Europe Trip #5: Cornwall/ Padstow again

I´m still not sure how many times you can walk around a small town like Padstow, but thankfully it was soon time to move on, else I sure that some others would have happily examined every nook and cranny for the next week or two!

Perhaps the most exciting thing we did [apart from the Eden Project visit] was take a quick jetboat ride around the harbour area to get a different look at things, and at just 5 pounds each, it was actually good value for money!

One quite funny thing that happened was a certain somebody [no, not me!] putting a bottle of rosé in the freezer so that it would cool down quicker... then forgot about it - you can see the result below :-)

Following Padstow, we went up to London and stayed the night there. We were in the ¨London House Hotel¨. Small, but reasonably comfortable, the thing that amused me most was the sign on the door warning of consequences should I nick off with anything from the room [I wouldn´t, and anyway, it was so sparse that there was not much to nick anyway!]. Click on the image to get a readable version, and when reading the notice, remember that you are in England - the home of the English language :-) Unfortunately with onjly one night in London I was not able to get about exploring the place, but there will be time for that later on in this trip.

Next posts will be about our stay in lovely Bled in Slovenia so stay tuned!

Europe Trip #4: Cornwall/ The Eden Project

If you are ever in Cornwall in England, an absolutely must-see is the fantastic Eden Project.

The Eden Project is an old quarry that has been transformed into an ecological masterpiece. The main attractions are two giant structures that look like large hemispheres, but are in fact a couple of climate controlled green houses. The first Biome [the big blob on the left in the photos] is the Rainforest biome, and the one in the centre is the Mediterranean biome. The Rainforest biome is kept at a consistent 30-something degrees [celsius] and extremely humid. As the doors opened, my glasses steamed up you can imagine what trouble I had with the camera lens!!

The Mediterranean biome was obviously a lot drier, and cooler. Apart from these two features, there were other buildings including a interactive area [mainly for kids] to build shelters and the like, and an educational area - my favourite was the over-engineered nut-cracker [itś a huge mechancal thing in one of the pictures!].

My only advice would be to ensure that you have GPS navigation to get there, and forget the Elvis car ride - a waste of money - they also took a poke at New Zealand apples. Apart from that, plenty to keep you occupied for a few hours.

Europe Trip #3: Cornwall/ Padstow

Our second night in England was in the Cornwall town of Padstow.

Padstow is old [like most small towns in England, it would seem] and previously a fishing village. Itś quite a nice place, although rather cramped for my liking. I´m not complaining, just commenting that it would take me some time to get used to living that close too all of my neighbours - still a very relaxing place to visit.

We spent three nights in Padstow and got to see some of the local area when walking around the town and surrounding areas [they make AWESOME fudge!], on a jetboat ride and, on one day, a trip to The Eden Project [see the next post] and a 490 meter long flying fox [AWESOME].

Padstow is worth a visit for a day or two. The following pictures are from the
town and beach areas. More in the following couple of posts.