Bits and Pieces

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Notting Hill Carnival
August 30

The Notting Hill Carnival is the largest street festival in Europe and is full of costumes, food, and tons of entertainment. The parade literally goes right by our flat so we were really excited to be part of the action. As we got closer to the festival we were a little worried as we learned that most residents acutally leave town...but we spoke with our porters who told us that it's perfectly safe it is just chaotic for a few days! So we set out to explore during Family Day! And Andrew arrived!

Everything was boarded up to avoid trash/broken glass

Bath/Windsor

August 21-23 2015
Bath and Windsor

We spend the weekend in Bath. Bath is about 2 hours outside of London. You can get busses and tours to take you there but we rented a car because we like the flexibility of being on our own schedule. Because...Kids :) Michael is much braver than I am and he has no problem driving here!

In Bath we toured the Roman Baths. Kennedy loved "listening" to the audio guide and just walked around exploring the city drinking pints and eating fudge. Bath is a beautiful city and definitely warrants a trip if you find yourself in London! We stopped at Windsor Castle on the way home and did the audio tour there. Windsor Castle was gorgeous and it was acutally very interesting listening to the audio tour about all of the different elements of the castle!

Cocktail Hour

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Eileen's Visit

July 29, 2015-August 12, 2015

We were very busy while Eileen was here! We showed her all our favorite places to visit and did a day trip to Greenwich! Greenwich was so fun and we will definitely be making some trips back to explore more museums!