Just for the record, before you mock the title of this post, the flight attendant actually said "Cheerio!" as I left my plane in London. Hence the title.
So, England is AWESOME!!!
I'm staying at a bed & breakfast in Kew, which is a suburb of London.
My facilitator, Liz, and her husband, Bob, in front of our B&B.
My bedroom. Isn't it cute?
(Warning: If you don't like the words "cute" and "quaint," you can stop following my England posts right now. They will be used a lot. There's just no other way to describe England.
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This is the wardrobe/dresser/whatever in our bedroom. If you look closely, each shelf is labeled (Shirts, pyjamas, underwear, socks, collars, etc.) I know I'm American, but do I really need a label's help to know where to put my underwear?
I apologize for the poor lighting, but I wanted you to see our bedroom door. The doorknob comes up nearly to eye level (my eye level, that is). It also has old-fashioned keys and keyholes that remind me of the Disney movie, Cinderella.
The view from my bedroom window (our backyard). 
The National Archives-- my home away from homeAt the National Archives, we visited their museum. They had some really cool things on display, including:
A "fireball" recipee. This was concocted by some spy who wanted blow up something-or other (can you tell I read the plaque really carefully?)
The Magna Carta. Yes, the original.
Feet of fines.
A "fireball" recipee. This was concocted by some spy who wanted blow up something-or other (can you tell I read the plaque really carefully?)
The Magna Carta. Yes, the original.
Feet of fines. These documents were some of the earliest ways of keeping land deeds. The deed would be writen on a paper and the paper would be ripped three ways (as pictured). One piece went to the buyer, one went to the seller, and one went to the government.
A mummified rat. 
A mummified rat.From the plaque next to it:
"This skeleton of a rat was found amongst fragments of parchment solidified into a lump. Henry Cole, who worked . . . where many records were housed, was summoned to the Select Committee of the Record Commission in 1836. He produced this skeleton of the rat together with that of a cat as evidence of the poor conditions in which the records were then stored."
The Thames
The Thames
8 comments:
Can I tell you how jealous I am of your recent adventures?? Don't ever get married until you have all of your traveling in, because you won't get any for a while! (unless you are rich :)
Wow, that is beautiful. I love the backyard view, and the river and bridge views. Nice pics. I think you should be grateful they labeled your undies shelf so you don't forget where they go! Ha. Miss you!
Sounds like mom's kind of organizing system. Also, that mummified rat reminds me of a cathedral I recently heard about in Dublin where they found a mummified cat and mummified rat in the organ pipes--presumably with the one chasing the other. Ha!
One more question: are the British boys also cute and quaint?
I can't believe you went straight from Jerusalem to this! What a life!
How quaint and wonderful...the Thames...the Magna Carta...the gorgeous scenery.....everything--except the mumified rat--although it sounds like even it was put to a useful purpose. I wish we could have stopped by there with you on our way home! Cheerio! Mom
that looks super! i wish i could go to england too! and your hair even looks good in the pics--how did you escape the rain that day?
ps--we miss you kim!!!
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