Blogs from England, United Kingdom, Europe

Our last touring day in the Cotswolds. A pretty part of the country with the highest peak in England. On a clear day - like yesterday - they say you can see all the way to Wales. We could see pretty far, not sure what Wales looks like though. There are many small towns in the Cotswolds, and we chose to go to Winchcombe - mainly because it was close to a train station and also had Sudeley Castle there. in the end, we decided not to tour thecastle and instead we thought we would stroll around town. The strolling proved to be a little difficult ... You had to walk single fion the thebarrow sidewalks, and there seemed to be a lot of weekend traffic that kept whizzing by. And it was very warm yesterday ... read more

We had planned visiting Wroxeter Roman City, one of the English Heritage sites on 22 May. Mark suggested buying snacks before going there, as there wouldn’t be any shops in the little village. We had read through the English Heritage guidebook and said that Wroxeter Roman City does not have the picnic tables. I therefore suggested visiting Shrewsbury Abbey in the morning, have lunch along the riverside walk, and go to Wroxeter in the afternoon. Shrewsbury Abbey is one of the most distinctive historic buildings in Shrewsbury. It was originally found in 1083, and it was the setting of the famous Cadfael novels written by Ells Peters. Like all of the abbeys in the UK, much of the original structural buildings together with furnishing and treasures dating before the Dissolution, i.e. 1540 have disappeared. Nevertheless, the ... read more

We caught the No.96 bus from Shrewsbury Abbey. Wroxeter Roman City wasn’t far from Attingham Park, which we visited a few years ago. The bus drove past there on the way to Wroxeter village. The bus driver kindly stopped at the bus stop and gave us the direction to Wroxeter Roman City. We showed our English Heritage Membership cards and were offered audio guides. Wroxeter Roman City contained the impressive remains of a Roman bath house in the middle of the countryside. As soon as we set foot on the site, a sizeable freestanding masonry wall came into our sight. We firstly walked on the site of the Basilica where the people would wait for their turn for bathing, and approached the big masonry wall, i.e. the Old Work of the original south wall of the ... read more

Hi everyone! Seeing as I didn't want you all snooping around on my facebook and there's a very annoying time difference between London and Melbourne that makes Skyping almost impossible I thought I'd create a blog and let you all be updated on how everything is going and what I'm up to here in Londontown. I've just hit 5 weeks here and time has gone incredibly quickly! I'm still staying with the boys I met in Asia and have been spoilt rotten by them. I've only just had to start sleeping on the couch as they've been kind enough to share beds so that I had my own for over a month. They cook me dinner a lot and make me cups of teas. I just have to put up with all the farting! There's also ... read more

Also die Wand war schon da, ich bin erst später gekommen. Naja, blöderweise war die Wand stärker, aber… dazu gleich. Wo beginnen wir? Es gibt nämlich nix, wofür es sich lohnt zu bloggen. Zumindest keine handfeste Geschichte, nur die letzten fünf Tage in meinem krassen britischen Leben. Ich sags euch … das ist der erste Job, wo die glaub ich ganz froh sind, wenn ich bald geh :) Vergangenes Wochenende … richtig, da war ich in Greenwich und am Sonntag mit Pavla in ein paar Museen. Museen deshalb, weil der Eintritt gratis ist, das Wetter saukalt, windig und regnerisch war und Pavla kunstinteressiert ist. Tatsache! So lange hab ich noch nie vor Bildern gestanden und genau geschaut, wie Details gemalt sind. Und dann begann der soziale Abstieg … Wir waren grade in der Gegend rund um ... read more