This morning we woke up and did a tour all through-out Edinburgh. We saw the "new" and "old" towns, as well as Princess Street. We had a Scottish tour guide and he was wearing the famous kilt. He was a wonderful tour guide and told us so many interesting facts!
He took us up the Castle where we had tea, and we got to see the crown and sword of the king from long, long ago. There was seven gates that we had to pass through in order to just reach the castle. This was to keep the invaders out of their territory. It was only taken over once by surprise. So far Warwick Castle is our favorite, because this one was turned into more of a museum, but we still have Blair Castle tomorrow, so that should be fun!
Then we went to the Royal Brittania Yacht. It wasn't as spectacular as we thought it was going to be, but it was amazing to know that we walked in the same footsteps as some of the royals. We also got to see the bed that Charles and Diana slept in on their honeymoon. The style inside of it was British Cottage. It had a 40's look to it. It wouldn't be my choice of style, but then again I don't own a yacht.
We did learn some interesting things about their time aboard the yacht though. We learned that the staff had to measure all of the silverware each night before dinning because it had to be exact, if the royals came in a room where help wasn't suppose to be seen the "help" had to freeze and stare straight ahead until the royals left, if the royals got tired of saluting sailors then the sailors had to take off their hats (because then they were not in uniform) and the royals no longer have salute, etc...I would feel bad living like that and having others take care of me, but I guess I don't have to worry about that.
We had some downtime to shop in the city, so found a family heritage building and looked up our family heritage. We learned that the last name "Houston" comes from the MacDonald Clan. We are highlanders!
Tonight we went to a scottish dinner show. We had dinner in a huge banquet room. It reminded mom and I of being at a wedding reception. Mom tried Haggis...yuck!!!! I wouldn't/couldn't do it! The show was really nice. They had dancers, bagpipers, comedians/dancers, etc... The dancing had a story line behind it, which was related to the MacDonald Clan, so that was pretty cool to see. They even had our "clan tartan" kilt on during the show.
The Motto's that the Scottish go by are "If you hit me, I will hit you." This is posted on one of their castles. The Scottish don't mess around!
We also learned that when the people in the "olden days" use to throw poop out the window...the pigs would be let out, and the would eat all of the sewage of the people. Yuck!
The Scottish tour director today said "Elton John is like a jolly fat man, with sausages for fingers." He then continued on to call him a "rich fruitcake." They have no comment sensors out here! Its pretty obvious that the scottish don't like the English either! They make fun of them pretty constant.
We didn't get to go into the Holyrood House, because the Queen is suppose to be in town in 5 days, so they have all of her staff/security down here getting it ready for her. Must be nice! It was really pretty though!
P.S. At breakfast a days ago. Mom and I noticed that they still sit the Blacks/Whites on different sides of the restaurant. It was pretty noticeable! I am not sure if everyone noticed, but was for sure done on purpose. Can't believe they still do that out here at some places!
Tomorrow is St.Andrews, Perth, and Blair Castle.
Kayla and Sandy Ornelas
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Super Scotland
We left York today (our hotel was next door to York Downs) horse race course. We traveled to Durham and saw the cathedral they filmed Harry Potter in. It was built in1038!
Next up was Hadrians Wall built by the Romans in 289 AD to keep the Picts out. The Picts is another name for Painted People or Scotts. Think Blue Paint and Braveheart. It was 15 feet high and 10 feet thick but now its about 3 feet high and 1 foot thick. As you look around you can find houses and churches built from stone. Gee I wonder where the stone came from??
We then walked down the street to a pub called The Swan. Kay and I had our first 1/2 pint of ale. Warm and strong, only had about two swigs. So much for being scottish.
Next we drove the country roads to Scotland, I never saw so many sheep in my life. We watched Border Collies rounding up the herd and saw acres of green rolling hills with babbling brooks filled with salmon. Every now and then a castle or old stone cottag would pop up. As we came over the ridge a big stone was engraved Scotland and a man in a kilt was standing there playing the bag pipes. There was nothing around on the old road but him but it was bloody jolly!
Ate dinner with the group on the North Sea overlooking a bridge that looked like the Golden Gate.
Tomorrow its a tour of Edinburgh and the royal yacht Brittania.
Next up was Hadrians Wall built by the Romans in 289 AD to keep the Picts out. The Picts is another name for Painted People or Scotts. Think Blue Paint and Braveheart. It was 15 feet high and 10 feet thick but now its about 3 feet high and 1 foot thick. As you look around you can find houses and churches built from stone. Gee I wonder where the stone came from??
