Late February and traveling to Prague

My last post was February 17th and we left for Prague February 22nd.  Some space to fill ...

Saturday, Feb. 18th.  Jenna - who works at SU, flew in to London.  SU requires two (non-student) employees to accompany the students on the trip, and Jenna drew the short straw.  She had to fly to London, then travel to Prague.  Worst of all, this counts as "work".  We all felt sorry for her.

All of us went down to Green Park, Buckingham Palace, Parliament and Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and Trafalgar Square.  Naturally, as this was all outside, it rained hard.  Our kids loved Jenna, and we had a nice time that afternoon.  We stopped in at a Waterstones near Trafalgar and each kid got a new book for the trip to Prague, and headed back to the flat for dinner.

Sunday, Feb 19th.  Jenna visited with a friend during most of the day.  During the morning, we went to church - as usual it was awesome.  In the afternoon the kids and I walked to Primrose hill and the playground there and then back to catch the bus to Primark.  Primark was as fun as ever, and we bought all kinds of inexpensive clothing.  We also went next door and found Jacob shoes.  That was easy - we found the absolute least expensive we could find - at 15 pounds - and bought them.  They'll be destroyed within 45 days, so no sense spending too much.  They did look really sharp (notice the tense I've used, as he's already worn them for a few days).  

Monday, Feb 20th.  Jenna, myself, and Jacob and Allison went to the student flats.  Jenna wanted to see what all the hype was about.  (These are world famous flats, after all.)  On the way, I took a picture of one of my favorite pub signs.  Pub signs started because people who were illiterate could name the pub.  If it was a sword - they'd call the pub, "the sword".  If it was a queen, it would be called "the queen".  If it was ... well, you get the point.  On this one, wouldn't "The Fat Englishman" be more appropriate?

On the way back, we stopped at both the Disney store and Hamley's.  Both are favorites of the kids.

On Tuesday, the students had classes, and myself, Jacob, and Jenna went to "The Comedy of Errors".  That was an interesting take on a Shakespeare play.  We'll start up with Wednesday and the trip to Prague on the next post.