London
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December Plans//Running Away
I want to run away. I want to run away from stress and anxieties and problems I can’t solve because, heaven knows, this year has been filled with all of those things. I want to stop worrying about my kids and health issues and all the nonsense that wakes me up at 2:00 a.m. and doesn’t let me get back to sleep. I want my husband to relax and enjoy life for a little bit. I want to forget that even if I run away I will have to come back and deal with it all again. I want to pretend for just a little while that everything is under control…
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London Photos
A few weeks ago we went to the house of some friends for dinner. After we ate they sat us all down around their tablet, which was perched on a table, and they started a 45-minute slide show of their recent trip to Mexico. I felt as if I had fallen into a stereotype of vacation photos complete with thumbs in the corner of the picture and bickering about exactly where they were at any given time. I loved it. While I don’t typically inflict my vacation photos on my friends (relatives are another story) I do inflict them on my blog readers. So without further ado, here are way…
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Books I Bought In London
I bought books in London. We all knew I was going to buy books in London. No matter how much I insisted that this was a vacation for the kids it was obvious that books were going to be purchased. After all, what is a trip to London for if you don’t return with your suitcase crammed full of books? And tote bags. I seem to have developed a tote bag addiction. I didn’t have the time to wander through bookstores for hours at a time so my book shopping was much more focused than usual. I went to a few specific bookstores and if I saw something interesting I…
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A Day Out–Arundel Castle
Knights, jousting, swords, armor, moats, towers. These have always fascinated my son. When he found out we were going to England his main request was that we tour a medieval castle. England is full of castles but it was hard to decide which would most fit his interests and be doable as a day trip from London. I asked for recommendations in a blog post and @LouLouReads on Twitter promptly responded with the suggestion of Arundel Castle. It was perfect. We took the train from Victoria Station and it was about a ninety-minute journey. The train trip itself was fun for the kids. Train journeys are not common in our lives…
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Through Our Children’s Eyes
We took our children to London and they loved it. Mind you, they had to love it because if they didn’t there is a good chance we would disown them. But they loved it. They loved the Underground and the accents and the food. They loved the old buildings and the zoo and the chocolate. The trip was just as successful as we hoped it would be. What fascinated me was seeing London through their eyes. We have visited a number of times and there are some differences I just don’t notice that much anymore but our kids, coming from small-town America, picked up on a lot of things. Some…
