England
On Wednesday morning, we caught the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Much less crowded than the last time we tried this (though funnily enough, we're pretty sure it was Gurkhas last time too). 0:00 /0:50 1× 0:00 /0:35 1×
England
After a very nice sleep-in following a late night at Warner Brothers, we did a short reconnaissance of the local area and the Tube on Tuesday, and managed to get in some time at London's Natural History Museum. We didn't have long there, but the boys
England
On the weekend, we stayed in a village near Cambridge with our friends Malcolm and Esther and their sons Pablo and Mario. Here's an interview with J, F and B about our punting adventure in Cambridge on Saturday with Malcolm and Pablo! What is a punt? F: A
On Thursday we had a visit to Diddly Squat Farm (of Clarkson's Farm fame... those who know will understand, those who don't won't care anyway). We managed a quick look around the infamous farm shop (no sign of Lisa... or anyone else famous, much
England
After buying discounted 12-month family passes to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, we managed to visit on Monday and Tuesday (not quite 12 months), which was well worth it. The main (initial) intent was to see Nelson's famous HMS Victory (from the battle of Trafalgar), but the highlight was
England
One of the reasons we've had a bit of a dip in blog activity recently is because we've been catching up with lots of old friends in the southeast of England. Back in 2007–2008, we lived here for a year and made so many good
England
On Friday, our first full day in the UK, our friends Mike and Jo took us to Arundel Castle. This is a massive, almost 1000-year-old castle that has been home to the Dukes of Norfolk and their ancestors (the current Duke is the 18th one) for more than 850 years.
Estonia
On Wednesday, we spent all day (10am-6pm) at the Estonian Open Air Museum, which we'd learnt about via our Lonely Planet Europe guidebook. It was fantastic! The enormous complex, located in a forest by the sea, was a 15-minute Bolt (Estonian Uber) ride from our accommodation. It consisted
Tallinn also has cool doors. I like them too. Here are some (there are more 😁).
Estonia
Here's a photo dump of pics taken while wandering around Tallinn's Old Town on Tuesday evening/night... 😍
Estonia
And I do mean that quote sincerely. We're staying in the Old Town area of Tallinn and one of the most beautiful places we've been. Here is some proof.
Finland
On Monday, after powering through a few more Helsinki activities, we headed out to West Terminal 2 for the 2-hour boat ride to Tallinn, Estonia. Ekero is one of at least three major ferry operators doing this route (along with Viking (see my walk around post) and Silja (you can