Hello all! We got off to Amsterdam yesterday from Liverpool thanks to Nina and her wonderful friend Karen. EasyJet is awesome by the way…no frills, on and off, just like the bus! We arrived in Amsterdam last night and had a good Italian dinner and some coffee…..This morning we got an early start as our hotel (which is horrible) has a breakfast that ends at 10am. We ate our bread and cheese, got on a canal tour boat and headed to the Reiksmuseum for our first bit of sanctioned culture. We made it as far as the information desk before the food poisoning that formed the rest of our day showed with full force via poor Gabriel. Who else can say they puked in the Reiks?! Ah well…travel is exciting. Taking it easy today…off to Brugge tomorrow. Love you all. Will post pics in Paris.
Gabe & Maya

This, our last full day in England, we spent touring Liverpool. Nina (the super great and fancy tour guide), showed us from the Anglican Cathedral to Albert Docks to old Beatles haunts and back again. Then she brought us over for Egg and Chips (traditional English food) with her really great friends, where we watched footy and talked and laughed. It was nice.

Alas, our England time comes to and end and tomorrow we head to Amsterdam and then on to Brugge, Belguim. Not sure about the ‘net access, so updates and pics might be light until we get to Paris.

I’ve put up just a couple of photos from the last couple days, so you all don’t feel too negelected. It’s late however, so it’s only one per day, for the last three days:

We arrive in Warrington, near Liverpool. Maya is tired.

The Smallest House in Britian and a nice lady in a Welsh hat.

Maya kisses John Lennon. I’m not usually okay with her kissing other men, but since it’s John…

OK, that’s all, everybody. It’s late–12:45 am–and we’ve got more traveling to do!

Love,
-Gabe and Maya.

Today we had a nice tour in Wales with Nina. We saw a very old castle and ate chips (freedom fries) in Conwy, Roman ruins and Cathedrals in Chester, and had a lovely Tea (dinner) on a street in Liverpool where the Beatles were known to frequent.

We’re going back to Liverpool tomorrow, for our last day in England.

More (and pictures too!) later,
-Gabe & Maya

Hello everybody. We’re in Warrington in North England. For our last night in London, we went to a very local pub, called the New Inn. Maya’s cousin used to play guitar there with a bunch of old English fellows that play old standards in an interactive, karaoke-like fashion (that is, old British guys come up and sing Elvis songs and the crowd sings along). Then we walked through St. John’s Woods to Abbey Road, looked in the window of the Abbey Road Studios, took a couple of photos and went home. We packed and went early to bed for the first time during our stay in London.

We rose early and went to the bus (coach) station and rode a cramped 5+ hours to Warrington, where we met our good friend Nina, and her sis Lucy, who then brought us to her Dad’s house and has made us quite at home. Right now she and Maya are cooking Pad Thai and I’m writing this journal entry and watching TV (I just learned all about the popular soap opera, EastEnders).

My mobile internet seems to work pretty well, but slowly, so I won’t be uploading as many or as large of pictures, unless I can figure out how to transfer files from an internet cafe.

Our best wishes to everybody and special thanks to the Benz family for taking such good care of us while we were in town… We couldn’t have had a better time.

Yesterday we went back to Westminster and Kensington; today we… stayed in the neighborhood, or “Exploring Hampstead”.
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