Category Archives: UK Adventure
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
Posted in UK Adventure
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
Posted in UK Adventure
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
Posted in UK Adventure
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
Posted in UK Adventure
Tagged Dorking, England, england experience, Expat, family travel, moving to england, Primary school, School Uniform
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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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Castles and Much, Much, More!
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
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Tagged Expat, family travel, Guildford Castle, London, Stonehenge, stratford-upon-avon, Tower of London, winchester castle
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Mill Bread
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
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December 2011 – “Can We Go to a Castle?”
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
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Decorating for Christmas 2011
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
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The Family has Landed!
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
Original Composition 