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Scotland rocks!
Thank goodness, away from london to the beautiful English countryside - it really is just like the picture books - our noses were pressed to the bus windows oohing and aahing.. Cambridge was an interesting stop - not a university but many (31) colleges, all with very impressive buldings, plus the picturesque river and the punts!...straight out of …
Trace the French 'Family' Connection
Day 1 Jersey, Channel Islands We arrive in Jersey to an island that has an interesting history of invasion from the Vikings, French and English. Today street signs are in both French and English and many of the locals speak both languages. Jersey is home to Mark's maternal ancestors for some 500 years. We do a bit of digging around and come across the AMY surname in an old menswear shop that is named Amy & Son established 1880. Whilst a rare surname ...
More Jersey
... it was so cold.
Paul and Tom took in a local rugby match between the local Jersey team and Mosley. I went for a walk heading for the coast. Though I had map in hand, I asked directions from locals. I asked one young mum with a pushchair and walked along with her. She asked me what I was doing and I told her about our holiday and the significance of Jersey to Paul. I told her our name and guess what? She turned out to be a Rive herself. Zoe ...
Stunning Jersey
... labour (either locals or Russian slave workers). The experience was amazing and thought provoking. Britain abandoned Jersey to Nazi occupation as it wasn't of strategic value. Not too sure I'd have been so forgiving as the people of Jersey were as they welcomed the British back at the end of the war. It was such an excellent presentation of the history of the time and captured our full attention for ...
Sark to...?
... n base dance on :). Hendrik and I will miss you guys a lot! But wel see you in Thailand If you manage to survive Greece and freshers week at uni!
Cairns, here we come.
I think an important thing to remember when travelling is that your plans are never going stay the same. You can make them as a rough guidline, or for reassurance as to what you're going to do next, but as I found before I even left, they always ...