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England is full of wonderful things to see and do, but I only had one “must do” item on my list for this trip. That was to go to Oxford and do a C.S. Lewis and Tolkien tour. Whenever I'm asked the question, "if you could have a conversation with one person, living or dead, who would it be?" I always say C.S. Lewis, or as he is called by his friends, Jack. Really, I don't need a conversation with him. I mostly just want to listen in on a conversation between him and other sma

On the next leg of our Great British journey, more family joined us. My brother Alan, sister-in-law Kristi, and my newly high-school graduated niece, Kaeli, made the trek over the pond to join us in England. Unfortunately, my nephew Jack wasn’t able to get away from work.  The "must-do" list was simple. Kaeli really wanted to do some thrift-store shopping. Kristi wanted to visit some pretty English villages and gardens. Alan just wanted to go to a classic English pub.  So, th

We passed from England into Wales with no more fanfare than a sign on the road.  Most notable though was that the signs went from only English to English alongside the most indecipherable language I have ever seen. I thought Polish was tough, but it was nothing compared to the way my head hurt looking at anything Welsh. I’m sure it’s a pretty language, but boy was it difficult for me to figure out how to say any of the words. We stayed in the coastal town of Llandudno, which

I could have happily hung around the village of Hawes for the entire duration of our stay, but there were quite a few side trips we...