UK – Dean and Danielle's European Adventure

Bathing in Bath

deandanielle — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:37:42 +0000

A pretty cruisy day today. Went to the Roman Baths this morning which were pretty wicked to see. They have been worshipped for so long and still pump out water at 45 degrees.

Not allowed to touch the water and have a bath!

The main bath with Bath Abbey in the background.

We then looked in Bath Abbey. Another really old church with awesome stain glass windows. Finally a church we can take photos in!

Bath Abbey

The main hall of Bath Abbey

Massive window

Just on our way to back to London now. Heading to London Zoo tomorrow.

Bath

deandanielle — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:35:57 +0000

Another cool city to add to a list that is growing very quickly. Not too bad waking up to this outside the window…

Outside our room window.

We did a walking tour this morning of the city which was a good starting place. Found a shop with All Blacks jerseys for 30 pounds! We are going to go back and look at the places we liked tomorrow.

Bath Bridge

The Circus

After the walking tour we jumped on a bus headed to Stonehenge. It was a pretty cool and eerie experience. Soo old with no real explanation.

Stonehenge

Danielle geeking out.

Headed back to London tomorrow afternoon where we have tickets to six60 at the Forum.

Quick Update

deandanielle — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:37:57 +0000

Since we last posted we have been to Keswick and are now in Bath. Did a wee row around the lake at Keswick and just walked around the town. Pretty foggy there. Now in Bath after a long train ride. Not too much to say really. Just updating on where we are.

The Lakes District

Keswick

Rain, rain go away!

deandanielle — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:51:07 +0000

How things can change. From a great day to an absolute shocker. Headed to the National Museum of Scotland which was really cool. Danielle got up close with some dead animals.

Pucker up!

We then decided to head to Edinburgh Castle. That’s when the heavens decided to open up and drenched us. We bought and umbrella that blew inside out and waited in a queue for an hour in the pouring rain….not fun at all. Took us all of last night to get things dry with the hair dryer that the hostel provided.

What we did see of Edinburgh Castle was really good though and we got some sweet snaps that I will add later off our camera.

We are currently in Penrith now waiting for our bus to Keswick. Couple of relaxing days ahead.

Epic Edinburgh!

deandanielle — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:22:24 +0000

What a city! It’s Dunedin on steroids. All the same street names which is pretty cool to see. There is even castle street but sadly no Gardies. We arrived early this morning and luckily our hostel is so awesome they let us have breakfast and a shower before checking in. Another beautiful day on our trip, we decided to have a cruisy day today so jumped on a bus and did a city site seeing tour.

Spring!

We then had lunch in the sunshine with an average view…..

Edinburgh Castle

Right next to this….

Scott Monument

Just had a delicious pub meal and a terrible Scottish beer! I can’t recommend ‘The Flying Scotsman’.

Good meal, terrible beer.

Tomorrow we are going to walk around the sites we saw today…if we have enough time.

Just another day in London….

deandanielle — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:49:20 +0000

Another huge day in London. Woke up to a cracking day so decided to see London from the sky and go up the London Eye.

Big Ben and House of Parliament from the London Eye

As requested here is a pic of us up the London Eye!

London Eye

We then went and checked out St Paul’s Cathedral. Another pretty amazing building.

St Paul's Cathedral

Visited the British Museum, Science Museum and Natural History Museum over the last 2 days. Natural History wins hands down!

Heading to Edinburgh tonight on the night train which leaves at midnight so another very long day for us…but really looking forward to seeing some of Scotland.

London is Awesome!

deandanielle — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:12:16 +0000

What a day! Started off at Westminster Cathedral then headed to Buckingham Palace. After waiting in the freezing cold for almost 2 hours we had a front row view of the changing of the guards….what a site! It was well worth the wait. We headed to Westminster Abbey next and debated whether or not to go in but decided we should. Thank goodness we did because it was spectacular.

Westminster Cathedral

We then headed to The House of Parliament and Big Ben.

Finally we caught the underground to the British Museum. An amazing place full of Egyptian, Greek and Roman history.

After a big day we eventually made it back to our hostel…just. Exhausted now but we’ll worth it.

Hello London

deandanielle — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:07:25 +0000

After catching the Eurostar this morning we arrived in a wet and cold London. We decided to go and have a look at the tower of London and the precious crown jewels. We are now pros at the underground

Tower Bridge