I’ve always felt negatively towards England. I think it’s because I feel a bit embarrassed to be of English descent due to how the English treated the Maori during the colonial era (and beyond). England’s reputation for awful cuisine, lousy weather, Coronation Street accents and an unfriendly, aesthetically challenged population is also less than enticing.
Unfortunately for me England spans the distance between Wales and Scotland and is home to several of our friends and loved ones. Irrational prejudices be damned! We were going!
We enjoyed four days of perfect weather, pub lunches, driving through fields of gold and supping on locally brewed beers (not at the same time). Our friends all seem pretty happy there. Also, nobody tried to annex our rental car. Perhaps I owe England an apology...
And since it was on the way...
We passed through many a quaint town, before meeting up with Paul (a friend of Sophie's from her time in Canada) who showed us some pretty peaceful and tasty living in the country.
As a child I was fascinated with the Egyptian culture, and strangely enough one of best places to see ancient relics is... you guessed it, the British Museum in London.
Museum'd out.
I liked this one... chalk out a whole lot of flags and then relax while national pride pays for dinner.
Pies! and Kiwis!
After London we had a brief stop in charming little Cambridge. Looked like a pretty cool place to study.
And stopping only for a few photo ops... (I think the car shot was Soph's finest photo to date! she is becoming quite the photographer)
We bade farewell to England and headed north without coffee, towards beautiful mountains and annoying insects.
Unfortunately for me England spans the distance between Wales and Scotland and is home to several of our friends and loved ones. Irrational prejudices be damned! We were going!
We enjoyed four days of perfect weather, pub lunches, driving through fields of gold and supping on locally brewed beers (not at the same time). Our friends all seem pretty happy there. Also, nobody tried to annex our rental car. Perhaps I owe England an apology...
And since it was on the way...
We passed through many a quaint town, before meeting up with Paul (a friend of Sophie's from her time in Canada) who showed us some pretty peaceful and tasty living in the country.
As a child I was fascinated with the Egyptian culture, and strangely enough one of best places to see ancient relics is... you guessed it, the British Museum in London.
Museum'd out.
I liked this one... chalk out a whole lot of flags and then relax while national pride pays for dinner.
Pies! and Kiwis!
After London we had a brief stop in charming little Cambridge. Looked like a pretty cool place to study.
And stopping only for a few photo ops... (I think the car shot was Soph's finest photo to date! she is becoming quite the photographer)
We bade farewell to England and headed north without coffee, towards beautiful mountains and annoying insects.
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