Destination: United Kingdom

The Moors of Devon

Mon, 23 May 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [601]

THE DRIVE FROM NEWHAVEN TO TORQUAY is a long one—it took nearly six-hours. We didn’t have time to stop along the famous Jurassic Coast, nor would we have wanted to—Sunday no day to compete with the locals on their day out. But we did ... Read more >

Photos: Devon and the Jurassic Coast

Sun, 22 May 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery

Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters

Sat, 21 May 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [320]

THE ENGLISH LOOK UPON BRIGHTON THE WAY my New Jersey friends revere Seaside Heights. In truth, neither stacks up well against the “real” beaches of the world—but you make do with what you’ve got. We visited Brighton not to sit ... Read more >

Deal and Rye—Hidden Gems

Thu, 19 May 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [302]

TO BE SURE, THERE ARE HIDDEN GEMS to be discovered in the Southeast. The town of Deal, for example. It isn’t nearly as old as Canterbury nor were poems written about it. In fact, Deal in the 17 th Century was intentionally kept on the down-low—... Read more >

Canterbury and Dover

Mon, 16 May 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [307]

“ …SPECIALLY FROM EVERY SHIRES ENDE/Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende/The hooly blisful martir for to seke/That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke .” So begins Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.  ... Read more >

Photos: Southeast England

Sat, 14 May 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery

Finding Midsomer

Fri, 13 May 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [437]

KATE'S AIRBnB IN OXFORD WAS HER FAMILY HOME. It has everything that we could want— plus a fabulous garden! It’s actually in Crowley, an easy mile’s walk from Oxford University and not far, as it happens, from fictiously famous county ... Read more >

Photos: Around Oxford

Mon, 9 May 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery

A Slow Boat to Europe

Sun, 1 May 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [331]

EVEN IF, LIKE US, YOU’VE VISITED ALL THE PORTS-of-call before, a trans-Atlantic cruise from the States to Europe is a great deal—if you have the time, that is. At a “school zone” cruising speed of 20 knots, it took us 15-days ... Read more >

Photos: Sailing to Europe

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery

27 hours in Edinburgh

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 | By swathi | Views [653]

Day 1   The Avanti West Coast zoomed from Euston to Edinburgh Waverly, every tilt synonymous with a turn in my stomach. Sydney, my friend from UEA and I were going on our second trip; the first being Budapest in 2017. The 5.5 hour-long train ... Read more >

Tags: edinburgh, haggis, hike, scotland, volcano, whiskey

Photos: Edinburgh

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 | By swathi | Photo Gallery

Covid Lockdown in the Peak District

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 | By steve_and_emma | Views [451]

As the global pandemic started to spread and the first cases were being reported in Ethiopia it was time to think about what to do. Emma’s school announced it was closing and all the advice seemed to say that the Ethiopian health care system couldn’... Read more >

Photos: Covid Lockdown in the Peak District

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

Photos: Scotland 2019

Sat, 26 Oct 2019 | By shaz | Photo Gallery