Whew, I can't believe it's already mid-August! And looking out the window of my flat of the pouring rain . . . again. I've pretty much given up on enjoying any sort of warm, sunny weather for the year. But luckily, Mom and Dad came at the right time in August when we had a break between rain and floods, and even saw the sun for a few days.
Mom and Dad left Oxford early yesterday morning to catch their flight back to Minneapolis. Sounds like they made it home just fine and were pretty exhausted! Brian and I slept in too this morning to catch up on our sleep. I've caught a head cold from all the activities, so laying low today because of that as well.
I plan on blogging about each day or at least each country/city we visited in separate entries. But here I'll give you an overview of our itinerary of what we did and where. You'll see why we're all pretty tired!
Mom and Dad were over here for two weeks. They arrived on a Wednesday morning and because of the jet lag, pretty much chilled out for the first two days in Oxford. On Thursday afternoon, Charlie flew in from Belgium so he could explore England with us for the first time. He had a week or so of holiday from the baseball organization, so that was great for him to see our flat and such. Friday all five of us took the train to London to check out all the main sights. Saturday we took the train to Windsor to visit Windsor Castle and see the changing of the guard. Awesome! Sunday was a day to chill and explore Oxford for Charlie, since he had to fly back early Monday a.m. As I posted already, Mom and I took a girls trip to London on Monday for more shopping and exploring, while Brian worked and Dad hung out at his fave Oxford pubs. Tuesday was quite an adventure as we rented a car and drove to Stonehenge, the White Horse (will explain more later) and Bath.
Wednesday we changed from touring England to touring the continent, as we flew to Belgium for five days. Arrived in Brussels and spent the night in the city so we could explore and catch our train in the a.m. to Paris. Thursday we arrived in Paris early-afternoon and went straight to Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe. Enjoyed some Bordeaux and frommage (cheese) in the evening. Friday we spent most of the day in the Louve, visiting the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and Napoleon III staterooms among many other treasures. Had to catch an evening train back to Brussels and spent the night in the city again. Saturday we took a train to Brugge, a picturesque northern small city in Belgium with lovely architecture and a canal through the town. Took the train all the way back to Louvain le Nueve where Charlie lives and stayed at Charlie's flat that night. Sunday Brian, Marcy and Kelly took a trip to Waterloo where Napoleon I was defeated by the Duke of Wellington for some history. Also visited an amazing ruined abbey on our way back to LLN to watch Charlie's baseball game. He pitched great and they won 6-5. Had a BBQ back at Chazz's flat for the evening and enjoyed more Belgium cheese and beers. Monday had to fly back to Oxford for Mom and Dad to pack up everything and fly back to the U.S. Tuesday (yesterday). Whew, again!
It's going to take the rest of the week to recover!!!
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