Well This is Way Harder than I Thought...lol

Hey Guys!

I am trying desperately to update this thing, but with web outages, late returns and early starts, and other limitations, I am having a difficult time doing a day-to-day update. I will try to summarize the last couple of days...

After Wicked, we spent the next day going to Stonehenge and Bath, followed by dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe in London. It was amazing! The kids loved Stonehenge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site...it is so austere and beautiful, it is hard to describe. Bath was great, too - after touring the Roman Baths, we toured and ate fish and chips at a traditional English Pub. The Hard Rock was wonderful - we even got to tour the vault of their instrument collection and see some of the most valuable instruments in their collection (Jimi's Flying V, anyone??).

Yesterday we managed to get to Oxford to see Oxford University, and we got to see the dining hall where the Harry Potter movies were filmed! We also got to tour the town and see sites like The Bridge of Sighs, The Bodleian Library, The Radcliffe Camera, and my favorite, Ben's Cookies (a local treat). After that, we drove to Stratford and saw the birthplace of William Shakespeare, in addition to the home of Anne Hathaway, his wife. It was fantastic, and so was the opportunity to shop a little bit afterwards.

Today we traveled to York, a beautiful town in northern England. After some coach problems in the morning (we had to swap after a breakdown - no worries), we got to one of the most beautiful and historic villages in the whole of England, York. With a bustling market, a historic minster, a number of shopping precincts, and great weather, it was the ideal situation to take in the English lifestyle.

Tomorrow we are off to see Hadrian's Wall, then moving on to Edinburgh, Scotland...very excited!

Hope all is well back home.

Mr. Parsons

We have now made our way to York, a beautiful town in t

A Very Full Second Day!

Hey Guys!

Well, I was hoping to have more elaborate posts than this, but the pace of this tour is so frenetic, I will have to make do with just a little post today, with more writing and pictures to come tomorrow. Today we did a full sightseeing tour in London, which was fantastic, taking in such sights as the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, and Westminster Abbey. It was amazing! We were, unfortunately, unable to get out to Windsor Castle, as the tube strike held up our tour. However, we finished off the evening with some excitement: Covent Garden, followed by dinner in Piccadilly Circus and finally Wicked the Musical in the West End.

Tomorrow, we are off to Stonehenge and Bath, followed by a little shopping at Harrods and dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. Yeah, it's a hard life, but someone has to do it. :)

Mr. Parsons
English II Honors

England, Here We Come!

Hey Guys!

I am currently sitting with five GCHS students and a couple of chaperones in Charlotte International Airport (Douglas) waiting on a plane to Gatwick in London. We are on the first annual travel study for English II Honors students at Greenup County High School, and are looking forward to a fantastic time studying the sights and sounds of another culture and learning more about the history of the English language.I will be updating this blog every day throughout our trip. Stay tuned to see what fun we are having! You can also check out our Youtube channel - just search for Outbakz.

Hope you guys are having as much fun as we are.

Mr. P