We arrived back from our trip to Germany yesterday afternoon. We had a wonderful time celebrating the winter holidays with Petra’s family in Albstadt. Petra’s parents are very gracious hosts and we felt welcome in their home. The kids certainly enjoyed playing with their friends for almost a whole week!
After procrastinating for quite some [...]
I’ve wanted to go to Barcelona for a long time, but one of the reasons we decided to make the trip now was that Larkin is at University in Barcelona for the semester. We managed to meet at the beach just a few minutes walk from where she lives in Barceloneta.
It sounds like she [...]
We’re back from our trip to Barcelona. I’d have to say in retrospect that it was quite amazing. At the time, though, there were times when I wished we weren’t quite so crazy.
We spent the first day and a half tossing our cookies (I wonder if you’d say tossing our biscuits in England?). [...]
Last week, Molly had a conference outside of London. We decided to go along so she wouldn’t miss us too much. We had a lovely day (though it was a bit wet) exploring Windsor Castle, the occasional home of the Queen of England.
The audio tour was quite entertaining; it featured a little kid [...]
Here’s our new car:
It’s a Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec and so far it has been great.
Driving in the U.K. has been interesting. First, everything is backwards; I walk to the wrong side of the car to get in at least every other day. I usually pretend I meant to go to that [...]
We’ve finally got internet! It’s nice to be connected again. It’s amazing how much we’ve come to rely on easy access to information and communications. Speaking of communications, we’re set up for skype, a free service offering both voice and video calling. Download it, create an account and give us a call! Our username is [...]
Last week, we went to Manchester. Molly had went to a conference there and we went along to see Manchester. We spent the morning at the hotel, swimming in the pool and going in and out of the steam room and the sauna. The steam room was a bit too hot, but [...]
On Friday, we went to an children’s event at the local museum. There were lots of kids there; if fact, it was a bit crowded. The event itself was lackluster, but the museum seems pretty nice. They have collections of local Derby porcelain, Egyptian artifacts, paintings, and local biology and geology. [...]
Last Thursday, we went to Tissington, a beautiful village in the Peak District best known for its well-dressings in the spring.
Apparently, much of the peak district is made up of limestone dating from the lower Carboniferous period. The groundwater tends to drain into the relatively permeable rock, creating caves and other such features, [...]
Monday was a bank holiday and we took a couple of days to visit some prehistoric sites in England. We started at Avebury, a huge stone circle that surrounds a little village. Many of the stones are missing, but you can get right up next to them and get a feel for the [...]
