Category: RTW Travel

  • An English Treat for Tea

    An English Treat for Tea

    I have another delicious recipe that I made!  Are you ready for it?  Scones! With strawberry jam and clotted cream! It was pretty easy to make and tastes delicious! All you need is 350g self-raising flour, plus more for dusting ¼ tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 85g butter, cut into cubes 3 tbsp caster sugar 175ml…

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  • Yorkshire Pudding: dessert or meal?

    Yorkshire Pudding: dessert or meal?

    After making the cordial and black pudding in Ireland, we made a decision to cook a traditional food in every country that we visit to add to our Global Field Trip Recipe book. Since we are in England, we thought we’d make scones and Yorkshire pudding. I made the pudding and I found out that surprisingly,…

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  • Getting around town…

    Getting around town…

    There are a number of ways to get into the centre of London.  For us, a trip to the city centre takes us 30 minutes without any fuss. In Toronto, you basically have two choices: Drive Take a combination of train, bus, subway Option 1 can be an exercise in frustration if you need to travel into…

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  • Getting your feet wet in London…

    Getting your feet wet in London…

    Grab your map, umbrella, and Wellies, and you’re set to tour in London! One of the things we love about travel is jumping right into the thick of things and getting our bearings. The Internet plays a large part in this as we do our research to understand what there is to see and do in an…

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  • Olympic Update!

    Olympic Update!

    What does a city do with an amazing Olympic facility after the games?  Well that’s something we wanted to find out while in London. We decided to visit the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park which is by the Stratford tube station and close to the house where we are living. I was really impressed with how they…

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