Where have we been? Well, you might say we have been half way around the world. It's been a busy two months with visitors, parties and travel. Fisher had a birthday and we had a visit from Fisher's sister and family - Ry, Ba and LE came for a week to enjoy the beautiful AZ spring before they very kindly took our children back to Utah while Fisher and I went to Europe (we owe them big time).
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| LE and Berry ready for a ride |
We enjoyed bikes rides, hiking, and a visit to the Science Center during their visit.
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| Bathtime bums |
After sending the girls off to their kind grandmothers, Fisher and I boarded a plane bound for London - our first stop on a whirlwind two week tour of England, France, and Italy.
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| St Pauls Cathedral |
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| "Feed the birds, toppins a bag" |
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| Big Ben |
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| Westminster Abbey |
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| Got a kick out of this |
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| The Brittish Museum |
The inspiration for this trip was my brother T-man who is living near Brighton with his family. We enjoyed several days sight-seeing with them in Southern England. Shar posted about it
here.
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| T-man and family at the Stonehenge |
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| Our cute nieces - Curly & Lou wanted so badly to come along to see them! |
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| Shar and Baby A at the ancient Roman hot spring "spa" in Bath |
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| Fisher & Baby A over the looking the hot mineral pool |
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| Sampling the "healing" mineral water - yuk! |
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| Letty spent all Sunday afternoon making this monster to scare Fisher |
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| Arundel Castle |
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| I thought this door was cool |
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| Arundel Castle |
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| A very old graveyard (1500AD) at a Parish Church in Arundel |
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| Royal Pavilion in Brighton |
King George IV built the
Royal Pavilion as his "summer home." The whole exterior and interior are decorated in a faux oriental style complete with faux bamboo trim. The kitchen was state of the art at the time and is still pretty impressive. King George loved to eat and have parties and this was the place for them.
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| Gracie on the beach by the Brighton Pier |
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| Fish and Chips on the pier |
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| The best fresh donuts! Oh so yummy! |
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| Prawn Cocktail Potato "crisps" |
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| A ride on the Brighton Eye |
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| Kipling Gardens |
This beautiful, classic English Garden was on the grounds of a house where Rudyard Kipling lived for a time. We happened upon it while strolling through Rottingdean.
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| White cliffs of Rottingdean |
We had a wonderful time visiting T-man, Shar, Lettie, Gracie and Baby A and wished we could stay a lot longer! It was so nice to start our trip with familiar faces in a comfortable home.
Next stop - Paris.
3 comments:
Yeah for pictures! It was nice to see where you visited and to think about the stories you told a few weeks ago. Thanks for taking the time to post.
We remember seeing the prawn potato chips too. I would have loved to seen more of England. I am glad to hear more about your trip!
Awesome memories that we'll reminisce about for years to come.
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