Category Archives: Destinations

Winter Tourism, Volume One: Tropical World, Leeds

By NancyD | Published: January 11, 2010
One of the things that many American visitors dream of when they visit the UK is seeing castles, stately manor homes, and other such pieces of antiquity that just aren’t available in our young country.  I remember being amazed when I looked down at where I was standing in Westminster Abbey and seeing a date [...]
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Happy 2010 from London!

By NancyD | Published: December 31, 2009
“…we’ll drink a cup of kindness dear, for days of auld lang syne!” Happy New Year from the UK-dwelling half of TOB!
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Winter Vacation in Cumbria: Yes, Virginia, The Lake District is Still Open

By Dave | Published: December 22, 2009
Preview of a mid-January trip to England's Lake District.
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Christmas Adventure, in Yorkshire

By NancyD | Published: December 11, 2009
I love ice skating.  I was looking up places to go ice skate (also known as places with warm cafes so my husband can comfortably WATCH me ice skate) and came across The Christmas Adventure which is right here in Yorkshire! Now I can’t speak to it from personal experience (something I hope to rectify [...]
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