Rhode Trip - Van on the Road: England

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Heading Home

October 6 - 21, 2019

Time to ship the van home. Our travels in the Sprinter in Europe are over. We are heading home for awhile. Who knows where our next destination will be.

Vincent Vango waiting for his turn to be loaded on the ship. 450 new Land Rovers had to be loaded first.

We traveled on the ship, the Atlantic Sea, with Vincent. Leaving the harbour in Liverpool, England. We navigated through tight spaces and locks.

Our cabin on board the ship. It was huge. Because this was the end of our trip, we splurged on the owners cabin. We had a large lounge area.

More of the lounge area.

The bedroom.

At sea. The Atlantic Sea carries containers on the upper decks and below are the vehicle decks.

A couple of times a day the crew launches weather balloons.

After 8 days crossing the Atlantic, we landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We had rough seas, but luckily no sea sickness. There were 9 passengers. We had a great time. The captain and crew were great. I highly recommend traveling this way. It was a nice change of pace.

Downtown Halifax.

Halifax

We saw a boat like this in Cape Town South Africa only it was much smaller.

Halifax Harbor

Halifax waterfront

"Lampposts on a bender" Sculpture on waterfront boardwalk in Halifax Harbor.

Wall art on Halifax waterfront.

Mural in Halifax.

Fall color at Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls - The tour boats are packed. We decided not to be sandwiched onto one of these.

Frank Lloyd Wright house in Pennsylvania.

Kentuck Knob. We visited on a beautiful fall day!

Kentuck Knob

Friday, July 26, 2019

Canterbury, England

July 9, 2019

Back in Europe for our last summer traveling in the Sprinter. We ship home in October. After making sure the van made it to England in one piece from South Africa, we made a quick trip home. We arrived back in England on July 8th and hit the road. Unfortunately good wifi and data are hard to find so I have not posted to the blog until now.

Before leaving England, we made a quick stop in Canterbury. It is a very pretty city, but crowded with tourists. When we drove on to Dover we could see why Canterbury was so busy, three very large cruise ships were in port. The main attraction in Canterbury is the cathedral. We did not visit it. The entrance fee was outragous, the ticket lines long, scaffolding covered most of the exterior, and the final straw was you were not aloud to take photos. We did wander around the city for a couple of hours. It is beautiful with lots of parks and pedestrian shopping streets. We enjoyed our visit.

Partial view of Canterbury Cathedral. Only one I could find without scaffolding.

Westgate Gardens on the Great Stour.

Punting boats for rent on the Great Stour - not sure why "Great" is part of the name. The river is small and shallow, but very scenic.

The streets are lined with lots of pretty shops.

Interesting leaning book store. It is amazing how these old buildings are still standing.

This is a wonderful time of year to be in Europe. Colorful blooming planters are everywhere.

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

November 2-4, 2018

London England

We dropped the van off at the port in Southampton and made our way to London for a few days. We lucked out with beautiful sunny days, but crowds of people. It was the weekend and everyone was out enjoying the city.

Champ and Vincent Van-go parked up at the port, waiting to be loaded on the ship to South Africa.

Hyde Park - A beautiful Friday afternoon in the park.

Hyde Park

On Saturday there was a car show in downtown London. They closed Regent Street and filled it with old cars. The cars were fabulous. The weather perfect. I can't imagine how they could do the show without a perfect clear day.