Christ Church College, Oxford
a common mode of transport around Oxford
A Lego Land family
Michael and Rachel enjoying a self propelled ride
Where would we be without our GPS navigator, that we have nicknamed Jenni? Sometimes she does confuse us, and once she tried to get us onto an M road via a roundabout which didn't exist and was in fact a grassy hill! But all in all she is a very useful tool to use in a foreign country.
Day 13
Friday, Andrew and I went to Oxford for a few hours walking around the city of colleges and tried to spot where the TV characters from Inspector Morse would have roamed. We tried to visit Christ Church College's dining hall but it was closed to visitors, as is often the case we have been told. The children had a TV day at home with Nikki and John. They now know the programming of SKY TV as well as they do our five channels at home! That's a worry!!
Day 14
Saturday we had a huge day out at Lego Land, a theme park in Windsor. There where rides and activities to suit all of our children's age groups (2-11). It opened at 10am and closed at 6pm, we arrived at 10.30 and left at 6.05. Andrew has been wearing his pedometer and said we walked about 10km's. Our usual touring has averaged about 8km's. As I said, a huge day of roller coasters, building Lego creations, watching 4D movies, looking at Lego model towns and cities and much much more.
Once again, the rain held off long enough for us to enjoy our day. It was a bit chilly though at 12C and a strong wind chill factor. We can definitely see the trees changing to their autumn colours even in the relatively short time we have been here.
We appreciate you praying for our good health. Rachel is still coping with her cold, but yesterday complained of a sore ear. Being out in the cool and wind wouldn't have helped. We'll keep a watch on that, as we fly to Germany on Wednesday. This morning, Sunday, Michael has an extremely drippy nose.
Thanks for your comments on previous blogs. I hope any who are reading these jottings are enjoying joining us by proxy on this adventure. It has helped me keep some form of diary system and I hope I can work out a way to print the entries for our photo albums and journals upon our return.
2 comments:
You are certainly packing in lots of good stuff! You've probably seen more of England and Scotland than the average Englishmen. It is a delightfully small country for touring, isn't it!
We do pray for Rachel's ear and Michael's drippy nose, and that these are no problem for Wednesday's next big adventure. You'll probably have M & R sprechening Deutsch by the time you get back home.
Sally Bower's next daughter will be caesarian-ed on Tuesday. you'll be back before the rest come.
It sounds as though you have managed the perfect combination, family time, adult time, lots of fun and exercise! Well done. So do you think Jenni has a gift of prophesy that in ten years time there may be a road over the green hill or maybe she just wanted to see if Andrew was up for an adventure? Continue to have fun, be safe and enjoy.
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