SA, Wales is a whole nothing ball o' wax. So is Cornwall. You should go to Tintagel, and do it in summer. The water under the castle is emerald green in the sunlight.

Not a castle or a cathedral, but I can't get enough of Bath. Where else can I feed my Rome and Regency addictions at the same time? And that's a great corner of England in general--Wells, Glastonbury, Avebury, any number of not at all famous but really beautiful villages, and archetypically English green rolling countryside.

Wow. I finally caught up on this thread.

Gud, I am glad you and your wife are doing better. {{{Gud and wife}}}

One can never visit too many castles. Really, though, it ends up being how difficult it is to wrangle transportation to all these places, and how tired we end up being from said transportation.

For sure. Note that on that Dunbar page, there is a bunch of links to stuff in the North Berwick/Tantallon/Direlton/Dunbar area. All those places are within several miles of each other. Not sure how much of a drag it is getting there by coach/not car.

ETA: By the way, thanks for letting me visit vicariously through you. I'll stop obsessively sending you links now.

Where else can I feed my Rome and Regency addictions at the same time?

I know! I love that you can see something like four distinct historical periods in one bit of architecture.

One thing I love is going up inside buildings to see their inner workings. Getting to go up inside the Duomo (i.e., between the inner and outer domes) was one of the high points of my life.

I love the picture links. I'm missing the UK right now.

Nora, sorry the banking stuff sucks and blows.

We're back from a tough morning at the pediatrician. Everything was fine except for (whitefonting for the TMI) Owen had a little skin adhesion on his penis and the ped had to pull the skin back pretty hard. It had to be painful and is now an angry red. He cried a lot, too. Poor baby. Other than that, the pediatrician said he looked, "perfect". He's up to 21lbs now (which is only like 73rd percentile?!) I thought he seemed huge for his age.

It's now time for a leisurely nap.

So is Cornwall. You should go to Tintagel, and do it in summer. The water under the castle is emerald green in the sunlight.

I so desperately wanted to go to Cornwall, but it won't be happening this trip. I am, of course, coming back. Who wouldn't?

Not a castle or a cathedral, but I can't get enough of Bath.

I liked it when I visited. They have a lovely shopping square, and a nice park by the river. I also liked their cinema, though it has nothing to do with the history of the city.

Note that on that Dunbar page, there is a bunch of links to stuff in the North Berwick/Tantallon/Direlton/Dunbar area. All those places are within several miles of each other. Not sure how much of a drag it is getting there by coach/not car.

I'm sure I'll be able to tell you by tomorrow. :)

I'm out of here in search of food. Ta-ta loves.

ETA: By the way, thanks for letting me visit vicariously through you. I'll stop obsessively sending you links now.

Wait till you get the pictures.

Oh my, y'all are making me want to travel so much.

Must renew passport.

::sticks tongue out::

To be fair that was actually the Old Chapel. Though most of Kenyon's architecture looked like that. Kenyon Alumnus I'm Not Proud About: William Rehnquist. Still, we did turn out Bill Watterson.