Author: ArgeyDad

Jorvik – It’s Viking for York

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When the Jorvik Viking Festival rolled around in York, 2016, we were so excited.  Vikings, ships, swords and ale; Who would complain about that?  We were also really looking forward to visiting the Jorvik Viking Museum. ArgeyMum visited it many years ago on a trip with her parents and was […]

Niagara Falls – New York State

I have dreamed of several things ever since I was a kid.  I dreamed I would play cricket for Australia. Well that’s not going to happen. Travelling was a dream. As was wanting to see a show on the West End in London and Broadway in New York (first one […]

Gettysburg – Four Score and Seven Years Ago

One of the most incredible days we have spent while travelling - doing the Gettysburg Battlefield Tour.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so […]

USA All the Way – East Coast America

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It has been a very long time since I have posted anything and so much has happened that to do a catch up post would be ridiculously long.  So I am just going to pick up where we are at.  We have made it safe and sound to the United […]

Parlez-vous Français: First Time in Paris

We finally finished our leg around the UK and it was time to head into Europe.  Leaving the security of English speaking countries was both exciting and a little scary.  ArgeyDaughter was getting particularly concerned that we would get lost somewhere and wouldn’t be able to find anyone to understand […]