York, England

October 2, 2014 by Harold Hall

The prominent attraction and landmark in York, England is York Minster Cathedral. Our landlord was kind enough to escort us to hear the choir sing one evening. While we had already been to many churches in Europe and Great Britain, we realize each church is unique if you take the time to learn about them. For example, it is easy to gaze upon a huge stained glass window, think it is beautiful and move on, not seeing anything special or unusual. In one window of York Minister, there was a surprising amount of humor. For example, one pane depicted a wife twisting the ear of her husband who was on his knees.
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3 Days of Action, Jam-packed into 7

July 1, 2014 by Harold Hall

Many people upon learning of our travels imagine all of the many, many sites we will encounter. They recall their last seven or ten-day vacation, where they were ‘on the go’ every day, to our six months in Europe. As the title of this BLOG implies, there is a lot of down time. Traveling for six months and staying at each rental a week, means 25 travel days! These are days filled with some level of stress of trying to make a 10 minute train connection, negotiating a closed train ramp as we encountered in Rome, or boarding the wrong train car entirely and being told we need to move back several cars into economy class. We also spend time planning the next leg of the journey, walking to the train station to buy the tickets, trying to learn what platform to go to, etc. We have pictures drawn in a small notebook to bridge any possible communication problem we may encounter when trying to purchase the tickets.
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