Archive for June, 2005

Brit Speak

Between what my mom told me and what I observed, there are many things different in Britian. I decided to keep a little record of it so I won’t forget.
The most obvious difference between the UK and the US is the language. Yes they speak English, but it’s quite different from the way we [...]

The Return Trip from Hell

Note: The trip was not hell. The trip to London was wonderful. But the flight home was horrible!
Sunday, June 19th
The weather today was unseasonably hot for London. It was in the 90s. A far cry from earlier in the week.
We got up around 9am today. Checkout time was noon and we needed to be packed [...]

Where the Wild Things Are

Saturday, June 18th
The weather today was HOT.
Keaton wanted to go to Legoland, but Grandma Cathy wanted to go on a river cruise. Grandma won. We spent our Saturday morning on a cruise on River Thames. We saw a lot of the sites we’ve already seen, but we were finally able to get a good look [...]

Gimme Some of Them Jewels

Friday, June 17th
The weather was much nicer today. It finally started warming up and there was no rain today.
We’ve been talking about riding on the London Eye all week, but the time just seems to fly by. So that was our goal for today. Going on a week day was a good idea, because the [...]