Our last day was spent at Epcot. We arrived there and made it through the entrance one last time.
Of course, the first thing you see is the big circular structure.
I thought we needed a photo of the kids here.
The Covid-19 look with masks on.
Tag: England
Universal Studios
Heather had planned our trip so well but this was something she didn’t plan. She didn’t know that her big brother, Jared, had connections to Universal Studios. She had always wanted to go to see Harry Potter land. Jared has an older gentleman that lives with him who is the father of his best friend, Justin. Justin’s Mom, Karen, is a witch at the Squeaky Cauldron and she got us free tickets. Justin is also one of my adopted sons, so I really wanted to meet Karen.
We were supposed to just hang out at the hotel by the pool for the day while Dan went to car museum he had been wanting to visit. He dropped the rest of us off at Universal Studios where we met up with Karen.
Karen didn’t get to stay with us long because she had things to do and has a hard time wearing the mask. To say the least she hasn’t been able to work because of this. It was really nice to get to spend a little time with her. Her family think so highly of my oldest son, Jared, which makes me very proud.
Downtown York, PA
I just love showing off the downtown area of my new home, so before Jared left for home we had to take him there. There is so much history there.
I love all the old buildings. They remind me of the time I lived in England.
Wish Me Luck
When I moved to England I knew about WWII, that is what we are taught in school. Then I started to meet people over there. I met a lot of older people who were either children, fought or worked in the shipyards during the war. After listening to their stories of bombs falling, going to shelters and carrying and using their gas masks WWII came a lot closer to home.
I have been reading all kinds of books and watch different shows. Right now I am watching Wish Me Luck. It is about women who were spies during WWII in France. It is so surprising what they did do. It tells of love and love lost. How they try not to get to attached to people but that isn’t easy. They lose friends and family, yet make new ones.
I have already watched the first and second seasons of the series. My husband is even hooked on it. It is nice when we can watch something like this together and talk about it after.
Our last season to watch. Not sure if there will ever be any more or not.
This series is free on Amazon Prime Video. I highly recommend this series if you are into WWII shows. It tells you of the danger these British people went through to save the French from the horrors of the Nazis.
Let me know if you have watched it or plan to watch it. Then let me know what you think about it.
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Flat Ole Hippies Do England
This nice couple, Cindy and David, are so much fun. They take us everywhere with them. We went to The Four Thieves and had a beer with them.
We got to ride the underground. It was a really big train.
We went to Swiss Cottage where we had a beer and fish and chips. We hung out by the taps and our friends David and Gary.
We got to go to Chester on a train. It was a lot of fun. To our surprise our new friends found yet another brewery pub called Brewery & Kitchen. We had a nice beer there with a good head.
Then back on the train to go to Bebington which we were told was on the Wirral. We were really tired and kind of slept through those few days. We did get up to ride the ferry to Liverpool.
We got to go to The Cavern but I didn’t see the Beatles.
Back on the train we went to head back to London. We were told we were flying to Scotland next.
Liverpool
We had a few hours before we caught our train back to London, so we went to explore Liverpool. I wanted to take David to The Cavern. On our way we found this group busking, playing music in the street or another public place for voluntary donations. They were really good and David got to talking to them. They will be making a CD soon and are sending one to David to play on his radio show.
I then managed to find the Cavern with the help of the band. This is not the original cavern but they used a lot of the bricks from the old one. It is still pretty cool. We went in and had a beer.
When you leave the cavern and walk to the corner you will find the Beatles Hotel.
There is tons more to see in Liverpool, but we had limited time. We then headed to the train station to get our train back to London.
After a few hours we were back in London and back at Gary’s flat. I then had to pack for our trip to Scotland the next day.
The Royal Iris Ferry
No trip is complete without a trip across the Mersey River on the ferry, as “Ferry on the Mersey” plays on the speakers.
This Royal Iris is not the famous one because it is decaying in the Thames River.
To use the royal on a boat, pubs, hotels and any other thing you can thing of can only be used if there has been someone royal in or on the place. The Royal Iris had hosted the Queen and Prince Phillip on Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee in 1977.
So I think the new one just stole the royal from the original ferry because it was previously the Mountwood. I feel that this is like stealing some war heroes medals because Iris was awarded the Royal.
Enough of my ranting and back to our ride across the Mersey River. Before catching the ferry we went and looked at the World War I submarine and some old buoys. I got some photos of Liverpool from Birkenhead.
We then went and got our tickets. We walked down the walkway which I think is so cool because it goes up and down with the tide. The tide was out when we went because the walkway was going downward. Got some great shots of Liverpool while crossing the Mersey.
If you every get to visit Liverpool or the Wirral it is well worth the ride. They also have special cruises that are always fun.