Monday, June 18, 2007

June 17th Sunday









Brian made breakfast again, but we came downstairs to eat it!
Mom wanted to see some gardens, so we headed south to Stourhead Gardens and walked a two mile course through them. Beautiful vistas planned to take advantage of many very MATURE trees and the lake.






Then we went to Winchester to visit the Cathedral- Jane Austen is Buried here!

We then headed south to the Coast and looked for Woodend- a home of George Berkeley for a few years. We ended up on crazy back roads of only one lane, hemmed in completely by trees and hedges, but eventually found it. We got the name of the current owner and Brian will contact her later. She is 93 and was taking her nap.
Then we went to Southampton and the old walled town is somewhat visible-

On our way home we went through the NEW forest and Kate navigated an extra long tour home ( I missed an exit, what can I say!) We had dinner at a great Italian restaurant in Ilchester.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mom looks cold! Gabriel sends love & wet kisses!

Padan said...

Hey--Katydid-- Wow, you're really there. I absolutely love the pictures. Make them take more of YOU, okay? We're doing well here, just miss you. Haven't seen Sassy yet.

Anne said...

I finally figured out how to access this very cool blog thing.
Just wanted to let you know how exciting it is to "travel" with you guys! Thanks for setting this up, Kate.
Your trip sounds so fun, beautiful, historic, and everything European! Can't wait to see pictures! Thanks for keeping me up to date!
Anne