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I use to go here all the time when I studied in Sunderland five years ago. Last month I was back in England and this was on my list of places to go. Unfortunately, they were closed for remodeling, so I guess I’m giving up on this since I don’t plan to visit England again, probably ever. So many places, so little time!

I knew I would love Buttermere from the pictures on this page, and I was so right! It was so beautiful but a lot more remote than even I expected. Make sure you have CASH when you get here because there is no ATM… no one will give cash back… and most of the few shops don’t even take credit cards. We almost didn’t have enough cash for the bus ride back to town… it was very scary and stressful thinking we would be stranded 8 miles from the nearest ATM! The YHA Buttermere was nice. And you HAVE to try to farm made icecream.

Visited a friend here for 1 day. It was really nice having someone show us around. And also, Cardiff has a lively nightlife, so of course we got to see all the best places since we made sure to go on a Saturday.

Prague was really lovely as I’m sure you’ve heard. The ELF Hostel was fabulous too!

I LOVED THIS PLACE! It’s beautiful and everyone was so friendly! We were only here overnight on our way to Buttermere but I’m so glad. Not enough to do for several days but 1 or 2 days is a nice relaxing visit! Oh, and stay in the Edwardene Guest House… by far the best and most friendly guest house I stayed in on my 3 week trip all over England!

Just a stopover to catch another bus. wouldn’t go out of my way to visit. The station hotel was friendly tho for chips and beer.

stayed near this market while in seattle for a few days. they had a great vegetarian selection of to go items for ben and after craving a hot dog at 11pm on a sunday night and walking all the way up the hill to broadway and way down finding no hotdogs anywhere, the city market had them on the menu. i ordered to find out they were out but the nice employee made me some anyway. oh and the bean and cheese fried burritos were DELICIOUS!

on the very top of beech mountain you can find the abandoned wizard of oz theme park, complete with the yellow brick road.

i enjoy visiting beech mountain to visit the land of oz… the abandoned wizard of oz theme park that was popular in the late 70s. The yellow brick road is still there and some other random things. They open it up each october for a festival, but it’s nice to take a quiet walk there other times too.

My favorite memory of trashcan falls was sept 12 2001. The night before we had made hundreds of flyers that we posted around boone advertising a big naked jump for world peace. I had a class that made me very late for the event, but once I arrived, there were dozens of naked people laying out on the rocks and jumping in the falls and playing guitars, banjos, bongos, harmonicas. It was a lovely college afternoon.