Party in the Tube

Week 22 has come and gone. We have less then a month to go now. This weekend we went to Sir John Sloan museum and the Banquet House. The Banquet House, which is just a really large room, is all that remains of a larger palace that burnt down. It was originally built by King Henry the VIII then remolded by King Charles I.

Morgan steps in a yells out "This is it!?" I'm sure that is what the people working there want to here. We got in for free so who cares if it was just one room.

The Sir John Sloan Museum is a house next to Lincoln Inn Fields (a park that has seen better days) John Sloan was an architect and collector of architectural crap. Looked like he must have lived during the Victorian era or 19th century for those of you not up on your English time periods. It was very cluttered with things very fragile. Morgan was bored and Gwen was in no mood to site see. It was free too so no big loss I suppose.

We learned the Queen's birthday will be celebrated on June 14th. Her birthday is in April but the monarch's birthday is always celebrated on the second Saturday in June. We were lucky enough to see a practice parade down the mall towards the Horses guard from Buckingham Palace.

Next weekend we are off to Paris.

Oh yes the title of this week.... They banned drinking on public transport this weekend. Seems like an obvious thing to do and I am shocked it had not been done right from inception. Anyway, the last night before the ban everyone had a big bash in the subway. We saw it on the news and I'm glad we didn't need to go anywhere. The cops did nothing and let the masses trash every tube station in London. They showed workers the morning after using shovels to clear the mess out of Liverpool station. There were even mini kegs!

Here is another fun factoid.

The Brits are thinking of putting a 5p deposit on cans to encourage recycling. "What a great new idea" the news caster said. NEW IDEA!!! Geez we've only been doing it my entire life in the US. New Idea my ass.

Week 21

Okay so I know I'm late on week 21 here but for whatever reason I am having issues uploading my videos to google video so I was hoping to get that resolved. On Week 21 we went to Kew Gardens again. They have setup this catwalk in the tree tops. You climb up a whole bunch of stairs and walk around in a big circle. The structure is made of steel but it sways a little in the breeze so it is not for the weak hearted. We got some nice senic shots and what not. Morgan played in the Azela flower area. They have a large circle of Azela bushs in bloom. She collected the fallen blossems to make pressed flowers. I shot a video to the music of the flight of the bumblebee, and while shooting it I actually came across a bee. It rained the rest of the weekend so it was a total washout. I'll see if I can't get those videos fixed.

Week19 - Pics of the Girls

What Happened to Week 19 you say???? For whatever reason Google flagged my video as breaking Copywrite laws. I guess someone copywrited Gwen's cheeks or something. Who knows. Its most likely the song I have choosen to play in the back ground. Its the man puting my creativity down.

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Week 20

Gwen was very sick this weekend. Thursday I went to Dublin on business for the third time. I forgot my passport so I had to go all the way back to the flat to get it. I still managed to make it just in time then the flight was delayed at the last minute. I got stuck in a massive line at immigration in Dublin then played 20 questions with officials. Where are you going, How long. What's your favorite color, Do you like long walks on the beach...that type of thing. You better answer green as your favorite color. The flight coming back was delayed and the driver bringing me back to the flat got a little lost. When I got home Gwen was very sick. Problem at both ends of the food pipe if you know what I mean. It was an "explosive situation" you could say. So Katie and I didn't get much sleep.

Gwen is much better now but it was just Morgan and I this weekend. We went to the Royal Mews and the Imperial War museum.

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Week 18. The family comes to visit

I know everybody has been waiting for these pictures to be uploaded and I finally got it done. I think we all had a great time. For those not in the know. My mother, aunt Louann, brother Jeremiah, future sister in law Shelly, cousin Jay, and Jay's wife Cherry came to visit. Katie and I ran them ragged around the city. There is so much to see and do in this city. I tried to fit in as much as possible. I know many of my guests may never come out ever again. My family visiting was sort of the climax of my time in London and I'm now ready to go back home. We are tired and out of money. We have less then 40 days left. About 25 of those are work days. Its been a trip of a lifetime that we will remember forever...well Gwen won't but we can say Hah Hah when we watch these corny videos 10 years from now.

We have tickets booked to see Paris which will be the last major outing before we go back.

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Flat Stanley

We had a few visitors last week. One of them being flat Stanley, Stanley is a character in a children's book who was flattened by a big heavy cork board. He is so flat he can be put into an envelope and mailed out. So he arrived from US by post. We showed him around the sights and then sent him with Jay to Paris. From there he will go to another location in England then to Miami Florida and up to New York before going back to good old Massachusetts. I feel a little bad for the other family in England as it will difficult to compete with London and Paris.

Week 17 Jersey

Hello, Sorry for the late post for this week. I was on "holiday" last week so I figured I'd make the rest of you wait. I was given the opportunity to travel to Jersey...No not New Jersey but Jersey the original. It is an island located in the English channel. It is nothing like New Jersey. There are no highways, or smog. It is very quite and there are plenty of ocean views and warm weather. I went down there on company business. Some UK product specialists wanted me to brainstorm with them about our US products and how to get the best of those products into their own. I had a good time.

Gwen has become more confident at cruising. Cruising is walking while holding onto something like the side of the couch or your hands. I can see it won't be long before she lets go and walks on her own. It helps to have a big sister show her the way.

During the weekend we went to Greenwich. That is were the meridian is located on top of a hill at an observatory. The observatory was a bit of a disappointment but the park was very nice. We also found Waldo at a store next to the park. The Brits call him Wally not Waldo.

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