We arrived in london on saturday september
8 and waited for grace to join us, grace came on monday and the next day
all hell broke loose in the world. We contemplated coming home immediately
but this was proved impossible by the stoppage of air traffic. My
family also counselled us to remain where we were as it was safer at that
time than being in the us. I rejected that concept as frankly I would
rather face danger with my family than be safe elsewhere and fear for them.
At any rate, they argued that we might not have this chance again soon
and that it would be best to cautiously proceed as planned, keep a low
profile and try to travel safely and still enjoy ourselves. Also
they insisted that they were quite safe and we shouldn't worry. So,
after delaying about an extra five days we set off from london. What
follows is a picture journal of the lighter moments of our travels.
We did not take photographs when frightening things happened to us, when
we were upset or when we were stressed out by events. So take it
for what it is, a journal of happy seconds during a journey of many.
parrish and I arrive in London, Jon met us at Victoria
to bring us the flat keys....and forgot the flat keys, this set the trend
for mishaps on our trips
London first week
Jon, "I've forgotten your keys" it was lovely to see him anyway after the flight we arrive, september 8, london
grace arrives and does my hair, she's good at that Our day september 10, grace and parrish and the man in the box
Grace and beth/tower September 10th was my anniversary so we girls had a nice dinner and then too much champagne - the dinner
Septembet 11-13, no pictures
George and sarah return home
dinner beth style grace and parrish add their handprint art to the bathroom wall of hands
Paris 1
Parrish naps on the floor of the calais train station notre dame me and my door fetish - notre dame a beautiful square
statue first
bottle of wine in paris river
grace looking lovely in paris
Barcelona 1
me in Barcelona in front of someone taking a much better picture with a lion our awful bus tour with our friend Adam aka Atom
a statue of stairs Gaudi architecture sunset behind the buildings more Gaudi
me apparently practicing for a stupid expression contest the ferry had an everyman sign for disco-a first
Ibiza
Grace and Jane at the big namaste The Big Namaste-a lovely evening of performance and dance Beth ready for the big namaste
parrish looking lovely for the big namaste elea performing at the hippie market parrish and beth/hippie market
grace and parrish/hippie market grace and a viking ishi the adorable is that sangria again?
breakfast at the finca mommy and baby um....some people are deranged high surf at sa trincha
grace and parrish in front of the rental car from hell Performers at the closing party at Space another perfomer
Charlie's...um...angels? full moon in Ibiza playa de sa salinas parrish on the beach heyyyyy I'm driving a car whoohoo
the further charlie's angel series 1 2 3 crazy people in ibiza nice view of ibiza town looking over the old city wall
looking up at the old
walled city Grace and
Parrish on stairs along the wall waiting
for the ferry on the
ferry
Paris 2
Paris street boat trip on the Seine our little chambre Grace and Kate and you know what eiffel tower eiffel tower peeking
Seine monument and clouds dome and clouds the thinker cat at the rodin museum more rodin 1 2 fountain
statuary in luxembourg gardens flowers three musketeers and nice trees us and our nice new friends in paris da goyls
Amsterdam
my short time with wonderful gerty - 1 2 Kate/Beth Amsterdam Grace/Beth and canal canal and tower
two more canals 1 2 our huge room at hotel hortus our room big enough for gymnastics so.....
the four of us and jeff the morning guy kate marks her territory beautiful stonework dutch girl braids my hair
grace being diva kate and her new friend 1 2 the four of us relax in the common room
the terrific
feeling of being in the wrong place
London last day - warning mostly gratuitous
silly photos
clever people avoid an overspill of the thames by hand-over-handing along a fenced wall millenium bridge
me/Thames this is not a photo opportunity The AARGH MATEY series on the Golden Hinde 1 2 3 4 5 6 ouch
nice church 1
2 sarah
and george and that store sarah
and sh! Orson makes
mincemeat out of me
London last night out - more silliness
Sarah and George have saved a special bottle of champagne cheers mate dinner at bah humbug George and Sarah at the club
me in the bathroom/club parrish and beth/club VAMP/club many happy people and flying things/club post club ahhhhhhh
picked up a stray on the way home welcome home roses my mikey and thai ahhhhh home at last
