As we’re finally inching our way out of winter, we thought it was time to get out of London and head up north to Manchester for Easter weekend. People in London like to give northerners a bit of a hard time, so I went with low expectations. All in all though, I was quietly surprised.
We got lucky with the weather, 4 days in a row of heavy overnight snow and then 3 blue sky and sunshine days to finish off. We didn’t really want to leave and thanks to United messing up our flights, got to stay in America for another night. We’ll be back in June!
After a ten hour flight and 24 sleepless hours, we arrived in Vail, Colorado to sunshine and lots of snow. Hello mountains, how we’ve missed you.
Although we were apart from our family and friends, Christmas in London is a lot more…authentic. It’s actually cold, roast turkey makes the menu and the city erupts into pockets of tinsel and twinkling light displays. It’s also complete chaos. We’re ready for 2012 now please…
We set off for Brussels with only a few, very simple activities on our “to do” list: eat waffles, eat mussels, eat chocolate and drink beer. Luckily, in Brussels there’s barely a street without a chocolate shop and a pub. Oh, and there’s some other stuff too…
London has really come into its own now that we’ve got a bit more disposable income and can afford the odd long weekend away. Two hours on a train and voila, you’re in Paris? We’ll take that.
Having finally settled down to full-time jobs, permanent flat-shares and a little bit of money (or at least, a little less debt), it was time to start sightseeing again. Cue the south-west towns of Bath and Beer, and the continued explorations of larger-than-life London…
A collection of the sights we’ve seen, the friends we’ve met and the beverages we’ve enjoyed throughout England over the past couple of months.
Even though it rained almost non-stop for the three days we were there, we loved Berlin. It’s a city that actually seems to have been planned and built with the needs of the people in mind. What a novel idea.
During WWII, Dresden was bombed to bits by the Brits. Many of the buildings have been re-built, but it’s easy to see where old meets new. And that sums up Dresden: a bit of old, a bit of new and a whole lot of rain.
Some photos, thoughts and things about my travels.....written and compiled by me (Hayden Bairstow)
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