Today we were supposed to go into London but we kind of woke up late and the weather was if so we decided to go visiting places closer to home. First we set of to a little village called Castle Combe - although its called Castle Combe, there's no castle, but it is considered England's most picturesque villages in England. It really was a beautiful village & guess what, the sun came out as soon as we got there! After having a walking around and having a pint in one of the pubs, we head off to Bath. Its a nice [View Full Entry]

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Another lovely day so we decide to go for a little drive to a little village called Burton-on-the-Water. not much to do there except to sit by the water and watch the world go by... It's a nice place to bring the kids and pets: both were playing in the water.... [View Full Entry]

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Before making our way back home, Greg and I decided to go into Chester: a lovely town that unfortunately has not be looked after. many old buildings and there is a wall that surrounds the city. We were going to go and look at the walls but it started to rain so we will be going another time. [View Full Entry]

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Another beautiful day so we took the opportunity to go to Cholmondeley Castle in Malpas - about 20 minutes from Greg's parent's place. The castle is still lived in by Lord and Lady something but the gardens are open to the public. It really is a beautiful place and the gardens are to die for. Had we known how beautiful it was, we would have take a pinic there... I'll let the pictures do the talking.... [View Full Entry]

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Since Greg is on vacation for a few weeks we decide to go up north to visit his parents and visit the near by cities. Our first stop in Manchester. Nothing spectacular, it's a regular cosmopolitan city, much to my disappointment. Mind you we didn't visit the whole city.... We basically went to the shopping area of Manchester. The weather was so nice so instead of walking in the Biggest mall in England we decided to walk along the streets. Not too many pictures because of all the construction/renovations. [View Full Entry]

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I finally went to watch an English Premier league soccer game: Everton vs Coventry City. It was a preseason game and what was called a friendly game (basically what that means is that after a player has played so many games with a team, they have a friendly game where part or all of the procedes from the game are given to the player!!!! as if they need it with their multimillion dollar contracts!!) it was fun, not many people at the game, there were more Everton fans that drove an hour and a half to support their team (including us!)!! [View Full Entry]

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"It's your birthday, we gon' party like it's my birthday...." After waiting for Greg to get back from Germany, he took me in Oxford for supper at famous chef's Jamie Oliver's resturant. we had a nice time and the food was great! [View Full Entry]

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ok ok, it has been a while but I got lots to show you from the last few months, hope you enjoy! I finally got to meet Greg's brother Matt along with his wife Katy and sons Isaac and new born Noah! Greg's parents also came to meet us. After a few hours at Matt & Katy's place we went to spend a few days at Greg's parent's place in Cheshire. [View Full Entry]

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Off to see my folks in Italy..... We left a cold and rainy England for the sunny and hot weather of Italy - more precisely, to Squile where my dad was born (literally the same house he was born in!). It's been 6 years since I last saw my aunt Zia Minucce! Basically all we did the trip was eat and eat! Since Greg Had just returned from the race in Turkey, we really didn't want to spend much time in the car driving to different cities to visit so we kept it locally visiting Naples, Pompeii, and the Royal Palace [View Full Entry]

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Went to see anopther little village close by with Greg and his parents. Avebury is known for it's stone circles that have been around since prehistoric times (4500 to 5000 years old...). This country has so much history that it's hard to retain everything! The Stone Circle is similar to Stonehenge as in no one knows how it came about and what it was for..... [View Full Entry]

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