April 13, '13
This is a bittersweet day. Erik and I leave London in the morning. We have really had a wonderful time here, had the chance to do and learn so many things. It's been great to have quality time together and with Bryn and Ryan (and with family in Norway too)! We miss our family and friends back in Portland so it will be good to back with them again.
I see that the last 6 weeks haven't been very well documented. Oops. Having too much fun, I guess. I'm pretty sure I won't get any more entries done, so I'll just summarize what we've done.
February 28th-March 3- Spent time in Sippersfeld, Germany with Benedikt, Bernard, Elke, Selina and Maren Blanz, what fun, what food and what beautiful country.
Mar 6th - Mar 13 Evan Powers, Bryn's friend, visited. The boys kept themselves mostly entertained, it was very fun to have Evan here. Paint balling with the LC guys and Maya was their highlight.
Mar 10th, Erik, Taylor, Noelle and I went to Canterbury and got to see our 4 choir boys, awesome! March 12th was our Gospel Choir's concert. Mar 15th we had church young adults over for pizza, what a fun evening.
Mar 14-18 Bryn went to Latvia to visit a former exchange student, Martin.
March 21st-Ryan turned 16, we celebrated at a French restaurant with the LC students, yum.
March 23-March 31 Scott, Laurie and Nicholas visited and we toured London, went to Wales and Canterbury. Such fun! During that week, Ryan headed home on March 26th and Bryn on March 30th.
April 6-8, we took the LC students to York and Edinburgh. Erik and I also went to Stirling! Great trip.
It really has been a fun adventure, we've done so many things. I have mentioned many of them before, but I thought I'd just go thru my pile of tickets and brochures and list off what we've done. Thanks LC for the chance to make this trip. The LC students were wonderful, their profs all thought so and we do too!!!
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A list, not in any order, of most of the things we did-London 2013
Windsor Castle
Versailles
Easter service and tour of St Paul's Cathedral
Lille food tour-Erik
London Pass x 3
Westminster Abbey tour, eucharist x 2 and evensong x 3
The Hobbit x 2
River tour from Westminster to Tower Bridge x 3
Tower Bridge
Tower of London
Monument
Faure' Requiem-Tiffin Boys' Choir
St Martin in the Fields Lunchtime Concert
Natural History Museum
Albert and Victoria Museum
Hyde Park
Regent's Park
British Museum
Science Museum
London Museum
Kensington Palace
Rodin Museum
Brandenburg Choral Festival - Mozart Requiem, Vivace Chorus
Les Miserable movie
Eiffel Tower
Spamalot
Billy Elliot
Ceremony of Carols - Vivamus
Laburnum Grove- Finborough Theatre
Kooza Cirque Du Soleil
Lecture-Royal College of Music
The Magnets-London A Cappella Festival
The Making of Harry Potter
The 39 Steps
Rajaton- A Cappella Festival (Ryan and I were also in a workshop there)
Football-Fulham FC vs West Ham
Matilda musical
Viking Festival and Merchant Hall-York
Christ Rests in Peace-Southwark Cathedral-art exhibit
Houses of Parliament tour
Mamma Mia
Rugby Harlequins v London Wasps
The showstoppers
Wicked
Canterbury Tales-Medieval Misadventures
Pride and Prejudice
Classical Spectacular
St Patrick's day music at Irish Culture
Hampton Court Palace Maze and Gardens
St Giles' cathedral in Edinburgh
Phantom of the Opera
Messiah
Football Brasil v Russia
Host
Caerphilly Castle
Stonehenge
British Music Experience
Scott monument-Edinburgh
Cardiff Castle
Canterbury Historic River Tours
Church and Evensongs in Canterbury Cathedral
Kew Gardens
Salisbury Cathedral
Stirling Castle
Hollyrood Park - Climbed Arthur's Seat
Climbed Wallace Monument
Singin in the Rain
Life of Pi
Walking tours of many places
And so much more....................
Farewell,
Carla
