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London &c: Hampton Court Palace

07.12.11 – 21:07

We spent our last day before heading out of London at Hampton Court Palace, a 30-minute train ride from the city. Hampton Court Palace was built in the early 16th century (note to Stephan: 1500s) by Cardinal Wolsey, who “gave” it to Henry VIII when he began to fall out of the king’s favor. For [...]

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London &c: Tower Bridge

07.05.11 – 19:07

After the Tower (you know, on that one trip to London we took more than a month ago YES I’M AWESOME), we moved on to the Tower Bridge. It spans the River Thames as it flows through London, and it looks like this:

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Bite-Size Birdlets

07.04.11 – 20:07

So for the last couple of weeks, when Kevin came to eat every now and then throughout the day, Kevinita only showed up once a day. And contrary to her usual lackadaisical demeanor, she would run as fast as possible across the field, gobble up some birdseed as fast as possible, and then run back, [...]

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London &c: The Tower

06.24.11 – 19:06

We spent most of our second day at the Tower. Part of it (the White Tower) looks like this:

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All Hares, All The Time

06.23.11 – 21:06

And now we have hares. At least two, maybe more—their only distinguishing feature is their size, which is difficult to gauge without other things around for context. [Note: You can tell they're hares and not rabbits because the tips of their ears are black, their legs are longer, and they're generally lankier and larger.] This [...]

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London &c: London!

06.22.11 – 18:06

Okay, FINE—in an attempt to back away slowly from the slippery slope ending in All Sheep, All The Time, we will now turn our attention to our delightful London &c Trip. After my parents went back home, we had a few weeks to ourselves before Stephan’s sister (Ronda) and brother-in-law (Bill) arrived in London. [A [...]

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Adorbs

06.21.11 – 17:06

Tiny little baby sheep (and some of their parents) at Calke Abbey. The rusty ones are Portland sheep, a traditional and now rare British breed. I have a very hard time discouraging Stephan from trying to pet them.

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Logic Fail

06.16.11 – 20:06

As though they are mutually exclusive.

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Exaggeration for Effect

06.05.11 – 19:06

For literally years now, I’ve been wondering what British people say when they’re hyperbolizing about a sure bet. For instance, I will bet you dollars to doughnuts that our weeks of dry weather will be broken at precisely the time I’m walking to and/or from town tomorrow. But seeing as the Brits don’t actually have [...]

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Calke Abbey

05.16.11 – 21:05

So we took my mom to this place called Calke Abbey (not actually an abbey—a country estate built on the site of one). Its claim to fame is that when the National Trust took it over, it was in such a state of disrepair—mold, ceilings caving in, falling plaster—that rather than trying to return it [...]

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