Gene and I had a fantastic time in Frankfurt and London. We were there 10 days and had a blast exploring these amazing cities. There were a few days that Gene needed to work, but for the most part we traveled by taxi, bus, train and foot to as many places as we could. The weather was perfect and our hotels were very, very nice. While in London we enjoyed two shows: Les Miserables and Wicked. Both were incredible! Here are a few pics from our trip, starting with London~
Princess Diana memorial fountain in Hyde Park. (our hotel was across from Hyde Park... HUGE park, puts Central Park to shame!) (like I've been to Central Park! that's what Gene said!)
Wicked! Bad photo, awesome musical, hilarious, too! Les Mis was amazing, as well. London has more theaters than any city in the world, so there Broadway! Can you see the dragon at the very top of this pic?
Westminster Abby. Crazy old, beautiful and kinda looks like a sandcastle.
The Tower of London! We spent hours and hours here. The Tower of London was an entire community. Like with castles, it's an entire city within the walls. Built in 1040 or somewhere around that time. The next picture is my all time favorite:
Inside the Tower of London, well, one of the towers anyway, there are inscriptions left behind by the different prisoners...(graffiti from the 1500's) there are hundreds of them all over the walls. If you look hard enough, you will see that this one is from 1567. These poor guys were all executed by beheading just up the street from here. Ann Bolin, Henry the VIII's wife was beheaded here, I saw her grave site in the old church on these grounds, there are thousands of bodies buried in that church. After they beheaded the poor person, they stuck his head on a spear and placed the spear upon the London Bridge to warn people who were entering London. The head-less bodies were buried in that church that I walked through.
Germany pictures now:
The happy couple at the castle in Heidelberg.
Look at all the scary heads staring down at you! CREEEEEPY!
Heidelberg
Walking distance from our hotel. Reminds me of Disneyland... kinda, sorta.
Right by our hotel. Lovely Frankfurt.
Chloe's future car. A Smart Car! :)
Once again, Heidelberg Castle. I can't remember when it was built.... 10-something??
It's kinda falling apart here and there... this place was amazing. Acres and acres of land surrounding this beautiful castle along with other fantastic buildings. The castle grounds were beautiful. There were a bride and groom getting their wedding pictures done on the grounds.
Roman ruins dating back to 75 AD. Crazy old. There were old Roman ruins at the Tower of London as well. It was hard for me to wrap my brain around something so ancient.
Happy 11th birthday to long time pals, Emma and Haley. These two girls have known each other since they were 3. Their birthdays are a week apart so we decided to have a combined birthday party for these sweethearts. We started the evening with dinner at Wingers (the post after this one... I messed up!) then back to the our house for cake, presents and a slumber party. What a fun night this was..... wait, it's STILL happening at this very moment... I have 4 very LOUD girls downstairs right now going crazy and watching a movie!! Thank goodness for basements!! Happy birthday, girls, we love you!!
"Don't touch my cake!"
What's a slumber party without a "back-scratching" train! I remember doing this when I was 11!
Oooooo! very cool! We all love presents!!!!
Presents, presents, PRESENTS!!! Yea!
Check out his amazing cake that Emma's mom, Shannon, and I made!! I borrowed my sis-in-law's groovy Betty Crocker 'bake and fill' cake pans and created this masterpiece. We had so much fun making it together.
Look at the deliciousness of the inside of this cake! Mint-chip ice cream inside. Next time we'll put in some hot fudge around the cake before adding the ice cream. This cake was so yummy. 
