Red Lion Hotel Henley-on-Thames

... an old cathedral-y church 500 yards the other way. Families walk their dogs, we have old time-y locks with cool keys, and everything seems right! We got this place at a steal, because the landlord needed to get it off the market and start making mortgage payments... pretty sweet. It's 150 years old so there are cracks and some creaky floors, but we love it. Thanks for following along with us in our long search, we are glad to be done! Hope you enjoy the pictures!

... local characters and the car pick up service seems to be one of those that maintains what is happening in your neighborhood. So we were off to the school and went to Connor's class room to help set up for the tea reception following the dance. The event was open to the parents and families. The classroom was quite for a short while until the students returned and then they had to get changed for the dance ...

... we had a brief meal at a Chinese Buffet restaurant named "Mr. Wu." Afterwards we met up with my cousin Kevin. It was really great to see him. He took us to the London Eye. Now, we're headed back to the hotel.... By now you can probably imagine how tired we are. I'm having difficulty writing this entry because I'm so sleepy.... Must.... Get... Some ZZZZ's. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

... que c'était bien du thé dans mon sac et pas autre chose lol. Depuis mon arrivée en avion d'Amsterdam, c'est la première fois que je passe aux douanes. J'aurais pu entrer illégalement en Belgique ou en France, ou y amener de la drogue achetée à Amsterdam et personne ne l'aurait su! Mais bon, ce n'est certainement pas moi qui vais essayer ça! En fait, dans mon train Paris-Bruxelles, il n'y a même pas eu de contrôle des billets! lol Je suis arrivée à Londres vers 22h30 (heure de Londres ...

... on a bench overlooking the river. Behind where we were sitting had been flooded only a couple of weeks previously, yet the grass had fought a remarkable comeback - dribs and drabs of bark out of place being the only sign of the recent water levels. It wasn't hard to imagine all the well-to-do in their straw boaters and glad rags around here during the regatta - John and Katie saying most of the attendees are more interesting in seeing and being seen than ...

... from the park entrance.
So, I went back the next day with my camera, fully intending to capture the landscape and sculptures that decorate the park's walkways, as well as the gorgeous estates and gardens,
and that was fun and beautiful and all, but as you can see...I got a bit distracted :-p
Haha, they were everywhere...big and tiny and they all seemed to be chasing the squirrels! Then ...

... nice posh man on tv screen was a great help. On arrival at airport said last goodbye to family and got update on scan, junior is now 6cm, bless him (or her). Then had fun queing for an hour and a half to check in with the British hockey team (mmm posh toty) followed by my selection for the trial of a new body scan, had to stand behind a screen an put hands in the air - v bizarre. On the plane me and Sarah played with our freebies before settling down for a snooze.

arrived in plenty of time to catch the plane. Good trip on the M40 then the M25. Guess what I had packed in my carry on bag - my ginger jams. Sorry sir no liguids allowed on the plane. How dumb was I? Anyway bought some ginger jam at Harrods at the airport. I can take this jam on the ...

... feisty and frustrated as she lives vicariously through her son's endeavours on the battle field, and berates him for being a coward. She longs to be a man so she can show her mettle. An old stager, Margot Leicester, plays Volumnia and she is very good. The only other thing this play had going for it was the setting. The globe is a truly wonderful building and it's always sobering to attend a performance there and get a ...

... after it opened for the day and it was already pretty crowded. We headed straight for the main Egypt rooms and got to start out with the Rosetta Stone. This is what enabled archaeologists to learn how to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs, as the same thing is written 3 times on the stone and one of the versions is in Greek. We also saw a ton of other interesting Egyptian items including various statues and other stonework. There were some nearby Assyrian ...