Mike Visits Bath

Palm Sunday we visited Bath!! Mike and the boys had never been. We went to the service at the Bath Abbey, which I loved because there was a choir of men and boys. I will miss Church of England choirs.

This is an example of something rarely seen. Brits being silly. These young people were syncronized swimming around the square of Bath Abbey.

The Roman Baths!

Definitely a great place to visit, and worth it to convert your admission to a pass good for two years.

I insisted that Mike photograph this couple in the photo below, and now I'm going to violate their privacy...they were groping each other violently for the duration of our visit. Tongue acrobatic-intensive kissing for all to witness, hands squeezing this and that. It was OBNOXIOUS and so I want to shout about it...

Can you guess which couple it was?

Then we hit a small fossil stand and the boys channeled my pops.

Watch this video to see what they bought, get a view of the High Street and listen for the didjeridoo.

Post fossil hunt we walked to the Jane Austen museum to have tea.

Fun for Mommy!

Boys with Mr. Bennet.

 Then we did the Hop On Hop Off Bus tour, a great way to quickly get an overview of the city and history.

Farewell Bath!

Moving

In early April

we started to get serious about moving...

Listed our car,

couches,

and other car on autotrader and gumtree.

The boys had their last scoots to school,

Buddies for life.

and said goodbye to their teachers. Thank you Miss Fields and Mrs. Schuster!

Best friends.

I am writing this a few months after the fact...but it makes my stomach turn to think about confronting the magnitude of wrapping up our adventure, leaving our friends, getting rid of our stuff and returning safely across the pond.

London with C and A

In late March we spent a weekend in London with Andrew and Cecilia. Andrew's cousin met up with us and introduced us to the Chelsea Market, Duke of York Square on King's Road.

Chechi!!

We ate lots of delicious food: hamburgers, Peruvian treats, felafel, cookies, and more. Below is a video of the market I found on YouTube. It shows off the market well, and for more entertainment notice the videographer's loud breathing.

Later we visited the Natural History Museum again.

We walked and walked and the boys got a lift here and there.

Andrew, Cecilia and Alexi introduced us to Noura, a Lebanese restaurant. There are several in London and one in Paris, we visited the one in Belgravia. Here is a link to the menu...There are so many things that are hard to leave in England...Noura is definitely one of them!

Out and About on a Bike

Madonna Cow not ready to start her day.

Tipped over tree.

It was a cold day, and warm, fragrant air flowed from these greenhouses...

Train to Wokingham.

The Post.

This is what a UK drought looks like.

The hill, up and over or around?

Pass the frog crossing sign and turn right.