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Bristol England

Our mission today was finding street art, exploring the city and find a few Banksy’s hidden around the city. Also along the river is a huge Bristol festival. Google Maps always is challenging…this way, no turn, this way, no turn…

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Bristol England

Good bye to Cardiff and South Wales, thanks for the memories and sunshine & lovely people. We took the train to Bristol & it was jammed packed. A lady squeezed in next to us asked if we were going to…

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Tenby

We were a little apprehensive about today. Mostly because it was a 3hr train ride each way. That meant it was going to be a long day and what if it didn’t live up to the hype. Everyone we talked…

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Cardiff Wales

Another day bursting with sunshine, and a slight breeze. No walking in circles today, we have a plan to explore the Taft Trail to Cardiff Harbour. First up street art along the river. We find these interesting with meaning, some…

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Cardiff

This morning we had our last fabulous B&B breakfast at Darwin’s Townhouse. We will miss this amazing start to our day I splurged because it was our last supper even tho the daily porridge was amazing. We went outside to…

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Chester Visit

On our last day in Shrewsbury we decided to hop on the train to Chester. We’ve passed it many times and thought why not. Plus the heat here is causing lots of travel disruptions and cancellations. We don’t want to…

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Snowdon Mountain

Last evening walking back to our home away from home yesterday we saw the swans stalking the ducks. They were stealth hunters, picking one duck out of the group to torment. This picture tells the tale… On our early morning…

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Wolverhampton

We finally had morning porridge and it was delicious!!! Our B&B serves up a scrumptious breakfast! We were up early so we took a walk through town before hopping on the train to visit our cousin Eileen, it’s been awhile…

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Edinburgh Wrap Up

Our last trek along the Royal Mile making our way to the palace. Hearing about the complicated relationship between Scotland and England and a bit of the political story and history. The Kings official residence while in Scotland, the elegance…

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Crannogs and Dunkeld

Our day started learning about the Iron Age (1400BC) people who farmed these lands and built Scotlands unique crannogs, which are prehistoric thatched roofed defensive huts build on piers over the lochs. Lots of interesting demonstrations of what life was…

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Inverness Scotland

Long journey to Scotland. We had a lovely flight to London last night. We upgraded to 1st and the pods were perfect for an 11 hour flight. We had little dividers so our space was our own. We did not…

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We Are Ready To Go!

With only a couple days until departure we are pretty much ready to go. After packing and re-packing, sorting and resorting, and pulling things out putting things in that we forgot, I believe we have everything in our carry-on roller…

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Aurevoir Canada

We ended 2025 by visiting our 12th country this year…what a year for JEllens excellent adventures. We’re already planning our getaways for 2026 and 2027, that’s what retirement is all about. We heard an earful from our UBER driver about…

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Day at the Biodome

The facility allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas: All the exhibits are housed inside the former velodrome that was used for the cycling and judo events of the 1976 Summer Olympics, with each of…

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New Years in Montreal

We had a nice brunch and a morning walk in the fresh snowfall that fell overnight. A dashing looking English man, holding his pug, is giving a superior stare at Notre-Dame Basilica, symbol of the religious influence on French Canadians.…

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