We also traveled up to the coast on the 4th of July as well as visiting Castle Howard. We visited the town of Whitby which is nestled on the banks of the North Sea. There is an abbey there on top of the hill. You should be able to see it in some of the photos. I didn't feel up to climbing the 199 steps to the top to see it. We took a different path on the way back from Whitby on our way to York to visit Castle Howard. We traveled through the Moors on the way to Whitby [View Full Entry]

---

---

On Independence Day we drove just north of York and visited Castle Howard. This castle began constuction in 1699 and took over 100 years to complete. Today it's still used as a home for the Howard family, but is open to the public to visit. The castle is beautiful and the grounds are lovely. There are peacocks that roam the grounds, the gift shop sells peacock food! The Howard family has an interesting history. Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were both members of the Howard family. They were the second and fifth wives of King Henry VIII, both were beheaded. [View Full Entry]

---

---

Harlow Carr Gardens in located in Harrogate, very close to where I was staying. You could actually walk to it from my Aunt's flat. It was a beautiful day. We sat outside in the sunshine and drank tea surrounded by all the flowers. A perfect way to spend the afternoon. [View Full Entry]

---

---

Today we went to Fountains Abbey. It is Britain's largest monastic ruin, founded in 1132 by 13 Benedictine monks. It was sold in 1540 to a merchant following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 by Henry VIII. It's a shame that so many of the beautiful abbeys were destroyed during that time period. I tried not to go overboard on the photos in this section. I took 57 photos of the abbey and have only posted the good ones. I have more than a couple not so good photos. I didn't know you could get blurry photos with a digital [View Full Entry]

---

---

This was the first day of driving without my aunt or uncle in the car. Considering my issues with left turns and my occupation, I navigated instead of driving. I'm good with maps, not so good with driving on the left side of the road. I did drive around the block once. After my uncle reminded me a couple times that I was getting too close to parked cars on the left, I decided driving in the UK was not my thing. I'm good a parallel parking, so I parked the car a couple times, but that was the extent of [View Full Entry]

---

---

Hello again everyone! This year on vacation I visited my fabulous Aunt & Uncle in England. I spent an entire week traveling around Northern England visiting abbeys, castles, and beautiful gardens. On the first day we took a drive through the Yorkshire Dales. It was rainy early, but cleared up later in the day. The English countryside is breathtaking. It's like something out of a movie. The hills are lined with dry-fitted stone walls and dotted with sheep. In England people are allowed to hike through property. No such things as trespassing. There are alot of hiking and walking [View Full Entry]

---

---

New York Day 4 North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan By Bridget B May 24th 2007On the last day after the last meeting and before we had [View Full Entry]

---

---

On my trip to London & Germany, I went on and on about how good the food was. The food in New York was not spectacular, just ok. Anyway- on with the trip. We had most of the afternoon off to spend doing whatever. We took the subway downtown so we could catch the ferry to Ellis Island. Another water trip- it's a theme of all my trips. The photo of the group (Victor, Brad, Scott, me, Dave and Jay) is from when we were on the ferry over to the island. While on the ferry, we stopped briefly at [View Full Entry]

---

---

New York, NY North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan By Bridget B May 22nd 2007 The latest trip for work took me to NY. We stayed at the [View Full Entry]

---

---

On Thursday we traveled to Lubeck. On our way to Lubeck, we stopped to take photos of the windmills. They are huge- Michael was able to find a country road that took us right up to them. They make almost no sound. It saw very few power lines here, it makes for some very pretty scenery. Michael dropped us off downtown on his way into work. We started our day by taking a boat trip on the canals. Lubeck is famous for its churches; I was able to see the seven spires of the churches from the plane when we [View Full Entry]

---

---