Monthly Archives: August 2005

England: Day 20: Sick & Packing

Kathy’s still feeling pretty rotten, and Maggie occassionally cuts loose with some pretty awful sounding coughs, though aside from when she’s sleeping, she seems in pretty good spirits. We head for home tomorrow, leaving London at 11:00am (5:00am San Marcos time), and landing back in Texas around 6:40pm. It’s been a great trip, but we’re [...]

Day 19: Illness, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Harrods

Kathy is still battling a sinus infection today, so we had another fairly low-key day, with only two outings, both with subsets of the family.
Outing the first: All the kids but Maggie and I hiked 20 minutes down to The Odeon, a nearby movie theater, to see Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It [...]

England: Day 18 (Short Version)

Today was kept low key by illness. Both Kathy and Maggie were feeling pretty rotten throughout the day. Details to fill in later: Visit with the Newleyweds, Treasure Island show on the Thames.

England: Day 17: Hampstead Heath

Today was a relatively low-key day. Liam was feeling a good deal better after 12 hours of sleep and letting his fever run its course, but other family members were beginning to show signs of illness. We spent a good deal of the day pottering about the house, laying low and resting. On towards afternoon, [...]