OXFORD We missed out on posting about Oxford, England, but we posted some pictures. We took the train to Oxford and walked five miles up the canal. It was so fun seeing all of the houseboats lining the edges of the canal. We passed under some awesome bridges and got so see some of Britain's beautiful country side. We ended up in a small town where we enjoyed lunch on an outdoor patio. It was such a beautiful day so it was nice to soak up some sun! We want...

Happy Pancake Day! Yes this truly is celebrated here! Today I watched people in the main street have pancake races! It was televised, had an announcer, and a huge crowd whooping and hollering cheering on people running and flipping pancakes! It was awesome to say the least! Let's back it up a bit to cover the last few weekends. We went to our first rugby match here to support the London Irish! It was so much fun. We met for breakfast with a group of fri...

We have been slacking a bit, so we are going to fill you in on our past weeks. A couple of weeks back we went to London for our second visit. It was a shorter visit, due to extreme wind, but we still had a blast. We toured the London Dungeons, which is actually a theatrical, interactive experience that explains the history and pop culture of London. It was actually quite impressive. For a portion of the tour we rode on small boats through dark underground t...

First of all, happy valentine's day! We just wanted to let you all know that we are still alive and we are sorry we have not posted anything in a while. We will be better about this! We will have a lot of new stuff to share come Wednesday because we are heading to Italy tomorrow for a few days! We are planning on hiking between several villages in the national park called Cinque Terre. We have been having really cruddy weather here in Reading, and as most of you...

This weekend we made the westward trek by train to Bath, England. Though weather threatened our journey, the day was a success. We started out walking through Green Park and Queen Square to arrive at our destination: The Circus. The Circus is a group of homes that encompass a roundabout. Their architecture was phenomenal, as all of the homes were perfectly rounded (see pictures… kind of hard to explain). Many famous people at one time lived in the homes ...