An Excursion to the Old World

I am a student at the University of Toronto (Canada), going on what was once called "the Grand Tour" -- a trip around the whole of Northern Europe (and, perhaps, in the near future, Southern Europe as well). My parents and I should be spending about 3 months on our tour. I hope you will enjoy reading about my experiences, and feel free to suggest places to go (or pictures to take).

Sunday, December 18, 2005

The Eden Project


We visited the four huge domes seen above on one of our trips out to the country, from London.

These domes, and three others that are on the right of the ones above (which you can't see) are part of the Eden Project, something similar to the Biosphere project in the States.

P.S. One warning: if you ever visit England in the Winter, beware snow (not because of the danger, but because of the way people react to it.

In Canada, an inch of snow will be considered nothing more than a distraction. In England, numerous people were stranded in their cars, and had to be brought into emergency housing -- to "prevent people from travelling in the harzardous conditions (BBC)". Indeed, after driving 400 km to get to the Eden Project, we found that they had to close -- for a half inch of snow. We had to come back the next day. Huh, the English! Posted by Picasa

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