Alpine lunch

Salami and cheese sandwich with goulash soup and bier.



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Location:Switzerland

Hiking through the Swiss Alps

Got onto to the "experienced" trails. 4 hours later got back to chalet.








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Location:Murren,Switzerland

View out from our chalet

Resting with the windows open with cool mountain air without much of a breeze.









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Location:Uf em Bort,Lauterbrunnen,Switzerland

Last night in Paris

Pictures of cafe at night and gelato shop where you can have a gelato flower.





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Location:Paris

What have we here?

From Versailles we went to the Arc D' Triomphe only to stumble on the ending of the Tour de France. Photo as seen from the top of the Arc.


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Location:Arc D' Triomphe

Versailles

We both were able to pose with King Louis.





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Location:France

Evening in Paris

Dinner on the moonlit cobblestone Rue Cler in Paris with my Kathleen Kiehl Clanfield. We share a carafe of Bordeaux. I have poulet covered with greens and asparagus with lemon and tomato paste to accompani', then for a stroll and a gelato fleur. Love is in the air.

A Full Day

Louvre, Orsay (impressionists), mass at Notre Dame, dinner along the Left Bank, a stroll down the Latin Quarter and through Ile St. Louis.





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Location:Paris

Beautiful at night

The tower also.


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668 steps!

Walked to the second tier and an elevator to the top. Mom is the greatest! I followed her up just to make sure. Got a picture of us together at the summit, but in the other camera.





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Location:Eiffel Tower

Success!

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Paris first meal

Arrived safely from London and enjoyed a first meal. Enjoying using a few French phrases to communicate and guessing at the menu.


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Location:Rue du Champ de Mars,Paris,France

Backpacking through Europe

On the way to Paris. Mom backpacks with the best of them!


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Location:London

Livin' High on the Hog

Aunt Donna and Uncle Ben are feeding us VERY well at the lake house!

Sorry gotta go make ice cream!

Biking on Abby road...

See Mom and Dad I did go to Europe!

Portabello Road

Portabello road is a very long road of a multitude of shops with the initial group of antique shops. Very interesting and we picked up a few fine gifts. Also, I taped some of the locals talking which was fun. We snacked from a waffle shop seen in the picture.








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Location:London

Afternoon Tea

After a long morning of shopping, enjoyed afternoon tea at The Orangery at the Kensington Palace (a converted greenhouse). Afterwords, shopping continued at Harrod's.


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Location:Kensington Palace

Paul On the Run!

These little guys came in the mail yesterday!

This will also be the last time they see the light of day until the concert. Can't be too careful! =)

Quarantined: Day 3

Nothing too much to report today once again. I was looking forward to an afternoon full of cleaning up and getting some things done, but alas I was called in to work to cover someones shift and ended up being there from 11-9. On the bright side, I ended up getting one of the new salads from wendys... delish

It seems as though Rocket misses his Mom, he's been acting quite depressed today with the lack of fun and has been crying at the door whenever I get home...

Hope London is treating you well!

Pub Crawl

Lamb shank for me with a pint of Guinness, fish and chips for the lady with a pint of diet coke. Then off to another pub and a half pint of Strongbow for the lady and 2 pints of local ale for me.


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Location:Earl's Court Rd,Kensington,United Kingdom

The best hot chocolate ever.

Yesterday we went to the British Library to see the Magna Carta and several hand written lyrics of the Beatles, but really looked forward to the hot chocolate. Disappointment. Not the same as 2009. However, today toured the British Gallery and saw iconic works of art and the cafe had the best hot chocolate in the world (at least to our palates). Also had another round of tea, scones and strawberries with cream.


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Location:British Gallery

Reviewing the guards at Buckingham Palace

Got great views of the changing of the guards today. At this point we felt like giving the royal wave given our vantage point.


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Location:Buckingham Palace

Come again?

To get a blank stare from a Londoner, simply ask where the restroom is located. I think they give me directions to a hotel. They are called toilets I have discovered.

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Location:Tower of London

Stealing the Rosetta Stone

Don't ask me how I got it out of the case. Just tell me how to get it through customs.




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Location:British Museum

Quarantined: Day 2

Well here goes my first blog entry.. Hopefully it doesn't come out too jumbled!

Life at home has started to get dull. I really didn't think it would have been possible to get bored this quickly, but even playing soccer has gone dull without brent to play against. Alas I have been running around the house with rocket, running on the tredmill and getting groceries (as you can see above.) I've actually filled my down time with reading Harry Potter instead as well, and I think I might go to the driving range today as well if the heat cools down.

Today is my only day off of the week, so I've been more than happy to relax and hang around the house. Tonight I'm cooking up some chicken and putting it on a salad with ranch, so not exactly the cuisine you two are accustomed to by now.

Looks like everything is going well, I've enjoyed seeing the photos!

PS... For some reason I can't comment on any of your posts. I'll try to figure it out, but if you have any ideas let me know!

--Will--

British Library

Hot Chocolate...check. Fig bar and Millionaire Shortcake (shortbread cookie and chocolate bar held together with caramel). Which treat is Mom/Kathy's?


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Location:Earl's Court Rd,Kensington,United Kingdom

Veggie snack

Going veggie in Soho London


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Jewel protector

King Henry VIII armor. Crown Jewels are well protected as you can see. (Insert...uhh... joke...here?)


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Location:Tower of London

Tower of London lunch

Lunch at the Tower:
Fizzy drink is diet pepsi.
Chocolate milk because they did not have regular.
Fresh Fruit with strawberries with cream to dip in.
"free range egg, mayonnaise & cress on white bloomer" which is akin to egg salad sandwich.


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Bargain found

Picked up this little number today. Reminded us of our engagement.


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Location:Templeton Pl,Kensington,United Kingdom

Covent Gardens

Could not check into our hotel in the morning so we went shopping at Covent Gardens. Decided to take the stairs up from the tube. Mistake. 195 stairs according to the sign but we made it. The shops were fun and unique and we saw a street performer.


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Location:Templeton Pl,Kensington,United Kingdom

Complication #1

Underground down. So we got to take a bus ride in between 2 open stations. Blessing in disguise as we saw more of the city!


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Location:Templeton Pl,Kensington,United Kingdom

Trip to London

It has been a long day. Golfed 18 holes for the first time in over a year on Saturday morning. Will, Brent and I went at 7 a.m.. Kathy and I caught the 12:30 bus to O'Hare. Took off at 6:15 in the evening and arrived in London at 8:30 in the morning. Spent full day in London.
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Location:Templeton Pl,Kensington,United Kingdom

Leaving on a Jet Plane

We've only just begun.... to live... Backpacks and plane tickets.
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UW > U of I

Hearing my Dad sing the University of Illinois fight song reminds me of how much better "Varsity" is...along with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Thanks, Dad!

Love,

Meredith

Painting day for Brent.

Planning for the trip!

Well, let's see, we have a trip coming up.   Best to review what the 2009 adventure and I have come across souvineer papers and such including my notes from that trip.  First notes were about Bunny, Meredith's stuffed rabbit, who also made the trip.  According to my interview with Meredith at that time, it was love at first sight for Meredith, best quality was it's portability, Bunny had been laundered only once in her lifetime, and Bunny was hospitalized once when her arm needed to be sown back on.