Weekend Adventure

The students were given a short free travel period, Thursday afternoon, Friday and Saturday. So we had the place to ourselves, not that we were home much. Thursday afternoon we with the Bartons to Kensington palace to see Diana remembered and the rest of the palace rooms, then the kids played soccer and we walked Kensington Church street and checked out antique shops. That night we all went to Sound of music. We had front row tickets and loved all the familiar songs. The Maria was really good.
The next day just our family went to Leeds Castle on the train. We had a fun relaxing day. On day trips we get at the most 2 hours at any one stop, so it was fun to have a longer time to play around.
Saturday the Carliles arrived so we had a fun day with them walking the parks and seeing some of the major sights, Kennsington Palace, Albert Memorial & Royal Albert Hall, Buckingham, Parliament & Big Ben, and Trafalgar Square. That night we went out to eat and to Covent Garden. Then slowly the students trickled back in.

Our night out at Sound of Music.(sorry Gary for cutting you out of the picture)

Leeds Castle

At Leeds they had just built a fantastic new playground. The kids wished that the Barton kids were there ot play with.

One of there favorite things there is the maze. You go through a grotto and tunnel to exit. We had a little trouble getting to the middle on this one, it is tricky.

The kids had some fun jumping the streams.

The castle is not bad either and one of the coolest parts is the dog collar museum. (you would have to see them to understand)