HandS Travel

This week Henry’s car arrived!!! We were both very excited and a little bit scared…Henry hasn’t driven in two weeks and for sure never on the “wrong” side of the road. Henry did just fine though, remembering a few simple rules, 1. Left to live, 2. Look right at roundabouts, 3. Look right and then [...]

Hob – stovetop Fly – go to [a webpage] Current account – checking account Uni – University Mum – Mom Fresher – Freshman (in college)

After a bus and taxi ride, we arrived at my dorm on Saturday. After settling in, we went for a stroll in Hyde Park, ate fish and chips at a local pub, and then to a party on the River Thames that evening for the third consecutive night of drinking and good times. The next [...]

So far, England has been everything we imagined it would be, except better! In talking with people who have lived or traveled here, they complained about the weather being too rainy and the food too bland. Fortunately for us, the weather has been absolutely beautiful – partly sunny, dry, and an average temperature of 21° [...]

So we learned a few more words in the last week: Tele – television p – pence (like 50p, or cents) Single – one way ticket Return – round trip ticket Bits and bobs – miscellaneous Capsules – pills Course – program (at a university) Holiday – vacation Lorry – truck Cheers – a catch-all [...]

Today we had a small adventure to Gloucester to look at the Gloucester Cathedral.  We got on a very new looking bus, and noticed many people taking pictures of our bus.  We were very curious, as there were groups of folks (10+) waiting for the bus, and as it would come around the corner, all [...]

So after an on time arrival and a quick trip through the British countryside, we have arrived at our temporary home in the Cotswold.  All-in-all the flight was uneventful, with the exception of one small soda/pop spill, but due to the dryness of the airplane air, it quickly evaporated.  We got exit row seats with [...]

Or Henry and Sheila learning a new way to speak…So this is one of the feature types of articles we shall be posting regularly, the new words we learn. Sometime we figure these out from friends, and other times we just look at people dumb-founded until they explain themselves.

We are finishing up our final preparations to leave now.  Over the past few weeks we’ve visited our favorite restaurants in the DC area, watched the NE Huskers win their opener against Florida Atlantic 49-3, chilaxed at the hotel, eaten delicious Flavor Ices and purchased more to restock the fridge, packed four bags of exactly [...]