http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Warwickshire en-us Mon, 07 Dec 09 02:29:40 +0000 Mon, 07 Dec 09 02:29:40 +0000 The drive fromn Liverpool to Warwick went without a hitch once again the GPS has been invaluable. We spent the day 5 Hrs and could have spent more time at Warwick Castle. What a great tourist spot. Heaps of history to soak up there. Loved the way the people dressed up in costume and role played people of that era. Hannah took the chance to dress up as a Princess at Princess Tower Robert r http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Warwick/blog-436024.html Today is our last day in England. We started the day at Warwick Castle which has been setup as a tourist fun park with family activities on medieval theme based on the history of the castle during the War of the Roses.We visited the Staterooms and other exhibits setup with wax figures to show life at the time during the preparation for battle. Warwick also have a working Trebuchets which they http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/blog-432785.html HeyFirstly I would like to thank you for subscribing to my blog.However i've decided that if you are going to do something you may as well do it rightI'm now the proud owner of my own .com and will be using that for my blog.You can find it herewww.gapyearescape.comSubscribe and I vow to keep you entertained.RegardsAmar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Warwick/blog-431911.html Salisbury Cathedral in South West England near StonehengeHoly House of God We felt a touch blasphemous sneaking in for the price of onehellip It was impressive Supposedly the granite columns holding up the tower are supposed to be the sagging under its great weighthellip Scary... Lots of really old graves in the floor and the foundation is only 4 ft deep they showed us itrsquos tru http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Warwick/blog-431366.html Added a couple pics from yesterday at Space Centre. Today was off to Warwick Castle on the recommendation of our friend Harry who claims to know a thing or two about this part of the world It was a lovely day apart from the two brief showers but we were prepared with our brellie. The kids loved the jester show the joust birds of prey show and all the walking tours around the castle includi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/blog-423882.html Day 7 Wednesday 27th May 2009A day return trip to Shakespeare's hometown StratfordUponAvon did not come in cheap. I had to slice 66 from my travel budget for the transportation. Another 24 was spent for the admissions to the three houses of the Shakespeare's family. Straford was highly recommended by my great pal B who believed that I would fall in love with this charming town for its tudor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/blog-407787.html Well team I'm soon to be off on my epic journey overland across Russia Mongolia China and Cuba.For those of you I'm useless at keeping updated with here is a brief plan of actionRussia 11th April Fly to St. Petersburg Over the next month I will be getting the train across Russia stopping off atSt. Petersburg Venice of the North.Moscow Place where lots of Communist things happenedEka http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Leamington-Spa/blog-388795.html 1 Day 9 hours Zoe is worrying about what colour nail varnish to take...Katie is keen and packed about a week ago...Caz is sorting everything today and I'm trying to decide what to have for lunch rather than actually dong anything practical...I'll pack later http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Warwick/blog-364011.html Havenrsquot got much time to type and write so I wonrsquot. Drove through the Cotswolds towards Stratford upon Avon hangout for Bill Shakespeare. When we come back next time might hire a boat and go lsquopuntingrsquo down the canals of the UK. Moving on we ended up at Kenilworth Castle. Home to Earl of Leicester Bob Dudley. He got looked after lsquocos he was Elisabeth 1 the vir http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/blog-343001.html So this is where it all starts....only 5 full days left in Blighty and then I am out of hereI decided to keep a small blog of my little adventure to South East Asia to serve a number of purposes mainly to keep the people who care or can be bothered to read it updated on my whereabouts and doingwhats. But also as a tool to reflect on my journey which is a fairly significant one to me. I am http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/blog-340093.html The excitement is building.............. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Leamington-Spa/blog-327829.html Sept 21 back to London Warwick CastleIt's Sunday evening back in London tried to get on to the Internet but wimped out. At the desk I was cheerfully told that it was cheaper to use a credit card rather than their L7.50 voucher for about an hour. When I tried to go the credit card route which came up at L6.00 I kept getting a security domain error message so I didn't want to put in my c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Warwick/blog-327542.html Day 100 Having resided in Birmingham for nearly two weeks we were well and truly overdue to visit the Cadburys factory. A short train trip out to Bournville aka Cadburyville we arrived following the purple signs and the unmistakable smell of cholocate to the massive factory. Through the gate with our discount ticket we were immediately loaded up with a showbag of cholocate goodies. First stop http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Warwick/blog-315049.html Dear all...Lonely in Leamington is all about a Student of Health and Social Care who recently flew from Desert of Kutch India to Leamington Spa which for him is more than imagination. The place is so beautiful that He feels it is devaluation of its beauty if describe by words. So let it remain in Thoughtsnatural feeling. Here I am enjoying Nature with Highest satisfaction but yet Alone wh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Leamington-Spa/blog-296185.html Saturday 7th JuneArising fairly early we were greeted by warm sunshine. We began by heading away from Warwick back to StratfordUponAvon again to see Anne Hathaway's Cottage.William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in 1592. There are some suggestions that the marriage was not a terribly loving one In his will Shakespeare specifically left his second best bed to Anne and Shakespeare must' http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Warwick/blog-295138.html Oh god trying to pack for going this far away for 9 weeks is difficult. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Leamington-Spa/blog-287669.html Hi AllSo we Jo Helen and I ventured up to Warwick Castle today to tour around. We travelled through the Castle and checked out all of the wax figures in all the rooms that were set up and then we started the climb to the watch towers... first to the smaller tower that over looks the river and the boat houses. Beautiful scenery Then we went down to the Peacock gardens and stopped for a drink http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Stratford-upon-Avon/blog-273603.html I took a day trip from Oxford to StratforduponAvon the birthplace of none other than William Shakespeare. Pretty much the bane of my freshman English class Shakespeare has never been one of my favourite authors. Growing up he stood for everything I hated in literature Old English language incomprehensible enough to have me reading over every sentence two or three times and way too http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Stratford-upon-Avon/blog-271610.html Happy Easter everyone We spent Friday and Saturday of our long weekend visiting StratfordUponAvon and Warwick Castle. We've put up lots of pictures for you to look at. Stratford is a very pretty city We rented a car for the weekend so we can now officially say that we've driven on the wrong side of the road and did not cause any accidents Driving on the left definitely takes some getting used http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Stratford-upon-Avon/blog-258909.html Just a quick note and probably a very boring entry for anyone that wasn't there sorry to say thank you all so much for coming to wave us off. We had a truly fantastic evening and it was lovely to catch up with everyone I just wish we could've had a little more time to gossip even furtherThought you might like to see a few pics from that Sat especially as we don't all get together that o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Leamington-Spa/blog-250339.html