final post, see you tomorrow evening!

What a great way to end the trip! We had such a wonderful experience today. We started out at Hampton Court, a playground for Henry VIII, arguably our kids’ favorite monarch. We learned a lot about the time period and were in awe of the lives the monarchs lived. You will see pics of the gardens and a panoramic taken out there. We came back in to town and ate lunch before touring the Tower of London and viewing the Tower Bridge (London Bridge is pretty non descript, Tower Bridge is the one in the picture below). The kids really like the Tower of London, because it involved death and jewelry. Anne Boleyn and several other people were beheaded there and the Crown Jewels including the largest diamond in the world (530.2 karats) were there as well. We headed back to the hotel just long enough to head back out again for an early dinner together. Three groups dispersed from there, one group to see a musical, one to the “Jack the Ripper” walk, and my group went to the London Eye and to Piccadilly Circus (my group, of course, had the best time).

We had such an amazing experience on the trip, our guide, Paul, has been very gracious to put up with all of our requests and has done a great job. We have been so blessed to have the weather cooperate and have had near perfect conditions throughout the trip. We all learned a lot and have gained that experience that so few are lucky enough to get…the first-hand experience of travelling.

Thank you to all of our loved ones at home who sacrificed to pay for the trip, even though you did not get to partake. I heard several comments on the trip that solidified the fact that SCS kids are grateful for the opportunities they get. However, we are ready to come home! Our wakeup call is at 6:15am – which is just after midnight your time, and we will be travelling until we see you at 5:45pm at DFW, so give us a little grace if we are not jumping up and down for joy when we see you in the terminal! Thank you for reading the blog, I hope that you have enjoyed keeping up with us.

JRichards