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“All The World’s A Stage:” Shakespeare’s Globe Theater

“All The World’s A Stage:” Shakespeare’s Globe Theater

While in London, we were determined to see a production at The Globe Theater.  The Globe is the theater where William Shakespeare staged his plays during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.  Though the current structure is not the original building where The King’s Men portrayed Shakespeare’s characters (it’s actually the third incarnation of The Globe: the first one burned and the second one was closed by the Puritans) it stands a few blocks away from the original theater’s Bankside location….

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The Stones of Wiltshire

The Stones of Wiltshire

Jocelyn’s take: I have wanted to visit Stonehenge for a very long time. I was lucky enough to explore another set of standing stones in Scotland, which only made me want to get to Stonehenge more! Seeing as how we didn’t rent a car this trip, we booked with a group tour called “The English Bus”  to transport us to and from Stonehenge. After traveling to a “Secret Location” and Bath, we finally came up to the Visitor Center for…

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And we’re back…

And we’re back…

After 50 miles of walking 9 gigs of photos 2 countries many questionable bathrooms 7 modes of travel later… we are back from our whirlwind trip to London and Paris. I think I took over 300 photos of the Bastille Day fireworks in just 30 minutes. Amazing. Look for more posts soon!  

Views on AirBnB so far…

Views on AirBnB so far…

Planning a upcoming trip to Europe, I decided that we would be better off staying in an AirBnB instead of in a hotel. We would have access to at least a small kitchenette, and probably would be paying less to live in London and Paris. So far, AirBnB.com hasn’t been too bad at the logistics. One thing that I do not like is that we had a reservation cancelled by the owner without any reason given. I was able to…

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