Most of us think of Vikings pillaging some poor fishing village along the coast. We had the opportunity to seeing Viking life “After the Battle” at the JORVIK Viking center. The JORVIK Viking Centre was on tour due to...
Scone Making with Alfreda Nesbitt
Alfreda Nesbitt’s Plain Scones Preheat convection Oven to 200 degrees Celsius 225 grams of self raising flour Pinch of Salt 50 grams of butter (at room temperature) 25 grams of Caster Sugar (refined sugar) 150 ml Milk Sift flour...
Medieval Archery
We loved visiting Mary Arden’s Tudor Farm, visiting animals and some of the demonstrations they had available. This is the location where Shakespeare’s mother grew up. We could have spent much more time at this attraction and listened to all...
Hope’s Animal Adventures: Falconry in Stratford upon Avon
FALCONRY Our girls love animals of all kinds, so we also stopped in to visit the Falconers shop at the Mary Arden Tudor Farm. Here is Hope’s latest Animal Adventure: “The Kestrel was cute and was a really small...
Roman York: Where Christianity Got a Fighting Chance
We loved York and jumped for joy in front of the famous York Minster! Check out the air Hope got! We had forgotten just how significant the City of York was in the development of human...
“Sleep Tight” and other English Sayings We Still Use Today
On our day trip of the Cotswolds and Stratford Upon Avon, we took a tour of the birth place of William Shakespeare, the childhood home of his wife, Anne Hathaway, and a working Tudor-era farm. While we were aware...
Fashion Museum Bath
Our first “hop off” of our Hop On Hop Off Bus ride in Bath, England was to the Fashion Museum. Joy, in particular, has her own sense of style and is curious about fashion and costume design. We figured...
St. Michael’s Mount Marazion, Cornwall, England
We enjoyed a beautiful sunny day at St. Michael’s Mount with Nicole’s Cornish cousins! From left to right: Nicole Warne-McGraw, Paula Zubiri, Ryan Warne-McGraw, Graham Nesbitt, Charlotte, Amanda Davies‘ daughter Eloise, Hope, Lauren Reid, Joy, Harmony, and Rohan! ...