Day 2 London

The second day of our Europe Vacation or Holiday as we heard so often took us to  London. 

 Early Saturday morning we took a taxi from our hotel in Basingstoke  to the train station. Then the Tube or Underground to our hotel. Bringing all our luggage was always crazy!  Hubby had worked the week before so he had one suitcase with his dress clothes from work, his laptop/ briefcase a suitcase with his casual clothes.  I had one suitcase and a backpack, and granddaughter Lexi  had a suitcase, backpack and guitar!    Once on the train we enjoyed a breakfast and sat back and enjoyed the hour into London.

When we got to the Tube we had the joy
of several sets of stairs to maneuver.
Which ment Hubby walked up with some luggage,
I stayed at the top,
Lexi , another wonder L,
stayed at bottom until all the luggage was up.
Hubby wouldn't even let me carry my backpack!

Our hotel was only a block from the tube station!
 Unfortunatally the gracious truck driver who used his gps to help us find it stod up
 and the gps didn't turn directions.  We wallked 6 blocks the wrong direction!


Our first day in London we decided to take the big red tour bus around town.  It was a typical day in London and it rained most of the day.  Hubby  and Lexi braved the weather and sat on the top working their way to the covered front as other got off. 

  

Westminister Abby

The Iconic Red Phone booth!

The London Eye

We did get off and walk some but looked forward to tomorrow when the weather said it would be a clear day.

 Hope you will come back next week!
Blessings, Debbie

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J & K

and 

Last week I missed posting so what a perfect pair,  J and K

I have been so blessed to have two children.  I was told in my early 20"s this would be almost impossible.

So I am so thankful to share my J and K with you! 

Our son is James (JR) and our daughter is Krisha!

I love my J and K! 

Blessings, Debbie

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Day 1-Basingstoke

I have been on a whirllwind trip to Europe. 

L taking a picture of the luggage....

Packed the bags and ready to go...
Leaving on a jet plane..

The first ting I did after landing was check my messages.
You see our youngest granddaughter was born while I was in flight!
 Ena Roane was born at 3:15 am on 3-15!

I do believe I have some of the most beautiful grandchildren in the world!

Two very tired ladies arriving in London Airport
After arriving we were met with a two hour line in customs!  From what our driver said this is very unsual.
Hubby had a private car pick us up so we didn't have to manage our luggage and the trains on our first day.

Tea at the hotel 

Basingstoke Hotel.
 L took her guitar on the trip

Blimmy, I'm in England! 
(our favorite word our cabbie used)

My sweet Hubby had to go on a business trip to Basingstoke, England.  This is about an hour outside London.  He flew out on Saturday and my oldest granddaughter and I followed on the following Wednesday.

This gave us a day to catch up on the time difference before we headed out on our adventure on Saturday morning.

For the next few weeks I will be sharing pictures and memories of our trip.

L and I went to the mall on Friday morning.  She bought a really cute pair of boots that were maked down to 5 lb wich was about $7.50! They were originally over $60.
 Just wish they had my size! We took the cab back to the hotel about 3:30 in the afternoon.  When we walked up to the cabs this pink cab was the second in line.

Just as we arrived the front cab drove off! 

 I acted like a school girl.  

What a perfect PINK Saturday post!  

Turned out it is the ONLY pink cab in England.  

He hires out to do Weddings and Hen Parties which are like our bachelorette parties. 

Friday evening we took a taxi to a small pub called the Swan.  

Hubby had the taxi take us pass a beautiful hotel he had stayed in on a different trip. 

The cabbie let us take time to take some pictures.

3 Kiln Road, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 9HS, United Kingdom

+44 1256 850165 ‎ The Swan is a 17th century, thatched pub
situated in the lovely village of Sherborne St John.

We had wonderful fish and chips.

 I do believe everywhere we visited I said the same thing...I could spend a week or two just visiting here.
Hope you enjoyed our first day in England.  Hope to see you again next week!
Blessings, Debbie

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The letter I

The Letter

To continue with things that are blessings in my life...

This was on the cake at the showerr

Infant my Son and Sandra are in labor and soon a new infant will be in our lives.
Of course I don't have a picture because as I write this she is still not here.


I am sure there are other great Ideas out there for the letter  I.
Check them out at ABC Wednesday
Blessings, Debbie