Day 19

Homeward bound and all flights were great and got through Customs with no problems..

Great to be home..

All the travelers were great and the leaders enjoyed having such a great group...

Reunion Date September 8...watch your email..

Day 18

Traveling on the London Tube..our last day in London and the trip

Meeting with Baroness Scott of the House Parliament, she did a short presentation and then answered questions..

Sack lunch in the park..a beautiful day

A tour of the Cabinet War Rooms where Sir Winston Churchill controlled the British troops during WWII..his underground headquarter..

Dinner was Steak pie...it was great..

Our last exciting night was a ride on the London Eye, the largest Ferris wheel on the world..a great view of the whole city, the ride took 30 minutes to go around once, and we even got on and off while it was moving..

Day 17

Headed to Buckingham Palace and the change of the guards after a 2 hour bus tour that was great and our tour guide took us to the place where the guards started the changing and were able to get a first had view of the whole process, even got our pictures taken with one of the Queens guards, which is located at St. James Palace, at least we did not have to fight the crowds.

A full day, next to the Tower of London to view the crown jewels, and many other sites related to the Tower of London..lots of history here...

Had lunch as a Medieval lunch with Henry the VIII, what a great lunch....

A quick cruise down the River Thames, which is an ocean river because of the tides..

Off to Fiddler on the Roof, a great presentation at the Savouy Theater.

Day 16

Off to Oxford University and to explore the Christ Church College, a location used in the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movie.

Lunch was pizza and great chocolate desert.

Spent the afternoon walking the very famous city and a little bit of store looking..

On to London for the night....

Day 15

Spent the night in Burmingham, real nice hotel...exhausted from a long day..

Today it is ouff to Blenheim Palace near Oxford and currently occupied by John Churchhill the Duke of Marlbourough and has many beautiful gardens as well as being from the 18th century.

This afternoon it was a visit to Sulgrave Manor the ancestral home of the Washington Family in Britain form 1100 to the 1500's.

Had a great tour of the Manor by our guide Alex and the kids got involved in some activities.

Day 14

It is off to Stratford upon Avon to visit William Shakespeare...lots of cool stuff to see about the great man..

Warwick Castle and the middle ages was excellent...and the tower of freight that some students screamed through the whole tower...HA!

Even the torture chamber was scarry...lots of medevil battle swords the the catapult demonstration was great..

Day 13

Weather looked great and then we had some showers but sun came back out...some saw a waterspout in the ocean..

Kayaking in the morning and then exploring the town of Cowes..all is well..

Tonight a ferry back to South Hampton, stay at the Holiday Inn and back to normal and no dorm rooms...but food was great..

Day 14 leave for Stratford on Avon....see you then..

Everyone says Hi...

Day 12

Breakfast at 7:15 after a long day 11, but we are ready for the day..wet suits, buoyancy aid or as we call them life preservers, and helmets.

One half the group is wind surfing and the other half is sailing and then switching in the afternoon...lunch is bagette sandwich with many different fillings...

We are at the bottom of England, check us out in your atlas or google, the Isle of Wight. Lots of sailboats and local activity. More activities tonight.

Everything is fine here and all getting along in our 8 person rooms...

Day 11--Sailing, Sailing!

Our last morning breakfast with our homestay familes, sad and quiet bus ride to South Hampton to catch a bus to go to the Isle of Wight..took ferry to the island, and arrived about 3pm. All moved into the dorms had dinner and doing water polo and crab fishing.

Tomorrow another busy day..

Day 10-2nd day of homestay

We went to Bath to visit the Roman baths and walk around this ancient city..lunch in the park as our homestay families packed us lunches each day we were there..

Went to Laycock to visit a medevil village where a small part of the Harry Potter movie was shot...

Back to our homestay families, our last night with them...everyone still seems excited and having lots of fun..

Day 9-First Day of English Home Stay

Met all the homestay families..everyone off to a great home stay start..

Weather still cold, rainy and windy..

During the day we went to visit Cheddar, home of Cheddar cheese and beautiful caves, and lots of little shops to visit like Door county..

Headed for Western Super Mare Beach to visit the city and the beaches, cold, rainy, and windy...

Headed home for a hot home cooked meal..

Day 7 and Day 8

Ferry Day..

First visit to Caen War Memorial and Caen museum featuring the cold war..

Visit to the beaches of Normandy and placed flowers at the American memorial and toured Omaha and Utah beach.

Boarded ferry for ride to Portsmith England, 11:30 pm board..arrived at 6am in the morning...

Visited Salsbury Cathedral and the Magna Carta..July 4th today...Happy 4th..

Quick trip to Stonehenge...very cold and windy and some rain...

Now with our home stay familes...Hope all is well the kids are doing great...your leaders

Day 6

Long bus ride day to Caen..

Visited Mont St Michel..the island cathedral..

Checked into new motel in Caen..

Day 5

Eiffel Tower day and lots of steps...668 one way going up...

Afternoon boat ride of the Seine River..

Arc de Triomphe in the afternoon as well

Dinner at Planet Hollywood...a french hamburger with chips..

A stoll down the Champs Elysees...famous shopping district in downtown Paris..

Long day of walking...over 8 miles

Day 4

Louvre Museum Day...Mona Lisa, Winged Victory, Venus De Milo, and the painting Liberty Leading the Way..

Visited Notre Dame Cathedral and stood on point Zero ( means you will be coming back to France)

Day 3

Visited the famous artist quarter, Montmartre and watched artists doing their thing...some had their portraits done.

Climed up lots of steps..!

Had an art lesson in the afternoon...frog legs and snails as hors d'oveurs and chicken as the main entree...lots of chicken..

Back to the hotel for more sleep..

Day 2

All arrived safely. Traveled to the Palace of Versailles. Had grilled cheese french style, and then finished up the day with Quiche.

Went to hotel for room assignements and lots of sleeep.