We then walked down the street to a pub called The Swan. Kay and I had our first 1/2 pint of ale. Warm and strong, only had about two swigs. So much for being scottish.
Next we drove the country roads to Scotland, I never saw so many sheep in my life. We watched Border Collies rounding up the herd and saw acres of green rolling hills with babbling brooks filled with salmon. Every now and then a castle or old stone cottag would pop up. As we came over the ridge a big stone was engraved Scotland and a man in a kilt was standing there playing the bag pipes. There was nothing around on the old road but him but it was bloody jolly!
Ate dinner with the group on the North Sea overlooking a bridge that looked like the Golden Gate.
Tomorrow its a tour of Edinburgh and the royal yacht Brittania.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Enjoying England
Above is the Oldest Gothic Church in the World, Mom and I at a "London phone Booth," Warwick Castle, and the Oxford College.
So…we didn’t get a chance to write yesterday because we didn’t get internet, so we are doing two days in one blog.
OXFORD-STRATFORD-AVON-WARWICK
Oxford: We visited the Oxford Colleges and they were really amazing! The architecture and the history of it is brilliant. They told us that “Harry Potter” was filmed at that college, so all you Harry Potter fans…be jealous! Then we saw the spot where the Bishop of Canterbury was burned to death, because Queen Mary sentenced him to death over religion. We also learned that King Henry burned over 70,000 people over religion, which was a bigger number than we thought. However, Queen Mary boiled and burned people. I told mom that “Henry may have burned more people, but Mary did it worse and way harsher.” Just goes to show when girls want something done we make sure that it’s done right. We also had some extra time to visit a museum with tons of artifacts from different cultures.
We learned that Hitler wanted to save Oxford and Windsor castle, because he wanted Oxford to be his main headquarters and he wanted to go to Windsor Castle for Christmas dinner. So those are two places in England that were untouched by him and his followers as far as destruction is concerned.
Avon: Avon means “river” and Stratford means “straight across.” The city means “straight across the river.”
Then we got to tour Shakesphere’s Birthplace, and where he attended school. We found a really small café and they had wonderful food. They had panini’s, soup, and scones. It was just the place we were looking for! It was filled with local flare. Then we went to Anne Hathoways house. We took a group photo in front of it. We also got to visit Winston Churchhills grave. There was a funeral going on, on the grounds so we made it a quick visit.
Then we just drove to through the country-side until we reached Warwick.
We learned that the English call the English channel a “Pond.” What a big pond that is!!!!
Warwick: This has been our favorite touring site yet! I can’t even explain how much fun we had at this site! When we first arrived we drove up a huge driveway. We entered the gates and there was a huge castle. We walked inside and walked 10 minutes to the River to see a jousting fight. Then we walked back up to the castle and went inside all of the rooms. They had actors role playing like we were castle guests and we were attending a ball at the castle later that night. They told mom “she must be available for dinner tonight with King Henry, because she was wearing red, and red meant that she was available.” We thought it was really neat. They had those clothes on and everything. Then we climbed the castle towers, which consisted of over 530 steps! We didn’t realize how many steps there were or we probably wouldn’t have climbed all of them! The majority of them were all up a spiral staircase, and the steps were smaller than our foot could grasp. By step 200 mom was on her hands and knees climbing the stairs due to shaky legs! The way down was not a to easy either!
At the end of the walk there were real people down in a dungeon and we got to feel the gear that the men fought in. The armor just around their chest was about 30 pounds. No wonder they had to be in good shape!
They also had people role -playing as servant girls and people in medieval gear eating lunch at a table.
At lunch Mom and I ordered “Lemonade” and we received “Sprite.” We asked the Australian ladies on the trip with us what they call Lemonade and they said Lemonade to them is Sprite also, and that they call it “Lemon Squash.” So….I tried order that today and I had no such luck. Apparently, they don’t have lemonade in England. They basically drink wine, beer, water, tea, and coffee. Barely any soda…no fruit punch or ice tea…and for sure no ice in any of their drinks! The one time I asked for ice in my drink they laughed at me and said “we don’t have any ice at this restaurant.” I have stopped asking! Hahah.
Then we got back to the hotel and had a nice dinner. We sat with the two Australian ladies and had a great chat with them about “Aussie.” It is two sisters who left their husbands for 12 days and it turned into a 7 week trip! Their husbands must think they will never return!
