It’s hard to choose poorly in the Cotswold’s – the whole area is completely charming and each little town offers something remarkable.
Some towns to look at: Asthall, Snowshill, Broadway, Bourton-on-the-Water, Lower Slaughter, Upper Slaughter, Painswick, Burford, Castle Combe and Stow-on-the-Wold are all great choices for lodging and basecamp.
We drove out to Sudeley Castle via a series of small roads that wound us through dozens of small villages and rolling farm lands bordered by stone fences and hedgerows. It was incredibly picturesque! At every turn we expected to see Emma and Mr. Knightly walking across the pastures.
As I was standing in the Cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral with my mouth hanging open, another visitor popped out of a side entrance and paused – his mouth hanging open just as wide as mine. He met my eye, grinned and said, “Well, my gob has totally been smacked!”
She was really struck with one piece that was a tower of audio devices that started with a base of old radios and ended a the top with bluetooth speakers. As she walked away she said, “..it kind of freaks me out when I look at it, but I like it.”
The largest bronze buddha was housed in one of the world’s largest wood structures. I thought it would be big, but it was mind boggling big.
We’ve never been to Japan and are excited to dive into a completely different culture. I’ve been reading the Fodors Guide to Japan all month and as I flipped through the bible paper thin pages of microscopic text I realized that just about everything I know about Japan has come from movies and TV.
We visited Old Trail Town, which was a collection of relocated historic cabins and a large collection of artifacts all set up in a town format. It was weird, but in a good way.
Yellowstone is amazing, and it stands in our collective American minds as the quintessential family vacation.
