Happy Presidents Day!

Presidents Day is not exactly being celebrated here in the UK, but I still follow the US holidays (even if I would have to being working today if I was in the US). Oh and the photo above has nothing to do with Presidents Day but something to do with the Royal Family. It's a picture of St. Pauls Cathedral that I took a few weeks ago. We haven't been inside yet, but plan to go sooner or later. The Royal Family holds most of their religious events at Westminster Abbey, but Prince Charles and Princess Diana were married at St. Pauls.

Anyway, nothing too exciting to talk about this week. We had a good weekend combined with getting out and relaxing at home. We went to Borough Market on Saturday and I had an amazing chorizo sandwich, which I highly reccomend! Chad is heading to work on a project in Manchester (home of the Man U football club) until Wednesday. I didn't get him to take a camera but if he has to go back, maybe we'll go up for a weekend and I'll get some pictures.

I have one more photo to share - here is the UK equivalent to Pier 1, it's just called "Pier" but it's pretty much the same store. I love comparing stores here. For example, the Gap has totally different stuff but it still feels like the Gap in the US when you walk in a store. I also heard that they are going to be opening a Banana Republic here, which should be interesting! Enough about shopping for now. Hope that everyone has a great week!

We're back!

I know it's been awhile since I've updated the blog! I've been slammed at work and haven't had much spare time - excuses, excuses! We were able to get out this weekend and I thought I'd share!

It has been a beautiful weekend. The sun has been shinning and it got up to about 60 degrees! I have to admit that I do not miss the freezing cold in Ohio and having to scrape off the windsheild of my car in the mornings this time of year. I do, however, have to cram myself into the tube and fight for a place to sit each day, so I guess there are trade offs!

Anyway, here are a few photos:

Another one of my many pictures of Regents Park! We decided

to take a walk around the park on Saturday to enjoy the nice weather.

Here's a few photos of "Football" players in the park on Saturday morning. The Regents Park Football Club (or RPFC) was in full force! There had to be a couple hundred men and boys playing games across dozens of fields. It was pretty impressive!

Here's a picture of a UK mailbox. It's funny because there are so many little things that we don't really pay attention to but that are so different than things in the US. Our fire highdrants are red but here the post boxes, or pillar boxes as they call them, are red. Traditional UK post boxes bear the Latin initials of the reigning monarch at the time of their installation, so you can see the E-II-R, which stands for Elizabeth Regina the second. I just read that she has reigned for 56 years, crazy!

This is a photo of Marylebone High Street - a fun street not too far from our flat. It has shops, boutiques and restaurants and I just love it! We ventured off the main street this weekend and found a few cute shops...

Here is a little ribbon shop (Karen - I found it!) and just down

the street there is another shop called the Button Queen!

That's all for now! I have to go get some stuff done! Hope that everyone is doing well! On the next blog I'll have some photos from Maya's baby shower that I missed this weekend. I wished I could have been there! I have been begging for photos so they better start rolling in girls!

Have a great week! Love, Kari