Tag: United Kingdom
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St Michael’s Mount
Cornwall is mint, seafoam, green, wild, dunes, disconnected. Soft colors and a soft breeze. Caribbean blue and hydrangeas bigger than my head. Not the Mediterranean, nor South East Asia. It’s England, this sandy other world, and what I will always remember most about it is how far away it made me feel, way out on…
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Castle Combe
Fairytale Castle Combe – a real life movie set or a scene from Disney World (it has, in fact, been used as a movie set). Teeny, tiny, charming cottages. Unicorn Lodge, Malthouse, Combe Cottage, The Gates. An honesty-box bakery outside. We walked to the stream, through the square, past the old post office. We walked…
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Bath
I woke up to the overwhelming sound of seagulls crying in the skies outside. Bath has such a romance to it; so much history and charm. Old, weathered buildings line the streets. Grand trees burst from alleyways, dominate hidden squares. There’s a consistent, peaceful flow of water. __ From the spa roof, mesmerized, floating in…
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Bibury
Quaint and quiet Bibury, a sleepy village full of outsiders seeking to take in its charm. It must be so crowded in the summer; I can’t imagine where all the people could possibly fit. For us, a typical pub roast, a winter walk. Making the most of a Sunday in this country while we can,…
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Lake District
The Lakes, five hours driving north, the “New Hampshire to New England” of Old England. A leisurely stroll to the backyard lake turned to scaling a mountain. Racing the early sunset home. A long weekend settled into the countryside with friends. // A house near Lake Windermere & the town of Ambleside, The Lake District…
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Cambridge
This city. This summer. The sun shone bright every day. The boats jammed the river; the people filled the streets; the blankets covered the entirety of the park. Riding my worn-out bike home from the river at dusk with a bag of books, an empty wine bottle, and the remaining strawberries – that will always…
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