Within the past few weeks we have had a great time here in Reading with our friends. Here is what we have been up to: Country Pub Walk - A few weeks ago we set out with some friends in Caversham for a country walk. We may have gotten lost a few times, but it was a blast none the less. Finally making it back to our cars we drove out to a fun country pub for dinner and drinks. Despite Erin's effort, she could not get the giant Burmese mountain dog to come ...

We flew to Edinburgh early in the morning on Friday. After finding our way to our flat, we dropped off our bags and headed off to King Arthur's Seat a top of the tallest ridge in Edinburgh. It was a steep incline, but it did not take us too long to reach the top of the ridge. Once we made it to the top the sun finally joined us and we took advantage of the weather with a fun photo-shoot. The flowers along the edge of the hill spread across the green grass like ...

We spent our last weekend out in Wales. We stayed in a town called Chepstow just over the border. Before arriving at our flat for the night, we toured the town of Caerphilly. It just so happened that there was a street market happening on the day we arrived. We took full advantage of the food tents (Especially the mini donuts), and the drink tents where we sampled various wines and beers for free! John had a mishap with our camera and forgot the memory ...

So it has been a bit since they were here, but we are finally getting around to updating our blog. We just spent a wonderful two weeks with John's parents. After 7 airports, 12 trains, 7 London tubes, 6 Vienna undergrounds, 5 planes, 3 taxis, 3 car transfers, 3 buses, 2 car rentals, 1 boat tour, 1 overnight train, 1 tram, 1 gondola, 1 horse carriage, 2 cable cars, 1 mine shaft lift 325 meters, 3 airport shuttle buses, 1 cave train underground, and over 200,000 ...

Just a quick update on our life in Reading: Recently we were able to volunteer and enjoy the Reading Beer Festival! This is festival is full of games, food, and of course beer! Over 500 different ales and over 200 different ciders were being served! It was so much fun! We jumped right into working the games section where we met some wonderful friends and had a blast taunting, encouraging and chatting it up with the locals. Our friend Jim and his cous...