Another week of incredible adventures in and around London.
London – Week Three
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Full English Breakfast
It’s a cultural experience, certainly not a daily ritual for Brits or anyone else, but the Full English Breakfast is a delightful and truly filling meal.
Second Week in London
It’s been an amazing week of sharing adventures with Amanda as well as trotting off on our own to see some “must sees” as well as more obscure and out of the way spots in this amazing capitol city.
John Harrison and the Marine Chronograph
Born in 1693 in Yorkshire in the north of England he was a self-taught carpenter and clockmaker. When he was twenty-one Parliament passed the 1714 Longitude Act and set the course for Harrison’s life as he set off on a quest to build an accurate marine chronometer.
Hampstead Heath and Beyond
These last few days we've been getting oriented to our home for the month. With lodgings in the village of Hampstead in northwestern London, we have easy access to Hampstead Heath, a glorious 800 acre park that is a series of footpaths through woods and grassy spaces....
Welcome to Hampstead
It’s been a fabulous day hopefully foreshadowing good things to come as we settle into making the village of Hampstead our home for four weeks!
Transatlantic Crossing
It’s a first for us, a transatlantic sea voyage and our first trip to England! Although we’ve cruised quite a few times, this is different. Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 is an ocean liner rather than a cruise ship.
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
It’s here! It’s finally here! After a breakfast from the 9th Ave Gourmet Deli at the corner and some great coffee from Arvaci next door then making sure we were packed and ready, we summoned an Uber ride and enjoyed chatting with our driver. Now here we are at the...
One Day in The City
To minimize the risk of travel delays interfering with embarking on the Queen Mary 2 tomorrow, we scheduled our train ride into Manhattan so we’d have two nights before making our way to the ship. We did experience a two hour Amtrak delay due to severe flood damage in...
The Next Adventure
Today we are embarking on a journey that we've been planning for the past year. It's not our usual last minute flying by the seat of our pants adventure. Or at least the major parts aren't. Last August we called and talked with Kevin at Q Cruise Travel in Chicago to...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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Rome, The Eternal City
It was a short but rewarding visit to the ancient capital of the Roman Empire. We enjoyed walking the narrow streets, savoring the sights and tastes of this timeless city, and especially getting close to thousands of years old monuments and even inside of the world famous Roman Colosseum.
Overnight in Port Aboard the Allure
Weather conditions caused Allure of the Seas to miss the port that would have given us the chance to visit Pisa. Instead we had the opportunity to spend an extra day aboard this floating resort in the port of Civitavecchia enjoying the ship and pondering what we’d learned this trip about our own travel style.
Palace of the Popes, Avignon
Our stop in Marseille, France afforded us an opportunity to visit Avignon which was home to seven popes in the 14th Century and a site important in the life and legacy of St Catherine of Siena.