The English holiday is coming to an end, as has the amazing warm weather. It lasted till almost our last day. But it wouldn't be England without a little drizzle!
Isabella announced that the highlights of the holiday so far were seeing Bjorn, her baby cousin (who is rather adorable) and going to Borough market on the South Bank. We visited the market last Friday.We started the day with a delicious English breakfast at Roast and then wandered around all the market stalls and sampled their wonderful wares. Pure heaven for us foodies. Isabella listed all the foods she tried in her diary"we went to a market that was selling international food. It was a beautiful day, and the food they sold was wonderful. I tasted: parmigiano, pate, chorizio, ice-cream, baclava, scallops, oysters, pasta, olives, raspberry chips and cheese."
She had great fun chatting up the stall holders and discovering they were Italian. The looked astounded as this blonde haired 8-year old asked them in perfect Italian if they could explain the difference between the two parmesans they were selling.
From there we had a delightful stroll along the South Bank past the Tate Modern, wobbly bridge and The Globe on a seriously hot day (we missed our air conditioned life in DC!)
Matilde told us that she was enjoying her time in London. However, she is extremely disappointed, as she had really wanted to see the Queen. "why did she have to go to America, she has servants who can do all the work for her?!"
We have managed to catch up with lots of friends and family but sadly not enough time to see all. We have been to the Tower of London, we lost many hours there, but not our heads. The girls were fascinated. And Sheila, we went round on the moving walkway many times past the crown jewels so they could be sure they had the correct number of crowns listed. Matilde decided that the Queen must have a VERY large dining room table, otherwise how on earth could she fit all those golden plates and bowls on there. Let alone lift that big punch bowl that can hold 144 bottles of wine.
We spent a day at the British Museum, were we donned our activity back packs and headed for the Greek galleries. The girls had to dress up as Greeks and then we learnt about Greek games, clothing, gods and so much more. Isabella is a little concerned that those marbles we were looking at came from the Parthenon in Athens...
Tomorrow we head to Venice to join some British friends from DC and also some Roman friends. We have lots of fun activities planned, one of the highlight will be the fireworks in the Bacino di San Marco on Saturday night for the Festa del Redentore. Stay tuned for next week's installment!
Lots of love,
Emma, Gregorio, Isabella and Matilde. xxx
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