London, England April 22, 2006 Sean: We flew from Ireland yesterday for the next leg of our “Travels with Family” series. For this adventure we invited Shannon’s family on a narrowboat trip along the canals of England. The bucolic countryside beckons as we’ve planned a whole week traveling at the breakneck speed of 4 knots; a very relaxing pace of life, to be sure. With my Dad and step-mom Linda, my Uncle Joe and Aunt Nancy rounding out the crew, we’ve reserved two boats for a total of 12 lucky sailors. Shannon: Before setting sail, though, we spent today in London, where we met up with some of our crew. Ron (Sean’s dad) and Linda are staying at the same hotel as us, so we caught up around the breakfast table this morning before spending a
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