We have now left London far behind and are in the car driving around the English countryside. We collected the car from Marble Arch which is right in the heart of the city and with map in hand and heart in mouth we braved the London traffic, double decker buses and endless roundabouts and finally made our way down South. Our first night found us in Chichester near Portsmouth. After the traffic in London we didn't feel brave enough to enter Portsmouth late at night. Day 2 of our road trip we travelled into Portsmouth and the historic dockyards then onto [View Full Entry]

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Time was winding down for me in the UK, and I was feeling restless. Our trip to London a couple of weekends before was great fun, but I needed to see some more country side before travelling back to the US. My colleague Noshela and I hopped in our little red car for a trip to Cornwall. We could not have asked for better weather; once again the sun was shining, not a cloud in the sky. We loaded my small back pack in, along with Noshela's friend and all of his belongings--we were dropping him off in the coastal town [View Full Entry]

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If you haven't been, you should plan a trip to Tintagel. If you've been lucky enough to visit, then like me, you probably hope to return one day. It's just that sort of place. When I started planning my travels, a friend gave me very firm advice to visit. The castle had made such an impression on her that I was intrigued, and never having heard of it, looked it up in my guidebook to learn more. Very shortly it was high on my "must see" list. It was a bit of a mission to get to without a car - [View Full Entry]

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