It's been a looooooooooooooooooong time since the last update on our travels and adventures from London. Forgiveness is deserved, as I have been more than distracted by our littlest adventurer. Since last year, we have gone on 7 trips (Turkey, America, Wales, Greece, Italy, France, Austria, and America). They were all wonderful in their own way. The last few have been more challenging with the baby; nevertheless, they have so special. Hopefully, we are instilling...

A business trip for Todd helped us focus on this part of the UK for a weekend getaway. It's a bit of a drive from London for a regular weekend but with a couple extra days to explore, it was perfect! Again we were blessed with amazing weather -- this has been quite an autumn for the UK. I guess it is redemption for such a wet summer! We rose early on Saturday to be out to Wales by mid-day. Our accommodation in Little Haven was just perfect -- a converted gra...

It's middle October in London and it feels like California fall -- cool, brisk mornings, cloudless skies, and sunshine galore. Pinch me! A day like this is not to be wasted anywhere but particularly here...and we didn't! Forty-five minutes northwest of here is the Chilterns Area of Natural Beauty -- a wonderful place for walking and breathing in the fresh air. First thing in the morning we brewed a cup of coffee, assembled a couple of roadies, and loaded in to ...

Three days in the Lakes is barely enough time to justify the 12-hour roundtrip drive but it had to be done -- the hills were calling. In previous years, we would be spending the last long weekend of summer in the Colorado Rockies with the Aspen crew. Since moving to the UK, we've had to reinvent our ritual and this gets pretty close. We got a jump on the traffic out of London on Friday afternoon, arriving in to White Moss (Ambleside) just shy of 10pm...could've...

16- 19 June 2011 -- Business & Pleasure Highlights: The form, function & beauty of the city Cycling around town in the rain & sunshine Remembering why we are so very lucky to live in Europe at this time in our lives Thursday, 16 June 2011 After work flight to CPH and a meet&greet with the business folks from Maersk. Early night for Em...not so much for Todd! Friday, 17 June 2011 Maersk Olympics for Todd where he became the reigning c...