I had a great holiday with Jesmine and Pearly for the last 2 weeks or so. We decided to settle for South West and South England visiting Oxford, the Cotswold, Bath, Wells and Stonehenge in Wiltshire. We rented a car from Europcar, a VW Golf. Very comfy and stable. Drove like 120 miles also no rasa. Pearly somemore can sleep behind. Lawfully, only Jesmine can drive, but South West and South England witnessed a somewhat MichaelSchumacher in VW Golf. Last spotted in KL 2 yrs ago in black vios.
Our first stop - Bicester! Bicester is a shopping haven for branded goods. The reason we stopped here - Pearly! She claimed she's deprived of shopping in Russia.
We were in Bicester for 5 hours practically. Not that many people because it was a Friday. So we didn't need to queue. At around 6pm, we drove to Bourton-on-the-Water, one of the villages of Cotswold. I first came here with Aunty Dilys and Uncle Alex. It is really beautiful, the picturesque English countryside. We stayed the night at this little B&B just 3 minutes walk from the main square. Really nice room and good breakfast. For as little as £60 for 3 person. We walked around Bourton-on-the-Water in the morning and proceeded to Broadway, another village of Cotswold.
Bourton-on-the-Water
In a tea house in Broadway
After Broadway, we drove all the way down to Bath. Bath is also a very famous and beautiful town in the south, we did not stay the night as intended because all the B&B were full. We drove around Bath for about an hour and parked to have our dinner at Weatherspoon, Loon's favourite pub/rest (Chillis concept). The trip was fun and adventurous because we made plans ie book B&B as we go, thanks to Jesmine and her laptop and the 3 dongle. We spent the night in Wells in a farm house B&B. Very nice and comfy - most of the B&B here are I believe.
The Circus in Bath
We visited Wookey Hole Village as well, first intending to visit Wookey Hole Caves but changed our mind when there was practically nobody there - scared. The caves have been used by humans for around 50, 000 years and the low temperature means that the caves are used for maturing Cheddar cheese. Heard about this from Aunty Ann who brought Mae here last year, so decided to make a stop.
After the short drive around the village, we decided to visit Wells Cathedral. We have seen great cathedrals before, after having seen St Peter's Basilica, Vatican and The Notre Dame and Sacre Cceur Basilica in Paris and La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, we thought oh well, how great can this one be. Well, it is very grand and very interesting. Entrance is free and the church ground includes close looks at where the vicars used to stay as well as the bishop's palace and the park around the bishop's palace. The Vatican and other notable cathedrals are very grand but give you very limited access, can't be blamed though - security.
In front of Wells Cathedral
Walking around the Vicar's Close - walkway connected to the Cathedral ground
Entrance to Bishop's Palace
We proceeded to Stonehenge in Salisbury right after that. Always heard of the place and finally went. Quite interesting but don't expect a lot from there. You are only driving towards a vast land to sekelompok of batu. Very beautiful though. Archaeologists had believed that the iconic stone monument was erected around 2500 BC.
Stonehenge
Finally, we drove to Oxford to have dinner at the same time to visit a good friend, Sean Stevens. Sean studies in Christchurch and very kindly brought Jesmine and Pearly around his college. Christchurch's Great Hall was depicted in the movie Harry Potter.
Dinner at Pizza Express
When you are in London, you have to experience the west end theatre. I went once with Aunty Ann to see The King and I in the Royal Albert Hall. We decided to watch Wicked in the Apollo Theatre in Victoria. It is good and commendable.
Pearly flew to Moscow early this morning. Jesmine will return to Middlesbrough tomorrow. Our first Sister's Trip was in Lang Tengah and then Langkawi (with bro-in-law). This is our third and we look forward to the next one and many many more. Wish you were here TML. Cheerios!
1 comments:
where's gon??
u said u took lots of his pics leh
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