Chester, Ludlow and Cardiff
The gloomy, wet weather stayed with us, but nothing could dampen my enthusiasm for the wonderful architecture of the town of Chester, Cheshire. Everywhere we looked, there were rows of black and white, half-timbered...
Category: Coach Tours
The Wilds of North Wales
A day on our coach tour was dedicated to the mountainous splendour of North Wales. The first stop was the beginning of our wrestle with the unique language of Wales – the little village...
Liverpool – Love Me Do!
Leaving the Lake District, we headed south to the city of Liverpool, chief city of Lancashire and home to the legendary pop group, the Beatles. But Liverpool is much more than that, historically speaking:...
Taking The High Road
Leaving Edinburgh and the St Andrew’s Golf Club, our coach tour set off to the Scottish Highlands. Crossing the Firth of Tay, and via Dundee and Perth, we headed into the highlands and the...
Auld Reekie and the Royal Mile
The capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh, is still affectionately referred to as Auld Reekie, although it has cleaned up its act since the 17th century. In those days the overcrowding of housing, smoke from...
A Whirlwind Tour in England’s North East
The fourth day of our coach tour of England, Scotland and Wales took us from Sheffield through York and the Northumberland National Park, with a brief stop at Jedburgh in Scotland, before an arrival...
Oxford – The City of Dreaming Spires
The first day of our coach tour took us from London, north to the university city of Oxford, then through the Cotswold Hills to Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon, before stopping overnight in Sheffield. There were about...
A Coach Tour of England, Scotland and Wales
After a couple of weeks driving independently through parts of England, visiting ancestral locations and various relatives, we looked forward to having all decision-making regarding routes, accommodations and sightseeing made for us on a...
Salzburg and the Sound of Music
Millions of tourists come to Salzburg each year to pay homage to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) who was born here and lived here for his first 25 years. A museum devoted to him and...
Budapest Revisited
There’s a lot to see in Budapest, from the magnificent hilltop Palace complex on the Buda side of the Danube, to the grandiose buildings and boulevards of Pest. Our coach tour accommodation was on...
