Author Archives: Amy
April Showers
After our return from Paris, the weather here in our corner of the world took a dramatic turn for the worse. In the UK, April 2012 ended up being the wettest month in 100 years and the coldest since 1989. … Continue reading
Paris Part 4
This is the final installment on our Paris trip. Phew! We started off this day with a visit to a Tabac where Paul purchased a folding knife. While it’s not a true Laguiole knife like the ones he’d been looking … Continue reading
Paris Part 3
This is the halfway point in our week in Paris! On this day, we started off with a walk through the Latin Quarter. The boys wanted to see Rue du Chat qui Peche which they learned about in one … Continue reading
Paris Part 2
Today was the day for the Paris sight the boys had been waiting for: The Eiffel Tower. Rather than take the Metro directly to the Tower, we rode to a stop across the Seine where we could see the tower … Continue reading
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Tagged Champs du Mar, eiffel tower, Jardin des Tuileries, Les Halles, les invalides, Louvre, Paris, Place de la Concorde, Seine, Travel with Children
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Paris Part 1
I’m finally getting around to sifting through the mountain of photos we took during our fantastic week in Paris. There are a lot, so I’m going to post in parts. Here’s the first installment… For this journey to France, we … Continue reading
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Tagged Flea market, France, marche aux puces, montmartre area, Moulin Rouge, Palais Garnier, Paris, Sacre-Coeur, travel, Travel with Children
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Does the London Eye Go Upside Down?
March found us feeling increasingly settled into our lives here in Dorking. I did a good bit of volunteer work with the parent-teacher organization at the boys’ school which was fun and rewarding. Joey ran in two cross-country races with … Continue reading
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Tagged Borough Market, Box Hill, Claremont Landscape Garden, Dorking, Expat, LegoLand, London, London Aquarium, London Eye, Travel with Children
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What? No castles this month!
February started off with some snow. This pleased the boys greatly and they really enjoyed being able to play in it. It also was amusing to see how a little bit of snow can really slow things down over here. … Continue reading
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Tagged Box Hill, Expat, family travel, Hiking in England, London, Science Museum
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First Day of School Redux
In the spirit of fully embracing our England experience, we enrolled the boys in the public school near our home here in Dorking. Joe and Tom are students at St. John’s Church of England Primary School. Every weekday, the boys … Continue reading
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Tagged Dorking, England, england experience, Expat, family travel, moving to england, Primary school, School Uniform
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Eggless Chocolate Crinkle Cookes
Our family’s “foodie” pursuits are hindered slightly by Paul’s allergies to eggs and several varieties of tree nuts. Honestly, it doesn’t bother him all that much – he’s lived with it his whole life and doesn’t know what he’s missing … Continue reading
Train to France
It’s not every day that you can say you took the train across the English Channel, but over the last weekend of January, our family did just that. We got an early morning start and drove from Dorking to Folkestone … Continue reading
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Tagged boulogne-sur-mer, car train, Eurotunnel, Expat, family travel, France, french cheese, nausicaa aquarium, stinky cheese
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Original Composition 