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Mike and Ellen's Travel Adventures

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  • Sites of Britain: Parker Family Reading and Watch Lists

    Sites of Britain: Parker Family Reading and Watch Lists

    12 July 2024 Great Britain. It’s woven into the literary culture of our lives. And besides spending time with our family, the thing that Mike, Emily, Ben and I like most about our trips to England is being in the places from some of our favorite books and films. So in that spirit, we give you The Parker Family England Reading and Watch List. And encourage you to visit your local library. Small Town Britain: Just William by Richmal Compton. The entire Parker Family loves these short stories about the wonderfully creative and troublesome William and his barely tolerant family.… Read more

  • Lyme Regis to Heathrow to home: back to summer.

    Lyme Regis to Heathrow to home: back to summer.

    8 July 2024 Breakfast at the Bay Point Inn was more American than British. And that was OK. Because it was time to go home. Checked out and walked to the car in more pouring rain. Drove out of Devonshire (by which I mean county. Not to be confused with The Duke of Devonshire, who resides in Derbyshire. Get it? Neither do I). We returned our car, checked into our flight and found some lunch. Mike admired the t shirt of a fellow traveler. It said “Aotearoa”. He walked up to the man “That is the t shirt I looked… Read more