Yay, our first visitors from home!!! Kristi Dial, Kristi Dial, as Lucy says every second. The Dial Family...well part of it at least, flew in on Tuesday and are staying for a week. We have LOVED having them here. They are such wonderful friends and bring so much happiness and news from home. They also brought the sunshine making the sightseeing more enjoyable with good weather.
Picking the Dials up at Heathrow we packed the day with visits to Oxford, Blenheim Castle, the Cotswolds and Stratford-Upon-Avon, where we saw William Shakespeare's birth and burial places. We were trying to keep the Dials awake by cramming so much into the day.
The next day Windsor Castle was on the list to watch the changing of the guard but when we arrived the castle was closed for the day. We still are not sure why, probably a dignitary visiting. We saw no castle and no guard changing- oh well. I guess we should have checked ahead!
We licked our wounds and headed onto Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral. Five minutes after arriving at the cathedral, the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate. We spent twenty minutes on the lawn as three fire engines came with sirens blaring. They determined some dust from construction set off the alarm and we were able to head back inside. We were just glad it wasn't one of our group pulling the alarm. The cathedral was a first for all of us, and we enjoyed it. The tower is breathtaking and the cathedral holds the oldest working clock in the world and an original of the Magna Carta. This amazing document was handwritten beautifully on vellum in latin script.
The Dials are awesome and make everything fun! We have enjoyed the sites and talking til late. Zach is loving Tyler being here as well.
3 comments:
Oh, so much fun! I am not going to pretend I'm not jealous and wishing I were there, too! :)
Have a GREAT week!
I'll echo Sara's comment, but it was fun to see pictures of Kristy and you! What a memory. Glad you had such a great time!
sounds wonderful to have company!
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