Monday, August 13, 2012

See any resemblance????

Well....what do you think? Any one of these guys look like me???? lol
We rode the subway(The Tube) with the Olympic Hungarian Hand Ball Team....they were actually huge...can't really tell it from this pic....but just thought I would snap a pic and examine later!...you  know that mom's family comes from Budapest, Hungary....so we are told....

HONK! HONK! BEEP! BEEP! LOOK OUT.....

Well...not too much excitement today......except....I drove for the first time in England....yes, it does appear that I am sitting on the correct side of the vehicle (it's an american car)....however, I did drive on the wrong side of the road....."To the left....to the left....."....that's been our motto since we arrived.....when Lynn and Chris were here..it took all four of us to drive....one person driving...one navigating...one constantly saying " to the left to the left"....since it is very difficult to go against your instinct of driving on the "wrong" side of the road...especially when you see an oncoming vehicle that you think is in "your" lane and you think you are going to have a head-on collision....then remember...oh yeah, I'm in the other lane...
Anyway......yes, I drove around our little town today....Bob was all...."Oh, shit...are you sure? Are you sure?...."....and I'm like..."please....what makes you think you can do it and I can't?".....lol....(you can hear my attitude from there can't you?) LOL well, so far so good....managed to stay "to the left...to the left"....and made it back home without incident.......tomorrow may be a different story....but today was a huge success!!!!!

Sunday, August 12, 2012

USA....USA.....USA.....

Woohoo!!!!!
Now let's see if we can get outta here without getting our asses kicked. Gotta wade through the 'Spaniards' wish us luck!!!!!!!
The boys did good!!!! Gold medals all around!!!! Woo woo!!!! Durant rocks!!!

Look for us at the Olympics....

Well we are back in London trying to catch the finals of the basketball games. We have 3 guys from Oklahoma Thunder playing for the U.S. and one playing for Spain. So Oklahoma is well represented. Someone from Thunder will have a gold medal.
Do u see us there in the stands ????
Lol just kidding.... Cheapest tickets were $3,000. So we took the train to London and found a pub that was showing the finals of basketball. Most pubs were showing stuff that Great Britain is still in.... Finally found one at 3:08. Games started at 3:00. But we are here now. It's halftime. Think we are up by one. Hope we don't get our asses kicked in here. See a lot of Spain's flags. Lol. We'll b careful.
Oh we did see some runners today. .... Just trying to be part of the madness!!!! Luv it!

Thursday, August 9, 2012

The Roman Baths in Bath, England

Well....we were pretty wiped out from our jaunt into London yesterday....and no one was too excited about getting up this morning to make the trip across England to visit Bath...home of the Roman Baths...from like 2000 to 3000 years ago...its simply amazing how old everything is...so much history!!!!
The town was much bigger than I expected...but we loved it and so glad we made the trip.....definitely recommend going if you ever get a chance....
We took a tour around the Roman Baths...evidently everyone used to bath in public baths such as these...no indoor  plumbing yet..maybe....The water comes from under the ground and travels something like 25miles...then up through some faults...and they created these natural hot baths....the Romans lined the baths with lead to keep the  baths warm....so we couldn't get in Roman Baths.....you know....lead poisoning and all.....
So we booked our own two-hour public bath in a spa around the corner.....quite lovely....the first spa was on rooftop of the building and was pretty huge.....looked more like a pool that was heated....and we could see all the surrounding rooftops...and caught sight of a hot air balloon...very nice...then we spent some time in the saunas...there were four to choose from...and each was infused with different oils....like lemongrass, lotus, eucalyptus....and something else....had a nice time here...was so beautiful...the flowers around town were incredible...


You...know...another body of water...(this one forbidden of course)...makes me want to do it more... lol....so had to just pretend to be dipping my toe....but we did drink some of the water......just to say we did....it was clean and comes from under the ground... 



Stonehenge....or bust.....

We took a trip to the other side of England and were able to take a detour to check out what the fuss was all about in a field they call "Stonehenge".....well I think they call the rocks stonehenge....but I guess you know that already....
Stonehenge has been there for something like 5000 years...unbelievable....still a mystery why they are there...and there are several theories...my favorite is that it was used as a calendar....makes sense to me.....


Thought we'd jazz it up a bit....or we are just excited to be here......that too shall remain a mystery.....

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

On our Way to Stonehenge...

They date it back to something 2000 or 3000 BC....I'll let you know more when we get there....

Also going to the Roman Baths in Bath today.....ahhhhhh we need some R&R and pampering after our day in London yesterday!