Friday, August 13, 2010

LONDON TOWN

Big Ben, the Parliment building, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and the famous guards, English gardens, a red telephone booth, the London Eye ride, the London Tower palace and finally.....LONDON BRIDGE and us singing "London Bridges" while standing underneath the London Bridge:)


Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Bournemouth, Bath and Stonehenge



Bournemouth on the southern coast of England was beautiful and fun. The water was cold, but it was great to be on a nice, big, clean beach again.





In Bath, we toured the ancient Roman baths and drank it's "healing" waters. It really tasted like sulfur!

We also visited the Jane Austen centre, which Rebekah loved.

Here is Stonehenge. It was the day after the summer solstice that we visited here. It was crazy: police everywhere and a lot of rough looking people everywhere. Must have been some wild night.

The beauty of this scene describes our trip. We were so glad to be surrounded by green and fresh air

and open sky.

(Once again can't get words and pictures to line up on this one.....argh! Sorry so annoying!)

Continuing UK trip

Robin Hood and Maid Mariann




Driving on the "wrong" side of the road! Brent did great and it was hard to remember sometimes which way to go around a round-a-bout.

Wales: Brecon Beacon National Park. Amazing "mountains" with green fields, sheep grazing and a Welsh-man with his brimmed hat. Beautiful and just what Welsh country-side should be.

Finally...back to blogging:)

Where to start is the real issue. I think I will start with the past and move to the present, so here are some photos of our trip to the United Kingdom (England and Wales). We left Egypt on June 17th and flew to London. We rented a very small minivan (luggage was piled on laps!) and then drove to our first stop:

Nottingham and Sherwood Forest.





















Our next stop was in Glouchester and we saw the castle. Some scenes from Harry Potter were filmed here.















See this hallway? Recognize it from the movie??? Awesome architecture and history here!















Next, we hit the Warwick Castle on our way to Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales.