Author: Micah
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Edinburgh
Driving from Brecon to Edinburgh we stopped at Powis Castle. I very much enjoyed the garden and wood. The garden came down in terraces from the castle. There were fun formed bushes and pleasant secluded areas. Inside was also worth the look. There were very helpful volunteers throughout the house. I learned what a drawing…
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The Jonah Experience
Sorry. I haven’t stayed on top of this the last few days. Our last day in London we went to All Souls church in the morning and then went to Speakers Corner (where Jay Smith goes on Sunday afternoons). Speakers Corner is hard to describe. Speakers corner is a space in the park where people…
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London
We’ve spent the last few days kicking around London. Mom found an online offer for a three day transit pass (that lets you use any bus, underground, or train) together with a one day London Pass (that grants you free admission to a number of the London sites). Friday we spent the afternoon at the…
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The C. S. Lewis Tour
Wow! summarizing Ron or the tour he gives is hard. Ron greeted us at the start of the tour and set about learning all of our names. He seemed a very amiable sort of chap. We started off by getting the history (and pre-history) of the tour. This part of the tour never really ended.…
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Old and Older
Yesterday we went to Salisbury and saw the Cathedral, the majority of which was built between 1220 and 1258. It is really hard to imagine how something so large, something so tall could be built in such a short time without the heavy machinery used today. Just in case that was not enough to marvel…