We left hotel at 8:30am for a walking tour of York and saw key points of historical interest:- remnants of the town wall- the old Guild Hall (circa 1400)- the Barley Hall (circa 1400)- the Shambles (a medieval term for butcher shop)- models of Cats on windows, walls & roofs - a local superstition- Guy Fawkes' house (with fire insurance medallion)- sweets stores galore- York Minster (circa 1080AD) We left York bound for Edinburgh. Lunch at The Swan pub at Had...

7:30am start to join Day 1 of the UK & Ireland Panorama tour with Trafalgar Tours. Leaving London we headed west out of London for Oxford, passing Buckingham Palace. As we passed Hyde Park we saw the horse head sculpture comemorating all the animals injured or killed during WWII. We then headed north to Oxford, thorugh the Cotswolds and Coventry, Oxford, Banbury, Shottering, Stratford Upon Avon, Nottingham, Sheffield and on into York. The Cotswolds are a r...

We went to morning Mass at St George's Cathedral (Southwark) near Lisa T works. Some historical facts regarding St George's: - the original building was opened in 1848; much of the Cathedral was badly bombed in 1941 during the Second World War; a great deal of his design remains, and is incorporated into the rebuilt Cathedral, which was re-opened in 1958; following restoration of the English Hierarchy, St. George's becomes the first Roman Catholic Cathedral since...

We met up with Liza T this morning for a day of sight-seeing from the Thames River. We joined a 'hop on-hop off' river boat cruise from the Houses of Parliament to Greenwich and return. We saw many sites of significant historical or cultural importance including:- Houses of Parliament & Big Ben- the many bridges - e.g. Westminster Bridge, London Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Tower Bridge, Waterloo Bridge (the Ladies bridge).- replica of the G...

Day One in London started with Mass at Westminster Cathedral at 8:00am followed by a good look around the Cathedral and precinct. We walked around the block and saw where Sir Winston & Lady Churchill lived in the 1930's.We took the Tube from Victoria Station to Holland Park Station to meet up with Liza, Aaron & Taggi for lunch followed by a walk through the Notting Hill Carnival - the annual celebration of Carribean food and music.We all took the bus to S...