Purple rain, purple rain - by Tracy We are sitting in a train station waiting to head back to London for the night before the next part of our journey to Paris. Yesterday we saw lots of the sights around Birmingham including villa park (where sadly we couldn't convince anyone to let us in onto the pitch), a 600 year old pub, and historic Aston house which provided a great backdrop to a game of tag for the kids. Claudia was super excited to get a little bit of t...

It's snowing!!! By Tracy Boxing Day started out with a sleep in, followed by a leisurely breakfast and card games. Then Riley and warren headed off to the football to see West Brom Vs Manchester City at the Hawthornes with Uncle Rob and Uncle Nick. Result was 3-1 to Machester City and a fabulous time! While they were there the girls hit some Boxing Day sales which were manic - but worthwhile. Meantime it began to snow!!!!! Super exciting to see some snow and ...

Merry Christmas! By Tracy A very lovely christmas filled with presents, food and cheer! Feeling far too full and tired to post much more than warm wishes to all our family and friends and hope the day has been full of happiness x

Gone to uncle rays Packed our bags after a weetabix breakfast and got a fast train to Birmingham. Mom enjoyed a visit to the crooked house, while Eden made friends with a cat she named Bella. Now we are going to Skype Rachel in NZ. Very merry Xmas to all kiwis. By Eden and uncle ray

Wrapping up London - by Tracy. Another long and brilliant day in London. It's amazing to think it was only a week ago that we started this adventure. We have certainly packed a lot in - walked a lot - seen a lot - often been amazed - and have figured out how to be tourists. London is nuts busy, there's loads of pushing and shoving that we aren't used to. Eden in particular is just the right height for handbags and elbows in the head and she has learnt how to...