Here are a few of the things I loved about our vacation: Playgrounds - England has great playgrounds for children. Playground equipment I have never seen. Isabella loved it too! Chips - I always did love french fries with vinegar. So for quite cheap I was able to purchase a large chips in paper wrapped up with vinegar and salt. Yummy! Tesco (store brand) chocolate mint fingers (our version of Kit Kat) - chocolate and mint, need I say more? Old buildings - you never run out of … [Read more...]
Robin Hood, Tea and Chocolate
Nottingham Castle Robin Hood We decided to head over to Nottingham Castle today. Tyler had two hours of lunch break available. When we finally parked and got into the entrance, we found out that we would not have enough time to see all the exhibits. (And we had to pay 4 pounds to realize that, bummer!) We will return tomorrow afternoon. I am excited to see it. The last few months I rented "Robin Hood", a BBC America television show. (Not because I knew we were coming here, but because I … [Read more...]
Day One in England
After walking out of the baggage claim area to the common area, we realized how difficult it might be to find the person who was picking us up. Tyler thought her name might be something like Christina. (The vagueness of it all did not sit well with me.) There were MANY people holding signs in this part of the airport, and we closely read them all. We didn’t see our name. I noticed an area that said “Meeting Point”, which I thought was a good place to stop with luggage and just wait and pray. … [Read more...]
We Arrived Safely
I have finally got hooked up to internet after being here for four days. I have been keeping a journal of sorts on my computer though. So I thought I would post the first entry entitled Flight.We decided to leave early for LA so we would not have to sit in the dreaded traffic. We went to the Santa Monica Pier. It was a nice place for us to kill some time. It was chilly on the water, but we walked around quite comfortably. We even saw some church members from our area that recognized us. The best … [Read more...]
