Post Tour Traveling
Some of you have asked about Kate & mine's post tour traveling. We figured out where we would sleep on Monday night, picked up our rental car at Heathrow, and off we went. Here, in fact, is a photo of the little silver VW Golf that we drove. Kate played navigator and on the second day we made a sign for the back window: "Mount Holyoke or bust!" 
On the way through one of our first roundabouts, we had a moment of temporary confusion -- where were we exactly? Back in Boston? Nope -- but there was a sign for Fenway Park!
On the way to our first hostel in Exeter, we went through Glastonbury and stopped at the ruins of the Abbey there for an educational experience. It was about at that point, while making our way back to the car that we first thought to ourselves, "Gee, I haven't seen anyone else from the tour lately. What time did they say we needed to be back on the bus?" Yes, we know.
On the way to our second day's sleeping destination, a little village called Sennen, we drove through Penzance. Alas, there were no pirates there, at least none that we saw. We also drove down roads where we were thankful that we were driving a very small car -- the roads through one particular village called Mousehole (but pronounced "maws-el") were only about a lane and a half wide, but two lanes of traffic were supposed to go down them -- in opposite directions! You instinctively pulled in your elbows, as if that would make the car skinnier or something. We also stopped at a little stone circle called the Merry Maidens. Like Stonehendge, only smaller -- it was set on the top of a little windy hill and it seems that some people may still use it for religious rituals.
After dinner in a pub set on a beautiful cove, we made our way to Land's End, the most southwestern point on the island.
Cornwall was beautiful, but southern Wales was gorgeous too. We stayed with a college friend and she played tour guide, taking us one day to a beautiful beach on the Gower penninsula. We had to walk down a path down a 100 foot cliff to get to the beach, but was it ever worth it!
Overall, driving was a blast -- I only hit our "wing mirror" (side view) once! We met tons of interesting people and got to see a bunch more stuff. Enjoy!
--Cynthia
On the way through one of our first roundabouts, we had a moment of temporary confusion -- where were we exactly? Back in Boston? Nope -- but there was a sign for Fenway Park!
On the way to our first hostel in Exeter, we went through Glastonbury and stopped at the ruins of the Abbey there for an educational experience. It was about at that point, while making our way back to the car that we first thought to ourselves, "Gee, I haven't seen anyone else from the tour lately. What time did they say we needed to be back on the bus?" Yes, we know.
On the way to our second day's sleeping destination, a little village called Sennen, we drove through Penzance. Alas, there were no pirates there, at least none that we saw. We also drove down roads where we were thankful that we were driving a very small car -- the roads through one particular village called Mousehole (but pronounced "maws-el") were only about a lane and a half wide, but two lanes of traffic were supposed to go down them -- in opposite directions! You instinctively pulled in your elbows, as if that would make the car skinnier or something. We also stopped at a little stone circle called the Merry Maidens. Like Stonehendge, only smaller -- it was set on the top of a little windy hill and it seems that some people may still use it for religious rituals.
After dinner in a pub set on a beautiful cove, we made our way to Land's End, the most southwestern point on the island.
Cornwall was beautiful, but southern Wales was gorgeous too. We stayed with a college friend and she played tour guide, taking us one day to a beautiful beach on the Gower penninsula. We had to walk down a path down a 100 foot cliff to get to the beach, but was it ever worth it!
Overall, driving was a blast -- I only hit our "wing mirror" (side view) once! We met tons of interesting people and got to see a bunch more stuff. Enjoy!
--Cynthia
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2:21 PM
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If Wales does finally get it's independence, it could do a good tourist trade in hiking to beautiful locations...
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Tina, at 10:40 PM
Hi Cynthia - You have inspired my friend Anne to create a blog for her upcoming monthlong trip to China - a great way for her family to stay in touch with all of us neighbors and friends - thought you'd like to know - Best - Nathalie
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