Lord Nelson and Trafalgar Square - July 2010

One the greatest things about Trafalgar Square is that it is always changing.  In fact you never know what you might see from day to day.  You go home at night and it's empty, yet by the next morning it's filled with something.  Right now they have built a giant maze that fills the space between the two fountains.  Incredible!  They have a plinth that is near the back and is designed to have different things on it for set periods.  Right now there is a ship in a bottle and that ship is Nelson's Victory.  It's a marvelous things to behold.  Enjoy the pictures!

Enjoy!
John & Cheri

John’s Back in July!

Our friend Joe came to visit one weekend.  He was here for work so we went to a Greek place for dinner and then to see Avenue Q.  The next day we lunched with Joe, Tarek, Julie and their family.  A good time was had by all!

When we were back together, we are trying to do everything for the last or next to last time that we’ve enjoyed so much whilst living here.  Greenwich is a big part of that so we decided we wanted to take something back to America that would always remind us of London and Greenwich.  We finally settled on two paintings from the Queen’s House and the National Maritime Museum (http://www.nmmprints.com/)  If you’d like to see them they are bhc0748 and pah8042.  The first depicts a busy harbor and is wonderfully detailed.  The second is a water color of the Victory being towed into Gibraltar after the famous battle of Trafalgar.  We’ve both come to respect Lord Nelson and of course Cheri has spent the two years looking out her window at him.  We also visited Gibraltar so it seemed fitting that this should be one of the paintings we choose.  It’s a wonderful service they offer and we purchased 3 ft by 2 ft paintings which came a few days after ordered!

Amy’s Leaving – July 13, 2010

She and her friend Amy finally had dinner together when Cheri cooked a goodbye meal for her.  Amy was also an ex-pat who has moved back, is leaving National Grid and going on a road trip (http://amysamerica.com/).  I will and already do miss her greatly, but am thrilled she has taken her life back and made her decisions about where it will go!

July 2010

After Jodi’s wedding and Fourth of July, Cheri headed back to her beloved London.  John needed to stay in Schenectady to help solve one of the seeming unsolvable problems at GE.  So – Cheri was home alone for nearly three weeks when she and John reunited in Boston and flew back together to London on July 22nd.

Cheri visited Regent’s Park on one of the Saturday’s and enjoyed flowers.  She also went to Borough Market for a luscious lunch and to buy some fresh delectable goodies for dinner.  They have the most amazing  homemade tortellini, wild boar sauce, fresh venision, all kinds of seafood, every mushroom you can think of...and that's just the beginning!   Along the way she passed by the skate park on the South Bank.  It’s always fun to watch the kids doing their thing in their park that is decorated with their graffiti!

Enjoy!
Cheri

Fourth of July 2010

There is really is something about celebrating the fourth of July in America!  I’m not sure how many Americans feel it deeply, but living aboard makes what we have even more poignant.  I think living in the heart of the British Empire and seeing the commonwealth countries and their tight linkage to Mother England just makes me even more thankful we had the Boston Tea party and gained our independence.  I am a patriot. Our in-born sense of freedom; sense that we can do anything; the real lack of the class system is part of what makes the United States of America the super power it is.  You don’t see those attitudes everywhere!

It was wonderful to be at camp!!! 
Enjoy!
Cheri

June 26, 2010 - Jodi & Rob!!!!

On June 26th my younger sister Jodi married the love of her life, Rob!  It was a beautiful day where Cheri was thrilled to be her matron of honor and John took video and pictures of the day!  The wedding was held at their church, Grace North, followed by a reception at the Lighthouse in Scotia.