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Egypt- December 15th
For our final day in Egypt we definitely left on a high as we experienced the beauty of an Egyptian sunset from the air. In the wee hours of the morning we were up and ready to go to the valley of the Queens for a hot air balloon ride. Not all of us are…
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Netretič
This is a WorkAway experience that I was not prepared for. The arrival and first night were a shock. We are a 30 minute car ride out in the country. We have three bikes and a possible bus stop 4.8 km away. If we thought we were stranded in Ferchesar that was nothing! There are…
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Ferchesar – Sept. 13th – Oct. 6th
…fair-Cheese-are… …far-chi-czar? So many wrong ways to say the name of this little vacation village. Even after talking with some native German speakers in Leipzig the answer was elusive. It wasn’t until we met our host Brigit at Berlin HauptBahnhof that we were given the correct pronunciation. No, I did not make a recording of…
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Paris – August 30th until September 3rd
Goals: We have mixed feelings on our time in Paris. The sites were amazing and we checked off many of the familiar and popular sites people expect to experience there. It is also a different culture and language which brings discomfort. Discomfort brings growth and that is one of the things we signed up for…
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LSG Summer Camp- August 21st – 28th
The London Suzuki Group puts on an annual music institute at Bryanston School that is nothing short of spectacular. I blogged about it HERE when we first applied to go. This year there were over 700 people at the camp from around the world, including FIVE Canadians! There was also a notably large contingent from…
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Kaffeost
TLDR: Some people put cheese in their coffee! In Bryanston there were two snackbreaks everyday. They had fruit, cake and cookies. They also included coffee and tea. To accompany the warm beverages there would be cream, milk, oat milk, multiple sugars, and CHEESE. As in grated-cheese-in-a-bowl kind of cheese. The first time I saw the…
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Sunday Roast- August 14th
Yes, I am writing a short post about one meal. Before heading up to Sherborne for an afternoon of exploring we had Sunday Roast. Yes I capitalized BOTH of those words. It was an event and it was exactly as I dreamed. I’m fairly sure eating Sunday Roast is a requirement for U.K. citizens. Almost…
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Transportation- August 28th
This Blog is inspired by the August 28th British Ferry crossing of the English Channel. We’ve travelled in a few forms so far and I am getting picky about how we do it. We’ve done planes, trains, underground rail, buses, DoUbLe-Decker Buses, Black Cabs, Taxis, car, and now ferry. I like cheap transport, and I…
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Swanage- August 7th- 8th
If you need to take a vacation away from your vacation then Swanage might be your cup of tea. As vacation towns go Swanage is busy and bustling. It reminded me of Sauble Beach, Ontario (Canada). It has a long sandy beach, gaming establishments, lots of fast food restaurants and other tourist traps along the…
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Cerne Abbas – July 28th- August 21st
In our time at Cerne Abbas we came to realize it is a special little place. It is different from all the other small villages in Dorset. It has a rich history like many U.K. villages do. Pubs? It has three. Perhaps other villages may have more (I can’t confirm this). A beautiful little church?…
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