Posted in Family, London, site-seeing on Dec 31st, 2009 No Comments »
It took us about 4 years in the NYC area to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. So, we decided to not wait that long and check out the Tower Bridge. We walked across the bridge over the Thames and back again. One thing for sure, it was a much shorter walk than it was over [...]
Posted in Christmas, Family, London on Dec 31st, 2009 2 Comments »
Sunday the tube was up and running again. Really, it’s the best and fastest way to travel in the city. We decided to take an evening stroll downtown to see the Christmas lights at Oxford and Regent Streets. They were really neat and big, but the crowds were just so thick, it wasn’t too much [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday, London on Dec 30th, 2009 No Comments »
Our Adventure #2? We walked over to Hyde Park to attend the Winter Wonderland Fair. The kids were in heaven. We have never attended a fair like it before and they were thrilled to get to ride rides and just experience the excitement in the air. It was a little different having a fair in [...]
Posted in Family, London, site-seeing on Dec 30th, 2009 No Comments »
The day after Christmas, the buses were running again so we ventured out to see the Queen in her palace. The kids were so excited to ride the double decker buses. The girls insisted on sitting up-front on top so as not to miss anything. We knocked on the gate to announce our arrival at [...]
Posted in Christmas, Family, London on Dec 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Santa found us . . . and left his signature! We had a great day being ‘home’ as a family. The kids had a great time enjoying their gifts and then enjoying our traditional Christmas meal of roast beef, roasted potatoes, and Yorkshire pudding with Christmas crackers. We were really surprised to find that London [...]
Posted in Christmas, Family, London on Dec 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Christmas Eve was full of hopes that Father Christmas would find us in London. Even though there were some fears he wouldn’t, we still threw ourselves into the preparations. The morning was spent with Chris and I taking turns going out to finish last minute shopping. We also took some time to narrow down some [...]
Posted in Kids, London, site-seeing on Dec 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
We made it out for the first time without Chris. Emma tested her independence and enjoyed buying her own day pass for the tube for a pound. I was able to manage the tube and get ourselves to the Natural History Museum. What a treat that a number of the museums in London are free! [...]
Posted in Christmas, Kids, London on Dec 20th, 2009 No Comments »
For the first time since Chris finished grad. school, we were invited to a work party. Not just any work party, but it was only for the kids of the employees. This was actually during our second day here, when we were experiencing major jet lag, but after awhile, the kids harnessed some energy and [...]
Posted in Kids, London, Travel on Dec 20th, 2009 No Comments »
First Day: Awake most of the day. Excited to be here. Only Problem: Going to sleep at night. Second Day: Tired most of the day. Excited to sleep. Only Problem: Staying awake during the day. This is a peek into last Friday, our second day here: Our attempt in getting Cami out of bed Friday [...]
Posted in Christmas, Kids, London on Dec 20th, 2009 No Comments »
One of the sad things about moving right before Christmas is that we weren’t able to decorate or set up our tree at the beginning of December. As a matter of fact, our tree, decorations, and all our ornaments were packed and are slowly making their way here by sea, arriving the end of January. [...]