I got an amazing Ice cream out here as well. It is like the Alta Dena ice cream at the Pomona Fair only 10 times more creamy. It was literally like eating whip cream. Shannon would have loved it! I wanted to send her a cone through mail…guess it would melt a little ☹.
Another thing…toilets here are different. You have to pump the toilet to get it to flush. For the first two days mom and I thought that you could only pee once an hour for the toilet to flush, but then we realized when we called the front desk concerned about our toilet that it had to be pumped. After each pump and flush is a huge “eeeerrrrrrrrrrr” noise. It sounds like a cruise ship is about the leave dock! We could not stop laughing.
They have something here called “round-a-bouts” in the streets. They make us soooo sick! Its huge circles like every mile and you have to turn around the circle to get the street that you want. They are not our favorite, and we are for once happy about the streets in California.
COVENTRY-YORK
Coventry: In the morning we left for York but the tour guide decided to take us on an unscheduled journey. He took us to the town of Coventry where Lady Godiva rode naked through the streets. Supposedly she did this to make her husband stop charging the village people so many taxes. It worked! There is a clock in town somewhat like Small World at Disney where she rides out on a horse and then a second window opens and out pops “Peeping Tom” to ogle her.
It seems Hitler bombed this town to ruins during WWII so most of the buildings are very modern. There is one remaining ruin of a church built during the 1300’s that was burned but still regal. When we asked why they didn’t build the new one as beautiful I could tell they don’t appreciate the old building the way we do. They stated change is nice!
YORK: Love York!! This is what we wanted to see. The Duke of York built huge walls around his castle and today the city is built within those walls. The streets are cobblestone and maybe 10 feet wide. The shops are still standing from the 1300’s but today house restaurants and shops. We chose an authentic Italian restaurant run by Italians fresh off the boat. The pizza was great! Kayla was once again upset, NO ICE!!
There was special section called The Shambles, this is where the merchants within the castle walls worked such as the blacksmiths, leather makers, etc. The buildings were small, whitewashed, with wood planking and leaded windows. The doorways in the old buildings are maybe 6 feet high. We then took a Peter Pan type ride that took you through an authentic Viking settlement. The air was scented with all the smells of the period, such as cooking stew, fish, horse hay, fires burning etc. They also used real skulls from the 1100’s and recreated the wax figures so you could see there faces, (very bold and sharp features, blonde hair and blue eyes. The museum had dug up bones showing the battle wounds such as sword cuts, arrow punctures, and axe breaks. Skulls were smashed, legs broken and pelvic stab wounds really morbid but neat to see.
Finally, since it was Sunday (ha ha) I took Kayla to church. Actually we just wanted to see inside so we figured why not. The church was started in the 1000’s by the Normans and it took 250 years to build. It is the largest and oldest Gothic church in the world. It really did take our breath away. The service had choir boys singing and we expected to see Kate and William walk by. Privately we agree she chose the wrong church.
The wind was blowing so strong today it almost knocked us over and if you weren’t in the sun it was bitterly cold. I think we have walked 100 miles already.
It’s off to Durham and Edinburgh tomorrow.
Kayla and Sandy Ornelas
Friday, May 27, 2011
Lucky and London
Where in the world do we start!?
Well first off I am going to start by saying that we made it onto our flight to London. The flight was really nice and smooth. We had yummy food and my mom and I each got to sleep for about an hour to two each. Luckily, when my mom woke up her headache was gone. From all the stress, lack of sleep, and little amount of food we got we were feeling a little under the weather to say the least.
While we were in the airport we meet two ladies who were also traveling to London. One lived permanently in Whales and the other was meeting two girlfriends here for a tour just like us, only not our tour. We were telling the story to the elderly lady at the airport (72 years old), and she was telling us how it was her first flight to Boston and probably her last because she hated flying. As we continued to tell her our story she started feeling bad for us and offered her grandson up to drive us to "catch-up" with the bus. We just laughed and said "it was sweet, but we think we could manage." That was just the first encounter we had with nice and helpful people.
As the plane landed (ON TIME) we made our way to the subway and took an hour subway ride to South Kensington Street. Then we got off of the subway and tried to track down a taxi, which was a little harder than people made it out to be. First off...the taxi lines are in the middle of the streets, and you have to try and catch one without people in it. We stood there for a good 20 minutes with no luck, so we started walking our way down the street. With no luggage might I add. Did I forget to mention that the airplane lost our luggage!!?? While we were on our way to Boston..our luggage decided to travel to New York and take a sightseeing detour. Naughty luggage!
