We arrived in London to miserable weather, but relatively warmer than our recent locations. We were grateful to be able to stay with Andrew and some of his housemates, which took out a lot of the stress of a trip to London. After settling in we went exploring around Westminster and the London Eye. It felt more as if we were ticking items off a list than actually really wanting to see them, but we enjoyed it regardless. The next day we explored Petticoat Lane a...

So, after an uneventful trip from Liverpool, we arrived in Stourbridge, Birmingham. We were fortunate enough to be taken in by Robert and Margaret, and we were very grateful for that. On our first night there we had our first authentic carvery, which was delicious. The next morning we explored the Cadbury factory, with free liquid dairy milk included (yum!). That afternoon we went shopping in the 'Bull Ring', the main shopping district in Birmingham. I treated ...

We had two nights in Liverpool after taking the ferry from Belfast. Getting to Liverpool CBD from the ferry terminal turned turned out to be quite fun. On multiple occasions we were offered help with directions - on the condition that we gave them any pounds/pence that we had. We also ran into some 12 year old bogans who uttered expletives about how big my bag was. After such a wonderful introduction to Liverpool, we made it to our hostel and settled in. I had a...