Looking for Homes in Jane Austen's Lake District

 I just satisfied my Sunday Morning UK Fix by watching 'Escape to the Country.'  It shows real people searching for real homes in the English Countryside.  These homes often have 'history' that comes along with them for no extra cost.  Sheep on Hillsides offer free Art Gallery scenes right out the kitchen windows.

Today, I saw a couple searching for a home in the Lake District.  (Where have I heard of that area before?  Oh!  Elizabeth Bennett visited there with her Aunt and Uncle while traveling through the pages of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice!)

Unlike the days of Jane Austen, I can watch a vast number of episodes from 17 Seasons on my iPad, iPhone, or even large tv monitor with my apple tv tiny attachment to it..flat 3x3 in.

If you have the time, like seeing the grass roots to a country in addition to its tourist sites, like our own country's House Hunter tv shows in cities or on beaches you have never been able to visit but would like to know about, I think you might like "Escape to the Country."  youtube.


Escape to the Country UK Lake District      https://youtu.be/PptTxaJG0T0

Following a Railroad Nomad: The Idea is Born.

Before the Train In Europe, The Ferry to a Car Free Portugal Island!

This will be a Post that follows a book I am reading by Karen McCann.  It is partially called, "Adventures of a Railway Nomad."

I love train rides and rail tales, but this one immediately surprised me with the interesting fact that the idea for this new train adventure that would take place in various European countries like Germany and Croatia had originated while on a ferry heading to the 'no cars allowed' Island of Culatra located just off Portugal's southern shore. 

Karen and her husband, Rich, had moved to Seville from California 10 years earlier.  This particular day, they had left Spain behind and were on the ferry heading for a visit with a beachcomber friend who lived on Ilha da Culatra. 

As you might guess, my first OffShore Armchair Travel today has been to Culatra. 

*Living in South Texas, my first thought was to check out the spelling and verify the island was not called the Isle of Cilantro! It was not.

Southern Portugal

Ilha da Culatra Beach 

Sardines  Local Fresh

Can Only Be Reached By Ferry