Catching up

I have been rather delinquent about this whole blogging thing (a fact which my mother likes to remind me of). So I will attempt a giant catch up.

Nice weather :)

A couple of weeks ago we spent a day in Brighton (a seaside town on the English Channel). We spent the first part of our journey wandering along the beach (comprised of medium stones rather then sand - not pleasant for bare feet) and 'paddling' in the water (the English term for getting your feet wet).

This rocks.

While on the beach, I spent a chunk of time picking up various stones to see if I could find any that would meet the criteria for Grandpa Kyle's 'rock chocolates' or just any that had an interesting pattern/shape. I managed to find one that kind of looks like a strange piece of black licorice all-sorts - it now serves as a proud paperweight on my desk.

We (I) couldn't resist.

Another great attraction of Brighton was the Pier - basically a carnival complete with games, rides and a variety of machines that like to take your money from you. Naturally we were drawn to it immediately.

While there Kristi managed to win a small yellow duck (now named "fluffers" I believe) and I managed to hunt down the nearest mini donut stand. We also took advantage of the different games inside the Pier's buildings which vaguely resembled a more grown-up Chuckie Cheese.

Don't get any ideas...

I've also discovered that a lot of things in Great Britain are named "Victoria" (for obvious reasons). So, in the spirit of not leaving siblings out of the fun, I had Kristi take a picture of this sign. I figured that a certain unnamed sibling would appreciate the shout-out.

The rest of this entry is kind of a hodge-podge of time spent in London somewhere between Brighton and present day.

The picture on the left is fairly self-explanatory, but it was taken while we were doing our London "History walk" for our British Life and Culture class.

Scenes from London: The first two are from Downtown (kind of looks like the Winnipeg Golden Boy) and the third is from the "Canada Gate" at the park next to Buckingham Palace.

As we just got back from Scotland, I will try to have a new post up by tomorrow evening - the pictures are quite breathtaking and I'll make sure to write a little longer entry (since it is still fresh in my mind).