Escape Out of the City
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in Family, Travels | 1 Comment »We made a trek out to Bristol to visit friends Dave and Elsie Beldman and their three children this past weekend. The kids had a wonderful time playing with other children (which are rather scarce in our part of the ...
This One’s For Eddie
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 Posted in Travels | 2 Comments »One of the pleasures of going to England has been the opportunity to get together with some online acquaintances that I probably wouldn't have met with face to face otherwise. Today I met with one of these acquaintances who I've ...
Walking the Streets
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 Posted in Family, Travels | No Comments »While Pete figures out the ins and outs of doing business British style, the kids and I are busy walking the streets in our neighbourhood. Within 30 minute walks there are several attractions to visit. We've visited the local free ...
Driving in England
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 Posted in Travels | 1 Comment »As you probably know, everyone here drives on the "wrong" side of the road. We're starting to get used to it; looking to the right when crossing streets instead of to the left. I've been purposely walking on the left ...
A Boy, A Doctor, and a Black and Decker
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 Posted in link parade, news | No Comments »Check out this story about a doctor who saves a boy's life with a drill from the hospital maintenance room.
The Blessings of Fellowship
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 Posted in Family, The Body, Travels | 1 Comment »I'm not usually one to gush on about the Christian community, considering all her warts and wrinkles. However, today we were truly blessed by the brothers and sisters of Solihull Presbyterian Church. Our children now have buckets of toys to ...
The Canals
Saturday, May 16th, 2009 Posted in Family, Travels | 4 Comments »On the way home yesterday we walked along one of the famous canals of Birmingham. (Yeah, I thought so. I'd never heard of them either.) We were told that Birmingham has more canals than Venice. After the Bullring story that ...
The Bullring
Saturday, May 16th, 2009 Posted in Family, Travels | 1 Comment »Yesterday we spent the day in town. We needed cell phones, partly for business and partly because there's no phone in the flat. We headed out to the Bullring, which is apparently the largest mall in Europe. People tell us ...
Emma’s Impressions
Saturday, May 16th, 2009 Posted in Family, Travels | 2 Comments »Here are Emma's impressions of the flight. [photopress:IMGP6976.JPG,full,pp_image] Apparently we're all waiting on the ground and we're about to be pulled up into the airplane. The driver is already in the airplane waiting at the steering wheel.
Comments on England
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 Posted in Travels | No Comments »So we're living in the Jewellry Quarter of Birmingham. Nice area, except for a couple of things.First, jewellry doesn't have a whole lot of appeal to children, so we'll have to go farther afield to find things to interest them. My English ...