We arrived in London at 7:45am Christmas Eve day. S had no trouble sleeping on the plane, but K was unable to resist watching old episodes of the Sharpe's Rifles series. We had a nice big English breakfast (with beans and mushrooms!!) before traipsing around London. My two favorite charity shops were on the list, along with every shop at Oxford Circus. Unfortunately, we were too tired to actually buy anything. There were looooong Christmas Eve lines. The train to the Cotswolds left at 13:22. We arrived in Moreton-in-Marsh just in time to miss the bus. So, we went to this fabulous pub with a crackling fire and had a pint while waiting for the next bus. Finally we arrived at the Noel Arms. The manager took us to the room and told us it was the finest room in the hotel, complete with HUGE whirlpool tub. Yay!! A nice hot bath was just the thing before dinner. K and I were so exhausted by dinner that we barely managed to stay awake. We fell asleep about 8:30 and slept until 7 this morning.
Christmas Day
We woke up and exchanged a few small gift. K got a new book and S got some fabulous makeup. We had breakfast then went for a fantastic walk around Chipping Campden. Now we are sitting waiting for our 5 course Christmas Day lunch. More to come...
I am so glad you had a fun Christmas. We missed you at home, but it was so nice you called while we were opening presents. Merry Christmas to you both!
ReplyDeleteI only see three pictures. do you know what my google password is? Maybe i need to "follow" the blog. The three Pix are beautiful. we have pix also to show you. How may we add them or put them somewhere else? Fiona is fine and we are having fun together. The Martin's came last night for christmas. amy,emmy,husband, bob, elizabeth, david imelda, chris and his lydia. Love you have fun!
ReplyDeletehoooraaayyy, I remembered my password.
ReplyDeleteBecky says Sounds wonderful! What kind of fabulous makeup??? Fionna misses you! I love the names of all the places you are visiting.
ReplyDeletebeautiful, and a beautiful telling of it mates
ReplyDeleteHigh Kensington was near your flat wasn't it? Snow in Paris how wonderfully romantic. Zurich for New Years, Wow! I am guessing the catacomb place was a resturant. You are having a wonderful adventure.
ReplyDeleteIs the fountain in front of that famous palace? its beautiful.
ReplyDelete