13-18 April 2012
Once again I was able to travel with Chris for a conference. This one is in London every year and this year his parents decided to join us.
We arrived Friday afternoon and went to the British Museum that evening.
The next day Chris had to work so Perry, Joan, and I toured around London. We went to Harrod's and had wonderful salads and sandwiches from the "food court". Then we went to the Victoria and Albert Museum and had dinner at a pub close by the hotel.
Sunday was good weather so the three of us went on a tour of Warwick Castle, Stratford-upon-Avon, the Cotswolds, and Oxford. And Chris worked some more...
Perry and the oldest part of the Warwick Castle wall.
Inside we found a dinner gong!
On to Stratford-upon-Avon...
William Shakespeare's home and garden.
Front of Shakespeare's home. It was chilly but no rain!
The Cotswolds region was beautiful! Thatched roofed and earthy yellow stoned houses lined little streets and rolling green hills filled with sheep were in between villages.
Tom Quad and Tower at Christ Church College in Oxford.
More of Oxford. Such a beautiful setting for a campus... Would certainly have been my second choice after Utah State.
The next day we joined another tour that took us to Windsor Castle, Bath, and Stonehenge. Chris worked again...
The gardens were beautiful at Windsor Castle and St. George's Chapel was a highlight.
We even got to see one of the Queen's Corgis!
The weather was beautiful, but cold.
Bath is a small city where hot springs had been built upon by the Romans and made into public baths. Then in Victorian society the English would come and bath fully clothed and would then drink the water they had just bathed in for health purposes. Glad I didn't live back then!
This "bath" is still fed by natural springs but you are told not to drink this stuff. Would people really want to?
The Bath Abby.
The River Avon and old city of Bath.
I love this picture! They grow a lot of rapeseed to make canola oil in this part of the country. Most fields were this bright yellow color.
Ah, Stonehenge... It is as strange to see it in person as it looks in all the pictures. Nothing but fields and a highway around it!
Everyone needs a picture like this!
When Chris was finished with work, we took a train north to York.
Chris, myself, and Joan in front of York Minster.
Great pub filled with locals.
Chris and I enjoyed a beautiful walk back to our B&B. This was a first for me staying at a B&B and I have to say it wasn't my "cup of tea", but it was in a great location. The next morning it was pouring rain. Chris and I started out with a walking tour of the city, but ditched out early since we left our umbrellas and we were drenched! We toured the inside of the minster then hopped on a train with his parents to Edinburgh, Scotland.
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