Here's a quick update on what we have been doing for the past week and a bit.
After a quick 24 hours in Birmingham we packed up again and headed to the North of England, to Northumberland, for a week-long vacation with my parents and some of their friends to celebrate my Dad's 60th Birthday. We were staying in a huge house in a little place called Seahouses, about half way between Newcastle and Scotland. Very pretty area, in the countryside and by the coast - all very English with stone walls and little villages. After our busy last few weeks in New York it was quite a change of pace and it took me a few days to relax and get acclimatised to the slower way of life.
There are lots of castles in that part of the world so Emily got a good fill of some historic Britain (back in the days when we had an Empire) and I made sure she experienced some proper British traditions like eating Fish & Chips on the beach, drinking in a local village pub, and getting drenched in the torrential rain and winds that so often come with a British summer vacation! It was a fun week and a good celebration for my Dad, which continued when we got back where we had ANOTHER party back in Birmingham on Saturday (well i guess you are only 60 once!)
So we are now back at my parents house in Birmingham finalising everything before we head off on our trip. We are already missing New York and all the sights, sounds, and smells of living in the city - although Emily is loving the cooler temperatures on this side of the pond. We are going down to London on Wednesday to catch up with friends before a leaving party on Saturday, and then Sunday evening we fly to Nairobi. It has been great to be home and spend some time with my family and for Emily to get to know them better, but we are both now very ready to start the next stage of this adventure.
Kenya here we come! :)
After a quick 24 hours in Birmingham we packed up again and headed to the North of England, to Northumberland, for a week-long vacation with my parents and some of their friends to celebrate my Dad's 60th Birthday. We were staying in a huge house in a little place called Seahouses, about half way between Newcastle and Scotland. Very pretty area, in the countryside and by the coast - all very English with stone walls and little villages. After our busy last few weeks in New York it was quite a change of pace and it took me a few days to relax and get acclimatised to the slower way of life.
There are lots of castles in that part of the world so Emily got a good fill of some historic Britain (back in the days when we had an Empire) and I made sure she experienced some proper British traditions like eating Fish & Chips on the beach, drinking in a local village pub, and getting drenched in the torrential rain and winds that so often come with a British summer vacation! It was a fun week and a good celebration for my Dad, which continued when we got back where we had ANOTHER party back in Birmingham on Saturday (well i guess you are only 60 once!)
So we are now back at my parents house in Birmingham finalising everything before we head off on our trip. We are already missing New York and all the sights, sounds, and smells of living in the city - although Emily is loving the cooler temperatures on this side of the pond. We are going down to London on Wednesday to catch up with friends before a leaving party on Saturday, and then Sunday evening we fly to Nairobi. It has been great to be home and spend some time with my family and for Emily to get to know them better, but we are both now very ready to start the next stage of this adventure.
Kenya here we come! :)
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