Category Archives: UK Adventure

Paris Part 1

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Amy

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 →

Posted in UK Adventure | Tagged Flea market, France, marche aux puces, montmartre area, Moulin Rouge, Palais Garnier, Paris, Sacre-Coeur, travel, Travel with Children | 4 Comments

Does the London Eye Go Upside Down?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Amy

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 →

Posted in UK Adventure | Tagged Borough Market, Box Hill, Claremont Landscape Garden, Dorking, Expat, LegoLand, London, London Aquarium, London Eye, Travel with Children | 10 Comments

What? No castles this month!

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Amy

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 →

Posted in UK Adventure | Tagged Box Hill, Expat, family travel, Hiking in England, London, Science Museum | 6 Comments

First Day of School Redux

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Amy

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 →

Posted in UK Adventure | Tagged Dorking, England, england experience, Expat, family travel, moving to england, Primary school, School Uniform | 8 Comments

Train to France

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Amy

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 →

Posted in UK Adventure | Tagged boulogne-sur-mer, car train, Eurotunnel, Expat, family travel, France, french cheese, nausicaa aquarium, stinky cheese | 10 Comments

Castles and Much, Much, More!

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Amy

Here is a recap of our January journeys during our time abroad. Amazingly, I think we managed to keep up our breakneck sightseeing pace of December! We started the New Year with a day trip to county Winchester where we … Continue reading →

Posted in UK Adventure | Tagged Expat, family travel, Guildford Castle, London, Stonehenge, stratford-upon-avon, Tower of London, winchester castle | 4 Comments

Mill Bread

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Amy

On New Year’s Day we journeyed west and found ourselves in the town of Winchester for the afternoon. We wandered about the town, bought some much enjoyed sweets at a candy shop, and visited the Winchester City Mill. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Recipes, UK Adventure | Tagged baking with children, Bread, bread dough recipe, Expat, whole wheat, Winchester City Mill | 6 Comments

December 2011 – “Can We Go to a Castle?”

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Amy

We are doing our best to take in as many of the local sights and absorb as much history and culture as we can while we are here in England. During December I think we did pretty well. It seems … Continue reading →

Posted in UK Adventure | Tagged Bodiam Castle, Burghley House, Christmas, Dorking, England, Expat, hampton court palace, Leeds Castle, Leith Hill, Polesden Lacey | 12 Comments

Decorating for Christmas 2011

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Amy

When we packed for England we had to take only the essentials, and sadly all of our Christmas decorations didn’t make the cut. To decorate our tree, the boys and I made salt dough ornaments. I’d been thinking about making … Continue reading →

Posted in For the Children, UK Adventure | Tagged Christmas, Christmas decoration, Expat, Ornaments, Salt Dough, salt dough ornaments, UK | 2 Comments

The Family has Landed!

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Amy

We made it across the pond and are settling into our new digs here in Dorking, England. Paul and I will be trying to update this blog with some of the details of our lives over here. Here are a … Continue reading →

Posted in UK Adventure | Tagged Dorking, England, Expat, Family, Unpacking | 19 Comments