365 degrees

Well…one year ago today we were making our way to London as the final stop off on our way back to the states. You might not believe this but not a day goes by where someone in the family doesn’t mention some aspect of our trip. I have no doubt that this family will be up for another adventure as soon as life settles down just a little bit more.

Here are some references / memories that stay with us.

• The Kubb set that we are waiting to use on a fall day, or when the temperature gets below 37 degrees. (Another nod)
• Sam still calls hot dogs “polse”
• We still call some things Norwegian food…some in a good way, some in a different way.
• We lament our ability to walk down to the ocean / fjord or into the hills depending on what we feel like.
• When the TV breaks we remember that we only watched TV huddled behind the laptop to catch our favorite shows for free.
• Sam saw a commercial or something about the London Olympics in 2012 and asked if we were going.

 

I know my blog posts are down about 50% over last year, but stay tuned. We are inevitably setting off on another adventure. We are going to spend a little more time figuring out what it is.

London bridges…ok, just pictures

A few pictures of our couple of days in London.

Hooked on Fenix

Ok, I know I haven’t even gotten to the “We’re on the ground in Tampa” stories. Sorry. After my movie fiasco I had two hours to kill, so I actually wrote down some things I noticed. For the better part of the last two hours I watched the “Your journey” screen on the in flight television system. If you’re not familiar with this system it basically scrolls through a bunch of screens telling you how far you are from your destination, how fast you are going and gives you a picture of a little plane making its way to Tampa. I won’t get into it too much but here is what happens when you stare at this screen for almost 2 hours.

• The math is wrong. Flying at the speed we were flying at and the miles it said we were from our destination, well it was just wrong. Trust me, I did the math about 50 times.
• Why is the map in Spanish when the flight originated from London and is arriving in Tampa?
• Is the Spanish word for Phoenix really Fenix?
• Why would you put Godthab on any map? (Look it up – I had to)

There ya go…I have 5 more things written down but they will only make sense in my head now.

On the road again

This might be it for a few days. We fly out of here tonight for a midnight trek into London. We have morning plans for tomorrow at Buckingham Palace. Seems they do some thing with the guards there, I hope it isn’t their clothes they change, it could be weird. Anyhow don’t get alarmed if you can’t get a daily update from “WLL” as I’m calling it today. Anyone who wants to post an entry can send me an e-mail address and I’ll fire back the super secret author link. You would be on your own for instructions.

Keep checking in…you never know where I’ll find an internet connection. I might try to see if I can get a picture with the queen and I have no doubt Sam will find a fountain.