Jason's out of town, but his sister Cindy is here helping me for the next two days. Since Cindy is a medieval scholar and we are in England, there are places to visit that are relevant to her professional pursuits & are interesting to the kids. So, today we went to Skipton Castle -- a good place to spend a rainy day. Although we "natives" had been to the castle before, today we stumbled on a bit of luck which made the castle even more interesting. There was a group of historical re-enactors giving us a glimpse of castle life in the Elizabethan period. I didn't get to spend much time with him, but I was fascinated by the letter-writing actor with all his quills, pens, & seals. And he kindly gave Cami an authentic quill which she used with my dipping ink this afternoon.
Graham won a blog point when he stole the water bottle & declared, "I want to fill up the bird bath." The "bird bath" was the christening font in the ruin of a medieval church.
Then Cami demanded to be included on a post for saying something funny. She got her wish about 20 minutes later when she begged me to expand her budget at the gift shop. "Mom, it's a real fake crown!"
On the drive home, though, Graham pulled ahead in the score. I asked Cami if she is English or American. "English." Then I asked Graham & he responded, "Both."
4 comments:
Go, Graham!!!
I am married to a "both" kinda guy!
pve
oops - I left the last comment w/o realizing that my son was on this computer and had not signed out.
It was me, pve! :)
One thing I love most over here is all the history. This country just oozes with it!! Way to go Graham. Have your kids started to pick up English accents?
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