Blogs from Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

I know I have not written in a while. I have been traveling and recovering from traveling. On my last day in Slovenia we went to see a cave and went to this really cool castle that was built into this huge rock. I will post pics later today. I left Slovenia and took a train to Zagreb, Croatia to catch a plane to Cologne. This all seems easy however I forgot about border controls because Croatia is on the border of the EU, this was just annoying. The other issue was when I got Zagreb, I had to get to the airport from the train station. This was quite an ordeal because I had to take a tram and then a bus to the airport, however the frustrating part was that I spoke no Croatian....so ... read more

10/5/08 getting ready to depart england for france. brother, Lynda (best friend) and her son Sam... read more

I arrived in Winchester two weeks ago and I am loving every bit of it. I have met many people from the University along with people around the US who chose to go to school at Winchester as well. Every Monday night I go to a Christian Group called CU with a couple of my friends from Eau Claire. By doing this we have met a lot of British people and have hung out with them a lot. These first couple of weeks have been a lot of fun wandering around Winchester, it is a very beautiful town. Last Thursday I and three others, one from Eau Claire and two from Missouri went to Bath, England. We got there via train and spent the whole day wandering around seeing all of the tourist sights. Bath is ... read more

When we visited Salisbury cathedral it was pouring rain and the building seemed dark and gloomy. Therefore, our appreciation of that remarkable building was somewhat diminished. Not so with Winchester Cathedral. The day we visited was sunny and warm. The drive was pleasant. We found a parking place fairly easily as we had chosen a weekend when no big art, food or music event was taking place there. As we approached the cathedral the song, "Winchester Cathedral" kept going through my head. You know the one. The lyrics go: "Winchester Cathedral You're bringing me down You stood and you watched as My baby left town You could have done something But you didn't try You didn't do nothing You let her walk by Now everyone knows just how much I needed that gal She wouldn't have ... read more

Another brief stop-over in Winchester, catching up with Karen, re-reading Harry Potter, going onto Campus to enable downloading of all my emails! Caught up with Helen, and went round to Jon & Kate’s for dinner - lovely - it was hard work, we were experimented on with chocolate meringue… I’ll take that kind of experimentation any day! Into town to pick up some more travel bits and pieces, then out to Jeanette’s for a BBQ, which was relaxing, fun, and a chance to catch up with people! Off to the Hitchens late Friday evening, ready for a 7am wake-up for a holiday in France - somewhere, I don’t know where, I’m assuming somewhere near Le Havre so we can go from Portsmouth! ... read more