UK 2024 - March 20th London and Barcelona

 Wednesday was a down day for Rhys, but not for the rest of us. Rhys needed to stay in and nest for a day. We left him with strict instructions not to leave the boat. (Narrator - Rhys would leave the boat).

Tracy, Hannah and I walked down to the river taxi and took that back to Tower pier.

A picture standing on the roadway after visiting the engine rooms.

UK 2024 - March 19th London and Salamanca

 This was our first full day in London. It was a busy one.

The Tower Bridge has never looked better.

UK 2024 - March 18th London and Toledo

 The 18th was a travel day, Nottingham to London. The train didn't leave until 1130 so we had time to lay in a bit and get breakfast. We took a taxi from Kings Cross to the Limehouse Marina. 

Limehouse Marina.

UK 2024 - March 17th, Nottingham and Arrival in Spain

 The morning of the 17th we woke up at a reasonable time, grabbed some coffee and bacon baps and got on a train for Nottingham. It was a five hour ride south to the city of lead. This is the part of the trip that Rhys was most looking forward to. More than anything he wanted to go to Warhammer World.

UK 2024 - March 16th - Edinburgh

 Saturday the 16th was my first day of vacation, finally able to join the family enjoying some time off. Today we were headed up to Edinburgh, along with several of my co-workers and their families. We all had one last train ride together before we split off to do our own things.

Edinburgh Castle

UK 2024 - March 15th

 The 15th was Friday and was the first full day after Tracy, Rhys and Hannah arrived, along with the husband and son of one of my co-workers.

While went to work, the two families, along with my boss' wife, went into York, followed by high tea at Betty's.

 

UK 2024 - Thursday the 14th

 Tracy, Rhys and Hannah left Denver on Wednesday night, right before Parker got slammed with 30 inches of snow. Great timing by Team Hunt on that one. My attempt to upgrade them mostly failed, Hannah got an upgrade but Tracy and Rhys did not.

DIA. No sign of snow yet.

UK 2024 - March 10th

 We haven't been a big vacation for several years. This year we're doing both the UK (Tracy, Rhys, Hannah and I) and Spain (Owyn).

I came out for work a week before everyone else, then we're spending the week after here in the UK. Meanwhile, Owyn is on a school trip to Spain with his Spanish class.

On Sunday the 10th, my co-workers and I visited Fountains Abbey. This is one of Tracy and my favorites from when we lived here twenty two years ago.

The first view of the ruins is always enough to make us stop and stare.

Day 17, April 1, 2016

Good bye New Zeland. Hello Sydney, Los Angels and Home!

Day 16, March 31, 2016

This was our last full day in New Zealand. We had to move hotels one last time, turn in the car and prepare everything for travel the next day.

The Anglican Cathedral. In ruins since February 2011.

Day 15, March 30, 2016

This is our first full day in Christ Church. It's also the first day we've been cold here. The morning started with left over Korean food and quesadilla (cheese and bean) for breakfast. We headed out to the Orana Wildlife park for the first part of the day.

Ugly kitty (Rhys) - also known as meerkats.

Day 14, March 29, 2016

Today was the last day where we changed towns. We woke up in Hanmer and ended up in Christchurch, from where we'll fly home in a couple of days.

Day 13, March 28, 2016

This was the day we left Blenheim, and the Hunters, behind and headed further south. We got a late start out of the gate but finally said our goodbyes and got on the road. Tony and Mason drove along with us for the first hour of the trip. There was a seal colony that Tony wanted to show us and they drove that far with us.

There was not a lot of parking here and we had to cross the highway, dodging cars, to get this far.

Day 12, March 27, 2016

Easter Sunday.

Day 11, March 26, 2016

Today we got to tour several wineries. We all pitched in on a rental van and Dean volunteered to be our sober driver. We were on the road by 1100 and at the first winery by 1130. The day was gorgeous and there were not too many people out.

It seems like all of these old Pizza Hut buildings are something else now, but this is a first.