I Love Cornwall
Actually, I should say I will love Cornwall.
My wife's grandfather was born and raised in Cornwall, and moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to work in the copper mines when the tin mines closed - as did many Cornish miners.
She lived in London for a year working in the British Health Service after receiving a masters in Public Health in Epidemiology - specializing in HIV/AIDS.
While in London, she went to Cornwall several times to work on genealogy - and has returned about six times from Michigan since then to do further research. She has not been there in the 19 years we have been married.
She has told me much about England - particularly London and Cornwall. I spent two years teaching high school at an American school in San Jose, Costa Rica, but have never been out of this hemisphere.
Thus, we are flying from Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada on February 15 into Heathrow. I am staying two weeks, as my wife shows me around London and Cornwall - four days in London, a week in Cornwall, and three days in London - then flying home. My wife - her tour guide days over - is staying an additional month to complete research in Cornwall and see London - her favorite city in the world - and meeting up with friends there.
We have round-trip train reservations from Paddington Station in London to Penzance in Cornwall. We also have room reservations in Penzance - our home base.
We are planning/hoping to take in many sites and attractions. Among these are Land's End, the Eden Project, Tintagel Castle (the purported birthplace of King Arthur), the Gregor Tin Mine (because of her families heritage in tin mining), St. Ives (including the Tate), St. Michael's Mount, and the Truro Cathedral. If time allows, we would like to also take the boat from Penzance to the Isles of Scilly.
Another place we plan to visit is the Bodmin Moor. This, and Penzance, are particularly relevant because my wife found that she had two ancestors hung as pirates (or wreckers) as in the "Pirates of Penzance" by Gilbert and Sullivan, and "Jamaica Inn" by Daphne du Maurier which takes place in the Bodmin Moor.
That's all for now. After, I return, and definitely do love Cornwall, I will update details of our visit.
I plan to give my tour guide top marks on Yelp!
Quakertrucker
My wife's grandfather was born and raised in Cornwall, and moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to work in the copper mines when the tin mines closed - as did many Cornish miners.
She lived in London for a year working in the British Health Service after receiving a masters in Public Health in Epidemiology - specializing in HIV/AIDS.
While in London, she went to Cornwall several times to work on genealogy - and has returned about six times from Michigan since then to do further research. She has not been there in the 19 years we have been married.
She has told me much about England - particularly London and Cornwall. I spent two years teaching high school at an American school in San Jose, Costa Rica, but have never been out of this hemisphere.
Thus, we are flying from Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada on February 15 into Heathrow. I am staying two weeks, as my wife shows me around London and Cornwall - four days in London, a week in Cornwall, and three days in London - then flying home. My wife - her tour guide days over - is staying an additional month to complete research in Cornwall and see London - her favorite city in the world - and meeting up with friends there.
We have round-trip train reservations from Paddington Station in London to Penzance in Cornwall. We also have room reservations in Penzance - our home base.
We are planning/hoping to take in many sites and attractions. Among these are Land's End, the Eden Project, Tintagel Castle (the purported birthplace of King Arthur), the Gregor Tin Mine (because of her families heritage in tin mining), St. Ives (including the Tate), St. Michael's Mount, and the Truro Cathedral. If time allows, we would like to also take the boat from Penzance to the Isles of Scilly.
Another place we plan to visit is the Bodmin Moor. This, and Penzance, are particularly relevant because my wife found that she had two ancestors hung as pirates (or wreckers) as in the "Pirates of Penzance" by Gilbert and Sullivan, and "Jamaica Inn" by Daphne du Maurier which takes place in the Bodmin Moor.
That's all for now. After, I return, and definitely do love Cornwall, I will update details of our visit.
I plan to give my tour guide top marks on Yelp!
Quakertrucker
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