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hi everyone. Blogger has changed since our last trip and I'm having to figure it out again and you know what a computer dud I am! We just spent a week in a small village in Oxfordshire with Philip's brother and family. They live in a picturesque little village called Benson which I can safely say is what we North American's imagine England to be like. We walked for miles on gorgeous footpaths while being completely charmed by our surroundings. The weather was co-operating and it couldn't have been better. One day while Philip and I were on a walk on our own we came to a beautiful little stone church from the eleven hundreds which was open for visitors on an honor system with no supervision. Many of the defunct little churches are owned by a trust that preserves them and looks after them. We did none of the normal sight seeing, preferring to walk the paths. You can walk from village to village and of course there will always be a pub at the end of a path! The cathedral pictures were taken in a larger town. The names of the places are all a blur but the places themselves will be with me a long time. The bad news about England is that it's becoming Americanized.It has more large vehicles than when we were here before and the most purchased daily newspaper is on par with 'The Enquirer'. Sorry all of you in England who read this! I'm going to write a more Emma and Lucy who made the trip fantastic!
Right now we're in Bangkok and after a good sleep to catch up with all the time changes we're off tomorrow to the north.