There is so much to see and do when you go to Paris that it’s important to prioritize. We were planning on going into the city on the weekends, just day trips, as we had our cat-sitting duties in Senlis. We had been to Versailles… Read More »Paris Pt 1 – Art!
So our tourist visas (you don’t actually need a physical visa for the UK) allowed us to stay for 180 days. We arrived in mid-January, so we needed to leave the country by mid-July. There are two main ways to get from the UK to… Read More »Cheerio UK, Bon Jour France
We were very fortunate that Mark’s long-time friends Didier and Corrine invited us to stay with them in Chamant, just outside Senlis. We spent July and August there, happily exploring the surrounding villages with trips into Paris on several weekends. Senlis is just over an… Read More »Senlis and Environs
On the way from Senlis to Normandy, we stopped in Giverny to see Monet’s house and gardens. We didn’t see much of the house, spending our time in the beautiful gardens. There’s more than just the water lilies, too. We were lucky that so many… Read More »Monet’s Garden
When I looked through the pictures of our time in Cornwall, there were a number of pictures of the places where we ate and/or drank. In the picture above, Mark is in heaven with shakshuka and mussels at The Waterside, right on the pier for… Read More »Cornwall Pt 5 – Food, Glorious Food (and Drink)
The cathedral’s full, official name is The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York. But most people shorten it to York Minster. It’s visible from nearly every place in the old section of York, and I had so many pictures that it needed… Read More »York Minster and St. Mary’s Abbey
On our way back to Senlis from Germany, we traveled through Luxembourg and Belgium. We saw lovely countryside, quaint villages, and old churches, much as you might expect. We didn’t stop anywhere until we got to Reims, France, so technically I probably can’t count Belgium.… Read More »Quick Stop in Reims
On our way from Cornwall to Worksop, we spent two days exploring the Bletchley Park museum and the Museum of Computing that is basically next door. If you saw the TV series, The Bletchley Circle, or the movie The Imitation Game, you would be familiar… Read More »Codebreaking, Computers, and Bletchley Park
While we were staying in Newport, Wales (https://idealcaretech.com/wonderful-wales/), Mark found a wonderful festival nearby in Merthyr Mawr. Put on by the Street Food Circus, the Forest Feastival was a fantastic day. The feastival runs for 6 weekends in April and May, so we were lucky… Read More »Feasting in the Forest
After leaving the Hadrian’s wall area (https://idealcaretech.com/really-old-things-sheep-and-peacocks/) we headed further into the Lake District. Famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains, the Lake District is also associated with William Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter, and John Ruskin. Carlisle – Castle, Cathedral, and the Cursing Stone Though just… Read More »See the Løveli Lakes