2025 England Pilgrimage - Part 2 Oxford – Day 3 of 2025 England Pilgrimage September 23, 2025September 23, 2025Sunday 9/21/2025 Ahhh, we slept wonderfully last night, snuggled under a duvet with the fresh cool air coming in the window. I woke up when the alarm went off at 7:30, rolled over, and snoozed another half hour or so. When I finally got up, a parody of Neil Sedaka’s… Continue Reading
2025 England Pilgrimage - Part 2 “Oxford” – Day 2 of 2025 England Pilgrimage September 23, 2025September 23, 2025Saturday, September 20, 2025 We flew out of Dulles Airport (Washington, DC area) last night and arrived in London just before 6am local time. Planes are not allowed to land at Heathrow Airport before 6:00 a.m. so we had to circle the airport a few times until the runways were… Continue Reading
2025 England Pilgrimage - Part 2 Day 1 – 2025 Part 2 England Pilgrimage September 23, 2025September 23, 2025Friday, September 19, 2025 We loved our Celtic Christianity Pilgrimage last year so much that we decided to “continue” it this year. There were sites and areas that we weren’t able to make it to last year (despite driving 1,200 miles in Scotland and England.) As a reminder, our desire… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage Pilgrimage Recap and Refreshment & Curiosity for Dec 2024 December 20, 2024September 11, 2025December 20, 2024 Greetings! Christmas and Hanukkah are both on December 25 this year The holidays are upon us! Are you ready? We went minimalist on the decorating this year. I didn’t want to mess with a tree. Gregg likes one in the front window. Our compromise was the tree… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 20: Travel to USA September 20, 2024December 19, 2024Friday, September 20, 2024 This morning, we were up at 5am, left the dorm at 5:30, walked to the Underground station, and were at the airport by 6:30am. Correction on Imperial College Dorm Housing: When we thought we might need to stay in London one more night, I asked if… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 19: London September 20, 2024December 19, 2024Thursday, September 19, 2024 Hiya! We planned a relaxing and reflective day today. It didn’t go quite as planned. No worries, it got sorted in the end. Aunt Kitten Visits London Aunt Kitten had stayed in the dorm room all week so today was her day to sight-see! Last Fortitude… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 18: St. Paul’s Cathedral in London September 18, 2024December 18, 2024Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Once again, we slept in. Then I got caught up on my blogging. Yay! We’re begining to feel familiar with our surroundings and routes, or at least, Gregg is getting us around smoothly without having to follow Google’s instructions. My brain doesn’t feel as overloaded when… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 17: London September 18, 2024December 18, 2024Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Since we were both exhausted, we decided to sleep in until 8:00. Ten hours of sleep was much needed and refreshing. I worked on the blog a bit, then we were off to find breakfast. Fortitude Bakehouse Jennie texted several recommendations for eating. She raved about… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 16: London September 18, 2024December 18, 2024Monday, September 16, 2024 Goodbyes After breakfast, we said our goodbyes to Jennie and Steve and headed to London’s Heathrow Airport to say goodbye to our trusty Volvo. It served us well. Thanks be to God, it was returned in the same condition we rented it. Since we turned it… Continue Reading
2024 England/Scotland Pilgrimage England/Scotland 2024 Pilgrimage – Day 15: Oxford September 17, 2024December 18, 2024Sunday, September 15, 2024 Sunday in Oxford Worship day! Jennie gave us multiple options for going to church this morning. They all had good attributes. We finally decided to attend Christ Church Cathedral which is the chapel for Christ Church College in Oxford as well as the Cathedral of the… Continue Reading