Tag: England
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Splish Splash We Visted Bath!
Read more: Splish Splash We Visted Bath!Bath is a lovely English city made up of many different layers: Modern, Georgian, and Ancient. It has a number of modern buildings and amenities that can be found throughout Europe/UK. There is a focus on being a spa town and making good use of the natural thermal springs that run throughout the city. We…
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Pip Pip Cheerio!
Read more: Pip Pip Cheerio!We’re moving on…it’s time to say “Pip Pip Cheerio to London! We’ve had a fabulous couple of weeks at the Elwin home. Staying in this house certainly made our stay so much more comfortable. We were able to rest and rejuvenate after our touring and simply relax on our “homeschool” days. The girls really enjoyed taking…
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Stories from Westminster
Read more: Stories from WestminsterA big shout out to our friends Cathy and Morgan from Ottawa, Canada. Twenty years ago we were invited to a long weekend BBQ at their place in Ottawa. There were a number of people there who participated in a water fight (Oliver and I lost big time!). Anyways, when we blogged that we were…
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A Marvelous Musical
Read more: A Marvelous MusicalLast night, my family and I went to see Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Theatre in London to have fun. The play is based on the book Matilda by Roald Dahl. Matilda is a fun musical about a five year old girl named Matilda Wormwood (at our show Matilda was played by Lottie Sicilia) who…
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“Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend me your Ears….”
Read more: “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend me your Ears….”Last year at school, we studied the Renaissance period and also performed the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. During this unit, some of my classmates did a project on the Globe Theatre which was the theatre where Shakespeare performed his plays. I was interested to see it in person while we were in…