Once we finally caught a cab after walking a good 6 blocks we had it take us straight to our Hotel! We got out and were excited to finally have a room to stay in and shower. After all...we didn't get to shower or sleep for 3 days while we were hoping from one plane to the next. Apparently airports are homes, but showers are NOT apart of their 5 star accommodations package! Back to the point...we went to the front desk all ready to get a room...and the hotel canceled our reservations because we were a day late...EVEN THOUGH we called and told them! It ended up being ok because they got us a room, but we had to wait 2 hours to get it!
Since we didn't have any luggage we went down the street to a "Westfield Shopping Center" and bought ourselves some new clothes. Based on our luck on the trip so far we were NOT taking ANY chances! We were able to buy some new "knickers" a.k.a "underwear" and some new clothes. The airport has to pay us back for them too! :)
Once we got back to the hotel we were surprised to not see our luggage there, because the airport had promised that they were re-routing our luggage and it should be at our hotel shortly. We spent the next few hours with them on the phone and they said that the luggage was in fact at the airport, but they were not able to locate it and we needed to come down. So the hotel got us a personal driver and took us BACK to the airport (our best friend), and we had to be escorted by security to find our bags. Being completely pestimistic at this point we figured that everything had gone wrong and there was no way it would be there. It just was not in our cards; however, the minute we opened up the doors I spotted my luggage and ran to it with full force! My mom then noticed her luggage and we jumped up and down together in excitement! The security was laughing at us, but we were to excited to care!
Before leaving for the airport to see if we could find our luggage...a lady on a different tour than us offered my mom half her clothes and one of her luggages. She said she had overpacked and she wanted mom to have clothes to wear. That was the second gesture that just showed how awesome people can really be in a time of need.
After one terrible thing happening after the other....there really was no more going south. We had an optimistic attitude the whole time and it ended up paying off. We got out luggage, we are in London, and we are about the have a trip of a lifetime.
We are off to dinner now and then bed to hopefully get some rest for tomorrow.
Tomorrow we will be in Oxford, Avon-Stratford, and Warwick.
Hopefully the worst of the trip is over and it is all fun from here on out.
UNtil then....
Kayla and Sandy
Cheerios!
BTW...subways here are called "TUBES" and elevators "LIFTS" who knew?
Well first off I am going to start by saying that we made it onto our flight to London. The flight was really nice and smooth. We had yummy food and my mom and I each got to sleep for about an hour to two each. Luckily, when my mom woke up her headache was gone. From all the stress, lack of sleep, and little amount of food we got we were feeling a little under the weather to say the least.
While we were in the airport we meet two ladies who were also traveling to London. One lived permanently in Whales and the other was meeting two girlfriends here for a tour just like us, only not our tour. We were telling the story to the elderly lady at the airport (72 years old), and she was telling us how it was her first flight to Boston and probably her last because she hated flying. As we continued to tell her our story she started feeling bad for us and offered her grandson up to drive us to "catch-up" with the bus. We just laughed and said "it was sweet, but we think we could manage." That was just the first encounter we had with nice and helpful people.
As the plane landed (ON TIME) we made our way to the subway and took an hour subway ride to South Kensington Street. Then we got off of the subway and tried to track down a taxi, which was a little harder than people made it out to be. First off...the taxi lines are in the middle of the streets, and you have to try and catch one without people in it. We stood there for a good 20 minutes with no luck, so we started walking our way down the street. With no luggage might I add. Did I forget to mention that the airplane lost our luggage!!?? While we were on our way to Boston..our luggage decided to travel to New York and take a sightseeing detour. Naughty luggage!
Once we finally caught a cab after walking a good 6 blocks we had it take us straight to our Hotel! We got out and were excited to finally have a room to stay in and shower. After all...we didn't get to shower or sleep for 3 days while we were hoping from one plane to the next. Apparently airports are homes, but showers are NOT apart of their 5 star accommodations package! Back to the point...we went to the front desk all ready to get a room...and the hotel canceled our reservations because we were a day late...EVEN THOUGH we called and told them! It ended up being ok because they got us a room, but we had to wait 2 hours to get it!
