See these happy people? They are happy because they are in England – or Paris. They are pretending that their real world and lives don’t exist. They have spent two weeks murmuring to one another:
“We are actually sitting in a pub, drinking pints of ale and cider. Talking to ENGLISH PEOPLE!!!!”
“We are actually sitting in our little Cotswold cottage having a dinner of ENGLISH bacon, ENGLISH Stilton and ENGLISH strawberries!”
“We are actually climbing around an 11th century castle ruin!!”
“We are actually sitting at a sidewalk café in PARIS drinking coffee and chocolat and watching PARISIANS walk by all wearing scarves just like ME (meanwhile praying that those scarves are not this decade’s berets)!!!”
“We are actually picnicking in the Jardin du Luxembourg!!!”
These two people came home last Saturday and discovered that, after all, the real world DOES exist – work and laundry and parental health worries and feeding the grandkitty 3 times a day because The Child has decided to torture us by going off to New York City ALL BY HERSELF. No one needs to see the current picture of these two people.
We are actually a little grumpy just now. We’ll adjust, though, and as soon as life permits we’ll blog all about our amazing adventure. Suffice to say that we loved every single minute and would return tomorrow if we could. Can you really say anything better about a journey?
No, you can't hope for more from a vacation than that! I gotta say, both of you seem beamingly,blissfully happy.
ReplyDeleteOh, we were, we were! And I know we must be boring folks back home to death - we'll start talking about the trip and start grinning and gushing. It's like we've joined some cult and need deprogramming!
ReplyDeleteThat's what we are here for. Gushing about the trip is part of the wonderfulness of it all. Glad it was such a great one!
ReplyDeleteGush away, dear heart! Glad you had fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm up at 4:30---any gushing to be had?
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear every word and see every photo.
And you DO look blissfully happy in that first photo. Kinda smug, as well---makes me smile. What a fun trip!
Jealous here! Wish we could have a long dinner with you guys to hear all about the trip! Now that you've eaten in Europe you may be ready for the glory that is Kansas City....
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Oh, I can't wait to see you and talk to you about your trip, and more especially to actually meet Mr. Kim in person!
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone! I am SO looking forward to blogging this! I'll try to do it in batches, so that it won't be so unwieldy and so that I can get the first leg of the trip up quicker!
ReplyDeleteSo. Stinkin'. Jealous.
ReplyDeleteAlso, can't wait until copious description and photos appear! Looks like a WONDERFUL time!
sigh. it's nearly four. thousand. pictures.....
ReplyDeleteNext chapter please! I'v already read this four times!
ReplyDeleteI'm SLOWLY getting together the Richmond to London post. I would give anything to have a few days at home to get a really good start on these! They are coming, I promise!
ReplyDeleteI so HOPE there is more. The picture of you two is just lovely. Somehow looking at it one can feel the happiness. I would so enjoy seeing what you have seen. Please ..... well, I keep reading. Hopefully it is there but you made some remark. It is never too late.
ReplyDeleteThere is more, Christa, as you've seen and I am determined that I'm going to buckle down and begin keeping up this blog as I started!
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