While figuring out where to go this summer, a friend told us that the Aeolian Islands of Italy are said to be like the Greek Islands without the terrible tourism. He knew of this place because his Sicilian grandmother was originally from these areas. In some ways it was a true statement, the tourism is […]
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On our way back to London after hiking Snowdon in Wales, we passed by the Lake District. It was as quaint and as beautiful as one would imagine from English novels. Everyday started off with a full English breakfast from our B&B. These are probably the only breakfast sausages I would willingly eat again – […]
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Getting There As we had just flown in from Vancouver, we knew that driving 5 hours nonstop from London to Llanberis with jetlag would be no fun. So we drove to Birmingham first, then drove the next half of the distance after a night’s sleep. The highways were comfortable and I was thankful for well-equipped […]
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The boyfriend and I were invited to his former coworker’s new home, out in the village of Staplehurst, in Kent. Took a lovely walk out in the countryside with their family dog, Gussie. The wildflowers bloomed everywhere – We had lunch in their home and enjoyed a proper English pork roast with Yorkshire pudding. Then […]
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My favourite thing about London is its food markets. In the past year, I’ve had a couple of jobs based in Clarkenwell/Farringdon, and had access to Leather Lane. This market has stands for clothing as well, which I’ve never had the desire to buy from but it’s kind of fun to see the dresses and […]
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