Since we didn't have any luggage we went down the street to a "Westfield Shopping Center" and bought ourselves some new clothes. Based on our luck on the trip so far we were NOT taking ANY chances! We were able to buy some new "knickers" a.k.a "underwear" and some new clothes. The airport has to pay us back for them too! :)
Once we got back to the hotel we were surprised to not see our luggage there, because the airport had promised that they were re-routing our luggage and it should be at our hotel shortly. We spent the next few hours with them on the phone and they said that the luggage was in fact at the airport, but they were not able to locate it and we needed to come down. So the hotel got us a personal driver and took us BACK to the airport (our best friend), and we had to be escorted by security to find our bags. Being completely pestimistic at this point we figured that everything had gone wrong and there was no way it would be there. It just was not in our cards; however, the minute we opened up the doors I spotted my luggage and ran to it with full force! My mom then noticed her luggage and we jumped up and down together in excitement! The security was laughing at us, but we were to excited to care!
Before leaving for the airport to see if we could find our luggage...a lady on a different tour than us offered my mom half her clothes and one of her luggages. She said she had overpacked and she wanted mom to have clothes to wear. That was the second gesture that just showed how awesome people can really be in a time of need.
After one terrible thing happening after the other....there really was no more going south. We had an optimistic attitude the whole time and it ended up paying off. We got out luggage, we are in London, and we are about the have a trip of a lifetime.
We are off to dinner now and then bed to hopefully get some rest for tomorrow.
Tomorrow we will be in Oxford, Avon-Stratford, and Warwick.
Hopefully the worst of the trip is over and it is all fun from here on out.
UNtil then....
Kayla and Sandy
Cheerios!
BTW...subways here are called "TUBES" and elevators "LIFTS" who knew?
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Braving it in Boston
Where do we begin?
It is currently 12:30 p.m. in Boston and we are sitting in the airport trying to get some rest. In the last 24 hours we have slept a total of 3 hours on and off. We hadn't eaten anything in 24 hours, so we just had our first meal at "Fuddruckers" at the airport. Guess what? They serve breakfast! Who knew! It was pretty bomb too!
Our airplane doesn't leave until 6 p.m. tonight, so we are sleeping on the hard floor in the airport. I am charging my computer, because we don't know if our plug adaptors will work, so it might be out last chance to charge up the computer for a while!
When we arrive in London the bus leaves at 8a.m. and we are arriving at the airport at 6:25 a.m. Depending on how long it will take us to get through customs we MIGHT just make it. Otherwise, the first part of our trip will consist of getting a taxi to try and catch up with the bus tour that we are on.
We are trying to get upgraded to Business class due to all of the troubles we have been having with DELTA, but so far we are having no luck.
Luckily, we have been able to skype a few people at home and let them know what has been happening! We just keep looking at our watches and saying to ourselves...."we should be checking in at the hotel..." and "we should be shopping in the streets right about now..." On a positive note, we are so slap happy and delusional that we think sleeping on the floor in the airport is pretty funny...
My mom is sleeping on my silk computer cover and saying "wow, a five star resort...silk pillows" ..."oh and the bathrooms hold 5!" hahaha The airports have become one home after the next...
We are hoping that our luggage makes it there with all of the flight changes and delays. We had to describe our luggage to get it on the plane, and the attendants said that if our luggage didn't make it to london that we wouldn't get it, because they wont send our luggage international without us. Just our luck! I pray its there when we get off!
Until next time...
Kayla Ornelas
P.S. My mom and I were on the plane with a Boston Celtic...don't know which one it was, but it was one! lol
It is currently 12:30 p.m. in Boston and we are sitting in the airport trying to get some rest. In the last 24 hours we have slept a total of 3 hours on and off. We hadn't eaten anything in 24 hours, so we just had our first meal at "Fuddruckers" at the airport. Guess what? They serve breakfast! Who knew! It was pretty bomb too!
Our airplane doesn't leave until 6 p.m. tonight, so we are sleeping on the hard floor in the airport. I am charging my computer, because we don't know if our plug adaptors will work, so it might be out last chance to charge up the computer for a while!
When we arrive in London the bus leaves at 8a.m. and we are arriving at the airport at 6:25 a.m. Depending on how long it will take us to get through customs we MIGHT just make it. Otherwise, the first part of our trip will consist of getting a taxi to try and catch up with the bus tour that we are on.
We are trying to get upgraded to Business class due to all of the troubles we have been having with DELTA, but so far we are having no luck.
