining before we come home are limited, we had better get there soon! So, last weekend we hired a car and went on another road trip! Luckily the weather was on our side and it was a beautiful day. Strangely, driving on the left side of the road now seems normal! The millions of roundabouts are fantastic and we now officially detest the traffic light system at [View Full Entry]

By Briana and Will
July 2nd 2009

GENERAL UPDATE & FAMILY VISIT Europe » United Kingdom » England » Buckinghamshire » Aylesbury

family at Buckingham Palace
Will, Bri, Huy (Will's brother), Quan (Will's mom)

Hi again everyone! It feels like ages since we posted our last blog in May. Last year we had tons of blog posts because we were very excited to share all of our travelling adventures with you when we visited amazing countries like Italy, France, Germany, etc. We haven't done as much travelling this year due to the fact that we're saving up our pennies for our wedding! We can hardly believe that our wedding is less than 2 months away!!! We are so excited and very much looking forward to seeing everyone again. Despite the fact that we haven't travelled [View Full Entry]

By Briana and Will
May 8th 2009

SUGARLAND & TAYLOR SWIFT IN THE UK Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Lee

Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland

Sugarland made their first ever trip to the UK in March so we were really excited to get tickets since we love their music! We also went to see Taylor Swift in London in May. Enjoy the pics! [View Full Entry]

By Briana and Will
May 4th 2009

AN AMERICAN, AN ENGLISHMAN AND A DOUBLE-SHOT OF CANADIAN! Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Bangor

The 4 of us at Penrhyn Castle
Will, Bri, Heather, Andy

We're back with another installment of the Adventures of Will & Bri! This time our adventures included two friends: Heather, an American from Philadelphia and Andy, an Englishman from...England! Both of them are teachers at the same school as us. Heather teaches Math and Andy teaches P.E. Since it was a long weekend, we decided to avoid doing any work and go on a road trip to North Wales! Wales is a neighbouring country to England. We chose Wales as our destination for this long weekend because of our recent passport fiasco and the fact that we are not required to [View Full Entry]

By Briana and Will
April 16th 2009

CASTLES, GUARDS & ROYALTY Europe » United Kingdom » England » Kent » Dover

Leeds Castle

Hi again everyone! We are now in the second half of our two week Easter break. We spent all of our first week waiting around, hoping that we could come home for our buck & doe. Again, thank you to everyone who helped make it a big success! Since the buck & doe we have tried to make the best of our time off while we've been stuck here in England! Last week we ventured into London for one day,simply because we couldn't stand being in our house any more! We originally intended on seeing the Changing of the Guard ceremony [View Full Entry]

Bri outside Leeds Castle, surrounded by the moat

By Briana and Will
April 10th 2009

A BUCK & DOE WITHOUT THE BRIDE AND GROOM?? North America » Canada » Ontario

Mmmm...cake!

Yes, the title says it all! Last night was our Buck & Doe, held at Tavistock Memorial Hall. However, guests in attendance would have noticed that the party lacked the Buck (groom) and the Doe (bride). We did not plan this intentionally! For any of you who have not heard the story, we were suppose to be home on Saturday, 4 April. Howevere, we got terribly screwed over by the UK Border Agency who has had our passports for more than 7 weeks now. We sent them our passports in February to update our visas and we should have had our [View Full Entry]

By Briana and Will
February 20th 2009

THREE DAYS IN YORK Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » York

Standing on the city walls, York Minster in the background

It’s half-term break once again! Our choices of travel were limited because we currently do not have our passports. Therefore, we could not travel outside of the UK. Our passports are currently with the UK Border Agency awaiting approval to allow us to remain in England until August. So, we decided to visit the historic city of York for 3 days.York is located in the northern part of England, only a few hours drive from Edinburgh, Scotland. York was founded in AD 71 by the Romans. It is a lovely city which still has much of its original city walls [View Full Entry]

By Briana and Will
December 29th 2008

CHRISTMAS IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Edinburgh

Standing outside Edinburgh Castle

We have now finished the last leg of our Christmas traveling adventures! We spent the last 6 days in Edinburgh, Scotland. We were hoping to see snow while we were away but despite getting quite cold at night, the weather was fairly mild during the entire trip. Our trip began with a fright at Stansted airport in London. We made our way to the check-in desk on the morning of Dec.23 only to find out that our flights were actually scheduled for the previous day! We have booked most of our trips through Expedia and have never had a problem, but [View Full Entry]

Will getting ready to fire a cannon at Edinburgh Castle!

By Briana and Will
December 23rd 2008

BELGIUM: BRUSSELS & BRUGES Europe » Belgium » Brussels-Capital Region » Brussels

Windmill in Bruges

And so begins our adventure to yet another country! To be exact, Belgium is now the 8th country we’ve visited in Europe! We began our journey on the Eurostar from London to Brussels. Taking the train was a nice change from flying since we didn’t have to be at the train station until approximately 45 minutes before departure. Although the Eurostar is one of the fastest trains in the world, we arrived an hour later than expected due to delays at the Eurotunnel which passes under the English Channel. Once we arrived we walked for over an hour through some very [View Full Entry]

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