After finding there wasn’t enough space at the campsite that was our first choice and being led astray by the satellite navigation system in the motor home, we almost gave up on camping within the city limits of Berlin. Thankfully, there was plenty of space at a campsite in Köpenick. With the S-Bahn nearby and … Continue reading Berlin
Budapest was not on our itinerary originally, but after reading an article about it as we were traveling, we decided to check it out. We’re all very glad that we got a chance to explore a little bit of this beautiful and interesting city – or more accurately – cities. We know that we only … Continue reading Budapest, Hungary
Olomouc, Czech Republic Maggie and CJ had a great time exploring this educational center run by Palacký University in Olomouc. While most of the information for the exhibits was written in Czech, the activities were really interactive so figuring out how things worked was part of the fun. There were also friendly university students on … Continue reading Pevnost Poznání – Fort Science
Amsterdam Anne Frank Huis After Maggie finished reading The Diary of Anne Frank, we decided we had to go to Amsterdam to see the Anne Frank Museum. For me it was the ultimate teaching/learning experience, and I was impressed with Maggie’s maturity and how well she understood the novel. The reflections film at the end … Continue reading The Netherlands
Icelandic Horse Riding Tour Our Iceland experience began with a horse riding tour for me and Maggie (unfortunately CJ was too young to ride and Chris immediately volunteered to stay behind with him). It was Maggie’s first time on horseback on her own, and getting the horse to tölt proved to be challenging. In the … Continue reading Animal Adventures
Chris took CJ to his first Liverpool match at Anfield on August 24. The mighty Reds beat Arsenal 3-1 with goals from Joel Matip and Mohammed Salah (2), who is CJ’s favourite player. It was an awesome experience which the result made even better. CJ isn’t a huge fan of loud noises but he got … Continue reading Anfield!
Chris took the train into central London from Windsor to have a drink, dinner and a catch up with Andrew and John – colleagues from the Catlin days. John is off on an adventure of his own shortly, heading east to Singapore. A quick selfie outside St. Paul’s after dinner at Bread Street Kitchen before … Continue reading Catch up with the Catlin/XL Catlin/AXA XL folks in London
CJ’s birthday present was a trip to Legoland Windsor. We stayed at the Legoland hotel and could walk into the park from our hotel which was super convenient. We were going to squeeze this into the couple of days before we went to London but are happy we decided to wait until after the UK … Continue reading Legoland – a surprise for CJ’s birthday
Chris took part in the 2019 Simply Health Great North Run, a half-marathon from Newcastle to South Shields. There were 57,000 people signed up (not a typo, just about the population of Bermuda) and there was incredible support from the north-east community all along the course. This was Chris’ first race longer than 5K so … Continue reading Great North Run 2019!
Chris, Maggie, and I had a great half day in Durham while CJ was at football camp and decided we all had to go back when we had more time to explore the Cathedral. We got great advice from the staff at the World Heritage Site Visitor Centre, and enjoyed LEGO video reenactments of the … Continue reading Durham Cathedral