Luckily, we have been able to skype a few people at home and let them know what has been happening! We just keep looking at our watches and saying to ourselves...."we should be checking in at the hotel..." and "we should be shopping in the streets right about now..." On a positive note, we are so slap happy and delusional that we think sleeping on the floor in the airport is pretty funny...
My mom is sleeping on my silk computer cover and saying "wow, a five star resort...silk pillows" ..."oh and the bathrooms hold 5!" hahaha The airports have become one home after the next...
We are hoping that our luggage makes it there with all of the flight changes and delays. We had to describe our luggage to get it on the plane, and the attendants said that if our luggage didn't make it to london that we wouldn't get it, because they wont send our luggage international without us. Just our luck! I pray its there when we get off!
Until next time...
Kayla Ornelas
P.S. My mom and I were on the plane with a Boston Celtic...don't know which one it was, but it was one! lol
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Stuck In Minneapolis
Well our plane in LAX was delayed by 2 hours. We were suppose to leave at 2:55p.m. and the plane didn't take off until 4:55 p.m. The plane from Minneapolis to London took off at 9:45 p.m. and we didn't land in Minneapolis until 9:45 p.m. Basically we missed our flight by 6 minutes!
It is now midnight and we still trying to work our way out of this place to getting the next available flight. None of which are leaving to night, so it looks like we are spending the night in the airport where the tornado's just hit!
I had a coughing attack from running full speed trying to make the plane to London and my mom is now extremely tired. Hey at least the airport gave us toothbrushes, blankets, pillows, and an old cushion used by millions!
Kristen H. just booked us for a flight at 7 a.m. so it looks like the airport is our new home.
The next time we blog is when we land in London....Lets hope we don't miss our tour....otherwise we will be coming back later!
Oh, p.s. we don't get our bags until we arrive in London because they are in hold. If we wanted them we would have to wait 2 hours....sucks for us.
pray my mom doesnt get sick and I have enough patience to get through tomorrow!!!
see ya in london!
kayla and sandy
It is now midnight and we still trying to work our way out of this place to getting the next available flight. None of which are leaving to night, so it looks like we are spending the night in the airport where the tornado's just hit!
I had a coughing attack from running full speed trying to make the plane to London and my mom is now extremely tired. Hey at least the airport gave us toothbrushes, blankets, pillows, and an old cushion used by millions!
Kristen H. just booked us for a flight at 7 a.m. so it looks like the airport is our new home.
The next time we blog is when we land in London....Lets hope we don't miss our tour....otherwise we will be coming back later!
Oh, p.s. we don't get our bags until we arrive in London because they are in hold. If we wanted them we would have to wait 2 hours....sucks for us.
pray my mom doesnt get sick and I have enough patience to get through tomorrow!!!
see ya in london!
kayla and sandy
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Getting ready for Europe
Hello everyone...
So we had a slight scare about the trip being canceled due to the erupting volcano in Iceland. We still don't know if the plane is for sure taking off until 3 p.m. today due to the ash plume. I hope that everything is a go and we have a safe and speedy flight.
The weather is going to be a little colder than we originally thought! It was suppose to be in the 70's, and when we checked the weather today it was more like in the 50's and 60's. I guess we are going to have to rethink our outfits!
Tonight we plan on taking it easy, packing, and making sure that out last minute details are all figured out! Then we are headed for the airport at noon tomorrow for our flight to London (hopefully)! Still keeping our fingers crossed!
Once we arrive we will blog about our days adventures, so make sure to keep updated on the blogs and take our "European Expedition" trip with us! We will try and post pictures, videos, etc. but we will definitely be posting each night before we sleep!
Look forward to taking this journey with everyone!
Kayla and Sandy Ornelas
So we had a slight scare about the trip being canceled due to the erupting volcano in Iceland. We still don't know if the plane is for sure taking off until 3 p.m. today due to the ash plume. I hope that everything is a go and we have a safe and speedy flight.
The weather is going to be a little colder than we originally thought! It was suppose to be in the 70's, and when we checked the weather today it was more like in the 50's and 60's. I guess we are going to have to rethink our outfits!
Tonight we plan on taking it easy, packing, and making sure that out last minute details are all figured out! Then we are headed for the airport at noon tomorrow for our flight to London (hopefully)! Still keeping our fingers crossed!
Once we arrive we will blog about our days adventures, so make sure to keep updated on the blogs and take our "European Expedition" trip with us! We will try and post pictures, videos, etc. but we will definitely be posting each night before we sleep!
Look forward to taking this journey with everyone!
Kayla and Sandy Ornelas
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