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Hello everyone. Everything is going well over here. London is serving up great weather day after day, and we are just waiting for the "horrible weather" to begin.
Morgan, Esther, Larissa and I have moved into a great place together located in Hammersmith. We were fortunate + to find it after our other place was axed just 2 weeks before we were due to move in. A real answer to prayer.
In other exciting news, we welcomed my little sister Aleisha to London just last week. It was great to see more family and catch up on lost hugs.
some more pics of our house
We weren't expecting too much as we headed out to Wales on the long weekend, but we were pleasantly surprised. We stopped over in Oxford and dined in the pub frequented by CS Lewis and JR Tolkien. We then stayed the night in a most beautiful B&B up on the Mountain of Great Malvern on the Wales England border. We then trekked down to the two main cities of Wales, Swansea and Cardiff. I was most disturbed when I realised I was struggling to read the road signs, but was surprised when Larissa informed me that they speak their own language. A most interesting language at that. We were well satisfied after a weekend satisfying our need for rolling green countryside.
In the first our first European adventures we traveled to the homeland my our Oma, the Netherlands. We arrived in Amsterdam and really enjoyed eating take-away croquets and walking along the canal strewn city. There was much to see, drink, and eat, including raw meat, which apparently is a bit of a delicacy for the Dutch. It actually tasted quite good.
The next day we headed down to Utrech, a university town which proved to be quite funky, at the same time as being very quaint. We endured a ridiculous hike up a really tall tower to be greeted by great views. Following, we rewarded ourselves with a delightful plate of tiny pancakes and a hearty meal.
We went out to see a "traditional Dutch village" with aesthetically pleasing windmills, cottages, and beautiful countryside. It was quite beautiful, but not quite as beautiful as the flower gardens of Keukenhof, were we where overwhelmed by tulips. We headed down to Rotterdam, home of one of the worlds biggest ports, and were delighted to meet up with Ton Den Ot and Annalise for Dinner. We also got to catch up with Gerry and Donna Holvast for tea in their lovely Rotterdam home.
The final day of our tour of Holland saw us discover Delft, where our Oma grew up. It was the highlight of the trip for all. We stumbled upon a vibrant little town, bustling with markets in a lovely cobbled square headed by a beautiful church. As you can see in the photo, we enjoyed our time in Delft immensely!
See some of our select Holland Pics
Hello everyone. Everything is going well over here. London is serving up great weather day after day, and we are just waiting for the "horrible weather" to begin.
