On Tuesday (Cala's bday), we went to the Tower of London (and saw all the bloody torcher chambers, where Queen Ann Boylin, among others, had her head chopped off, and King Richard the III's 2 nephews were murdered). We also saw St. Paul's Cathedral and Jed said that is, by far, his favorite. Some of us even managed to walk the 400 some odd steps up to the top dome! And in the evening, Mom, Dad, Mark, Jed, and I went to a play at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. While I understood practically nothing of what was said, the ambience was nice. Jed left at intermission. Apparently the ambience was good, but not good enough. Dad and I would have left too if we thought we could have gotten away with it.
On Wednesday, we left the Rushmore Hotel in London (and the 900 steps that are in there without a 'lift'!) We hightailed it back to Heathrow Airport to pick up our van from the rental company Sixt. Our luggage fit brilliantly (and you were worried...) and with 1 navigator, 1 person to help the driver stay on the left side, 1 driver, and the rest of us covering our eyes, we made it out of London and over to Stonehenge. We marveled at that for a while and then continued on over to Bath. We left Jessie and Baby Sarah at the beautiful Bailbrook House and Manor (our b&b) and went to the Thermal Spa and got to sit for 2 hours (oh how I've missed just sitting) in the healing spa waters of Bath. And just so you don't think we ditched Jessie, when asked to go she said, 'Why would I sit with other people in dirty water?' Geesh.
On Wednesday, we left the Rushmore Hotel in London (and the 900 steps that are in there without a 'lift'!) We hightailed it back to Heathrow Airport to pick up our van from the rental company Sixt. Our luggage fit brilliantly (and you were worried...) and with 1 navigator, 1 person to help the driver stay on the left side, 1 driver, and the rest of us covering our eyes, we made it out of London and over to Stonehenge. We marveled at that for a while and then continued on over to Bath. We left Jessie and Baby Sarah at the beautiful Bailbrook House and Manor (our b&b) and went to the Thermal Spa and got to sit for 2 hours (oh how I've missed just sitting) in the healing spa waters of Bath. And just so you don't think we ditched Jessie, when asked to go she said, 'Why would I sit with other people in dirty water?' Geesh.
From the Land of Oz and Ahhhs,
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Sounds like a wonderful time!!! I am definitely with Jessie on sitting in the dirty water with strangers ewww, although an experience. You have done so much already. Wow! Keep having fun and keeping us up to date on your journey. I absolutely love it. And the photo you posted of you and Jed is so good! I miss you but you aren't missing anything here...it has been rainy.
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Oh how wonderful this all sounds! And I LOVE the picture of you and Jed in front of the Tower of London. We miss you all! Jed I wanted to let you know that your brother Matt moved into first place in the 'favorite child' category today by text messaging your dad at 6:01 am saying 'Love you, Old Man', 'Happy Birthday!' WOW!!! Love you all and so glad you are having the 'time of your lives'! :):)
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