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Mary and I are so happy to have our friend Bill visiting from New Hampshire--he was working in Africa and was coming home through London, so added on a few days to come see us. We went to the village of Cheddar--yes, the original place where cheddar cheese was made, and is still made, and it is delicious!
but it is also the home of Cheddar Gorge, the largest gorge in England and now I know where the word gorgeous comes from haha! really you can see the amazing limestone cliff in the picture--we went up on top and went for a 3 mile hike, and it really is beautiful. There are tons of mountain sheep, or goats (I am revealing my ignorance of animal species here--maybe we saw both?) I took pictures of them but when I looked at them after, all you could see was a hillside with a vague brown speck on it so I thought I would spare you all the sight.
Bill and I went to the Roman Baths yesterday. Unfortunately I didn't think to take my camera but they really are spectacular. I had seen them once before but was impressed all over again. Those Romans were incredible engineers! Tonight Bill Mary and I are going to the Thermae Spa to enjoy the natural hot springs in a visceral way. Looking forward to it!
Mary and I are leaving next Tuesday for the holidays. We are heading to Jerusalem, to visit her friends Ellen and Anat. Another friend of ours from Galiano Island in BC is there too, so we are looking forward to a sociable time. Then we will head to the Sinai in Egypt for New Year's. Mary has been to these places before but I haven't, so I am very excited. We are leaving Dec. 18 and returning Jan. 6--what an interesting way to spend Christmas! Mary seems to think we will be posting to the blog while we are away--personally, I am not so sure, so if there is nothing new here for a few weeks, you'll know it's because we are just enjoying ourselves too much.
Look forward to hearing from all our friends about your holidays too. Hope they are happy, restful and fun for all.
Karen
1 comment:
Hi Gals! Hope you are having great adventures on your trips during the holidays. Sounds like it could be fabulous.
Anna and I had a busy day on Xmas as we decided since we were having Diana, Dorothy and Brenda over we might as well cook a turkey and all the fixins... I don't know how people do this every year, it's a lot of work! I think everyone had a good time and even my mom and Brenda had long chats on their own much to D and D and our relief- a little break from the older folks.
Now we are just relaxing for the remainder of the week and NY eve to gear up for what looks to be a busy and fruitful year for both Anna and I.
We look forward to hearing about your stories about your experiences
Happy New Year!!
Sandra
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